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10 Best Movies Like The Boy Next Door

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

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#1
Dead Man's Folly

Dead Man's Folly

1986★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boy Next Door for fans of Crime & Mystery & Thriller & TV Movie. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs....

#2
The Limits of Control

The Limits of Control

2009★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boy Next Door for fans of Crime & Mystery & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a...

#3
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

2006★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boy Next Door for fans of Crime & Mystery & Thriller & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When Jesse Stone looks into the murder of a teen-age girl whose body is found floating in a local lake, it brings him up against the Boston mob and into the affluent world of a bes...

#4
5lbs of Pressure

5lbs of Pressure

2024★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boy Next Door for fans of Crime & Thriller & TV Movie. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Fresh out of prison after serving time for murder, Adam returns to his old stomping grounds to seek out a son who doesn't know him. Eli, the brother of the man he killed is looking...

#5
Desert Dawn

Desert Dawn

2025★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boy Next Door for fans of Crime & Mystery & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A newly appointed small-town sheriff and his begrudging deputy get tangled up in a web of lies and corruption involving shady businessmen and the cartel while investigating the mur...

#6
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

1987★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boy Next Door for fans of Crime & Mystery & TV Movie. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Travelling on the 4.50 from Paddington, Mrs McGillicuddy witnesses a murder on a passing train - but where is the body?...

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