Movies Like Gourmet Detective: Roux the Day (2020)

Gourmet Detective: Roux the Day is a 2020 crime, drama, mystery, tv movie film from Mark Jean with a MovieMagicScore of 7.3/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Gourmet Detective and Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die.

Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie

Gourmet Detective

2015

Famed culinary consultant Henry Ross is a charming food industry insider in San Francisco. When suspicious sabotage ends in a shocking murder at his friend’s five-star restaurant, Henry is put on the case with strong-willed police detective and single mom, Maggie Price. Despite Maggie’s protests, they must work together to decipher the clues and investigate all of San Francisco’s top culinary pros.

6.7

MagicScore

Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die

2015

When Henry is invited as a guest speaker at a luxury resort spa, he quickly finds himself at the center of another murder. With Maggie at his side, our favorite duo must not only find the killer but be careful they don't become his latest victim.

6.5

MagicScore

Death Al Dente: A Gourmet Detective Mystery

2016

San Francisco homicide detective Maggie Price and former, world-class chef Henry Ross are on the case once again. The crime-solving odd couple investigates the murder of Henry’s friend, a well-known local chef found dead in his kitchen. As they begin to unravel an old family secret, Maggie has to stay one step ahead of a mysterious man in the shadows who appears to be stalking her, while her blossoming relationship with Henry is threatened by the arrival of an ex-love from Maggie’s past.

6.9

MagicScore

Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink and Be Buried

2017

Henry and Maggie attend the birthday party of a local publisher, where his son and stepson reenact a historical 18th century dual. Someone, however, has loaded the antique pistol with a real musket ball, so when son pulls the trigger, he kills his stepbrother in front of a roomful of witnesses. Henry and Maggie have to figure out who wanted the stepson dead and why.

7.2

MagicScore

Morning Show Mysteries: Mortal Mishaps

2018

Billie Blessings has gone from beloved chef, restaurant owner, and morning show segment host to the prime suspect in a murder case when one of the executives at the network dies from poisoning.

7.4

MagicScore

The Last Viking

2025

After serving fourteen years for robbery, Anker is released from prison and reunites with his mentally ill brother Manfred, who alone knows where the stolen money is hidden but has forgotten its location, sending them on a journey to recover the loot and confront who they are.

7.3

MagicScore

Morning Show Mysteries: A Murder in Mind

2019

Billie Blessings is drawn into a murder investigation when Katie Sanders, a former server at Blessings-turned TV star, becomes the focus when it’s discovered the victim was blackmailing her. Billie must sift through the mounting evidence – and list of suspects – to get to the truth and clear her friend’s name.

6.7

MagicScore

Sovereign

2025

Struggling single father Jerry indoctrinates his son Joe into the sovereign citizen movement, teaching him that laws are mere illusions and freedom is something you take. But, as Jerry’s ideology consumes them, they are set on a collision course with a police chief who has spent his life upholding the rules that Jerry has spent his tearing down.

6.6

MagicScore

Lucky Bastard

2014

Lucky Bastard is a "found footage" thriller about a porn website run by Mike (Don McManus) that invites fans to have sex with porn stars. Jay Paulson plays Dave, an eager young fan given a chance to have sex with the fabulous Ashley Saint (Betsy Rue). But everyone gets more than they bargained for in the seemingly mild-mannered Dave... with gruesome results. The film is captured by the "Lucky Bastard" porn cameras for a fresh take on the "found footage" genre

4.4

MagicScore

#10

What You Wish For

2024

A talented chef with gambling woes flees to a Latin American villa to visit an old friend who appears to be living an extraordinary life as a private chef. Envy soon turns to greed and then to something deeply unsettling for the chef when he assumes his friend's life and discovers the motives of his mysterious clients.

6.7

MagicScore

#11

Estômago: A Gastronomic Story

2007

In a dog-eat-dog world, Raimundo Nonato has found an alternative way to move ahead: he cooks. No matter what social strata this deceptively innocent young man inhabits, he hones his skills and sharpens his knives—and then he falls in love. Jorge's nimble comic fable provides a smartly constructed gastronomic allegory for ambition and survival.

7.9

MagicScore

#12

Salaar: Part 1 - Ceasefire

2023

Set in the fictional dystopian city-state of Khansaar, the film follows the friendship between Deva, a tribesman, and Varadha, the prince of Khansaar. When a coup d'état is planned by his father's ministers and his relatives, Varadha enlists Deva's help to become Khansaar's undisputed ruler.

6.7

MagicScore

#13

The Baker

2023

A quiet, stoic man, lives a monk-like existence in self-imposed exile. When his estranged son is killed in a drug deal gone bad, he is left to look after a granddaughter he never knew existed, and he is forced back into a life he tried to put behind him.

6.3

MagicScore

#14

My Son Hunter

2022

Hunter Biden lives a lifestyle of parties and corruption when he meets stripper Grace Anderson, who learns more about American politics as she gets closer and closer to the president's son.

5.1

MagicScore

#15

M

1931

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.

8.1

MagicScore

#16

Centaur

2023

Liza works at night, a taxi ride for her is a moment of much-desired peace. The driver Sasha inspires confidence, he knows the approach to the most demanding client. There are many unexpected turns in the lights of the big city, behind each of which lies a terrible threat. And perhaps the main danger is closer than it seems.

7.7

MagicScore

#17

The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon

2023

The arrogant, third most-wanted criminal in Taiwan, decides to get rid of the top two competitors and crowns himself the most-wanted criminal before dying.

7.3

MagicScore

#18

Chappa Kurishu

2011

The film revolves around the lives of two people: Arjun, a wealthy man in the construction business in Kochi who has an affair with his subordinate Sonia , even though he is preparing to be engaged to his family friend's daughter Ann ; and Ansari , who lives in a slum and works in a supermarket doing odd jobs who is mocked for his appearance and has a crush his co-worker Nafiza .

7.3

MagicScore

#19

The Big Fake

2025

Toni Chichiarelli arrives in Rome with the dream of becoming a painter, but his talent leads him elsewhere — from art galleries to state secrets. Between art, crime, and power, his signature ends up everywhere — even in the history of Italy.

6.6

MagicScore

#20

Black Lotus

2023

An ex-special forces operative wages a one man war through the streets of Amsterdam to rescue his friend's daughter from the local crime syndicate.

6.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Gourmet Detective: Roux the Day?

The top films similar to Gourmet Detective: Roux the Day by MovieMagicScore are Gourmet Detective (6.7), Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die (6.5), Death Al Dente: A Gourmet Detective Mystery (6.9). Each shares crime/drama/mystery/tv movie themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Gourmet Detective: Roux the Day worth watching?

Gourmet Detective: Roux the Day holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.3/10 from 31 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Gourmet Detective: Roux the Day?

Gourmet Detective: Roux the Day (2020) is a crime, drama, mystery, tv movie film directed by Mark Jean, starring Brooke Burns, Dylan Neal, Alissa Skovbye.

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