10 Best Movies Like When I Was a Boy
If you loved When I Was a Boy, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

All Day and a Night
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When I Was a Boy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

God's Pocket
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When I Was a Boy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters....

Tigertail
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When I Was a Boy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

The Experiment
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When I Was a Boy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control....

Almost Friends
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When I Was a Boy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

The Young One
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When I Was a Boy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....