Movies Like Birthday Girl (2001)

Birthday Girl is a 2001 comedy, crime, thriller film from Jez Butterworth with a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Lavender Hill Mob and The Collector.

Comedy Crime Thriller

The Lavender Hill Mob

1951

A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.

7.2

MagicScore

The Collector

1965

Freddie is an inept bank clerk with no future. His only hobby is collecting butterflies, which gives him a feeling of power and control that is otherwise totally missing from his life. He comes into a large sum of money and buys himself a country house. Still unable to make himself at ease socially, he starts to plan on acquiring a girlfriend - in the same manner as he collects butterflies. He prepares the cellar of the house to be a collecting jar and stalks his victim over several days.

7.3

MagicScore

Peacock

2010

A minor train accident in rural Nebraska gradually unveils a mystery involving the town's reclusive bank clerk.

6.1

MagicScore

Mississippi Mermaid

1969

A tobacco planter on Réunion island in the Indian Ocean becomes engaged through correspondence to a French woman he does not know. The woman that arrives does not look like the picture he received, but he marries her anyway.

6.6

MagicScore

Heroes for Sale

1933

World War I veteran Tom Holmes is marked by the unbearable suffering caused by his battle wounds. Over the years, he comes to experience both the pain of misfortune and a love for other human beings.

7.0

MagicScore

The Purchase Price

1932

Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their relationship has a rocky start, but just as Joan realizes she's developing feelings for her husband, her old boyfriend arrives to win her back.

6.5

MagicScore

The Harvey Girls

1946

On a train trip out west to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.

6.5

MagicScore

The Russian Bride

2019

A Russian woman travels to America with her daughter to marry a reclusive billionaire offering them a better life, but soon begins to suspect her new husband might have a far more sinister plan for their arrangement.

5.2

MagicScore

The Trap

1966

A French-Canadian fur trapper takes a mute girl as his unwilling wife to live with him in his remote cabin in the woods.

7.0

MagicScore

#10

Love Me

2014

Western men and Ukrainian women embark on an unpredictable and riveting journey in search of love through the modern "mail-order bride" industry.

6.4

MagicScore

#11

Sweet Land

2005

Set in 1920, Inge travels from Germany to rural Minnesota in order to meet the man destined to be her husband.

6.3

MagicScore

#12

Zandy's Bride

1974

Zandy Allan purchases a mail-order bride, Hannah Lund. He treats her as a possession, without respect or humanity, until their shared ordeal as they struggle to survive develops in him a growing love.

6.1

MagicScore

#13

Blindman

1971

A blind, but deadly, gunman, is hired to escort fifty mail order brides to their miner husbands. His business partners double cross him, selling the women to bandit Domingo. Blindman heads into Mexico in pursuit.

5.6

MagicScore

#14

The Italian Job

1969

Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a high-risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far, so Charlie takes over the 'job'. Using three Mini Coopers, a couple of Jaguars, and a bus, he hopes to bring Torino to a standstill, steal a fortune in gold and escape in the chaos.

7.0

MagicScore

#15

11:14

2003

Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of events of five different characters and five different storylines that all converge to tell the story of murder and deceit.

6.8

MagicScore

#16

The Perfect Host

2010

Warwick Wilson is the consummate host. He carefully prepares for a dinner party, the table impeccably set and the duck perfectly timed for 8:30 p.m. John Taylor is a career criminal. He’s just robbed a bank and needs to get off the streets. He finds himself on Warwick’s doorstep posing as a friend of a friend, new to Los Angeles, who’s been mugged and lost his luggage.

6.4

MagicScore

#17

Sapthamashree Thaskaraha

2014

Seven men, after getting acquainted in prison and finding out that all of their lives have been affected by the same con man, decide to raid the fraudster's life savings.

6.4

MagicScore

#18

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

1974

Down-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags along for the ride.

6.4

MagicScore

#19

Band of Robbers

2016

A comedic thriller that re-imagines Mark Twain's iconic literary characters of "Huckleberry Finn" and "Tom Sawyer" as grown men in current day.

5.9

MagicScore

#20

3000 Miles to Graceland

2001

It was an ingenious enough plan: rob the Riviera Casino's count room during an Elvis impersonator convention. But Thomas Murphy decided to keep all the money for himself and shot all his partners, including recently-freed ex-con Michael Zane. With $3.2 million at stake, the Marshals Service closing in, Michael must track down Murphy.

5.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Birthday Girl?

The top films similar to Birthday Girl by MovieMagicScore are The Lavender Hill Mob (7.2), The Collector (7.3), Peacock (6.1). Each shares comedy/crime/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Birthday Girl worth watching?

Birthday Girl holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10 from 420 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Birthday Girl?

Birthday Girl (2001) is a comedy, crime, thriller film directed by Jez Butterworth, starring Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin, Vincent Cassel.

Where can I find more recommendations like Birthday Girl?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Birthday Girl

This ranked list pairs Birthday Girl (2001), a comedy and crime and thriller film from Jez Butterworth, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Nicole Kidman 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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