Boy movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant boy movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, touching, crying and psychological films and TV shows about / with boy, coming of age, youth, boyhood, family relations, childhood, friendship, father son relationship, children and sex scene plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, France, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as boy: Love Strange Love (1982), While the Wolf's Away (2017), Blue Bird (1979), Pixote (1980), Harmony Lessons (2013), Michael (2011), 10 1/2 (2010), In Your Absence (2008), Private Lessons (2008), Jack (2014).

List of boy movies

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Love Strange Love (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Man remembers 48 crucial hours in his life when, as a teenager, he visited his mother, the favorite woman of an important politician, in a bordello owned by her, right before some important political changes in Brazil, in 1937. In those hours, he ...
Style: erotic, suspenseful, suspense, rough, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: incest, mother son incest, boy, female nudity, mother son relationship, male nudity, older woman teenage boy sex, sex, coming of age, erotica, voyeur, sex with a minor ...
Time: 1930s, year 1937, 70s, year 1982
Place: brazil
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While the Wolf's Away (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A young teen and his misfit group of friends try to escape from a strict boarding school that holds dangerous secrets.
Style: serious, compassionate, heartbreaking, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot: coming of age, boarding school, boy, friendship, fighting the system, life is a bitch, social relations, human rights, loneliness, boss, childhood, isolation ...
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 5.9
 145
Blue Bird (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: East Germany, Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In the middle of the 18th Century, the Ruster family immigrates to the United States. The father, a former farm laborer, leads a hard life as a settler along with his family. One day the nine year-old George, his second-youngest son, is kidnapped by ...
Audience: kids
Plot: boy, native american, coming of age, youth, native, settler, kidnapping, child kidnapping, skinny dipping, male nudity, shootout, river ...
Time: 18th century
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 7.9
 9K
Pixote (1980)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Pixote, a 10-year-old runaway boy, is arrested on the streets of Sao Paulo during a police round-up homeless people. Pixote endures torture, degradation and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of the runaways are murdered by ...
Style: disturbing, depressing, bleak, realistic, rough ...
Plot: prostitution, street kid, sex with a minor, boy, coming of age, children, anal rape, child rape, breast feeding, loneliness, homeless, tragedy ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1981
Place: brazil, latin america, rio de janeiro, africa, sao paulo brazil
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Harmony Lessons (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Kazakhstan, Germany, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: During a medical examination, 13-year-old Aslan is humiliated in front of a load of his fellow pupils. The incident unleashes his latent personality disorder. Plagued by self-doubt, he strives for cleanliness and perfection and is obsessed with ...
Style: realistic, serious, atmospheric, disturbing, gloomy
Audience: teen drama
Plot: boy, coming of age, youth, life is a bitch, village, bullying, social misfits, misfit, vengeance, teenage boy, humiliation, youth gang ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: kazakhstan, asia
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 6.9
 5K
Michael (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Although to the outside world he seems like the a perfectly normal insurance broker, Michael secretly keeps a 10-year-old boy, Wolfgang locked in a room in his soundproof basement.
Style: disturbing, serious, suspenseful, bleak, sexy ...
Plot: pedophilia, pedophile, child abuse, boy, life is a bitch, child molestation, kidnapping, child rape, isolation, gay, basement, psychopath ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, austria, europe, central europe
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 7.1
 724
10 1/2 (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Tommy, 10 years old, is well known by Social Services. He is considered a danger to society. Gilles, his guardian at this halfway house, sees potential for redemption in this kid driven by violence.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: boy, child abuse, kids in trouble, juvenile delinquent, social worker, life is a bitch, isolation, youth, danger, redemption, coming of age, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, quebec
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Aclà's Decent Into Floristella (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Set in Sicily in the 1930's, Aurelio Grimaldi's feature debut chronicles the harsh story of twelve-year-old boy, Aclà, sold into slavery by his destitute parents to work in the underground Floristella sulfur mines. Overworked and ...
Style: political, gay cinema
Plot: boy, pedophilia, gay, youth, sex crime, social injustice, childhood, traumatic childhood, boyhood, sea, nudity, frog ...
Time: 1930s
Place: sicily, italy
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In Your Absence (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story: 13-year-old Pablo is a quiet, lonely boy with a troubled past. His only friend is Julia, a shameless 15-year-old girl who is more than willing to help Pablo with his transition from childhood to adolescence, and give him some advice on sex, love and ...
Style: emotional, serious, disturbing, captivating, art house ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: coming of age, boy, stranger, teenage girl, nudity, sexual exploration, masturbation, male nudity, 13 year old, flashback, surrogate father, man boy relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: andalusia, spain
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Private Lessons (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An aspiring tennis player is taken under the wing of an established player as his family life falls apart.
Style: serious, disturbing, realistic, emotional, erotic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: boy, first sexual experience, coming of age, homosexual sex, gay, tennis, athlete's life, friendship, teenager, divorced parents, prodigy, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, europe
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 7.2
 1K
Jack (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Although he is only ten years old, Jack is responsible for himself and his little brother Manuel and this fills him with pride. Their single mother works during the day and often goes out at night. There’s no father in sight. One day, Manuel burns ...
Style: realistic, atmospheric, touching, captivating, serious ...
Plot: boy, young heroes, teenage life, self discovery, youth, child as adult, coming of age, family relations, life turned upside down, child care, brother brother relationship, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
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The Childhood of a Leader (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada, UK, France, Hungary, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The chilling story of a young American boy living in France in 1918 whose father is working for the US government on the creation of the Treaty of Versailles. What he witnesses helps to mold his beliefs – and we witness the birth of a terrifying ...
Style: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, bleak, rough ...
Plot: fascism, childhood, evil child, boy, tantrum, brutality, government agency, boyhood, youth, world war one, scared, bad kids ...
Time: year 1919, 2010s, 1910s
Place: france
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock.
Style: sentimental, touching, poignant, sad, inspirational ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: childhood, 9/11, autism, asperger's syndrome, boy, child protagonist, grief, orphan, disability, acceptance, single mother, children ...
Time: september 11 2001, 2010s, year 2011, year 2001, 2000s ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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A Little Closer (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: In the forgotten corners of rural Virginia, Sheryl struggles to balance her work as a housekeeper and raising her two sons, fifteen year-old Marc and eleven year-old Stephen. Hoping to meet the love of her life and bring home a father for her boys, ...
Style: realistic, sincere, atmospheric, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: boy, underage sex, family relations, coming of age, parents and children, looking for love, single parent, teenage boy, brother brother relationship, teacher, sexuality, loss of virginity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, virginia
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My Life as a Dog (1985)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at the home of his aunt and uncle in 1959 Sweden.
Style: sentimental, realistic, touching, philosophical, existential ...
Plot: coming of age, children, boy, tomboy, boxing, childhood, adolescence, loneliness, terminal illness, nude model, heartwarming, friendship ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: europe, eastern europe, scandinavia
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 6.7
 788
Camp (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: 12-year-old Eli finds himself at summer CAMP
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental, christian film ...
Plot: boy, child abuse, summer camp, camp counselor, youth, kids in trouble, friendship, family problems, life is a bitch, hopes, dysfunctional family, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Ciske the Rat (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 180 min.
Story: Lovable Amsterdam street urchin, 11 year old Ciske is nevertheless much in need of love as the German 1955 title suggests. He is a scamp with a heart of gold. He causes havoc in the classroom pouring ink over his teacher yet when a polio-crippled ...
Style: cult classic, epic, gloomy, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: boy, coming of age, youth, abuse, murder, childhood, loneliness, child abuse, nudity, society, social misfits, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1930s, year 1934
Place: amsterdam, europe, holland
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Like Sunday, Like Rain (2014)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A struggling musician becomes a 12-year-old musical prodigy's guardian for a summer.
Style: psychological, light, contemplative, captivating, feel good ...
Plot: boy, friendship, child prodigy, au pair, prodigy, nanny, cellist, father son relationship, musician, young boy, fall in love, family relations ...
Place: usa, new york, new york state, manhattan new york city
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 6.6
 1K
The Demons (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A ten year old boy, prone to excessive worry, begins to succumb to his anxiety as a string of child abductions plague his town.
Style: stylized, weird
Plot: boy, bullying, sexual curiosity, childhood, mental disorder, child, children, coming of age, sexual exploration, child kidnapping, fear, sibling relationship ...
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For a Lost Soldier (1992)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The story of a romantic relationship between a Canadian soldier and a child set in the Netherlands near the end of WWII. Told in flashback from the present day, the child, now a man, is still seeking his lost soldier.
Style: sincere, sentimental, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, world war two, pedophilia, man boy relationship, soldier, forbidden love, intergenerational friendship, boy, sexual awakening, homosexual, friendship ...
Time: 1940s, 90s, year 1945
Place: netherlands, europe, germany, holland
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What the Peeper Saw (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, West Germany, Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Oliver! star Mark Lester undertook a change of pace - and then some - with this uncomfortable, Bad Seed-like shocker. He plays Marcus, the preteen son of a recently-remarried, well-to-do writer, whose first wife (Marcus's mother) died a ...
Style: slasher, psychological thriller, grindhouse, erotic, romantic ...
Plot: sex with a minor, boy, evil child, female nudity, sexual tension, killer child, love, erotica, murder, coming of age, tiny, age-gap relationship ...
Time: 70s
Place: spain
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 7.1
 191K
About a Boy (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Will Freeman is a hip Londoner who one day realizes that his friends are all involved with the responsibilities of married life and that leaves him alone in the cold. Passing himself off as a single father, he starts to meet a string of single mums, ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, romantic, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: kids, teens, date night, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot: coming of age, childhood, dating, bullying, friendship, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, christmas, boy, mentor, motherhood, couples ...
Time: year 2002, y2k, 21st century
Place: london, britain, united kingdom, england, europe
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 4.7
 244
Max Rules (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Max and his friends Jessica and Scott get their thrills by spying on their families sneaking into each others houses and organizing elaborate pranks. Thanks to Max's Uncle, a Government Scientist, they have access to some of the most modern and ...
Style: light, captivating, entertaining
Audience: kids
Plot: boy, child spy, american football, top secret, government agent, prank, friend, mission, teacher, youth, police officer, boss ...
Place: seattle
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Death in Venice (1971)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Composer Gustav von Aschenbach, travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying with his family at the same Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido as ...
Style: sentimental, art house, scenic, melancholic, serious ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: obsession, fall in love, boy, gays and lesbians, hotel, unrequited love, love and romance, art, teenage boy, pedophilia, self discovery, forbidden love ...
Time: year 1971, victorian era, edwardian era, 1910s, 20th century ...
Place: italy, venice, europe
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The Colors of the Mountain (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia, Panama
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A motley crew of young boys in Colombia lives only for one passion: soccer. But when their precious new ball rolls into a minefield, their dreams are suddenly on hold. Even as the village becomes the center of a tug-of-war between right-wing ...
Style: realistic, bleak, sentimental, serious, touching ...
Plot: soccer, youth, political unrest, friendship, family relations, soldier, obsessive quest, civil war, social relations, life is a bitch, human nature, military ...
Place: colombia, latin america
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 7.2
 124K
Pay It Forward (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
Style: touching, inspirational, emotional, motivational, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, teens, teen drama
Plot: teacher, childhood, single parent, teachers and students, alcoholic, life philosophy, good deed, disfigurement, death, boy, alcoholism, addiction ...
Time: year 2000, 90s, 20th century
Place: tibet, nevada, usa, las vegas
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No One's Child (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, Croatia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The movie is based on the fascinating, true story of a feral boy whom hunters found among wolves in a forest in the mountains of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) in the mid-1980s. The boy was sent to the institution for children in an attempt to socialize ...
Style: touching, serious, captivating
Plot: boy, neglected child, friendship, children, orphanage, bullying, forest, wolf, coming of age, boyhood, nature, capture ...
Place: serbia, croatia
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 5.3
 1K
I Am Gabriel (2012)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An unforgiving sun, a parched earth, and a failed economy have left a small Texas town desolate. For ten years Promise, Texas has known nothing but one curse after another. It's barren, broken, and dying, leaving a town full of despair. When a ...
Style: christian film, sincere, disturbing, art house, suspenseful ...
Plot: angel, boy, hopes, coming of age, christian, faith, healing, religion, christian faith, hate, youth, religious ...
Place: texas
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The Strange Ones (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Mysterious events surround the travels of two brothers as they make their way across a remote American landscape. On the surface all seems normal, but what appears to be a simple vacation soon gives way to a dark and complex web of secrets. This is ...
Style: road movie, rough, suspense, enigmatic, suspenseful ...
Plot: boy, motel, man boy relationship, pedophile, road trip, sibling relationship, gay, child abuse, pretending to be someone else, psychopath, investigation, on the run ...
Time: year 2017
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 5.5
 6K
The Boy (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: An intimate portrait of a 9 year old sociopath as he discovers his taste for killing.
Style: mumblecore, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: date night
Plot: killer child, boy, child protagonist, murder, father son relationship, boy in peril, motel, danger, boyhood, evil child, bad kids, dog ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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