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The Birds
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #685
- IMDb #847
- Google retired #2626
- Rotten Tomatoes #643
- Metacritic #212
- Letterboxd #1322
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #421
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1314
- Metacritic Critics #202
- Metacritic Audience #519
- Criticker #616
- Douban #638
- Kinopoisk #1228
- AlloCiné #212
- Trakt #1278
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 62, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 95. Critics average 92, everyone else 77.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A wealthy socialite travels to a small Northern California town for a weekend visit. Shortly after her arrival, the local birds begin to act strangely, launching sudden, unprovoked, and violent attacks on the residents. The attacks grow in frequency and ferocity, trapping her and a small group of survivors in a boarded-up house as they try to understand the reason for the birds' savage behavior.
Details
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Writer
- Evan Hunter
- Released
- 28 March 1963
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Latin
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $2.5M
- Box office
- $11.5M
- Awards
- 1 win, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 2 →1 major award won · 1 win from 2 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Award 1963 | New Star of the Year – Actress | Elke Sommer | Winner |
| 36th Academy Awards 1964 | Best Visual Effects | Ub Iwerks | Nominee |
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×| New Star of the Year – Actress | Elke Sommer | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Ub Iwerks | Nominee |