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10 Best Movies Like A Shoeshine Boy

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

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#1
Everyone Is There

Everyone Is There

2020★ 8.1

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

Soo Yeon decides to commit suicide to end the bullying she goes through at school, when a savior appears. A woman punishes the bullies on behalf of Soo Yeon and saves her from the ...

#2
In Front of Your Face

In Front of Your Face

2021★ 6.7

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

She has never lived in a high-rise apartment, and she wonders how her sister can live at this height every day. A few days ago she kind of burst in to stay with her sister, and she...

#3
Idol Seungha's R-Rated Film Shooting

Idol Seungha's R-Rated Film Shooting

2021★ 6.5

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

Film producer Na-eun and director Yeong-tae are on the verge of shelving out cash for an adult film production. They're too busy blaming each other for the messed-up filming. Befor...

#4
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 7.0

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#5
A Brand New Life

A Brand New Life

2009★ 7.3

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

Abandoned by her father, a girl adjusts to life in an orphanage....

#6
Wedding Dress

Wedding Dress

2010★ 7.4

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

When a single mother learns that she has terminal cancer, she prepares her young daughter to live without her, while saying goodbye to others around her....

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