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10 Best Movies Like The Unvarnished Boy

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

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#1
All Together Now

All Together Now

2020★ 6.7

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

An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?...

#2
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

#3
Imperial Dreams

Imperial Dreams

2014★ 6.6

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

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Ang...

#4
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

2003★ 7.3

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

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she ...

#5
Hellion

Hellion

2014★ 5.9

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

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father m...

#6
The Good Neighbor

The Good Neighbor

2022★ 6.5

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

A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of g...

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