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10 Best Movies Like Borstal Boy

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

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#1
Boy Erased

Boy Erased

2018★ 7.0

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

Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be pe...

#2
Giant Little Ones

Giant Little Ones

2019★ 7.1

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

Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th...

#3
Baltimore

Baltimore

2024★ 5.9

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

Based on actual events that took place on 26 April 1974, former debutante turned IRA member Rose Dugdale and three comrades carried out an armed raid on Russborough House, Wicklow,...

#4
The Informer

The Informer

1935★ 6.8

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

Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend....

#5
American Wrestler: The Wizard

American Wrestler: The Wizard

2017★ 7.2

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

In 1980, a teenage boy escapes the unrest in Iran only to face more hostility in America, due to the hostage crisis. Determined to fit in, he joins the school's floundering wrestli...

#6
School Ties

School Ties

1992★ 6.5

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

When David Greene receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school in the 1950s, he feels pressure to hide the fact that he is Jewish from his classmates and teachers, ...

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