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10 Best Movies Like Baby Boy

If you loved Baby Boy, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Dancehall Queen

Dancehall Queen

1997★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Baby Boy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Marcia has a tough life in Kingston, Jamaica, where she's the sole provider for her teenage daughter. Her business as a street vendor is threatened by thug Priest, and Marcia makes...

#2
By the Sword

By the Sword

1991★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Baby Boy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An elderly man named Max comes to the famous fencing coach Villar and asks to take him on as a coach. But the coach does not like his weapon technique, and he only takes Max as a c...

#3
The Secret She Kept

The Secret She Kept

2016★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Baby Boy for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on ReShonda Tate Billingsley's novel of the same name, The Secret She Kept, a successful magazine executive marries a driven lawyer, who's on the cusp of a major promotion, o...

#4
Baby Boy

Baby Boy

2017★ 10.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Baby Boy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A married man who is desperate for a baby boy, will do whatever it takes to see his dreams fulfilled, he meets a young woman who he’s certain will give him the son his longed for, ...

#5
Love Song

Love Song

2000★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Baby Boy for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A privileged, black college student with a fiance falls in love with a white musician she meets on her 21st birthday....

#6
Poetic Justice

Poetic Justice

1993★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Baby Boy for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Still grieving after the murder of her boyfriend, hairdresser Justice writes poetry to deal with the pain of her loss. Unable to get to Oakland to attend a convention because of he...