Movies Like The Birds (1963)

The Birds is a 1963 horror, thriller film from Alfred Hitchcock with a MovieMagicScore of 7.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Birds II: Land's End and Night of the Eagle.

Horror Thriller

The Birds II: Land's End

1994

Ted and his family have just moved to the sleepy coastal town of Gull Island so that he can complete work on his thesis. Everything couldn’t seem more picturesque about their new, seaside home… that is, except for the increasing number of aggressively behaving birds.

3.8

MagicScore

Night of the Eagle

1962

A woman who may be a witch defends her husband from forces attempting to harm him.

6.7

MagicScore

The Shining

1980

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

8.2

MagicScore

Cabaret

1972

Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.

7.4

MagicScore

It Happened One Night

1934

A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.

7.8

MagicScore

They Live

1988

A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.

7.3

MagicScore

Zombieland

2009

Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.

7.3

MagicScore

Zombieland: Double Tap

2019

Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.

6.9

MagicScore

Creepshow 2

1987

Three macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy's favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker.

6.2

MagicScore

#10

Bloodsucking Bastards

2015

A down on his luck cubicle worker and his slacker best friend discover their new boss is a vampire who is turning their coworkers into the un-dead.

5.5

MagicScore

#11

Marley & Me

2008

A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.

7.2

MagicScore

#12

Fear in the Night

1972

It took Peggy Heller a long time to recover from the trauma of a brutal physical assault, suffered in her youth. When she married Robert, he provided her with the love and reassurance she craved for and the two settled down in a pretty house in the grounds of the public school where Robert was a master. But the headmaster of the school is not what he seems and Peggy is convinced he means to harm her - is her fear a figment of her tortured imagination or are there forces at work that intend to manipulate her anxieties with fatal consequences?

5.8

MagicScore

#13

I'm Just F*cking with You

2019

Siblings headed to a family wedding endure a night of increasingly frightening practical jokes while staying at a secluded motel.

5.9

MagicScore

#14

All My Friends Hate Me

2022

A college reunion goes awry when Pete suspects his friends may be out to get him... As their weekend getaway grows more and more uncomfortable, should Pete be worried about his safety, or is it all in his head?

5.9

MagicScore

#15

Willow Creek

2013

Looking to make a splash online with his research videos into the existence of Bigfoot, Jim and his girlfriend Kelly take a camping trip to the small town of Willow Creek, California, and the surrounding mountains where the infamous footage of the supposed sasquatch was filmed.

5.1

MagicScore

#16

Ladder 49

2004

Under the watchful eye of his mentor, Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. However, Jack has reached a crossroads as the sacrifices he's made have put him in harm's way innumerable times and significantly impacted his relationship with his wife and kids.

6.5

MagicScore

#17

Force of Nature: The Dry 2

2024

When five women take part in a corporate hiking retreat and only four come out on the other side, Federal Agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head deep into the Victorian mountain ranges to investigate in the hopes of finding their whistle-blowing informant, Alice Russell, alive.

6.4

MagicScore

#18

The Secret of Dr. Grinberg

2022

In the early nineties, Dr. Jacobo Grinberg’s career was blooming and he gained lots of international credit as a researcher in the fields of telepathy and neurophysiology at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. When Dr. Grinberg mysteriously disappears in 1994, the police find no trace of him. The only thing that is clear, is that all his research material, including his computers, disappeared along with him.

8.7

MagicScore

#19

Time Trap

2018

A group of students become trapped inside a mysterious cave where they discover time passes differently underground than on the surface.

6.3

MagicScore

#20

The Nanny and the Soldier

1897

A maid is out walking with her young charge when a soldier takes the boy's place.

5.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Birds?

The top films similar to The Birds by MovieMagicScore are The Birds II: Land's End (3.8), Night of the Eagle (6.7), The Shining (8.2). Each shares horror/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Birds worth watching?

The Birds holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.5/10 from 4,307 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Birds?

The Birds (1963) is a horror, thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Birds?

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

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About movies like The Birds

This ranked list pairs The Birds (1963), a horror and thriller film from Alfred Hitchcock, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Tippi Hedren 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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