Movies Like Chicken

If you liked Chicken (2023), a drama and comedy movie directed by Lucy McNulty and Emma Pollard, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Anne of Green Gables (1985)
★ 8.1/10Also drama
Anne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept Anne, who quickly endears herself to them and…
2
American Fiction (2023)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and drama
A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
3
Go Figure (2005)
★ 6/10Also comedy and drama
Katelin Kingsford, an Olympic hopeful figure skater wants to train with a Russian figure skating coach. In order to go to go to the school that Natasha is at, Katelin gets a scholarship playing on the girls hockey team.
4
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy and drama
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
5
The Savages (2007)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and comedy
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
6
Where Hope Grows (2014)
★ 7.9/10Also drama
Calvin Campbell is a former professional baseball player sent to an early retirement due to his panic attacks at the plate. Even though he had all the talent for the big leagues, he struggles with the curveballs life…
7
The Rookie (2002)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team…
8
The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and drama
Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis.
9
Sweetie (1989)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and comedy
The buttoned-down, superstitious Kay is attempting to lead a normal existence with her new boyfriend Louis. That’s until Sweetie, her rampaging, devil-may-care sister, returns home after an absence, exposing the rotten…
10
Into the Forest (2016)
★ 5.8/10Also drama
In the not too distant future, two young women who live in a remote ancient forest discover the world around them is on the brink of an apocalypse. Informed only by rumor, they fight intruders, disease, loneliness &…
11
The Adults (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and comedy
Eric returns home for a short visit and finds himself caught between reuniting with his sisters and chasing a victory with his old poker group. As the trip extends, Eric finds it increasingly difficult to avoid…
12
Ramona and Beezus (2010)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
Ramona is a little girl with a very big imagination and a nose for mischief. Her playful antics keep everyone in her loving family on their toes, including her older sister Beezus, who's just trying to survive her…
13
The Perfect Game (2009)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series.
14
The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe. While helping them, the millionaire is suspected of being crazy because…
15
Marvin's Room (1996)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.
16
Tuesday (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.
17
Twitches (2005)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama
Twins separated at birth, Camryn and Alex meet by chance for the first time on their 21st birthday and discover they're witches with the power to save their homeland of Coventry from the evil that threatens it. But…
18
An Irish Goodbye (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and comedy
In rural Northern Ireland, following the untimely death of their mother, a young man with Down syndrome and his estranged brother discover her unfulfilled bucket list.
19
Chestnut: Hero of Central Park (2004)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy
Ray and Sal, two orphaned sisters, adopt and hide a Great Dane puppy from their two adopted parents living in a luxury downtown New York apartment that expressely forbids dogs.
20
Our Idiot Brother (2011)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama
Everybody has one—the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz, Miranda and Natalie, that person is their perennially upbeat brother, Ned. But…