Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 17, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Boy

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

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#1
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#2
Scandalous Sex

Scandalous Sex

2004★ 6.9

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

A daughter seeks to restore the reputation of her disgraced father, a wronged college professor. With help of a professional student, she must overcome an ambitious sorority bitch ...

#3
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#4
God's Pocket

God's Pocket

2014★ 5.8

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

A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters....

#5
I Am Elizabeth Smart

I Am Elizabeth Smart

2017★ 6.9

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

The story of Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping and captivity, as told from her perspective....

#6
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

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