Movies Like Man Is Not a Bird

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator

1967·1h 9m·★ 7.3·Dušan Makavejev

2 shared crewDir. Dušan MakavejevDP: Aleksandar Petković

WR: Mysteries of the Organism

1971·1h 25m·★ 6.6·Dušan Makavejev

2 shared crewDir. Dušan MakavejevDP: Aleksandar Petković

The Quiet Man

1952·2h 9m·★ 7.7·John Ford

TMDB recommendsRomance & Comedy & Drama

Never Been Kissed

1999·1h 47m·★ 6.0·Raja Gosnell

TMDB recommendsRomance & Comedy & Drama

Home Again

2017·1h 37m·★ 5.8·Hallie Meyers-Shyer

TMDB recommendsComedy & Drama & Romance

The World According to Garp

1982·2h 16m·★ 7.1·George Roy Hill

TMDB recommendsDrama & Comedy

Tears of the Black Tiger

2000·1h 50m·★ 6.9·Wisit Sasanatieng

TMDB recommendsRomance & Comedy

A Story of the Forest: Mavka

1980·1h 23m·★ 6.7·Yurii Illienko

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

A Chaster Marriage

2016·1h 33m·★ 5.4·Umut Kırca

TMDB recommendsComedy & Romance

The Circus

1928·1h 12m·★ 8.1·Charlie Chaplin

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Twelfth Night

1996·2h 14m·★ 7.1·Trevor Nunn

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My Awkward Sexual Adventure

2012·1h 38m·★ 6.1·Sean Garrity

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(Untitled)

2009·1h 36m·★ 6.2·Jonathan Parker

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Strictly Sexual

2008·1h 40m·★ 6.2·Joel Viertel

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Chéri

2009·1h 26m·★ 6.1·Stephen Frears

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Cosi

1996·1h 42m·★ 6.7·Mark Joffe

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Dot the I

2003·1h 32m·★ 6.7·Matthew Parkhill

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Alfie

2004·1h 46m·★ 6.2·Charles Shyer

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XX/XY

2002·1h 31m·★ 5.9·Austin Chick

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Love Everlasting

2016·1h 32m·★ 6.3·Rob Diamond

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How Good Is Man Is Not a Bird?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.