ICYMI: "May," a movie about the trials of dating while also being a giant weird freak: https://jude-doyle.ghost.io/female-loneliness-may-lucky-mckee-2002/
Basic models of flocking behavior are controlled by three simple rules: 1) separation: avoid crowding neighbours (short range repulsion); 2) alignment: steer towards average heading of neighbors; 3) cohesion: steer towards average position of neighbors (long range attraction). With these three simple rules, the flock moves in an extremely realistic way.