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10 Best Movies Like My Boy Jack

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

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#1
December Boys

December Boys

2007★ 6.0

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

For many years, four teenage orphans at an Australian outback convent have watched their younger comrades find new parents, and realize that they may never be adopted. The Reverend...

#2
The Wildest Dream

The Wildest Dream

2010★ 7.0

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

Uses astonishing visuals to tell the intersecting stories of George Mallory, the first man to attempt a summit of Mount Everest, and Conrad Anker, the mountaineer who finds Mallory...

#3
The Muppet Christmas Carol

The Muppet Christmas Carol

1992★ 7.4

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

A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Chri...

#4
Mother's Day

Mother's Day

2016★ 6.0

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

Sandy is a stressed-out, single mom who learns that her ex-husband is marrying a younger woman. Her friend Jesse's parents don't know that she has a family or that her sister, Gab...

#5
Gandhi

Gandhi

1982★ 7.6

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

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed...

#6
From Up on Poppy Hill

From Up on Poppy Hill

2011★ 7.5

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

Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the you...