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10 Best Movies Like Making the Boys

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

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2020★ 7.8

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

An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about the...

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The Last Repair Shop

The Last Repair Shop

2024★ 7.5

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

In a warehouse in the heart of Los Angeles, a dwindling handful of devoted craftspeople maintain more than 80,000 student musical instruments, the largest remaining workshop in Ame...

#3
The Celluloid Closet

The Celluloid Closet

1996★ 7.2

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

Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 1...

#4
Tab Hunter Confidential

Tab Hunter Confidential

2015★ 7.3

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

Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout his years of stardom, Tab had a secret. Tab Hunter was gay, and spent his Hollywood...

#5
Hamilton's America

Hamilton's America

2016★ 6.6

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

This documentary delves deeper into the creation of the Hamilton musical, revealing Lin-Manuel Miranda's process of absorbing and then adapting Hamilton's epic story into ground-br...

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Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars

Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars

2012★ 6.4

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

In 1997, Louis Theroux made a documentary about the world of male porn performers in Los Angeles. 15 years later, he returns to find a business struggling with the deluge of free p...

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