Movies like Chicken with Plums: 20 to watch next
If you loved Chicken with Plums (2011) — a comedy and drama film directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Chicken with Plums most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like husband wife relationship, violin and violinist. 1 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Better Living Through Chemistry 2014★ 5.9
Shares: Drama, Comedy
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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La Vénus électrique 2026★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, Comedy
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.
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Another Year 2010★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Comedy
During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.
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Young Adult 2011★ 5.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.
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Orchestra Class 2017★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Comedy
A violinist looks to inspire his students at a challenging music school.
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I Never Sang for My Father 1970★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
A man living in the towering shadow of his aging father finds it difficult to start a new chapter in his life by marrying his girlfriend and moving to California.
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Chloe and Theo 2015★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama
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.
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Under the Stars of Paris 2021★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Christine’s life has not been easy lately. Her lonely routine is divided between free food banks distributions and wandering the streets. On a cold winter night she founds Suli, an 8-year-old Eritrean boy, sobbing in front of her shelter. Christine understands that he is lost and has been separated from his mother. Bounded by their marginal condition, they embark together on an emotional journey to find Suli’s mother in the underground world of Paris...
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New Biz in the Hood 2019★ 5.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Fred Bartel is the charismatic boss of a trendy Parisian communication agency, Happy Few. After a heated tax audit, he was forced by the administration to relocate overnight his company in La Courneuve. Fred and his team meet Samy, a young suburb who will quickly propose to teach them the rules and practices to adopt in this new environment.
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Hollywood Ending 2002★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Woody Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two-time Oscar winner turned washed-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. When it comes, Waxman finds himself backed into a corner: Work for his ex-wife Ellie or forfeit his last shot. Is Val blinded by love when he opts for the reconnect? Is love blind when it comes to Ellie's staunch support? Literally and figuratively, the proof is the picture.
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Coda 2020★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
A famous pianist at the twilight of his career meets a free-spirited music critic who soon becomes his rock as his mental state deteriorates.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Whatever It Takes 2026★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Rose and Jean have nothing in common. Rose is a force of nature who faces all her problems with a disarming joie de vivre. She lives with her 3 children upstairs in the family hotel that no longer belongs to her. They're not poor, they're broke... but only temporarily. Jean is a solitary, taciturn man who has buried his big heart under layers of modesty and resignation. When he arrives in this unusual family, however, he quickly becomes indispensable. What did they expect before they met? Probably nothing. He soon becomes indispensable.
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Bye Bye Morons 2020★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama
When 43-year-old hairdresser Suze Trappet finds out that she's seriously ill, she decides to go looking for a child she was forced to abandon when she was only 15. On her madcap bureaucratic quest she crosses paths with JB, a 50-year-old man in the middle of a burnout, and Mr. Blin, a blind archivist prone to overenthusiasm. The unlikely trio set off on a hilarious and poignant helterskelter journey across the city in search of Suze's long-lost child.
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Tenor 2022★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Drama
While working part-time as a food deliveryman, Antoine, an aspiring young rapper from the suburbs of Paris, meets Mrs. Loiseau, an eminent teacher at the Paris Opéra. Stunned by the young man's raw talent, she introduces him to the world of opera. As Antoine becomes one of Mrs. Loiseau's students, he hides his new dream from his friends and family, fearing that they won’t understand – this double life burdens him... Somewhere in between the gilded and uptight Parisian upper-class, and the harsh yet free-spirited and familiar suburbs he grew up in, Antoine will have to find his own voice.
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The Concert 2009★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, Comedy
A former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoï orchestra, known as "The Maëstro", Andreï Filipov had seen his career publicly broken by Leonid Brezhnev for hiring Jewish musicians and now works cleaning the concert hall where he once directed. One day, he intercepts an official invitation from the prestigious Théâtre du Châtelet. Through a series of mad antics, he reunites his old orchestra, now composed of old alcoholic musicians, and flies to perform in Paris and complete the Tchaikovsky concerto interrupted 30 years earlier. For the concerto, he engages a young violin soloist with whom he has an unexpected connection.
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All Together 2012★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Five old friends decide to move in together as an alternative to living in a retirement home. Joining them is an ethnology student whose thesis is on the aging population.
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Three Colors: Blue 1993★ 7.6
Shares: Drama
The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.
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Meet the Leroys 2024★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A man takes his wife and their teenage children on a road trip down memory lane while facing divorce.
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See The Sea 2025★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A young boy who gradually loses sight goes on a getaway vacation with his divorced parents.
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The Sweet Escape 2015★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Michel, a fifty year old man, graphic designer, decides to change the urban lifestyle and go on an adventure. Fascinated by airmail, he dreams at Jean Mermoz when he's on scooter. One day, Michel sees a picture of a kayak.
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