Movies Like The Boy

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

Lizzie

2018·1h 46m·★ 5.9·Craig William Macneill

2 shared crewDir. Craig William MacneillDP: Noah Greenberg

Monster

2003·1h 49m·★ 7.3·Patty Jenkins

Themes: drifter, motel

The Good German

2006·1h 48m·★ 6.0·Steven Soderbergh

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

The Omen

2006·1h 50m·★ 5.5·John Moore

TMDB recommendsHorror & Thriller

Sliver

1993·1h 47m·★ 5.1·Phillip Noyce

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

The Last House on the Left

2009·1h 53m·★ 6.5·Dennis Iliadis

Fans also likedThriller & Horror & Drama

Last Straw

2024·1h 21m·★ 5.5·Alan Scott Neal

Fans also likedHorror & Drama & Thriller

Memento

2000·1h 53m·★ 8.4·Christopher Nolan

Themes: motel, based on short story

Psycho

1960·1h 49m·★ 8.5·Alfred Hitchcock

Fans also likedHorror & Thriller

Se7en

1995·2h 7m·★ 8.6·David Fincher

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Hotel Rwanda

2004·2h 2m·★ 8.1·Terry George

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The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

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Dolls

2002·1h 54m·★ 7.5·Takeshi Kitano

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Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

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Duel

1971·1h 29m·★ 7.6·Steven Spielberg

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It Happened in Broad Daylight

1958·1h 40m·★ 7.8·Ladislao Vajda

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Lolita

1962·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Stanley Kubrick

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Dead Man

1995·2h 2m·★ 7.5·Jim Jarmusch

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Tsotsi

2005·1h 34m·★ 7.2·Gavin Hood

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Point Blank

1967·1h 31m·★ 7.2·John Boorman

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How Good Is The Boy?

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