Film • Mar 28, 1963
The Birds


A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.
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- Status
- Released
- Release
- March 28, 1963 (62 years ago)
- Alias
- Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Genres
- Natural Horror, Psychological horror
- Themes
- Survival
- Origin
- United States
Cast
Scores
- Average Score
- 78.4%
FilmAffinity
- 78%
IMDb
- 76%
Letterboxd
- 75%
Metacritic
- 80%
Rotten Tomatoes
- 83%
Levels
- Sex & Nudity
- None >
- Violence
- Moderate >
- Profanity
- None >
- Algohol & Drugs
- Low >
- Fright & Intensity
- Moderate >
Reviews
Internet ArchiveFilm as film : critical responses to film art : Boyum, Joy Gould, 1934- compiler : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
EmpireThe Birds
EmpireEMPIRE ESSAY: The Birds
James Powers‘The Birds’: THR’s 1963 Review
Variety StaffThe Birds
the GuardianMy favourite Hitchcock: The Birds
Variety StaffThe Birds
The TelegraphThe Birds, review: 'disturbing'