Bird Movie List : a personal project

[professionaljaywlker]

For a while I've been searching for animation and movies that has a bird as its center piece. Mostly birds as protagonists, but also sometimes animations or movies tied to the concept of birdhood.

I've decided to try and share it, in case I wanted to link to it for a fellow avian enthusiast.

List below the cut.

Movies : 

=> classed by specie of main character. Movies don't have to be good, just bird themed. I try to avoid ones that have bird main characters as a purely design choice (Does Donald Duck act like a duck ? not really.) 

Waterfowl :
- Migration (2023)  [Mallard Duck]
- Duck Duck Goose (2018) [Goose + Ducklings]
- Quackerz (2016) [Mandarin ducks + Mallard ducks]
-The Trumpet of the Swan (2001) [Trumpeter swans]

Passeriform :
- A Storks Journey – Little Bird’s Big Adventure (2017)  [House sparrow]
- Willy the Sparrow (1989) [Human who turns into a sparrow]
- War of the Birds / Fuglekrigen (1990) [Sparrow]
- Birds of Paradise (2010) [Sparrow ?]
- Robin Robin (2021) [Robin]

Penguins :
- Happy Feet 1 and 2 [Emperor penguin]
-The Pebble and the Penguin (1995) [Adelie Penguin]
- Surf’s Up (2007) [Rockhopper penguin]

Bird of Prey :
- Adventures In Zambezia (2012)  [Peregrine falcon]
- Legend of the Guardians [Barn owl + other owls]
- Ladyhawke (1985) [Human who turns into a hawk]


Galliform :
- Chicken Run (2005) [Chicken]
- Leafie: A Hen Into the Wild (2011) [Chicken]
- Free Birds (2013) [Turkeys]
- Rock-A-Doodle (1991) [Rooster (debatably birdy depiction)]

Pigeons :
- Valiant (2005) [pigeon]
- Spies in Disguise (2019) [Human who turns into a pigeon]
- The Aviators (2008) [Pigeon]

Other :
-.Manou the swift (2019) [Swift]
- Rio 1 and 2 [Spix's macaw]
-  Yellowbird (2014) [unspecified]
- Storks (2016) [Storks]
- Ploey : you never fly alone (2018) [Plover]

Avian therianthropy themes :
- Birdy (1984) [Human] 
- Wolf (2021) [Heavily therianthropy coded. Parrot secondary character]

Unsure (not watched nor recommended but on my to watch list) :
- Lost in Munich (2015) [African grey parrot]
- Brothers of the Wind (2015) [eagle]

Animation shorts :

Real birds :
- Sous la glace / Under the Ice [Grey Heron]
- Starry Eyed Duckling [Duck]
- Flock Together [Chicken, duck and goose]
- Birdsong [Kauaʻi ʻōʻō]
- Vanished Voices [Kauaʻi ʻōʻō]
- The Last Voice of Kauai [Kauaʻi ʻōʻō]
- Birds of a Feather [Pelican and Cormorant]
- Flamingo Pride [Flamingo] 
- Birds of a Feather [Unspecified Songbird]
- Crow : The Legend [Crow]
- Birds of a Feather [Peacock]
- Bird of a Feather [Peacock]
- Hadidance [Various]
- Piper [Sandpiper]
- An Eye for An Eye / Oeil pour Oeil [Wagtails]
- 布谷鸟叫迟了/ The Cuckoo's Late [Cuckoo] [would love a traduction]
- НА БЕГУ / On the Run ! [Roadrunner] 
- Это что за птица / What kind of bird is that ? [Goose + several other]
- The Ugly Duckling (disney vers) [Duck, swan]
- The Ugly Duckling (Russian vers) [Duck, Swan] [1] [2]
- King of the Nil [Pigeon, dove, backyard birds]
- Things that happen – the pitfalls of the ordinary [crows, magpie]
- Twigs [magpies]
- Chirpmail [Pigeons, sparrow]
- The Chicken and the Eagle [Chicken, eagle]
- Wings [robin]
- Ice pepper [penguins]
- Là ou le soleil se lève / Where the sun rises [Red Crowned Cranes]
- Code Rose / Code Pink [Flamingoes]

 Unspecified/Imaginary/Fantastic bird species :
- Boom [Dodo-ish bird?]
- Eagles and Chickens [Vultureish bird of prey, chickens]
- The Fox and the Bird [Humanoid Bird]
- Hawaiian birds
- Cracké [Ostrich ish bird?]
- Chimera [Harpy-ish Barn owl]
- Cuckoo [Mechanical cuckoo]
- Before We Were Birds / Прежде мы были птицами [Falcon-ish birds]
- Chickensaurus / O GALINHOSSAUROS [Chicken dinosaur]

Winged Humans / Bird/human chimeras :
- The Admiral and the Princess (The Blood Crystal) 1990 [humans turning to birds. Therianthropic subtext from one of the two?]
- Swallowtail
- Birds 
- Dodudindon