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10 Best Movies Like The Exploding Boy

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

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#1
UglyDolls

UglyDolls

2019★ 6.6

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

In the adorably different town of Uglyville, weirdness is celebrated, strangeness is special and beauty is embraced as more than meets the eye. After traveling to the other side of...

#2
Sing 2

Sing 2

2021★ 7.8

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

Buster and his new cast now have their sights set on debuting a new show at the Crystal Tower Theater in glamorous Redshore City. But with no connections, he and his singers must s...

#3
Anchors Aweigh

Anchors Aweigh

1945★ 6.8

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

Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew....

#4
The Muppets Take Manhattan

The Muppets Take Manhattan

1984★ 6.6

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

When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a producer who's willing to bac...

#5
Bells Are Ringing

Bells Are Ringing

1960★ 6.3

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

Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by ...

#6
Let's Make Love

Let's Make Love

1960★ 6.4

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

When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful...

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