Movies: Chicken

A mysterious old puppeteer drifts into town and falls victim to a heart attack. Unbeknownst to the town sheriff, he leaves behind a mischievous little man only known as Mr. Stitches. The sheriff soon finds he has no other option but to call in "Lesli...

In three distinct eras, a man walking down the street has an unexpected encounter with a chicken....

The Last Stand of Norway, two teenage friends, Kenneth and Lenny, must defend their homeland when American forces, led by the power-hungry General Max, trying to invade Norway. Max’s goal is to take over the country to open fast food chains and domin...

Little Cute Chickie Duck loves little lucky Dinky Duck but they have a quarrel, which leads their parents to have a quarrel, which leads to a big-duck brawl...careful, there...which leads to much ado about nothing as Chickie and Dinky have made up an...

An awkward young farm boy undergoes a profound and painful rite of passage in Michael Burke's masterful drama of nascent sexuality and friendship. Ridiculed for his love of animals (his best friend is a chicken), the boy's acceptance by his peers req...

A man is stalked through the woods by an unusually masked killer....

A tragicomedy about a delusional young woman obsessed with chickens and golden eggs. After having an aneurysm at a Jack and the Beanstalk panto in 2006, Chicken Girl can’t get golden eggs off her brain....

‘65 year old Mdm Tan lives alone in Sin Ming. One day, the local authorities came to catch the free-ranging chickens in a bid to curb their population. Shocked, Mdm Tan decides to do something radical: to catch as many chickens as she can and put ins...

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A child and his family have a normal dinner....

To be born without freedom. Waiting your turn to be crushed into nuggets. It is a matter of choosing: To pray, or kill them first....

It's an afternoon in Versailles, during the reign of Louis XIV....

"Do what you want because everything will be legal"....

This 10-minute short documentary exploring the shifting state of the American poultry industry was preserved in 2015 from an original nitrate print. More information is available on the film's page in the National Film Preservation Foundation's websi...

Rodrigo, a teenager staying at his father's house during vacation, is bewildered after being forced to kill a chicken for dinner, questioning the meaning of power, good, evil, and the existence of god. Feeling guilty for his acts, he discusses with h...

In a futuristic, antiseptic food factory, workers select healthy chicks, while the rejects are carried along a conveyor belt until they are crushed by a mallet and drop into a garbage bin. A single black chick appears among the yellow and is shoved t...

Through mordant social commentary and symbolic irony, Amiralay focuses this film on the chicken farming industry in the rural Syrian village of Sadad. He documents the burdened livelihoods of farmers and the economic policies of the government that e...

An aimless young man claiming to be busy wanders around desolate landscapes injuring himself....

On March 10th, 2023, Johnathan Gong, founder and president of the UCSD Costco Club, made history by eating an ENTIRE rotisserie chicken in front of UCSD's Geisel Library. One year later, John reflects on how the stunt represented more than just eatin...

Two poor farmers spend all their money on a chicken, while waiting for her first egg they slowly start to get the feeling there’s something very wrong with the animal....