Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Paper Birds

If you loved Paper Birds, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The 13 Roses

The 13 Roses

2007★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paper Birds for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

True story of thirteen totally normal young women that suffered harsh questioning and were put in prison under made up charges of helping the rebellion against Franco back in the 1...

#2
While at War

While at War

2019★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paper Birds for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the ...

#3
November

November

2003★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paper Birds for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Impelled by a spirit which still preserves a patina of idealism, Alfredo arrives to Madrid with the intention to create "a performance that is free, straight from the heart, capabl...

#4
The Spirit of the Beehive

The Spirit of the Beehive

1973★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paper Birds for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1940, in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl living on the Castilian plain is haunted after attending a screening of James Whale's 1931 film Frankenst...

#5
The House on Telegraph Hill

The House on Telegraph Hill

1951★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paper Birds for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder when she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to Americ...

#6
Madrid, 1987

Madrid, 1987

2012★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paper Birds for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1987 Madrid, the unexpected encounter between a seasoned journalist and a young student leads to a profound exploration of love, desire, politics, power, and discovery of each o...

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