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10 Best Movies Like Shadow Boys

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

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#1
Seeds of Yesterday

Seeds of Yesterday

2015★ 6.4

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

The Sheffield family reveal and go through some home truths as their middle child inherits the Foxworth mansion. The family's ghosts looming over, and more tragedies are in store a...

#2
The Rite

The Rite

1969★ 6.8

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

Called to court on obscenity charges, a theatre troupe are forced to expose their neuroses and inner psychological torments....

#3
Girl in the Box

Girl in the Box

2016★ 6.7

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

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as ...

#4
Scum

Scum

1977★ 7.3

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

A hard and shocking story of life in a British borstal for young offenders....

#5
The Magic of Ordinary Days

The Magic of Ordinary Days

2005★ 7.4

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

Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII....

#6
Hello

Hello

2022★ 6.3

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

An emotionally unavailable flight attendant meets a potential love interest and later finds out that her "perfect guy" has ulterior motives. As the clock ticks down on New Year's E...

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