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10 Best Movies Like Joy Boy

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

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#1
Boy Erased

Boy Erased

2018★ 7.0

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

Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be pe...

#2
Pretty Boy

Pretty Boy

2015★ 7.6

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

Sean is taken to a motel and is given a prostitute for his 18th birthday by his father. He must sleep with her to "fix" his questionable homosexuality. "Pretty Boy" is a coming of...

#3
Benjamin

Benjamin

2019★ 6.1

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

Benjamin, a rising star filmmaker, is on the brink of premiering his difficult second film No Self at the London Film Festival when Billie, his hard drinking publicist, introduces ...

#4
My Brother the Devil

My Brother the Devil

2012★ 6.4

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

Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome older broth...

#5
Pariah

Pariah

2011★ 6.8

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

A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression....

#6
Geography Club

Geography Club

2013★ 6.2

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

A coming-of-age movie that tells a story unfolding in every high school around the country -- a story of kids hiding their true identities in plain sight, even as they feverishly p...

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