Movies Like My Life as a Zucchini (2016)

My Life as a Zucchini is a 2016 animation, comedy, drama, family film from Claude Barras with a MovieMagicScore of 7.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Oliver Twist and Tokyo Godfathers.

Animation Comedy Drama Family

Oliver Twist

2005

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.

6.7

MagicScore

Tokyo Godfathers

2003

On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.

7.9

MagicScore

Memoir of a Snail

2024

Forcibly separated from her twin brother when they are orphaned, a melancholic misfit learns how to find confidence within herself amid the clutter of misfortunes and everyday life.

8.1

MagicScore

Mary and Max

2009

A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.

7.9

MagicScore

Anomalisa

2015

An inspirational speaker becomes reinvigorated after meeting a lively woman who shakes up his mundane existence.

7.1

MagicScore

The Ref

1994

A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.

6.5

MagicScore

Fractured

2019

Driving cross-country, Ray and his wife and daughter stop at a highway rest area where his daughter falls and breaks her arm. After a frantic rush to the hospital and a clash with the check-in nurse, Ray is finally able to get her to a doctor. While the wife and daughter go downstairs for an MRI, Ray, exhausted, passes out in a chair in the lobby. Upon waking up, they have no record or knowledge of Ray's family ever being checked in.

6.7

MagicScore

Blue Streak

1999

Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as an LAPD detective.

6.5

MagicScore

No Good Deed

2002

While doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery.

5.4

MagicScore

#10

The Wolf House

2018

After escaping from a religious colony in Chile, Maria seeks shelter in a mansion where she’s taken in by two pigs, its only inhabitants. Like in a stop-motion dream, the universe of the house reacts to her feelings. The animals slowly morph into humans and the house into a dark, menacing world.

7.5

MagicScore

#11

The Snails

1966

In a distant planetoid, an industrious but hapless old farmer strives to make his vegetables flourish, however, to no avail.

6.9

MagicScore

#12

Possessed

2015

Trini, a world-renowned flamenco dancer, abandons the stage after suffering a personal tragedy.

6.2

MagicScore

#13

Bobby Yeah

2011

Bobby Yeah is a petty thug who lightens his miserable existence by brawling and stealing stuff. One day, he steals the favourite pet of some very dangerous individuals, and finds himself in deep trouble. He really should learn, but he just can't help it.

7.1

MagicScore

#14

Hell and Back

2015

Two best friends set out to rescue their pal after he's accidentally dragged to hell.

5.3

MagicScore

#15

Disaster!

2005

A spoof of disaster films, an asteroid is coming towards earth and Harry Bottoms is in charge of saving us all...again...

5.1

MagicScore

#16

Appleseed

2004

In a utopian society created at the end of the third world war, a female warrior who has been plucked from the badlands begins to see cracks in this new facade. And what does this community have planned for the rest of humankind?

6.7

MagicScore

#17

Black Christmas

1974

As the residents of the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority house prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to harass them with a series of obscene phone calls.

6.9

MagicScore

#18

27

2023

Alice is 27 years old today. Even though she is suffocating a bit, she still lives with her parents and tends to live in her dreams to escape her dreary everyday life. After a psychedelic party on a factory roof, she has a serious drunken bike accident. Will this give her the courage to become an adult?

6.6

MagicScore

#19

Black Tide

2018

When a teenager suddenly disappears without a trace, the case is assigned to an alcoholic police officer who maintains a complicated relationship with his own troubled teenage son, suspected of drug trafficking.

5.7

MagicScore

#20

Twenty 20

2008

Advocate Ramesh saves Devan from a murder case. Later, he realize Devan was the actual culprit. Ramesh tries for a payback, unaware of Devan's real intentions and the reason for the murder.

6.1

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like My Life as a Zucchini?

The top films similar to My Life as a Zucchini by MovieMagicScore are Oliver Twist (6.7), Tokyo Godfathers (7.9), Memoir of a Snail (8.1). Each shares animation/comedy/drama/family themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is My Life as a Zucchini worth watching?

My Life as a Zucchini holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.8/10 from 1,446 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is My Life as a Zucchini?

My Life as a Zucchini (2016) is a animation, comedy, drama, family film directed by Claude Barras, starring Gaspard Schlatter, Sixtine Murat, Paulin Jaccoud.

Where can I find more recommendations like My Life as a Zucchini?

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About movies like My Life as a Zucchini

This ranked list pairs My Life as a Zucchini (2016), a animation and comedy and drama and family film from Claude Barras, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Gaspard Schlatter take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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