Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Boys

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

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#1
Mother of Mine

Mother of Mine

2005★ 6.7

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

1943: Nine-year-old Eero whose father is killed during the war is brought to Sweden to foster parents to his protection like thousands of other Finnish children. Eero feels lost, p...

#2
The Winter War

The Winter War

1989★ 7.0

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

After Nazi Germany invades Poland in September 1939, Russia attacks Finland two months later. Finnish reservists leave home and go to war. Brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala, farmers...

#3
Ambush

Ambush

1999★ 6.0

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

It is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola is waiting for orders to go on the offensive. The p...

#4
Hope and Glory

Hope and Glory

1987★ 6.9

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

A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II....

#5
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

2008★ 7.8

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

When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems ...

#6
The Boy in the Woods

The Boy in the Woods

2023★ 6.9

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

The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir....

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