Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 28, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Cook

If you loved The Cook, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Way Back

The Way Back

2019★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cook for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Hüseyin Al Baldawi arrives in Brussels in August 2015. He has traveled thousands of kilometers until he got there from Iraq. A year after his arrival, he receives his residence per...

#2
Fantozzi in Heaven

Fantozzi in Heaven

1993★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cook for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

One by one, with a sweet but inexorable rate, Ugo's colleagues, go to a better life. When Ugo is attending at one of the innumerable funerals, he and the priest remain involved in ...

#3
The Way Back

The Way Back

2024★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cook for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The Year of Return is an initiative of the government of Ghana that is intended to encourage African diasporans to come to Africa to settle and invest in the continent. This film ...

#4
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

1951★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cook for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man....

#5
Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross

Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross

1961★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cook for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

This is the very first silent slapstick comedy short about adventures of Worldly, Coward, and Fool. What's more fun: fishing with worms, or dynamite? Three friends decided to have ...

#6
Fantozzi Still Suffers

Fantozzi Still Suffers

1983★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cook for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After a hard day at work and a condominium-board meeting, accountant Ugo Fantozzi goes on a trip with his family. Unfortunately, he will face a nasty surprise upon his return....