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10 Best Movies Like Beautiful Boy

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

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#1
Ordinary People

Ordinary People

1980★ 7.4

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

Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He...

#2
And When Did You Last See Your Father?

And When Did You Last See Your Father?

2007★ 6.5

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

The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father....

#3
Louder Than Bombs

Louder Than Bombs

2015★ 6.5

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

Three years after his wife, acclaimed photographer Isabelle Reed, dies in a car crash, Gene keeps everyday life going with his shy teenage son, Conrad. A planned exhibition of Isab...

#4
He Got Game

He Got Game

1998★ 6.8

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

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence....

#5
Boyhood

Boyhood

2014★ 7.5

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

The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, ...

#6
The Forgotten

The Forgotten

2004★ 5.9

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

Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 9-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has created nine years of memories ...

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