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After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.

If you loved My Life as a Zucchini, the closest films we have are Tokyo Godfathers (2003), Bingo: The King of the Mornings (2017) and Taxi (2015). All three share My Life as a Zucchini's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Le Week-End (2013).

🍅 99% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Claude Barraswittyplayfulcontemplative
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Tokyo Godfathers
2003 · dir. Satoshi Kon
🍅 92%★ 7.8animation · drama · comedy

The same two preoccupations: alcoholic, and adult animation

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.

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Bingo: The King of the Mornings
2017 · dir. Daniel Rezende
🍅 85%★ 7.9comedy · drama

Witty and playful in the same breath

1980s. Brazilian television exploding in color and auditorium programs not so politically correct. In the middle of this fervor, Augusto Mendes, a young rising actor, seeks his place in the sun. From porn studios to soap operas, he finally finds success and fame when he becomes "Bingo", a TV host clown from one of the audience leader TV shows for children. It turns out that behind the rice powder and red nose, nobody knows who he is.

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Taxi
2015 · dir. Jafar Panahi
🍅 96%★ 7.3comedy · drama

Contemplative comedy in both cases

A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. His camera placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio captures the spirit of Iranian society through this comedic and dramatic drive…

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Instructions Not Included
2013 · dir. Eugenio Derbez
🍅 63%★ 7.5comedy · drama

Witty drama, and it commits to that

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Valentin is Acapulco's resident playboy, until a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and him heading with her out of Mexico.

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Gloria
2013 · dir. Sebastián Lelio
🍅 100%★ 6.9comedy · drama

Animation built on play, twice over

Gloria is a 58-year-old divorcée. Her children have all left home but she has no desire to spend her days and nights alone. Determined to defy old age and loneliness, she rushes headlong into a whirl of singles’ parties on the hunt for instant gratification – which only leads to repeated disappointment and enduring emptiness. But when Gloria meets Rodolfo, an ex-naval officer seven years her senior, she begins to imagine the possibility of a permanent relationship.

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Hit the Road
2021 · dir. Panah Panahi
🍅 95%★ 7.2comedy · drama

Both lean on stillness more than on comedy

A chaotic family is on a road trip across a rugged landscape. In the back seat, Dad has a broken leg, Mom tries to laugh when she's not holding back tears, and the youngest keeps exploding into car karaoke. Only the older brother is quiet.

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The Trip
2011 · dir. Michael Winterbottom
🍅 89%★ 7comedy · drama

Drama with a pulse of wit, in both cases

When Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But, when she backs out on him, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.

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Soul Kitchen
2009 · dir. Fatih Akin
🍅 73%★ 7.2drama · comedy

Animation with a pulse of play, in both cases

In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.

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Le Week-End
2013 · dir. Roger Michell
🍅 89%★ 6.4comedy · dramaPrime Video

Same instincts, 3 years apart

Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and rediscover some romance in their long-lived marriage. The film follows the couple as long-established tensions in their marriage break out in humorous and often painful ways.

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My Mom Is a Character 3
2019 · dir. Susana Garcia
★ 7.1comedy

Comedy in the same key

The difference: Easier on the stillness than My Life as a Zucchini

Dona Hermínia will have to rediscover and reinvent herself because her children are forming new families. This supermom will have to deal with a new life scenario: Marcelina is pregnant and Juliano is getting married.

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Caramelo
2025 · dir. Diego Freitas
★ 7.1comedy · dramaNetflix

The drama is handled with the same confidence

After a life-changing diagnosis, a promising chef finds hope and humor with the help of a fur-midable dog friend.

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What's in a Name
2012 · dir. Alexandre de La Patellière
🍅 71%★ 7.3comedy

Both know what they want from comedy

Vincent, a wealthy real estate agent, is invited to dinner by his sister Elizabeth and her husband Peter, both professors in Paris. Claude, a childhood friend and trombonist in a symphony orchestra, is also present. Vincent brings news from the prenatal examination of his and his wife Anna's unborn son. The name chosen by the soon-to-be parents strongly offends the others for many reasons. The dispute between the guests quickly escalates and before long the resurgence of old grudges and hidden secrets is unavoidable...

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