Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Boys

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

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#1
The Boys in the Band

The Boys in the Band

2020★ 6.8

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

At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths....

#2
XOXO

XOXO

2016★ 6.0

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

XOXO follows six strangers whose lives collide in one frenetic, dream-chasing, hopelessly romantic night....

#3
Starcrossed

Starcrossed

2005★ 6.3

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

Two brothers develop a sexual attraction to one another amid the unkind world around them....

#4
August

August

2011★ 5.8

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

August tells the story of two former lovers, Troy and Jonathan, who reunite after a long ago painful breakup. After spending several years in Spain, Troy returns to Los Angeles and...

#5
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

2003★ 7.3

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

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she ...

#6
My Brother the Devil

My Brother the Devil

2012★ 6.4

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

Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome older broth...

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