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10 Best Movies Like Boyhood

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

#1
Dreams

Dreams

1990★ 7.7

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

Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a soldier’s ghosts, a walk through Van Gogh’s canvases, nuclear nightmares, and a...

#2
American Beauty

American Beauty

1999★ 8.0

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

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend....

#3
Inception

Inception

2010★ 8.4

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

Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to...

#4
Avatar

Avatar

2009★ 7.6

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

In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization....

#5
Django Unchained

Django Unchained

2012★ 8.2

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

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner....

#6
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Boyhood for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie indust...