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
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...

#3
The Unknown Soldier

The Unknown Soldier

1955★ 7.3

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

It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next morni...

#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
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

2008★ 7.8

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

When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems ...

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