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Movies Like The White Bird Passes

If you liked The White Bird Passes (1980), a movie directed by Michael Radford, 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. 1Becoming Jane

    Becoming Jane (2007)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Though young Jane Austen's financially strapped parents expect her to marry the nephew of wealthy Lady Gresham, Jane herself knows that such a union will destroy her creativity and sense of self-worth. Instead, she…

  2. 2The Notebook

    The Notebook (2004)

    ★ 7.9/10

    An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is…

  3. 3City Lights

    City Lights (1931)

    ★ 8.2/10

    A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

  4. 4Brideshead Revisited

    Brideshead Revisited (2008)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Befriended by aristocrat Sebastian Flyte, Oxford student Charles Ryder finds that the power and privilege experienced by the family is seductive. On a visit to the ancestral home, Brideshead, he falls in love with his…

  5. 5Paterson

    Paterson (2016)

    ★ 7.1/10

    A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famous poets and artists.

  6. 6Juno

    Juno (2007)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, sixteen year old high-schooler, Juno MacGuff, makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.

  7. 7Me Before You

    Me Before You (2016)

    ★ 7.9/10

    Lou Clark, a directionless 26-year-old from the English countryside, takes a job at the local castle as a caregiver and companion to a wealthy young banker, Will Traynor. Wheelchair-bound from an accident two years…

  8. 8The Edge of Love

    The Edge of Love (2008)

    ★ 6.2/10

    When the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his flirtatious wife Caitlin sweep into war-torn London, the last thing they expect is to bump into Dylan's childhood sweetheart Vera. Despite her joy at seeing Dylan after so many…

  9. 9Stealing Beauty

    Stealing Beauty (1996)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian…

  10. 10Lady Bird

    Lady Bird (2017)

    ★ 7.2/10

    Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to…

  11. 11An Education

    An Education (2009)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David, a charming but much older suitor, motors into her life in a…

  12. 12Muriel's Wedding

    Muriel's Wedding (1994)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Socially awkward Muriel Heslop wants nothing more than to get married. Unfortunately, due to her oppressive politician father, Muriel has never even been on a date. Ostracized by her more socially adept friends, Muriel…

  13. 13Submarine

    Submarine (2011)

    ★ 7.4/10

    15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to…

  14. 14Finding Forrester

    Finding Forrester (2000)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accidentally runs into an old writer named Forrester who discovers his…

  15. 15The United States of Leland

    The United States of Leland (2003)

    ★ 6.5/10

    A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl…

  16. 16What Maisie Knew

    What Maisie Knew (2013)

    ★ 7.1/10

    In New York City, six-year-old Maisie is caught in the middle of a bitter custody battle between her self-absorbed parents—an aging rock singer mother and a distracted art dealer father. As both quickly marry new…

  17. 17Mr. Church

    Mr. Church (2016)

    ★ 7.4/10

    A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.

  18. 18Girls Like Girls

    Girls Like Girls (2026)

    ★ 7.4/10

    After her mother's passing, 17-year-old Coley navigates new feelings of intimacy with Sonya in rural Oregon, where both girls must overcome their mutual uncertainties and self-doubt to embrace their connection.

  19. 19Life in a Year

    Life in a Year (2020)

    ★ 8.2/10

    A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.

  20. 20Ashes in the Snow

    Ashes in the Snow (2018)

    ★ 6.4/10

    The coming-of-age tale of 16-year-old Lina Vilkas who is deported to Siberia amid Stalin's reign of terror in the Baltic region during WWII. An aspiring artist, she secretly documents her harrowing journey with her…

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