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

Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About a Boy for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?...

A Taste of Honey
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About a Boy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarr...

This Time Next Year
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About a Boy for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Minnie and Quinn were both born in London on New Year’s Day, in the same hospital, one minute apart. Thirty years later — and very different people — they find themselves thrown to...

Love, Simon
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About a Boy for fans of Drama & Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the i...

Love, Rosie
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About a Boy for fans of Drama & Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Since the moment they met at age 5, Rosie and Alex have been best friends, facing the highs and lows of growing up side by side. A fleeting shared moment, one missed opportunity, a...

Some Freaks
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About a Boy for fans of Drama & Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A charming romance develops between a boy with one eye and an overweight girl, though when she loses weight after going to college, their relationship is tested in devastating ways...