Movies Like Chicken with Plums (2011)

Chicken with Plums is a 2011 comedy, drama film from Marjane Satrapi with a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with LelleBelle and Humoresque.

Comedy Drama

LelleBelle

2010

16-year old Belle practices playing the violin diligently, but is unable to impart her music with a sensitive undertone. Her life changes when she discovers that sexual desire stimulates passion in her music.

4.9

MagicScore

Humoresque

1947

A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.

7.0

MagicScore

Making Love

2000

Costanza is drinking a beer in a Prague pub, a summer night in 1968, while a violinist enters and starts playing a "canone inverso" for her. It is not a case, that music and that violin have a story behind that could concern her. It is the love story between Jeno Varga and the music, between Jeno and Sophie.

6.8

MagicScore

The Vagabond

1916

A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.

6.7

MagicScore

The Song of Names

2019

A man searches for his childhood best friend, a Polish violin prodigy orphaned in the Holocaust, who vanished decades before on the night of his first public performance.

6.7

MagicScore

Music of the Heart

1999

After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.

6.7

MagicScore

The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

1974

With "little captain" Cambrai raising serious doubts about the reality of the so-called "super spy," Colonel Toulouse kidnaps Christine and forces Francois to play again the character of "The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe" in some fake adventures. All this to stop the investigation into the death of Colonel Milan.

6.5

MagicScore

Wrongfully Accused

1998

Ryan Harrison, a violin god, superstar and sex symbol does not want to cheat on sexy Lauren Goodhue's husband with her. Mr. Goodhue is found murdered and Ryan suddenly finds himself being the main suspect. After being sentenced to death he manages to flee while being transferred to his execution site. Now, all the world is after him as he stumbles from one unfortunate incident to the next in order to prove himself innocent - by finding a mysterious one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged man...

6.0

MagicScore

Paganini

1990

Legendary "devil violinist" Niccolo Paganini sets all of 19th century Europe into frenzy.

5.2

MagicScore

#10

Strung

2026

A talented violinist's prestigious new role as a music tutor for an enigmatic, elite family spirals into a psychological battle for her safety and sanity.

7.7

MagicScore

#11

Lemonade Mouth

2011

When five ragtag freshman first meet in detention, it seems they have nothing in common. But, through music, they form an unbreakable bond and discover they have the makings of the greatest high school garage band in history! In the face of incredible odds, Olivia, Stella, Wen, Mohini and Charlie find they can make a real difference when they learn to lean on each other and let go of everything holding back their dreams.

7.4

MagicScore

#12

The Story of the Weeping Camel

2003

When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.

7.1

MagicScore

#13

mother!

2017

A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

7.0

MagicScore

#14

Under the Sand

2000

When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional.

6.6

MagicScore

#15

The Mouth Agape

1974

Monique is dying of cancer, lying in bed in the apartment above the store her family owns. Her philandering husband carries on with life, her son remains aloof, and her daughter-in-law wonders if she is witnessing her own decline. They all struggle to express, or feel, their love for one another.

6.3

MagicScore

#16

Presence

2025

A couple and their children move into a seemingly normal suburban home. When strange events occur, they begin to believe there is something else in the house with them. The presence is about to disrupt their lives in unimaginable ways.

6.1

MagicScore

#17

Manhattan Night

2016

Porter Wren is a Manhattan tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. On the beat he sells murder, tragedy, and anything that passes for the truth. At home, he is a dedicated husband and father. But when Caroline, a seductive stranger asks him to dig into the unsolved murder of her filmmaker husband Simon, he is drawn into a very nasty case of sexual obsession and blackmail--one that threatens his job, his marriage, and his life.

5.9

MagicScore

#18

Koko-di Koko-da

2019

As a couple goes on a trip to find their way back to each other, a sideshow artist and his shady entourage emerge from the woods, terrorizing them, luring them deeper into a maelstrom of psychological terror and humiliating slapstick.

5.8

MagicScore

#19

Oh, Canada

2024

Famed Canadian-American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife was one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam. Now in his late seventies, Fife is dying of cancer in Montreal and has agreed to a final interview in which he is determined to bare all his secrets at last, to demythologize his mythologized life.

5.8

MagicScore

#20

Old

2021

A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.

6.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Chicken with Plums?

The top films similar to Chicken with Plums by MovieMagicScore are LelleBelle (4.9), Humoresque (7.0), Making Love (6.8). Each shares comedy/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Chicken with Plums worth watching?

Chicken with Plums holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10 from 170 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Chicken with Plums?

Chicken with Plums (2011) is a comedy, drama film directed by Marjane Satrapi, starring Mathieu Amalric, Golshifteh Farahani, Édouard Baer.

Where can I find more recommendations like Chicken with Plums?

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About movies like Chicken with Plums

This ranked list pairs Chicken with Plums (2011), a comedy and drama film from Marjane Satrapi, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Mathieu Amalric 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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