Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 23, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Boys

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

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#1
Samsara

Samsara

2011★ 8.0

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

Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disast...

#2
The Front Line

The Front Line

2006★ 6.3

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

An African immigrant bank security guard turns the tables on Dublin's nastiest criminals when they force him to be the "inside man" on a bank robbery....

#3
Green Book

Green Book

2018★ 8.2

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

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and ...

#4
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#5
American Beauty

American Beauty

1999★ 8.0

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

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend....

#6
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....