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10 Best Movies Like Academy Boy

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

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#1
Back of the Net

Back of the Net

2019★ 6.6

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

A new student at a soccer academy is determined to beat her rival's team in the national tournament....

#2
I Never Sang for My Father

I Never Sang for My Father

1970★ 6.7

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

A man living in the towering shadow of his aging father finds it difficult to start a new chapter in his life by marrying his girlfriend and moving to California....

#3
Forever Strong

Forever Strong

2008★ 7.1

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

Hotshot rugby player Rick Penning was the star player of his Arizona high school team until a fateful brush with the law forces him to ponder the consequences of his actions in a S...

#4
The Beautiful Country

The Beautiful Country

2004★ 5.9

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

After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a road trip to Texas, where his...

#5
Marvellous

Marvellous

2014★ 7.1

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

Dramatisation of the true story of the life of Neil "Nello" Baldwin. Born with a mild learning disability but without the burden of social embarrassment & how his inexhaustibl...

#6
Luce

Luce

2019★ 6.4

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

A star athlete and top student, Luce's idealized image is challenged by one of his teachers when his unsettling views on political violence come to light, putting a strain on famil...

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