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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
Before Midnight

Before Midnight

2013★ 7.5

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

It has been nine years since we last met Jesse and Celine, the French-American couple who once met on a train in Vienna. They now live in Paris with twin daughters but have spent a...

#2
Life Itself

Life Itself

2014★ 7.5

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

The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (1942-2013): his early days as a freewheeling bachelor and Pulitzer Prize winner, hi...

#3
Before Sunrise

Before Sunrise

1995★ 8.0

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

An unexpected meeting on a train leads two travelers to spend an evening wandering through Vienna. As the night unfolds, they share stories and conversations about life and love, e...

#4
Everybody Wants Some!!

Everybody Wants Some!!

2016★ 6.4

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

A comedy that follows a group of friends as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood....

#5
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

2014★ 7.4

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

A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become...

#6
The Theory of Everything

The Theory of Everything

2014★ 7.8

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

The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow C...