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10 Best Movies Like The Boy in the Ocean

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

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#1
Querelle

Querelle

1982★ 6.6

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

A handsome Belgian sailor on shore leave in the port of Brest, who is also a drug smuggler and murderer, embarks upon a voyage of highly charged and violent homosexual self-discove...

#2
Smooth Talk

Smooth Talk

1985★ 6.2

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

Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, finds her summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations shattered by an encounter with a mysterio...

#3
La luna

La luna

2012★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boy in the Ocean for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A young boy comes of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. Tonight is the very first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. In an old wooden boat they row far out t...

#4
Wild Things

Wild Things

1998★ 6.4

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

When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, rejected by the town, and fighti...

#5
Cassandra's Dream

Cassandra's Dream

2007★ 6.3

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

The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies....

#6
My Brother the Devil

My Brother the Devil

2012★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boy in the Ocean 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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