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10 Best Movies Like Softie

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

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#1
Boy Erased

Boy Erased

2018★ 7.0

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

Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be pe...

#2
Reinventing Marvin

Reinventing Marvin

2017★ 6.6

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

Telling the true story of Marvin Bijou, a young boy from a working-class family in a small village, who suffers constant bullying at school and home for being ‘different’ – too sen...

#3
I Killed My Mother

I Killed My Mother

2009★ 7.4

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

Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episode...

#4
Prayers for Bobby

Prayers for Bobby

2009★ 8.1

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

Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling ...

#5
Mary

Mary

2024★ 6.2

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

A miraculous conception. A merciless king. A murderous pursuit. Mary's journey to give birth to Jesus unfolds in this biblical coming-of-age epic....

#6
My Little Loves

My Little Loves

1974★ 6.8

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

Daniel lives with his grandmother and, after a year of high school, goes to live with his mother in the south of France; a harsher environment which rapidly changes his perception ...

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