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10 Best Movies Like Cool Boy

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

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#1
The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

2019★ 6.3

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

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who get...

#2
Charm City Kings

Charm City Kings

2020★ 7.8

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

Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse ...

#3
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

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

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#4
Norman

Norman

2010★ 6.1

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

A teenager pretends to be dying from cancer as a way to cope with the realities of his daily existence and his father's terminal illness....

#5
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#6
Hellion

Hellion

2014★ 5.9

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

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father m...

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