Birdy (1984)
Two friends arrive back from Vietnam, scarred in different ways. One has physical injuries, the other has mental problems that make him yearn to be a bird, a subject he has always been fascinated with. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Alan Parker
Written By: William Wharton, Sandy Kroopf, Jack Behr
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Matthew Modine, Marshall Bell, Bruno Kirby, Karen Young, John Harkins, Sandy Baron
Country: USA
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Birdy belongs to 20 collections
1. New York Times' The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (collaborative: moderated by theficionado - 31 stars)
2. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (collaborative: moderated by Cinephile - 19 stars)
3. Edgar Wright 1000 Favorite Movies (Aug 2016) (collaborative: moderated by Aron Ericson - 16 stars)
4. Mental Illness (collaborative: moderated by djross - 15 stars)
5. Films available in HD (collaborative: moderated by kubricksucks - 13 stars)
6. TimeOut's 1000 films to change your life (collaborative: moderated by ppinocchio - 11 stars)
7. Cannes Film Festival's Grand Prix (collaborative: moderated by hristos - 10 stars)
8. Synth soundtrack or score (collaborative: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer - 8 stars)
9. Vietnam War (collaborative: moderated by td888 - 7 stars)
10. Best by different standards (public: sesito71 - 6 stars)
11. Classic CHUD: 100 Movies That Deserve More Love (collaborative: moderated by tinysausage - 5 stars)
12. Roger Ebert's 4-Star Movies (collaborative: moderated by KirkJiggler - 3 stars)
13. Philadelphia (collaborative: moderated by djross - 1 star)
14. British director (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 1 star)
15. Cannes 1985 Official Selection (collaborative)
16. favoriler (public: ceseth)
17. Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies (public: coldesser)
18. Edgar 256 (public: caffe)
19. Powerhouse Films Releases (public: kjones77)
20. Blu-ray Collection (public: TripEuphoric)
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| Date | User | Rating | |
| Jul 23, 2020 | braddad68 | 92 65th |
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This is one strange movie that works. Nicolas Cage and Matthew Modine are best friends. Modine comes back from war and thinks he's a bird. Cage has to try to bring him back to reality. Unique and well done drama.
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| Mar 23, 2020 |  |
Armonica | 95 95th |
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verdigim puani kesinlikle hakediyor
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| Mar 18, 2020 | matthagen | 51 50th |
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Seen: 2.
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| Jan 02, 2020 |  |
Vandelay1 | 68 71st |
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good movie
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| Jan 18, 2018 |  |
emrekayranci | 90 94th |
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sinema tarihinin en underrated filmlerinden biri.
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| Mar 12, 2017 | toddsalter | 88 49th |
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Interesting, a bit weird, not that boring- but just not memorable or inspiring.
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| Apr 28, 2016 |  |
closedmouth | 70 41st |
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The flashbacks are much more interesting than the angsty awards-bait of the mental asylum sections, and they slowly move to the background as the movie goes along so it gets a bit insufferable in the third act. Birdy is a pretty fascinating character at first, but his obsession gets so absurd there's a point at which I became more sympathetic to all the people calling him a nut who needed to get out of the house. Cage is good.
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| Mar 26, 2014 | glm01 | 81 68th |
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80.500
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| Jul 10, 2012 | glm | 82 71st |
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81.750
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| Dec 12, 2011 |  |
Kojiless | 58 61st |
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A somewhat decent movie about friendship, war, teats, and birds (not necessarily in that order). The buildup is slow, but it pokes you in the gut regularly enough to keep your attention all the way to the awesome ending...and yeah, it was that good.
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| Dec 30, 2010 | frames | 80 82nd |
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If nothing else watch it because of the soundtrack.
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| Sep 07, 2010 |  |
omgfridge | 7 65th |
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Cage and Modine both have chemistry in this very solid drama piece that fully captured my attention and man did I love that ending.
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| Jan 29, 2010 |  |
billkerwin | 82 52nd |
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An effective small film. Back when Nick Cage concentrated on acting instead of gambling.
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| Mar 21, 2009 |  |
Stain | 80 68th |
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A good story about how some people will just never, ever fit in
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| Jan 11, 2009 |  |
Manna | 75 41st |
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I've seen this on cinema some time ago and I remember it as a touching interpretation of a wonderful book. It's worth watching. Love it! This is a movie I'd like to watch again some day.
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| Dec 28, 2008 |  |
Isobelmoon | 84 89th |
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After war... what's left?
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| Jan 27, 2008 |  |
muutanet | 75 74th |
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Matthew does not understant the idea of boobs. :7
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| Dec 02, 2007 |  |
aarona1c | 44 38th |
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If you like the two main leads, and want to watch them preening and trying to act like they aren't acting, like some kind of film school project, then here ya go.
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| Aug 14, 2007 | jasonmyers | 79 71st |
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sensational film...directed by the same man who directed the Wall...Weird stuff...Two young actors really shine as a couple of messed up vietnam vets....
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
djross | 45 34th |
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Score based on distant memory.
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| Jul 08, 2007 |  |
Big Lemons | 80 43rd |
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An all around good movie.
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| Mar 01, 2007 |  |
TheDiceman | 60 62nd |
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Interesting film very strange.
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| Feb 17, 2007 | triffid | 75 32nd |
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A good punchline, but was it really worth the two-hour buildup?
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| Dec 23, 2006 |  |
Moribunny | 83 93rd |
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Very good stuff, Modine and Cage play wonderfully off each other and the ending is precious!
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| Average Percentile 62.14% from 554 Ratings |  |