Movies Like The Green Butchers (2003)

The Green Butchers is a 2003 comedy film from Anders Thomas Jensen with a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Delicatessen and The Northerners.

Comedy

Delicatessen

1991

In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town falls in love with the butcher's daughter, which causes conflicts in her family, who need the young man for other business-related purposes.

7.3

MagicScore

The Northerners

1992

A black comedy set in the 1960s in a small Netherlands community, populated by a cast of eccentrics, all of whom hold a range of sexual obsessions and frustrated desires.

6.9

MagicScore

The Brute

1953

A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to be demolished.

6.9

MagicScore

Dog Food

2014

When Declan loses his dog and best friend, Ralphie, his life starts to unravel.

6.4

MagicScore

Illusion Travels by Streetcar

1954

Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!

6.5

MagicScore

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse

2005

The fictional world of Royston Vasey is facing apocalypse and the only way to avert disaster is for our nightmarish cast of characters to find a way into the real world and confront their creators. From present day Soho to the fictional film world of 17th Century Britain, the residents must overcome countless bizarre obstacles in their bid to return Royston Vasey to safety.

6.3

MagicScore

So I Married an Axe Murderer

1993

Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a notorious serial killer -- "Mrs. X" -- wanted in connection with a string of bizarre honeymoon killings. Thinking his parents foolish, Charlie proposes to Harriet. But while on his honeymoon with her, he begins to fear they were right.

6.1

MagicScore

Fast Food Nation

2006

A dramatised examination of the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food.

6.1

MagicScore

The Butcher's Wife

1991

A clairvoyant woman thinks that she's met her future husband because she's seen him in a dream. They marry and he takes her back to his butcher shop in New York city, where her powers tend to influence everyone she meets while working in the shop. Through her advice, she helps others and eventually finds the true man of her dreams.

5.7

MagicScore

#10

The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman

2011

A tale of revenge, honor and greed follows a group of misfits that gets involved with a kitchen cleaver made from the top five swords of the martial arts world in this wild and brash action comedy.

5.4

MagicScore

#11

Blood Diner

1987

Two cannibalistic brothers kill various young women to make their flesh part of a new special dish at their rundown restaurant while seeking blood sacrifices to awaken a dormant Egyptian goddess.

5.4

MagicScore

#12

Two Heads Creek

2019

A timid butcher and his drama queen twin sister quit the hostile confines of post-Brexit Britain and venture to Australia in search of their birth mother, but the seemingly tolerant townsfolk are hiding a dark, meaty secret.

5.2

MagicScore

#13

The Hatching

2014

On the death of his father, Tim Webber returns to his childhood village in Somerset to find something sinister is disturbing the idyllic peace of the villagers.

4.5

MagicScore

#14

Blood of the Beasts

1949

An early example of ultra-realism, this movie contrasts the quiet, bucolic life in the outskirts of Paris with the harsh, gory conditions inside the nearby slaughterhouses. Describes the fate of the animals and that of the workers in graphic detail.

7.5

MagicScore

#15

Marty

1955

Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married but has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood. Marty meets Clara, an unattractive school teacher, realising their emotional connection, he promises to call but family and friends try to convince him not to.

7.4

MagicScore

#16

I Stand Alone

1999

After completing jail time for beating up a man who tried to seduce his mentally-handicapped teenage daughter, The Butcher wants to start life anew. He institutionalizes his daughter and moves to the Lille suburbs with his mistress, who promises him a new butcher shop. Learning that she lied, The Butcher returns to Paris to find his daughter.

7.4

MagicScore

#17

Gangs of New York

2002

In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.

7.3

MagicScore

#18

We Feed the World

2005

A documentary that exposes the shocking truths behind industrial food production and food wastage, focusing on fishing, livestock and crop farming. A must-see for anyone interested in the true cost of the food on their plate.

7.3

MagicScore

#19

The Butcher

1970

An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.

7.1

MagicScore

#20

The Joyless Street

1925

In 1921, we follow two women - Marie and Grete - from the same poor Viennese neighborhood, as they try to better the lives of themselves and their families during the period of Austrian postwar hyperinflation.

6.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Green Butchers?

The top films similar to The Green Butchers by MovieMagicScore are Delicatessen (7.3), The Northerners (6.9), The Brute (6.9). Each shares comedy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Green Butchers worth watching?

The Green Butchers holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10 from 311 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Green Butchers?

The Green Butchers (2003) is a comedy film directed by Anders Thomas Jensen, starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen, Line Kruse.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Green Butchers?

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About movies like The Green Butchers

This ranked list pairs The Green Butchers (2003), a comedy film from Anders Thomas Jensen, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Nikolaj Lie Kaas take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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