Movies Like Boys Don't Cry

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

At Close Range

1986·1h 51m·★ 6.9·James Foley

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2024·1h 58m·★ 7.4·Jon Gunn

Themes: 1990s, small townStarring Hilary Swank

Just Cause

1995·1h 42m·★ 6.4·Arne Glimcher

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The Salton Sea

2002·1h 43m·★ 7.0·D.J. Caruso

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A History of Violence

2005·1h 36m·★ 7.4·David Cronenberg

Themes: identity, small townDrama & Crime

New Trial

2017·1h 59m·★ 6.8·Kim Tae-yun

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Dead Again

1991·1h 47m·★ 6.8·Kenneth Branagh

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The Tenant

1976·2h 6m·★ 7.5·Roman Polanski

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Badlands

1974·1h 34m·★ 7.7·Terrence Malick

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The Silence

1963·1h 35m·★ 7.7·Ingmar Bergman

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In Cold Blood

1967·2h 14m·★ 7.9·Richard Brooks

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Straw Dogs

1971·1h 56m·★ 7.4·Sam Peckinpah

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Soldier's Girl

2003·1h 52m·★ 7.8·Frank Pierson

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Skin

2019·1h 50m·★ 6.8·Guy Nattiv

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Hearts in Atlantis

2001·1h 41m·★ 6.9·Scott Hicks

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The Madness of King George

1994·1h 47m·★ 7.2·Nicholas Hytner

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Bully

2001·1h 53m·★ 6.9·Larry Clark

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The World According to Garp

1982·2h 16m·★ 7.1·George Roy Hill

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