Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Boy

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

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#1
Port Authority

Port Authority

2019★ 6.0

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

Paul, a 20 year old midwesterner, arrives at the central bus station and quickly catches eyes with Wye, a 22 year old girl voguing on the sidewalk. After Paul seeks her out in secr...

#2
Saltburn

Saltburn

2023★ 7.0

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

Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltbur...

#3
Breakfast on Pluto

Breakfast on Pluto

2005★ 7.2

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

In the 1970s, a young transgender woman called “Kitten” leaves her small Irish town for London in search of love, acceptance, and her long-lost mother....

#4
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

2001★ 7.5

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

Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an 'internationally ignored' but divinely t...

#5
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

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

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

#6
Pride

Pride

2014★ 7.7

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

In 1984, a group of LGBT activists decide to raise money to support the National Union of Mineworkers during their lengthy strike. There is only one problem: the Union seems embarr...

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