Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The New Boy

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

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#1
A Question of Faith

A Question of Faith

2017★ 7.3

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

When Tragedy Strikes three Families, their Destiny forces them on a coverging path and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs...

#2
Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway

2019★ 6.7

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

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t...

#3
Fatima

Fatima

2020★ 7.2

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

In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and...

#4
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The New 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....

#5
I Am David

I Am David

2003★ 6.9

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

A 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deli...

#6
Gigi & Nate

Gigi & Nate

2022★ 7.5

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

A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend....

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