Bird Box

About Bird Box

Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.

Bird Box (2018) is a horror thriller film directed by Susanne Bier. Its themes are post-apocalyptic future, depressing, survival horror, and disheartening.

Sandra Bullock appears as Malorie Hayes, Trevante Rhodes as Tom, John Malkovich as Douglas, and Sarah Paulson as Jessica. Released in December 2018, it runs 124 minutes.

The screenplay is by Eric Heisserer. Produced by Bluegrass Films. The story is adapted from a novel. In the United States it streams on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads.

Me Before You, The Virgin Suicides, and The Reader make useful companions to Bird Box. TMDB voters put it at 6.8 out of 10 across 10,943 votes and it carries a R rating.