Overview
After breaking up with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins forces with a singer, an assassin, and a detective to protect a young girl targeted by a powerful crime lord.
Released in 2020, Birds of Prey was directed by Cathy Yan and produced under the Warner Bros. banner. The film occupies a significant place within the DCEU — contributing to the ongoing narrative and mythology of that cinematic universe.
The film features lead performances from Margot Robbie, Ewan McGregor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, among others, anchoring a story that adapts characters first brought to life in DC Comics. Its source material gives the film a foundation rooted in decades of published storytelling, which Yan and the creative team interpret through a cinematic lens.
The film's 6.1 audience rating indicates a mixed response. Even so, it holds interest as part of the broader DCEU catalogue and for how it fits into the lineage of DC Comics-based cinema.
Principal Cast
Trivia & Facts
Birds of Prey released in 2020, placing it within the 2020s era of comic book cinema — a decade that saw superhero films become the dominant force at the global box office.
Directed by Cathy Yan, the film was produced by Warner Bros. and adapts source material from DC Comics.
The principal cast features Margot Robbie and Ewan McGregor, with key supporting roles played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett.
The film belongs to DCEU — the DC Extended Universe, Warner Bros' connected superhero continuity.
Birds of Prey carries an audience rating of 6.1 — a middling reception but one that hasn't prevented its cultural footprint.
The DC Comics source material for Birds of Prey has been in continuous publication for decades, giving filmmakers a rich well of storylines, character arcs, and iconography to draw upon.
Modern superhero films like this one use a mix of practical effects and digital VFX, with entire sequences often shot against volume walls or LED stages pioneered by shows like The Mandalorian.
Birds of Prey is catalogued on Movies on Comics among our collection of 163 comic book films spanning 48 years of cinema — from Richard Donner's 1978 Superman to the present day.