Movies like Chicken with Plums (2011)
The best movies like Chicken with Plums (2011) are The Source (2011), Madame Rosa (1977) and Chocolat (2016). If Chicken with Plums hooked you with its comedy and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Intouchables (2011)8.3/10 from 19,051 votes
- NewestLa Vénus électrique (2026)Released 2026
- In FrenchThe Source (2011)Also in French
The Source (2011)
A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual favours as long as the men refuse to install a water pipe.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMadame Rosa (1977)
Madame Rosa lives in a sixth-floor walkup in the Pigalle; she's a retired prostitute, Jewish and an Auschwitz survivor, a foster mom to children of other prostitutes. Momo is the oldest and her favorite, an Algerian lad whom she raises as a Muslim. He asks about his parents; she answers evasively. As she ages and takes fewer children, Momo must do more for her; as money is tight, he tries to earn pennies on the street with a puppet. He's a beautiful man-child, and Madame Rosa makes him promise never to sell himself or become a pimp. A film editor, Nadine, befriends him, and his father appears as well. Madame Rosa reaches her last days in fear of hospitals, and Momo must act.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChocolat (2016)
Chocolat the clown, the first black stage performer in France, goes from anonymity to fame after forming an unprecedented duo with fellow performer Footit in the very popular in Belle Epoque Paris. But easy money, gambling, and discrimination take their toll on their friendship and Chocolat's career.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHe Loves Me… He Loves Me Not (2002)
A talented art student named Angélique is passionately in love with Dr. Loïc Le Garrec, a handsome married man whom she believes will leave his wife. When he eventually decides to stay in his marriage, it causes Angélique to spiral. However, as the story shifts from Angélique's perspective to Loïc's, the surprising truth about their relationship is revealed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLa Belle Époque (2019)
Victor, a disillusioned 60-something whose marriage is on the rocks, opts to relive the week of his life when, 40 years earlier, he met his true love through a company that allows customers to return to the time period of their choosing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Hedgehog (2009)
Paloma is a serious and highly articulate but deeply bored 11-year-old who has decided to kill herself on her 12th birthday. Fascinated by art and philosophy, she questions and documents her life and immediate circle, drawing trenchant and often hilarious observations on the world around her. But as her appointment with death approaches, Paloma finally meets some kindred spirits in her building's grumpy janitor and an enigmatic, elegant neighbor, both of whom inspire Paloma to question her rather pessimistic outlook on life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDieudonné - Rendez-nous Jésus ! (2012)
Dieudonné, father of little Judas, talks to us about Jesus. What could be more natural! After all, Dieudo grew up in the light of Christ and, like a mirror, reflects his personal vision of Jesus back to us. A Jesus who is both the Son of God for Christians and also a prophet of Islam, foretelling the arrival of his messenger, Muhammad. For Dieudonné, Christians and Muslims share a common destiny: to laugh together, and to do so heartily!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Priceless (2006)
A beautiful young gold-digger mistakes a lowly hotel clerk as a rich and therefore worthwhile catch.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Got Life! (2017)
Aurore has separated, just lost her job, and learns that she is going to be a grandmother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOrchestra Class (2017)
A violinist looks to inspire his students at a challenging music school.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSchool Life (2019)
In one of the poorest areas of Paris, a school counselor devotes herself to working with disadvantaged students, while facing challenges of her own.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Intouchables (2011)
A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisArab Blues (2020)
Selma, a psychoanalyst, deals with a cast of colorful new patients after returning home to Tunisia to open a practice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMonsieur Lazhar (2011)
During a harsh Montréal winter, an elementary-school class is left reeling after its teacher commits suicide. Bachir Lazhar, a charismatic Algerian immigrant, steps in as the substitute teacher for the classroom of traumatized children. All the while, he must keep his personal life tucked away: the fact that he is seeking political refuge in Québec – and that he, like the children, has suffered an appalling loss.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMacadam Stories (2015)
Improbable encounters bring tenderness, laughter and compassion to a world of urban alienation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisהאושפיזין (2004)
In Jerusalem's orthodox neighborhoods, it's Succoth, seven days celebrating life's essentials in a sukkah, a temporary shack of both deprivation and hospitality. A devout couple, Moshe and Mali, married nearly five years and childless, are broke and praying for a miracle...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
The Chorus (2004)
In 1940s France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisQueen to Play (2009)
Hélène, a housekeeper at a ritzy hotel in Corsica, is devoted to her family but lacks any passion in her own life. When she sees a handsome couple play a passionate game of chess, she becomes inspired to play herself. Hélène's working-class husband and spoiled daughter are soon bewildered by her obsession with chess. They also grow suspicious of Hélène's close relationship with Dr. Kröger, her eccentric American expat tutor.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn Her Hands (2018)
A young man from a modest family gets the chance of a lifetime to reveal his hidden talent for piano but can he find the strength and courage to live up to the challenge?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNormandy Nude (2018)
At the Mêle sur Sarthe, a small Norman village, farmers are affected by a crisis. Georges Balbuzard, the mayor of the city, is not one to let them down and decides to try everything to save his village...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisLook at Me (2004)
Talented 20-year-old Lolita dreams of a singing career. But her self-esteem is low due to her weight problem and her narcissistic father, Étienne, a literary star with scant interest in his daughter's life. Lolita finds little comfort in the attentions of her vocal coach, suspecting the woman is using her to meet her influential father. Étienne's second wife proves to be Lolita's only trustworthy ally in her private battle to find a sense of worth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYao (2019)
From his village in northern Senegal, Yao is a 13-year-old boy ready to do anything to meet his hero: Seydou Tall, a famous French actor. Invited to Dakar to promote his new book, the latter goes to his country of origin for the first time. To fulfill his dream, the young Yao organizes his fugue and brave 387 kilometers alone to the capital. Touched by this child, the actor decides to flee his obligations and to accompany him home. But on the dusty and uncertain roads of Senegal, Seydou understands that while rolling towards the village of the child, it also rolls towards its roots.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Girl on the Bridge (1999)
It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. So she follows him. They travel along the northern bank of the Mediterranean to perform.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDriving Lessons (2006)
A shy teenage boy trying to escape the influence of his domineering mother, has his world changed when he begins to work for a retired actress.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Big Hit (2020)
Etienne, an often out of work but endearing actor, runs a theater workshop in a prison, where he brings together an unlikely troupe of prisoners to stage Samuel Beckett’s famous play Waiting for Godot. When he is allowed to take the colorful band of convicts on a tour outside of prison, Etienne finally has the chance to thrive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFunan (2019)
Cambodia, once the ancient kingdom of Funan, April 17th, 1975. The entire country falls under the tyranny of Angkar, the communist party of the Khmer Rouge. The cities are abandoned, the population is thrown to the roads and forced to walk towards an uncertain future…
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAnother Year (2010)
During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBetter Living Through Chemistry (2014)
A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisLa Vénus électrique (2026)
A painter in 1928 Paris, unable to work since his wife’s death, unknowingly participates in fake spiritualist shows staged by a carnival worker. As he regains his inspiration, she falls in love with the man she is deceiving.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChloe and Theo (2015)
A young woman, Chloe, living by her wits on the streets of New York City, has a chance meeting with a wise Inuit Eskimo, Theo, who was sent to New York by his elders to provide a message to the people of the world – We either change our destructive was or be destroyed by them. Chloe, who has been searching for something to believe in, becomes inspired by Theo and , with the help of a kind lawyer, Monica, the three of them present Theo’s story to the United Nations in hopes of creating a better future for all of us.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Chicken with Plums?
The closest matches to Chicken with Plums are The Source (2011), Madame Rosa (1977) and Chocolat (2016). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Chicken with Plums?
People who watched Chicken with Plums most often go on to The Source (2011), Madame Rosa (1977) and Chocolat (2016).
What is the highest-rated movie like Chicken with Plums?
The Intouchables (2011), rated 8.3/10 by 19,051 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Chicken with Plums?
La Vénus électrique (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Chicken with Plums?
Yes: The Source (2011), Madame Rosa (1977) and Chocolat (2016).
How are movies similar to Chicken with Plums chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Chicken with Plums, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.