Movies Like The Song of Sparrows (2008)

The Song of Sparrows is a 2008 drama film from Majid Majidi with a MovieMagicScore of 7.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Sound of Metal and The Hammer.

Drama

Sound of Metal

2020

Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help him adapt to his new life. After being welcomed and accepted just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new normal and the life he once knew.

7.7

MagicScore

The Hammer

2010

A coming of age drama following the life of Matt Hamill, the first deaf wrestler to win a National Collegiate Wrestling Championship.

6.7

MagicScore

Wildflower

1991

One day Sammy and his younger sister Ellie happen upon a cabin where Alice, a young, partially deaf girl with epilepsy is being kept by her abusive stepfather. The three soon become friends and hope to get Alice an education and help her escape from the torture she undergoes daily. However, Alice's stepfather soon finds out about the friendship Alice has struck up and punishes her brutally. This story of friendship and youth shows that everyone is human and deserves to be treated so, no matter their disability or weakness.

5.7

MagicScore

The Ardennes

2015

A brutal home-jacking goes hopelessly wrong. Dave, one of the two robbers, manages to run off, leaving his brother Kenneth behind. Four years later, Kenneth is released from prison and much has changed. Dave has his life back on track and is trying to help Kenneth however possible, but is witnessing how the highly strung Kenneth tries to win back his ex-girlfriend Sylvie.

6.6

MagicScore

The Desert Child

2026

14-year-old Sun has written and successfully published a story based on an incredible story told by her late grandfather about a wild child called Hadara, who is saved by a group of ostriches when he becomes separated from his family in a storm, and is then raised in the desert amid a host of wild animals, including his best friend, a desert fox. When Sun is invited to travel to the Sahara by a local community who has heard about her book, she meets Kharouba, a Nomad girl of her own age, and realizes there may be much more to Hadara than just a character in a bedtime story.

7.6

MagicScore

Swiss Family Robinson

1960

After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they quickly make themselves at home but soon face a danger even greater than nature: dastardly pirates.

6.9

MagicScore

Tuner

2026

A gifted piano tuner's meticulous skills for tuning pianos lead him to discover an unexpected aptitude for cracking safes, turning his life upside down.

7.6

MagicScore

Wings, Legs and Tails

1986

An ostrich is trying to learn how to fly in a dessert.

6.8

MagicScore

A Star Is Born

2018

Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

7.5

MagicScore

#10

Small, Slow But Steady

2022

A hearing-impaired woman with dreams of becoming a professional boxer due to the pandemic is threatened closure of her boxing club and the illness of its ageing president, who has been her biggest supporter, push her to the limit.

7.0

MagicScore

#11

The Secret Life of Words

2005

A solitary nurse bonds with a badly burned patient who survived an accident on an oil rig.

7.0

MagicScore

#12

Donald's Ostrich

1937

Donald is the baggagemaster at a remote railway station. Part of the latest cargo shipment is Hortense the Ostrich, who is a bit too friendly with Donald, and who eats everything in sight, whether it's food or not (mostly not): a concertina, an alarm clock, some balloons, all of which start reacting when Hortense gets the hiccups.

6.1

MagicScore

#13

Mickey Down Under

1948

Mickey, in the Australian bush, throws a boomerang that gets caught in Pluto’s mouth. Mickey then discovers an egg of an emu. Unfortunately, the parent chases him, but Pluto and the boomerang zoom into his path, leaving the emu all tangled.

6.0

MagicScore

#14

It's All Gone Pete Tong

2004

A comedy following the tragic life of the legendary Frankie Wilde. The story takes us through Frankie's life from being one of the best DJs alive, through a subsequent battle with a hearing disorder, culminating in his mysterious disappearance from the scene.

6.5

MagicScore

#15

Traveller

1997

A young man, Pat, visits the clan of gypsy-like grifters (Irish Travellers) in rural North Carolina from whom he is descended. He is at first rejected, but cousin Bokky takes him on as an apprentice. Pat learns the game while Bokky falls in love and desires a different life.

5.5

MagicScore

#16

Close-Up

1990

This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf—as the basis for a stunning, multilayered investigation into movies, identity, artistic creation, and existence, in which the real people from the case play themselves.

8.0

MagicScore

#17

A Separation

2011

A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.

7.9

MagicScore

#18

Taste of Cherry

1997

A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the seemingly well-to-do Badii meets with numerous people, including a Muslim student, asking them to take on the job, but initially he has little luck. Eventually, Badii finds a man who is up for the task because he needs the money, but his new associate soon tries to talk him out of committing suicide.

7.7

MagicScore

#19

The Color of Paradise

1999

Mohammad joyfully returns to his tiny village on summer vacation from the Institute for the Blind, unaware of his widowed father's intentions to disown him in order to win the hand—and dowry—of a local woman. With the wedding swiftly approaching, Mohammad's future hangs precariously in the balance as his father struggles against his destiny, unable to see the wonder of life and love that's so clear to his son.

7.6

MagicScore

#20

Baran

2001

On a building site in present-day Tehran, Lateef, a 17-year-old Turkish worker is irresistibly drawn to Rahmat, a young Afghan worker. The revelation of Rahmat's secret changes both their lives.

7.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Song of Sparrows?

The top films similar to The Song of Sparrows by MovieMagicScore are Sound of Metal (7.7), The Hammer (6.7), Wildflower (5.7). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Song of Sparrows worth watching?

The Song of Sparrows holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.5/10 from 77 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Song of Sparrows?

The Song of Sparrows (2008) is a drama film directed by Majid Majidi, starring Reza Naji, Hamid Aghazi, Kamran Dehghan.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Song of Sparrows?

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About movies like The Song of Sparrows

This ranked list pairs The Song of Sparrows (2008), a drama film from Majid Majidi, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Reza Naji 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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