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10 Best Movies Like Birthday Boy

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

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#1
The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle

2017★ 7.1

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

A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her ...

#2
Fear

Fear

1996★ 6.6

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

Nicole Walker always dreamed of being swept away by someone special — someone strong, sexy and sensitive who would care for her more than anything else in the world. David is all t...

#3
It Ends with Us

It Ends with Us

2024★ 6.9

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

When a woman's first love suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with a charming, but abusive neurosurgeon is upended, and she realizes she must learn to rely on her own stre...

#4
Twisted Nerve

Twisted Nerve

1968★ 6.8

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

Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome. To cope, he retreats into an alternate child...

#5
Luckiest Girl Alive

Luckiest Girl Alive

2022★ 6.5

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

A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life....

#6
Thirteen

Thirteen

2003★ 6.7

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

When 13-year-old Tracy befriends Evie, the most popular girl in school, her life is turned upside down as Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs, and money. But it isn’t long...

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