Movies Like A Very Lonely Pickle

If you liked A Very Lonely Pickle (2022), a movie directed by Zac King, 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
The Dink (2026)
★ 6.4/10
Desperate to save a struggling country club and earn his father's respect, a washed-up tennis pro is compelled to break a sacred vow and do the unthinkable: play pickleball.
2
Tales of the Black Freighter (2009)
★ 6.6/10
A mariner survives an attack from the dreaded pirates of the Black Freighter, but his struggle to return home to warn it has a horrific cost.
3
Afterlife of the Party (2021)
★ 6.7/10
A social butterfly who dies during her birthday week is given a second chance to right her wrongs on Earth.
4
My Penguin Friend (2024)
★ 7.4/10
A lost penguin rescued from an oil spill transforms the life of a heartbroken fisherman. They become unlikely friends, so bonded that even the vast ocean cannot divide them.
5
The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (2026)
★ 6.9/10
A father-to-be tries to figure out what is happening with all this AI insanity, and explores the most powerful technology humanity has ever created... and what's at stake if we get it wrong.
6
Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
★ 7.1/10
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as…
7
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
★ 7.3/10
Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.
8
Icefall (2025)
★ 6.6/10
A young Indigenous game warden arrests an infamous poacher only to discover that the poacher knows the location of a plane carrying millions of dollars that has crashed in a frozen lake. When a group of criminals and…
9
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists (1996)
★ 6.2/10
Littlefoot’s grandfather falls gravely ill, and the only hope for his recovery is the "Golden Night Flower" found in the treacherous Land of the Mists. Along with his loyal friends, Littlefoot embarks on a journey to…
10
A Mouthful of Air (2021)
★ 6.4/10
Julie is a new mom and children's book author, who escapes into the bright Crayola-colored world of her creation in order to leave behind the darkness caused by her post-partum depression.
11
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
★ 6.2/10
Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.
12
The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving (1995)
★ 6.2/10
A huge meteorite has plunged into the Great Valley, cutting off the water supply and causing tension among the once-peaceful dinosaurs. While the adults argue and turn against one another, Littlefoot and his friends…
13
WALL·E (2008)
★ 8.1/10
After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has…
14
The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (1997)
★ 6.3/10
A plague of locusts strikes the Great Valley, decimating the plants and forcing the dinosaurs to migrate in search of food. When the adults in the herd begin fighting over the scarce resources, young Littlefoot and his…
15
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends (2007)
★ 6.1/10
Littlefoot learns a series of important lessons following an incident that nearly costs his grandmother her life. Soon afterwards, three dinosaurs arrive claiming they have lost their way.
16
A Dog's Journey (2019)
★ 8.1/10
A dog finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he meets.
17
Poison (2023)
★ 6.8/10
When a poisonous snake slithers onto an Englishman's stomach in India, his associate and a doctor race to save him.
18
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze (2001)
★ 6.1/10
When the dinosaur families get trapped in a valley by an ice storm, one family of "spike tail" dinosaurs volunteers to leave since they consume more food than the others. Meanwhile, the young dinos and a new adult…
19
Whalefall (2026)
★ 6.6/10
Following the death of his father, Jay Gardiner goes diving off the central Coast of California in search of his remains, but is swallowed by a massive sperm whale. While trapped inside its belly with only one hour of…
20
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
★ 6.5/10
Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival…