Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Paper Birds

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

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#1
The Dinner

The Dinner

2025★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paper Birds for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Spain, April 15, 1939. With the Civil War concluded, and with the intention of celebrating his victory, General Franco attends a dinner with his generals at the Palace Hotel....

#2
The 13 Roses

The 13 Roses

2007★ 6.6

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

True story of thirteen totally normal young women that suffered harsh questioning and were put in prison under made up charges of helping the rebellion against Franco back in the 1...

#3
For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1943★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paper Birds for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists ...

#4
While at War

While at War

2019★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paper Birds for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the ...

#5
Head in the Clouds

Head in the Clouds

2004★ 5.9

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

Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonisti...

#6
The Spirit of the Beehive

The Spirit of the Beehive

1973★ 7.6

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

In 1940, in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl living on the Castilian plain is haunted after attending a screening of James Whale's 1931 film Frankenst...

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