If You Liked Boy A, Watch These Next
Finished Boy A (2008) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Boy A, most of them are crime, drama.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.Nocturnal Animals(2016)
7.4DramaThrillerAlso drama
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.
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2.Hillbilly Elegy(2020)
6.7DramaAlso drama
An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
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3.Mystic River(2003)
7.7ThrillerDramaMysteryAlso drama and crime
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.
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5.Grandview, U.S.A.(1984)
5.8DramaAlso drama
Life in the small town of Grandview, Illinois is one that is just like any other city or town. Tim Pearson, soon to be graduating high school wants to go to Florida to study oceanography. He meets Michelle "Mike" Cody and is attracted to her. She runs the local Demolition Derby place. Ernie "Slam" Webster is one of…
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6.We Need to Talk About Kevin(2011)
7.5DramaThrillerAlso drama
After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.
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7.Luckiest Girl Alive(2022)
6.5DramaThrillerMysteryAlso drama
A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.
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8.Once Upon a Time in America(1984)
8.4DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
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9.Back Roads(2019)
5.9CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
A young man cares for his younger sisters after their mother is imprisoned for murdering their abusive father. When he strikes up an affair with a married woman, long-dormant family secrets bubble to the surface.
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10.Gimme Shelter(2013)
6.6DramaAlso drama
After running away from her abusive mother, a streetwise teen seeks refuge with her father, but he rejects her when he learns that she's pregnant.
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11.Joe the King(1999)
5.8CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
A destitute 14-year-old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing separation from his slightly older brother.
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12.She Rides Shotgun(2025)
7.0ActionThrillerCrimeAlso crime
Newly released from prison and marked for death by unrelenting enemies, Nate must now protect his estranged 11-year-old daughter, Polly, at all costs. With scant resources and no one to trust, Nate and Polly forge a bond under fire as he shows her how to fight and survive—and she teaches him the true meaning of…
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14.Like Dandelion Dust(2009)
7.0DramaAlso drama
Rip Porter is sentenced to seven years in prison for beating his wife, Wendy. When he is released, he discovers that Wendy gave up their child, and the privileged Campbell family adopted him. The two families are soon in a legal battle for the child they both love.
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15.Every Secret Thing(2014)
6.2ThrillerCrimeMysteryAlso crime
One clear summer day in a Baltimore suburb, a baby goes missing from her front porch. Two young girls serve seven years for the crime and are released into a town that hasn't fully forgiven or forgotten. Soon, another child is missing, and two detectives are called in to investigate the mystery in a community where…
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16.This Boy's Life(1993)
7.1DramaAlso drama
When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.
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17.A Clockwork Orange(1971)
8.2Science FictionCrimeAlso crime
In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure…
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18.Dark Places(2015)
5.9ThrillerMysteryDramaAlso drama and crime
A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.
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19.L.I.E.(2001)
6.8DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
With his mother dead and his father busy at work, Howie feels adrift in his New York suburb. He and his friend Gary spend their time burglarizing their neighbors' homes — until they make the mistake of robbing the house of Big John, a macho former Marine who is also an unrepentant pedophile. He propositions Howie,…
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20.The Whisper Man(2026)
6.9CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
When his young son vanishes, a widower enlists help from his estranged father, a retired detective who put away the serial killer now linked to the case.
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