15 Movies Like Birthday Girl

Loved Birthday Girl? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

How to Have Sex
#1

How to Have Sex

Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday—drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Birthday Girl.

Queen of Hearts
#2

Queen of Hearts

Anne, a brilliant and dedicated advocacy lawyer specialising in society’s most vulnerable, children and young adults, lives what appears to be the picture-perfect life with her doctor-husband, Peter, and their twin daughters. When her estranged teenage stepson, Gustav, moves in with them, Anne’s escalating desire leads her down a dangerous rabbit hole which, once exposed, unleashes a sequence of events destined to destroy her world.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Birthday Girl.

The Last Viking
#3

The Last Viking

After serving fourteen years for robbery, Anker is released from prison and reunites with his mentally ill brother Manfred, who alone knows where the stolen money is hidden but has forgotten its location, sending them on a journey to recover the loot and confront who they are.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Birthday Girl.

Cape Fear
#4

Cape Fear

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Birthday Girl.

Wild Things
#5

Wild Things

When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, rejected by the town, and fighting to get his life back. One cop suspects conspiracy, but nothing is what it seems...

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Birthday Girl.

The Hunt
#6

The Hunt

A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Birthday Girl.

The Marco Effect
#7

The Marco Effect

When a homeless Romani boy is arrested at the Danish border for possession of a missing public servant's passport, police inspector Carl Mørck and Department Q are tasked with finding the connection.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Birthday Girl.

The Florida Project
#8

The Florida Project

The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Birthday Girl.

Mothers' Instinct
#9

Mothers' Instinct

Housewives Alice and Celine are best friends and neighbours who seem to have it all. However, when a tragic accident shatters the harmony of their lives, guilt, suspicion and paranoia begin to unravel their sisterly bond.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Birthday Girl.

The Fallout
#10

The Fallout

In the wake of a school tragedy, Vada, Mia and Quinton form a unique and dynamic bond as they navigate the never linear, often confusing journey to heal in a world that feels forever changed.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Birthday Girl.

Another Round
#11

Another Round

Four stagnant high school teachers decide to test out a theory that maintaining a constant level of intoxication will improve their overall lives.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Birthday Girl.

Speak No Evil
#12

Speak No Evil

A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Birthday Girl.

Thirteen
#13

Thirteen

When 13-year-old Tracy befriends Evie, the most popular girl in school, her life is turned upside down as Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs, and money. But it isn’t long before Tracy’s new lifestyle begins to take a heavy toll on her and her family.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Birthday Girl.

The Idiots
#14

The Idiots

A group of people gather at a Copenhagen suburban home to break all the limitations and to bring out the 'inner idiot' in themselves.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Birthday Girl.

The Promised Land
#15

The Promised Land

Denmark, 1755. Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer a Danish heath reputed to be uncultivable, with an impossible goal: to establish a colony in the name of the king, in exchange for a royal title. A single-minded ambition that the ruthless lord of the region will relentlessly seek to put down. Kahlen's fate hangs in the balance: will his endevours bring him wealth and honour, or cost him his life...?

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Birthday Girl.