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Movies Like Bird

If you liked Bird (2024), a drama movie directed by Andrea Arnold, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Gimme Shelter

    Gimme Shelter (2013)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    After running away from her abusive mother, a streetwise teen seeks refuge with her father, but he rejects her when he learns that she's pregnant.

  2. 2May December

    May December (2023)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under the pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.

  3. 3The Short History of the Long Road

    The Short History of the Long Road (2019)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    Nola grew up living in a van with her father, Clint—two nomads against the world. When tragedy strikes, Nola must confront the reality of life on the road alone, learning to own her grief, her past, and her new…

  4. 4Kisses

    Kisses (2008)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home on Christmas Day and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin.

  5. 5Hellion

    Hellion (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for…

  6. 6Bastard Out of Carolina

    Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as…

  7. 7Tuesday

    Tuesday (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.

  8. 8Boy A

    Boy A (2008)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    Freed after a lengthy term in a juvenile detention center, convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman and begins dating co-worker Michelle. While out on the road one day, Jack notices a distressed…

  9. 9Mothers' Instinct

    Mothers' Instinct (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Housewives Alice and Celine are best friends and neighbours who seem to have it all. However, when a tragic accident shatters the harmony of their lives, guilt, suspicion and paranoia begin to unravel their sisterly…

  10. 10The Chronology of Water

    The Chronology of Water (2025)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Plagued by an abusive childhood, a woman finds escape in competitive swimming, sexual experimentation, toxic relationships, and addiction before ultimately finding her voice through writing.

  11. 11Tideland

    Tideland (2005)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.

  12. 12Holy Lands

    Holy Lands (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours. Back in New York, Harry’s ex-wife…

  13. 13Mammal

    Mammal (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the…

  14. 14Die My Love

    Die My Love (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    After inheriting a remote Montana house, Jackson moves there from New York with his partner Grace, and the couple soon welcome a child. As Jackson becomes increasingly absent and rural isolation sets in, Grace…

  15. 15The Nest

    The Nest (2020)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban…

  16. 16Is God Is

    Is God Is (2026)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    Two sisters embark on an epic quest for revenge, confronting a charged family history that pushes them to extraordinary lengths.

  17. 17Eve's Bayou

    Eve's Bayou (1997)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the betrayals they’ve endured.

  18. 18Goodbye June

    Goodbye June (2025)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.

  19. 19A Thousand and One

    A Thousand and One (2023)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    Struggling but unapologetically living on her own terms, Inez is moving from shelter to shelter in mid-1990s New York City. With her 6-year-old son Terry in foster care and unable to leave him again, she kidnaps him so…

  20. 20Hounddog

    Hounddog (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

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