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10 Best Movies Like The Boy and the Wind

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

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#1
Buddies

Buddies

1985★ 8.2

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

David, a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a 'buddy' for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely political Robert, a lifelong activist whose friends and fa...

#2
The Experiencer

The Experiencer

1977★ 10.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boy and the Wind for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

After taking a wrong turn, a young man somehow falls into a mysterious cave and becomes hopelessly lost. As he searches for a way out, the journey he experiences forces him to conf...

#3
A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

1937★ 7.2

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

Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a ...

#4
A Very Natural Thing

A Very Natural Thing

1974★ 7.1

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

When David, an ex-monk still in his twenties meets Mark, he falls hard; soon he's asked Mark if they can live together. Things go well for awhile, and then differences in their def...

#5
Isle of Flowers

Isle of Flowers

1989★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boy and the Wind for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. But it doesn’t end there: Isle of Flowers follows it up until its real end, among an...

#6
Velvet Goldmine

Velvet Goldmine

1998★ 6.9

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

Almost a decade since larger-than-life glam-rock enigma Brian Slade disappeared from public eye, an investigative journalist is on assignment to uncover the truth behind his former...