Movie connections for
The Birds (1963) More at IMDbPro »

Followed by

The Birds II: Land's End (1994) (TV)

Version of

"Danger: The Birds (#5.40)" (1955)
La rebelión de los pájaros (1982)

Remade as

The Birds (2011)

Edited into

Cada ver es... (1981)
 -  Clips from this film are featured.
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story (1999)
"The 100 Scariest Movie Moments" (2004)

References

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Referenced in

Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Stranger in the House (1967)
 -  A poster for the film can be seen in the abandoned theater.
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Una lucertola con la pelle di donna (1971)
Frogs (1972)
Bluebeard (1972)
Dead People (1973)
 -  Scene in the movie theater echoes the scene with the crows on the jungle gym in "Birds"
¿Quién puede matar a un niño? (1976)
 -  Several sequences are homages to Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963), for example, the image of all the children in the island's village square ready to attack Tom and Evelyn, and the final escape from the island.
"The New Avengers: Cat Amongst the Pigeons (#1.5)" (1976)
 -  They can get down the chimney! Didn't you see that film?
Day of the Animals (1977)
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)
Last Embrace (1979)
The Falls (1980)
 -  The photo tenth pseudonymous identity is a still of Melanie Daniels played by Tippi Hedren.
La rebelión de los pájaros (1982)
Wacko (1982)
 -  The Alfred Hitchcock High football team is called "The Birds."
Húsið: Trúnaðarmál (1983)
Strange Invaders (1983)
Sheena (1984)
 -  Flamingo attack on the helicopter.
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
The Stepfather (1987)
 -  When Jerry is attacking Stephanie in the bathroom, she shouts for help and scatters a flock of birds.
Tin Men (1987)
Howling III (1987)
 -  A poster for this can be seen over Donny's bed.
"ALF: The Boy Next Door (#2.14)" (1988)
 -  Referenced during the Tanner's charades game.
Neco z Alenky (1988)
 -  Alice is attacked by birds (shot in the same way as The Birds)
Rockman 2: Dr. Wily No Nazo (1988) (VG)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Majo no takkyûbin (1989)
In the Cold of the Night (1990)
 -  Tippi Hedren has a cameo and she freaks out when some birds go near her. Her daughter smiles and says, "Mother has this thing about birds." Too funny!
"Roseanne: Halloween IV (#5.7)" (1992)
 -  Darlene goes as Tipi Hedren in "The Birds" to a halloween party
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Bride of the Monster (#5.23)" (1993)
 -  "One nice thing about birds. They never cause anybody any trouble." Crow: Yeah, tell that to Tippi Hedren.
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
"Animaniacs: Hitchcock Opening/Hearts of Twilight/The Boids (#1.21)" (1993)
 -  The segment "The Boids" sees the Goodfeathers pigeons being hired as stunt birds for Hitchcock as he films this movie.
A Century of Cinema (1994)
The Crow (1994)
"The Critic: Every Doris Has Her Day (#1.7)" (1994)
 -  a jungle gym is covered with vultures
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Dead Talk Back (#7.3)" (1994)
 -  "She was evil." Mike: She brought the birds here.
"The Simpsons: Itchy & Scratchy Land (#6.4)" (1994)
 -  sanctuary shot, complete with phone booth camera angle
Forget Paris (1995)
 -  After Ellen gets the pidgeon stuck to her head, Mickey refers to her as Tippi Hedren, who stared in The Birds.
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
 -  In the scene near the end where all the animals storm the consulate's palace, a flock of birds flies into the room through the fireplace, just as they did in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
"ER: Take These Broken Wings (#2.21)" (1996)
 -  Open reference by a character
Fly Away Home (1996)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Leech Woman (#9.2)" (1997)
 -  "Alfred Hitchcock's The Us!"
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998)
Biohazard 2 (1998) (VG)
A Simple Plan (1998)
'Bats' Abound (1999) (V)
"The Sopranos: Pilot (#1.1)" (1999)
 -  Tony says he may have dreamed about a bird because he watched this movie last week.
Oskar Sala - die vergangene Zukunft des Klanges (2000)
Saboteur: A Closer Look (2000) (V)
 -  Mentioned.
"Friends: The One with Joey's Fridge (#6.19)" (2000)
 -  A promotional picture of this film with Hitchcock can be seen at Joey's fridge.
Harry un ami qui vous veut du bien (2000)
"3rd Rock from the Sun: Fear and Loathing in Rutherford (#6.2)" (2000)
 -  Harry wants to startle Tommy and Alissa with birds.
"That '70s Show: Too Old to Trick or Treat, Too Young to Die (#3.4)" (2000)
 -  The neighbor's blackbirds attack Kitty, and all of a sudden there is a phonebooth in her living room.
Little Nicky (2000)
'Topaz': An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin (2001) (V)
 -  mentioned once
Plotting 'Family Plot' (2001) (V)
 -  mentioned once
"Saturday Night Live: Christopher Walken/Weezer (#26.20)" (2001)
 -  Referenced on Weekend Update
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001) (TV)
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
The Day the World Ended (2001) (TV)
 -  Nastassja Kinski says "How Tippi Hedren of me." in reply to being blamed for the strange things happening shortly after she has arrived in a small town, like Hedren's character in The Birds.
Panic Room (2002)
Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
"The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius: When Pants Attack (#1.1)" (2002)
 -  Referenced by Jimmy's mother
Signs (2002)
Julie and Jack (2003)
Making 'Signs' (2003) (V)
Final Destination 2 (2003)
Willard (2003)
The Core (2003)
"The West Wing: Life on Mars (#4.21)" (2003)
 -  "One bird is obsessed with Donna", mentions C.J.. Donna says: "I'm like Tippi Hedren around here."
Jeepers Creepers II (2003)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Zero Day (2003)
 -  "Kind of like 'The Birds'."
The Year of the Rat (2003) (V)
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy (2003) (V)
 -  mentioned once
The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003) (TV)
 -  Makes the countdown, is talked about.
Something to Scream About (2003) (V)
 -  "Something to Scream About" is a documentary that references (and features) a wide variety of motion pictures as actresses discuss being in the B-Movie business.
"Tripping the Rift: Ghost Ship (#2.4)" (2004)
 -  Whip is attacked by bugs and hides in a telephone booth
Garçon stupide (2004)
 -  famous promotional picture of Hitchcock with birds seen
The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan (2004) (TV)
 -  Referenced as one of Shyamalans favorite films.
'Duel': A Conversation with Director Steven Spielberg (2004) (V)
 -  mentioned once
Adams æbler (2005)
 -  Shots of the birds as they fly towards the apple tree.
Corpse Bride (2005)
 -  A shot of multiple crows looking down on Vincent is filmed as a homage to the shots of multiple birds looking down in The Birds.
"Masters of Horror: John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns (#1.8)" (2005)
 -  referenced in the end credits
"Supernatural: Bugs (#1.8)" (2005)
 -  The scene in which insects come down the chimney is like the scene in The Birds in which birds came down the chimney of the Brenner house.
Sai chiu (2006)
 -  people are attacked outside by birds in a similar manner
Fight Club: Members Only (2006)
 -  poster is on the wall of the club
"EastEnders: (2006-04-10)" (2006)
 -  Deano says, "It came at me. It pecked me, dad. Its eyes were pure evil. It was like a scene out of The Birds."
Desperation (2006) (TV)
 -  people are attacked by birds the same way
Exhuming 'The Messengers' (2007) (V)
 -  Title referenced.
The Messengers (2007)
 -  the crow attack on john is reference to the bird attack in the Hitchcock movie
"Primeval: (#1.5)" (2007)
 -  The scenes of the attacking flock of pterosaurs are inspired by The Birds
Are We Done Yet? (2007)
 -  When the bats come down the chimney, it is a reference of the scene in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds when the sparrows fly down the chimney.
Rick Stein in du Maurier Country (2007) (TV)
 -  Referenced by name
Hack! (2007)
 -  Mentioned in the dialogue.
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
 -  Crows sitting on telegraph wires before they attack humans
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
 -  Example of Alfred Hitchcock's showmanship.
"Fila ton vatraho sou: (#1.8)" (2007)
 -  Referenced by Stefanos
The Key to Reserva (2007)
 -  At the end of the short, we can see hundred of crows around the building
Starz Inside: Fashion in Film (2008) (TV)
 -  Still photos shown.
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
 -  The scenes with the birds flying around and the bird hitting the window are very simular to those in The Birds (1963).

Featured in

"Telescope: A Talk with Hitchcock" (1964)
 -  Various scenes are shown
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock (1973) (TV)
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
The Hitchcock Classics Collection (1985) (V)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
The Making of 'Psycho' (1997) (V)
Paulie (1998)
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (1999) (TV)
'Torn Curtain' Rising (2000) (V)
 -  clip shown
All About 'The Birds' (2000) (V)
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001) (TV)
The Making of 'Fahrenheit 451' (2003) (V)
 -  At least one clip was included.
'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest (2003) (TV)
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
 -  Excerpts appear in the film.
The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003) (TV)
 -  Clips shown.
"SexTV: On Blondes/Walter Kundzicz/The Art of Flirting (#6.13)" (2004)
 -  Clips from film are used in this episode.
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)
 -  excerpt in movie
Hitchcocked! (2006) (TV)
 -  Clips featured.
The Hitcher (2007)
 -  The Birds is being played on the television in the motel.
Rick Stein in du Maurier Country (2007) (TV)
 -  A clip is shown
"TV Land Confidential: Movies (#2.2)" (2007)
 -  clips
"The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-01-24)" (2008)
 -  Clips from this film are featured during the Suzanne Pleshette tribute.
The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV)
 -  Featured during Robert Boyle tribute.

Spoofed in

Frogs (1972)
The Goodies and the Beanstalk (1973) (TV)
 -  The scenes detailing the escape from the Giant's mountain has the Goodies menaced by trained birds, and at one point an Alfred Hitchcock lookalike appears in silhouette.
Les douze travaux d'Astérix (1976)
 -  The birds attacking Obélix on the mountain.
High Anxiety (1977)
"Saturday Night Live: Rod Stewart (#7.1)" (1981)
 -  Spoofed in 'The Clams'
Saturday the 14th (1981)
La rebelión de los pájaros (1982)
"Saturday Night Live: Olivia Newton-John (#7.20)" (1982)
 -  Spoofed in 'The Clams'
"The Simpsons: A Streetcar Named Marge (#4.2)" (1992)
 -  when Homer goes in the day care center
The Nutty Professor (1996)
"Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Show No. 111 (#1.8)" (1998)
 -  Ryan's quirk in Party Quirks is The Many Films of Alfred Hitchcock and this is one of them.
"Just Shoot Me!: Slow Donnie (#3.11)" (1999)
 -  Parakeets surround Nina in her office, peck on the phone wires and attack her.
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) (V)
"That '70s Show: Red Sees Red (#3.2)" (2000)
 -  Kitty has a cutaway scene where she enters a phonebooth, in the middle of the living room. It gets pelted by ravens.
"The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XI (#12.1)" (2000)
 -  The scene of The Simpsons walking through the street with hundreds of dolphins perched everywhere including telephone wires spoofs this film where the same thing was done with birds.
"Big Train: (#2.1)" (2002)
 -  A sketch is a fake film called "Alfred Hitchcock's The Working Class" spoofs this movie but replaces birds with working class men.
"Big Train: (#2.2)" (2002)
 -  Sketch features an Hitchcock film called "The Working Class" that spoofs various scenes from the film and uses flocks of working class men instead of birds.
Locos por el cine (2003)
 -  The main character does a fun imitation of a scene of this film
Chick Flick: The Miracle Mike Story (2003)
 -  Parody movie poster shown in the film of "The BIrd."
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Girl Next Door (2004)
 -  The triple take of Hugo Posh standing by the parrot, and how the parrot attacks Emile Hirsch.
"Pushing Daisies: Pigeon (#1.4)" (2007)
 -  A dead bird falls from the sky and Ned responds to this with "It's raining dead birds."
"Pushing Daisies: Bitter Sweets (#1.8)" (2007)
 -  In Dilly's past, she was going to Bodega Bay, the setting for the movie, and her eyes were attacked by seagulls the same manner as the title characters did in this Hitchcock classic.

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