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10 Best Movies Like Kitchen Stories

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

#1
Tokyo Decadence

Tokyo Decadence

1992★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kitchen Stories for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some s...

#2
Every Thing Will Be Fine

Every Thing Will Be Fine

2015★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kitchen Stories for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

One day, driving aimlessly around the outskirts of town after a trivial domestic quarrel, a writer named Tomas accidentally hits and kills a child. Will he be able to move on?...

#3
Gaslight

Gaslight

1944★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kitchen Stories for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion....

#4
Elling

Elling

2001★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kitchen Stories for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a ge...

#5
Irma Vep

Irma Vep

1996★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kitchen Stories for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Hong Kong action diva Maggie Cheung comes to France when a past-his-prime director casts her in a remake of the silent classic Les Vampires. Clad in a rubber catsuit and unable to ...

#6
KJ: Music and Life

KJ: Music and Life

2009★ 7.8

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

KJ is a biography of a HK musical genius. At the age of 11, KJ won the Best Pianist price and went to Czech to perform with a professional orchestra. Touching on subjects such as t...