Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Balboa

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

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#1
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

2015★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Balboa for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl...

#2
Deported Women of the SS Special Section

Deported Women of the SS Special Section

1976★ 4.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Balboa for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Young women in Nazi-occupied countries are packed onto a train and shipped off to a prison camp, where the sadistic commandant uses them as rewards for his lesbian guards and perve...

#3
Panda

Panda

2014★ 6.5

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

Two teenagers are playing by night in a dirty parking lot. After they are driving on an empty road, they start to tease each other on the way to the sea, but they seem to be too yo...

#4
The Radiator Springs 500½

The Radiator Springs 500½

2014★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Balboa for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A 'leisurely drive' planned in honor of Radiator Springs’ town founder, Stanley, turns precarious as Baja pros descend on the town and challenge Lightning McQueen to an off-road ra...

#5
Tarzan II

Tarzan II

2005★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Balboa for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

When one of his missteps puts his family in jeopardy, Tarzan decides they would be better off without him....

#6
Red Dawn

Red Dawn

2012★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Balboa for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky—shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target...