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10 Best Movies Like Boy, Fish and Guitar

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

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#1
The Piano in a Factory

The Piano in a Factory

2011★ 7.3

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

To fight for custody of his daughter who loves playing the piano, a steel factory worker decides to forge a piano from scratch....

#2
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

#3
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#4
The Boys from Fengkuei

The Boys from Fengkuei

1983★ 7.2

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

Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port c...

#5
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#6
Upstream

Upstream

2024★ 6.9

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

A moment of impulsiveness turns Gao Zhilei into a "stay-at-home" individual, but he never expected his life to take a turn in the opposite direction. A series of changes compel him...

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