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1. Rio (2011)
G | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with the bird of his dreams.
Director: Carlos Saldanha | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez, Karen Disher
Votes: 248,978 | Gross: $143.62M
2. The Birds (1963)
PG-13 | 119 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette
Votes: 204,847 | Gross: $11.40M
3. Serial Mom (1994)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
She's the perfect all-American parent: a great cook and homemaker, a devoted recycler, and a woman who'll literally kill to keep her children happy.
Director: John Waters | Stars: Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake, Matthew Lillard
Votes: 32,758 | Gross: $7.88M
4. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Not Rated | 147 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Neville Brand
Votes: 19,329
5. Continental Divide (1981)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: John Belushi, Blair Brown, Allen Garfield, Carlin Glynn
Votes: 5,649 | Gross: $15.58M
6. Compulsion (1959)
Approved | 103 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Two wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell, Diane Varsi, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 7,518
7. Eskimo Nell (1975)
85 min | Comedy
Three young men, a scriptwriter, a producer and a director are called in by Benny U Murdoch, an exotic movie producer. He wants to make a new erotic movie starring a big woman - the "Eskimo... See full summary »
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Michael Armstrong, Terence Edmond, Christopher Timothy, Roy Kinnear
Votes: 434
8. Change in the Air (2018)
PG | 94 min | Drama
When a beguiling young woman moves in next door, a quiet neighborhood is awakened, bringing people face to face with their secrets and, ultimately, themselves.
Director: Dianne Dreyer | Stars: Rachel Brosnahan, Aidan Quinn, Seth Gilliam, M. Emmet Walsh
Votes: 738
9. The Other Fellow (2022)
80 min | Documentary, Biography, Thriller
A film about Men, Real Men. Named James Bond.
Director: Matthew Bauer | Stars: Gunnar James Bond Schäfer, James Alexander Bond, James Bond Jr., Gregory Itzin
Votes: 186
10. The Bird Men (2013)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy
A mild mannered birder seeks revenge on a younger rival, after losing the highly coveted Head of Ornithology position at the National Park.
Director: Ted Bezaire | Stars: Graham Greene, Fred Willard, Tom Cavanagh, Mark Rendall
Votes: 280
11. Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power (2019)
52 min | Documentary, Biography
Canadian author and poet Margaret Atwood discusses her life and work.
Directors: Nancy Lang, Peter Raymont | Stars: Margaret Atwood, Margaret Dorothy Atwood, Carl Edmund Atwood, Harold Atwood
Votes: 478
12. The Hide (2008)
Not Rated | 82 min | Thriller
On the windswept Suffolk mudflats creaks a bird-hide, inside which hovers Roy Tunt, a prematurely aged, mildly obsessive-compulsive birder. With one more sighting - the elusive sociable ... See full summary »
Director: Marek Losey | Stars: Alex Macqueen, Phil Campbell, Laura Hopwood, Howard Ward
Votes: 4,632
13. The Islands and the Whales (2016)
81 min | Documentary
The whale hunters of the Faroe Islands believe that hunting is vital to their way of life, but, when a local professor makes a grim discovery about the effects of marine pollution, environmental changes threaten their way of life forever.
Director: Mike Day
Votes: 223
14. Valkoinen kaupunki (2006)
92 min | Drama, Romance
In a dark and cold Helsinki, an unlucky taxi driver Veli-Matti struggles to maintain relationships with his children and estranged wife. Sometimes, losing everything is just a beginning.
Director: Aku Louhimies | Stars: Janne Virtanen, Susanna Mikkonen, Aada Hämes, Santeri Nuutinen
Votes: 775
15. In Person (1935)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Romance
Carol Corliss, a beautiful movie star so insecure about her celebrity that she goes around in disguise, meets a rugged outdoorsman who is unaffected by her star status.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Ginger Rogers, George Brent, Alan Mowbray, Grant Mitchell
Votes: 516
16. Earthflight (2011–2012)
59 min | Documentary
A nature documentary about a bird's-eye view of the natural world, joining the journeys of snow geese, cranes, albatrosses, eagles and other birds across six continents. Beginning in North ... See full summary »
Star: David Tennant
Votes: 618
17. Soundman (2021)
12 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A timid ornithology professor experiences technical difficulties during her PowerPoint presentation, leading to emotional unraveling and self-discovery in front of an impatient audience.
Director: Debi Bradshaw | Stars: Ahmed Bharoocha, Chrissy Bruzek, Jeanette Cerami, Deanna Director
18. Clown of the Jungle (1947)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In the South American jungle, the narrator introduces us to the various birds living there and to wildlife photographer Donald Duck intent on getting some pictures. Unfortunately, all his ... See full summary »
Directors: Jack Hannah, Norman Ferguson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Ken Darby, Larry Keating, Faith Kruger
Votes: 787
19. Contrary Condor (1944)
Approved | 8 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Donald is trying to collect a condor's egg when the condor returns. He hides inside an empty egg and regrets this when the large, warm mother returns. He regrets it even more when he "... See full summary »
Director: Jack King | Stars: John Dehner, Florence Gill, Dorothy Lloyd, Clarence Nash
Votes: 547
20. Kurpe (1998)
83 min | Drama, Comedy
The Shoe is set in a seaside Latvian town in the 1950s and deals with absurd laws of life in a border state. The intriguing black-and-white is a contemporary retro tale about Cinderella's ... See full summary »
Director: Laila Pakalnina | Stars: Igors Buraks, Vadims Grossmans, Jaan Tätte, Ivars Brakovskis
Votes: 199
21. I dur och skur (1953)
87 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Sid Hassler is a theater manager and song writer who can't find the inspiration to create new song numbers.
Director: Stig Olin | Stars: Povel Ramel, Alice Babs, Sven Lindberg, Yvonne Lombard
Votes: 94
22. Sick Bacchus
100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller | Filming
Violetta, a woman from London's wealthy elite, gets caught up in a game with her doctor; the true purpose of which will change her forever.
Director: Monika K. Adler | Star: Patrycja Planik
23. Flea (2009)
19 min | Short, Drama
A man in his mid-thirties receives the news that his wife is unable to bear children. Devastated, he stops at a park bench to contemplate his future whereupon he notes the ease and fluidity... See full summary »
Director: Dan Hartley | Stars: Rachel Allinson, John-Christian Bateman, Fiona Graham, Andrew Taylor
Votes: 8
24. Minerva (1997)
57 min | Drama
A few days in autumn in the life of Minerva and Mauri, a couple on the verge of divorce. Minerva has long been seeing Klaus while Mauri dates Pia, his colleague at work. The only thing ... See full summary »
Director: Simo Halinen | Stars: Mikko Reitala, Vera Kiiskinen, Asko Sarkola, Saara Pakkasvirta
Votes: 17
25. Sea Birds of the West Indies (1940)
25 min | Documentary, Short
The Mandel Caribbean Expedition, sponsored by Leon Mandel of Chicago, was conducted with his assistance and the use of his yacht, the Buccaneer, in the Caribbean region from January 1 to ... See full summary »
26. The Booth Museum (2019)
8 min | Documentary, Short
A homage to a quirky Victorian folly, tracing The Booth Museum from its gory foundation to its 21st status as a nexus for the social, scientific and artistic communities of Brighton and beyond.
Director: Nigel Chaloner
27. The Gannets of Cape Jaffa (2007 Video)
15 min | Documentary, Short, History
Director: James Maiden | Stars: Tony Gardner, Greg Johnston, Rory McEwen, Robert Mock
28. James Bond, Rare Birds & a Spy or Two (2021 Video)
80 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Stars: Ken Chaya, Jim Wright, Joseph Wunderle
29. Osprey Watch (1981 Video)
27 min | Documentary, Short
Conservation film by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, showing a year in the life of the fish-eating osprey in Scotland.
Star: Ian Charleson
30. Birds and Billabongs (1951)
10 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
A record from the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition lead by anthropologist Charles P Mountford that explores the abundant birdlife and waterways of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Mountford
31. The Real James Bond: Birds, Fleming and Caribbean Conservation (2021 Video)
45 min | Documentary, Biography, Talk-Show
Did you know that Ian Fleming borrowed the name of James Bond from the cover of his favorite book about birds while living in the Caribbean later writing, "whatever happened to him actually outshines anything I've had my James Bond do."
Stars: Tom Hall, Barbara Brummer, Jim Wright, Marci Eggers
32. Soñando con alas. Un historia de locos por las aves (2019)
Documentary
"Soñando con alas" addresses a growing worldwide phenomenon in which people with very different lives, living in very different places, feel a common passion for bird watching, thei ... See full summary »
Directors: Germán Pinelo Castro, Juan José Ramos Melo | Stars: Carlos Lozano Robledo, Daniel López Velasco, Ana Miranda de Lage, Juan Ramírez Román
35. Cietrzew - ptak na granicy przetrwania (2020)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Mateusz Grzebkowski, Jan Tabor | Star: Wojciech Chorazy
36. L'homme etrange de Blue Sea (2009 Video)
PG-13 | 21 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
A scary legend where of a masked man haunted woods to visitors chased the village. Dave and Caroline are a ornithology project along footpaths. Our tanks discover the truth in the disappearance of the Caroline's sister .
Directors: Olivier Lafond, Karoline Pilon | Stars: Cassandra Pilon, Olivier Lafond, Karoline Pilon, Franck Béland
37. Speglingar (2017)
59 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Georg Grotenfelt | Stars: Georg Grotenfelt, Kalle Grotenfelt, Carolus Enckell, Juhani Lokki
38. Birds Make Sport (1946)
Approved | 9 min | Short, Family, Sport
Noted sports writer and ornithologist John Kieran provides the commentary on this short that includes rare slo-mo (at-the-time)studies of the tiny hummingbird, and highlights of the ostrich... See full summary »
Director: Jack Eaton | Stars: John Kieran, Jimmy the Crow
39.
Rosamunde Pilcher (1993– )
Episode:
Federn im Wind
(2004)
86 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Michael Faust | Stars: Julia Bremermann, Erol Sander, Mark Keller, Thomas Fritsch
Votes: 57
40.
The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode:
Silent Dust
(1965)
TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When birds begin to fall from branches in flocks, it seems someone is using the banned chemical Silent Dust in the countryside of Cornwall. Steed and Mrs Peel soon find out a that a small ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, William Franklyn, Jack Watson
Votes: 334
41.
Love Story (1963–1974)
Episode:
The Girl Opposite
(1965)
Drama
A Polish ornithology student finds his field glasses straying towards the girl opposite rather than the birds in the sky.
Stars: Dudley Moore, Joanna Wake, Geoffrey Whitehead, Keith Bell
42.
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022)
Episode:
The Murmuring
(2022)
TV-MA | 64 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Mourning a major loss, ornithologists Nancy and Edgar flock to a secluded home to study birds, but the house's history reveals heartbreak and horror.
Director: Jennifer Kent | Stars: Essie Davis, Andrew Lincoln, Greg Ellwand, Daxton William Lund
Votes: 7,444
43.
Unnatural History (2010)
Episode:
Pilot
(2010)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After being attacked by a yak in Bhutan, Henry's anthropologist parents decide to send him some place where he can't get himself into any more trouble, Washington, D.C., to live with his ... See full summary »
Director: Mikael Salomon | Stars: Kevin G. Schmidt, Jordan Gavaris, Italia Ricci, Martin Donovan
Votes: 54
44.
Ochránce (2021– )
Episode:
Ahoj tati
(2021)
67 min | Drama
Director: Tereza Kopácová | Stars: Lukás Vaculík, Pavel Reznícek, Adrian Gabaj, Martin Hofmann
Votes: 20
45.
Destination Truth (2007–2012)
Episode:
Spirits of Easter Island/The Moa
(2010)
TV-PG | 44 min | Reality-TV
Josh and the team hunt for spirits that have attached themselves to the Moai statues on Easter Island. Then, the team investigates sightings of the extinct Giant Moa on South Island, New Zealand.
Stars: Josh Gates, Bobby Pura, Erin Ryder, Vanessa Joy Smith
Votes: 23
46.
Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode:
Stroll on the Wild Side: Part 1
(2012)
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a demure, engaged librarian, who led a double life as a prostitute in a local saloon, is found strangled, Anna Fulford, still on the run from the Black Hand, helps Murdoch in his murder investigation.
Director: Michael DeCarlo | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Thomas Craig, Helene Joy, Georgina Reilly
Votes: 326
47.
Marple (2004–2013)
Episode:
A Caribbean Mystery
(2013)
TV-PG | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Miss Marple is drawn into a case of intrigue and black magic when a Major who bragged of owning a photo of a murderer dies under mysterious circumstances.
Director: Charlie Palmer | Stars: Julia McKenzie, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Charity Wakefield, Robert Webb
Votes: 1,221