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10 Best Movies Like Birds, Orphans and Fools

If you loved Birds, Orphans and Fools, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Holy Mountain

The Holy Mountain

1973★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Birds, Orphans and Fools for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through ...

#2
What Time Is It There?

What Time Is It There?

2001★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Birds, Orphans and Fools for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A street vendor with a grim home-life forges a connection with a young woman on her way to Paris....

#3
Gargoyles

Gargoyles

1972★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Birds, Orphans and Fools for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After receiving word about a mysterious carcass/skeleton unearthed in the Arizona desert, a father and his daughter decide to remove it from the burial grounds for further study. O...

#4
Reign of Terror

Reign of Terror

1949★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Birds, Orphans and Fools for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The French Revolution, 1794. The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the Jacobin Party to overthrow Maximilian Robespierre, who, after gaining supreme power a...

#5
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Birds, Orphans and Fools for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#6
Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Birds, Orphans and Fools for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty mu...