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10 Best Movies Like The Foster Boy

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

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#1
The Boys of St. Vincent

The Boys of St. Vincent

1994★ 7.2

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

The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage, run by a religious community in Newfoundland....

#2
A Home of Our Own

A Home of Our Own

1993★ 6.9

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

In 1960s Los Angeles an energetic widow and her six children try to make a dream of theirs come true: to have a home of their own. They leave L.A. and head for the countryside, all...

#3
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#4
What Maisie Knew

What Maisie Knew

2013★ 7.1

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

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle....

#5
Boy A

Boy A

2008★ 7.1

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

Freed after a lengthy term in a juvenile detention center, convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman and begins dating co-worker Michelle. While out on the r...

#6
Nothing Personal

Nothing Personal

2009★ 6.5

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

Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement...

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