Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 16, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Boys

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

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#1
Unknown Soldier

Unknown Soldier

2017★ 7.4

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

The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Sol...

#2
The Book Thief

The Book Thief

2013★ 7.5

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

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sh...

#3
Mother of Mine

Mother of Mine

2005★ 6.6

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

1943: Nine-year-old Eero whose father is killed during the war is brought to Sweden to foster parents to his protection like thousands of other Finnish children. Eero feels lost, p...

#4
The Winter War

The Winter War

1989★ 7.0

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

After Nazi Germany invades Poland in September 1939, Russia attacks Finland two months later. Finnish reservists leave home and go to war. Brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala, farmers...

#5
Hope and Glory

Hope and Glory

1987★ 6.9

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

A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II....

#6
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.2

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

During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain....

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