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10 Best Movies Like What's Cookin'?

If you loved What's Cookin'?, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
A Song Is Born

A Song Is Born

1948★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What's Cookin'? for fans of Comedy & Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Hon...

#2
Who Done It?

Who Done It?

1942★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What's Cookin'? for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed...

#3
Bo Burnham: What.

Bo Burnham: What.

2013★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What's Cookin'? for fans of Comedy & Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Left brain and right brain duke it out and then belt out a tune in comedian Bo Burnham's quick and clever one-man show. As intelligent as he is lanky, Burnham cynically pokes at po...

#4
The Big Store

The Big Store

1941★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What's Cookin'? for fans of Comedy & Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager....

#5
A Day at the Races

A Day at the Races

1937★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What's Cookin'? for fans of Comedy & Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's sanitarium by winning a big race with a finicky horse owned by Judy's boyfriend Gil. There are a few problems. Hackenbu...

#6
Wayne's World

Wayne's World

1992★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What's Cookin'? for fans of Comedy & Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne and Garth. From Wayne's basement, the pair broadcast a talk-show called "Wayne's World" on local public access telev...

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