Birds Like Us

Jun 30, 2022

1h 24m

★ 3.8

Feathers will fly!

Overview

The story follows a group of birds on a journey where they try to find a better life for themselves and the ones they love.

Genres

Animation

Adventure

Family

Production Companies

Prime Time (BA)

TRT

Fork Films

DFI

Birds Like Us Trailers

Cast

Mi (voice)

Jeremy Irons

Huppu (voice)

Alicia Vikander

Horozovich (voice)

Jim Broadbent

Bat (voice)

Khalid Abdalla

Gavra (voice)

Sheridan Smith

Hassan (voice)

Kevin Bishop

Craven (voice)

Christopher Villiers

Tifa (voice)

Ella Smith

Jula (voice)

Michele Austin

Bat / Wise Bird 3 (voice)

Khalid Abdalla

Bird Police (voice)

Mark Spencer

Wise Bird 1 (voice)

Jay Villiers

Two men in adjoining duplexes, good friends, are enchanted by the song of a bird. One buys a small harmonica and learns to play it; he keeps his neighbor awake. The neighbor buys a larger harmonica, and an arms race ensues; the instruments get larger, until it's a piano vs. a pipe organ, and then they start bringing in larger groups of friends until an entire orchestra is playing the 1812 Overture. The houses collapse from all this, atop the dueling orchestras, and on their way up to heaven, the man puts his small harmonica up for sale.

6.7

Rio

Apr 3, 2011

Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a lone female, lives in Rio de Janeiro, Blu and Linda go to meet her. Animal smugglers kidnap Blu and Jewel, but the pair soon escape and begin a perilous adventure back to freedom -- and Linda.

6.1

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Oct 23, 1973

Jonathan is sick and tired of the boring life in his seagull clan. He rather experiments with new, always more daring flying techniques. Since he doesn't fit in, the elders expel him from the clan. So he sets out to discover the world beyond the horizon in a quest for wisdom.

5.7

The Blue Bird

Jan 15, 1940

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.

6.3

It's Tough to Be a Bird

Dec 10, 1969

Part cartoon and part documentary, this film offers a humorous look at birds and the ways people perceive them.

6.8

Peter and the Wolf

Aug 15, 1946

Disney's animated adaptation of Prokofiev's masterpiece, in which every character is represented musically by a different instrument. Young Peter decides to go hunting for the wolf that's been prowling around the village. Along the way, he is joined by his friends the bird, the duck and the cat. All the fun comes to end, however, when the wolf makes an appearance. Will Peter and his friends live to tell of their adventures?

5.1

Yellowbird

Oct 17, 2014

Yellowbird lives in the ruins of an old house. He lacks the confidence to leave his home, no matter how much Bug, his labybird friend, tries to convince him to go out into the world. Attempts to toughen him up have had little success, so Bug seizes an opportunity that leaves Yellowbird unexpectedly finding himself the new leader of the flock that is migrating to Africa. Still, lacking faith in his own abilities and with danger and imminent failure lurking around every corner, our feathered hero is forced to either find the strength required to work with the team or bow out and stay hidden away forever.

6.8

Monkey Rag

Jul 15, 2013

"Mitzi and Spanko run amok in a colorful world where reason is overrated, featuring the thumping, riotously fun music of the Asylum Street Spankers." A beautiful hand-animated short inspired by and done to the song "Monkey Rag" by Asylum Street Spankers. You can find the full short on YouTube at http://youtu.be/HqJQAgBPBSA

7.1

Storm Boy

Jan 17, 2019

Storm Boy lives a lonely life with his reclusive father on a desolate coastline, but when he forms a close bond with a pelican, Mr. Percival, his life takes a new and unexpected turn.

6.5

Willy the Sparrow

Mar 30, 1989

Vili fakes illness so he doesn't have to take a math test. Instead, he starts shooting at sparrows from the window with an air rifle. The kindly old lady who feeds the birds turns out to be a real-life fairy who tries to turn Vili into a good boy.

6.1

Ploey: You Never Fly Alone

Mar 30, 2018

A plover chick has not learned to fly when his family migrates in the fall. He must survive the arctic winter, vicious enemies and himself in order to be reunited with his beloved one next spring.

5.5

Birds in the Spring

Mar 11, 1933

Two birds rejoice over the hatching of their three eggs; as they grow, the hatchlings are taught to sing and fly. One falls from the nest and has adventures with a rattlesnake and a beehive before finding his way home.

6.1

Kauwboy

Apr 18, 2012

A lively young boy befriends and attempts to raise an abandoned baby jackdaw unbeknownst to his choleric and disapproving father.

6.6

Bird Karma

Nov 9, 2018

A tale of a long-legged bird's journey of blissful joy, inescapable greed and the accidental discovery of the consequences when too much is not enough.

5.5

Birds of a Feather

Feb 3, 1931

Swans, peacocks, ducks, and more birds dance.

6.5

Rio 2

Mar 19, 2014

It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids after they're hurtled from Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most fearsome adversary of all: his father-in-law.