FilmsBirdLike this

Films like Bird.

Bird (1988) reads as Heavy, steady, measured biography / jazz, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

House on Fire (1986) poster
1. House on Fire1986

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

See How They Fall (1994) poster
2. See How They Fall1994

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Vincent & Theo (1990) poster
3. Vincent & Theo1990

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cutter's Way (1981) poster
4. Cutter's Way1981

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro (1989) poster
5. Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro1989

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Zappa (1983) poster
6. Zappa1983

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Crack (1981) poster
7. The Crack1981

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Return of a Citizen (1986) poster
8. Return of a Citizen1986

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game (1986) poster
9. Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game1986

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Burlesk Queen (1977) poster
10. Burlesk Queen1977

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Betty (1992) poster
11. Betty1992

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Bezness (1992) poster
12. Bezness1992

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Bird’s neighbours — where are yours?

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