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10 Best Movies Like The Half of a Boy

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

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#1
Fantastic Return to Oz

Fantastic Return to Oz

2019★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Half of a Boy for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A year to the day after Dorothy and the people of the Emerald City defeated Urfin Jus, the villain is trying to exact his revenge. To command the army of Carraci, however, Urfin ne...

#2
Brother 2

Brother 2

2000★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Half of a Boy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Arriving in Moscow, Chechen War veteran Danila meets Konstantin, an old friend who tells him that his twin brother has been forced into signing a crooked contract with a US ice hoc...

#3
Maintenance by Any Means

Maintenance by Any Means

2003★ 5.0

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

"Maintenance by any Means" is about two maintenance men vying for the position of maintenance supervisor in an apartment complex. The maintenance men must compete with each other i...

#4
7 Emotions

7 Emotions

2018★ 6.6

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

Fear, anger, sadness, joy, disgust, envy, shame. Adaś Miauczyński goes back to his childhood days when, like most of us, he used to find it problematic to name the emotions that ac...

#5
Return Return Return

Return Return Return

2023★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Half of a Boy for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

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#6
Work

Work

2022★ 5.6

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

Unable to move on from a breakup, Gabi, a queer Latina freelance editor, impulsively drops into an old job at an underground lap dance party, where she unexpectedly runs into a fri...