Movies: Chicken

An elderly couple's dog must defend them from a malicious space chicken, bent on conquest by infecting them with mutagenic eggs. First this quiet farm in the middle of nowhere, next, the world!...

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...

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...

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....

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

Watch the journey as one simple janitor turns hero after discovering the company he works at is not all that it seems....

Five random people accidentally get dosed with an experimental psych-drug that suppresses fear and risk-avoidance....

A splendid 10-minute animated film by Sharon Smith. It is an adaptation of a tale by Frank Key. Narrated by Key himself, it has been screened at film festivals and competitions all over the world, including Annecy, Edinburgh, Brazil and last month’s ...

‘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...

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 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...

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När Hönan blir bortrövad inleder de gröna upptågsmakarna Kalle Stropp och Grodan Boll jakten med en rivstart. Efter många farofyllda strapatser lyckas de rädda sin vän. Men de hade aldrig lyckats utan Plåt-Nicklas hjälp....

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

A gorilla attempts to deliver bland fried chicken to an innocent boy. A secret agent saves the day....

A knight and his wife live in a small house in the middle of nowhere. Every day he fights passing knights and is rewarded by his wife with lots of love and delicious meals....

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....

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

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...