| Boyhood (2014) | 7.9 | |
| Winter in Wartime (2008) | 7.0 | |
| Jet Boy (2001) | 7.1 | |
| Flipped (2010) | 7.7 | |
| The Mudge Boy (2003) | 7.1 |
Boyhood movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant boyhood movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out touching, realistic, serious, independent film, emotional and weird films and TV shows about / with boyhood, coming of age, boy, childhood, youth, little boy, father son relationship, friendship, children and family relations plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and Family genres shot in USA, France, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as boyhood: Jet Boy (2001), A Child in the Crowd (1976), Close (2022), Kes (1969), Take Me to the River (2015), The Return (2003), Hide Your Smiling Faces (2013), The Chorus (2004), Abandoned (2001), The Selfish Giant (2013).
Best films
New films
| Oddballs (2022) | 6.4 | |
| Craig Before the Creek (2023) | 6.9 | |
| Piranhas (2019) | 6.5 | |
| Abe (2019) | 6.2 | |
| Essex County (2023) | 6.8 |
List of boyhood movies
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Dave Schultz' feature debut Jet Boy is a drama about a boy attempting to figure out his future. Nathan (Branden Nadon) goes on a search to find his father after his mother dies of a drug overdose. Nathan has been prostituting himself in order ...
Style:
independent film, sexy, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
kids in trouble, man boy relationship, gay, boyhood, orphan, child neglect, boy, teenage boy, teenager, teenage prostitution, lgbt teen, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Deserted by his father, and dislocated by the Second World War, Paul is a boy who wants affection and attention and cannot find it at home. For a while, he becomes the pet of some German soldiers, running errands for them. Later, he helps the ...
Plot:
pedophilia, boyhood, world war two, lgbt, public humiliation, lgbt teen, male homosexuality, gay subtext, bare breasts, female nudity, male protagonist, gay relationship ...
Time:
1940s
Is relevant?
47K
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two thirteen year-olds have always been incredibly close but they drift apart after the intimacy of their relationship is questioned by schoolmates. An emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and ...
Style:
sad, dramatic, disturbing, serious, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
boyhood, friendship between boys, intimacy, childhood, best friend, friendship, suicide, coming of age, teen suicide, ice hockey, friend, loss of son ...
Place:
belgium, france
Is relevant?
25K
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young, English working-class boy spends his free time caring for and training his pet falcon.
Style:
independent film, bleak, depressing, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, working class, childhood, boy, neglected child, boyhood, child protagonist, bird, school, teacher, small town, friendship ...
Time:
60s, year 1969, 20th century, 70s
Place:
england, britain, united kingdom, yorkshire, northern england ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A naive California teen plans to remain above the fray at his Nebraskan family reunion, but a strange encounter places him at the center of a long-buried family secret.
Style:
ambiguous ending, psychological, suspenseful, sincere, suspense ...
Plot:
child abuse, river, family secret, farm, injustice, suspicion, children, threat, summer, child sexual abuse, lgbt, gay teenager ...
Place:
nebraska
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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, child abuse, child molester, little boy, childhood, youth, social injustice, sex scene, boyhood, sex crime, traumatic childhood ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
sicily, italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A story of two Russian boys whose father suddenly returns home after a 12-year absence. He takes the boys on a holiday to a remote island on a lake that turns into a test of manhood of almost mythic proportions.
Style:
bleak, road movie, cerebral, art house, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, brother, childhood, journey, father son relationship, children, survival, parents and children, existentialism, wilderness, road trip, abusive father ...
Time:
year 2003, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
soviet union, russia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Tommy and his older brother Eric live in the midst of vast remote forests. The death of their friend pushes them close to the edge. Eric doesn’t know how to channel his energy. All at once, nature’s vastness feels stifling.
Style:
rough, serious, touching, bleak, gothic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, haunted by the past, dealing with death, teenage life, family relations, tragic event, youth, boyhood, life is a bitch, life philosophy, boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Set in 1940's France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration.
Style:
touching, inspirational, uplifting, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
boarding school, teacher, childhood, music, teachers and students, abuse, musician, children, boarding school life, friendship, boss, orphan ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2004
Place:
france, new york, switzerland, europe, paris france ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Áron is a happy child in his family. But at some point things take a different turn, and his mother starts to lose her health rapidly. As this happens, the man in charge decides what's best for Áron without consulting the young boy's ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, sincere, touching, art house ...
Plot:
corporal punishment, orphan, kids in trouble, children, male bonding, coming of age, life is a bitch, human spirit, juvenile delinquency, friendship, boarding school life, teenage life ...
Time:
60s, year 1960
Place:
hungary, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A hyperactive boy and his best friend, a slow-witted youth with an affinity for horses, start collecting scrap metal for a shady dealer.
Style:
sad, realistic, atmospheric, depressing, bleak ...
Audience:
family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, teenage life, poverty, brutality, juvenile delinquency, child abuse, youth, bullying, society, misfit, social misfits, childhood ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, northern england, yorkshire, new jersey ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980's.
Style:
depressing, sincere, talky, dark comedy, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
divorce, dysfunctional family, coming of age, father son relationship, infidelity, boy, adultery, marriage, drinking, cat, underage drinking, childhood ...
Time:
20th century, near future, year 2005, 80s, 2000s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Denmark
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In a quirky, small town, situated in the outskirts of everything, 14-year-old Martin is getting ready for one of the most formal transitions from boy to man; the communion. It's 1976, music's in the air and hormones are blossoming. But in ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, psychological, controversial ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, gay interest, teenage boy, sex scene, small town, lgbtq, gay, friendship between boys, family problems, sexual awakening, underage sex, first kiss ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place:
denmark, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Duncan Mudge, mid-teens, lives apart from his rural world populated by his distant father and rough local kids. His main companionship is a chicken left after his mother's death until the neighbor's son befriends him.
Style:
disturbing, lgbt cinema, touching, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
bullying, gay teenager, gay, boys love, lgbt teen, coming of age, first gay sexual experience, male homosexuality, lgbt, father son relationship, male rape, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vermont
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Genre: Comedy
Country: South Africa
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
As Spud Milton continues his awkward stagger through adolescence, he learns one of life's most important lessons: When dealing with women and cretins, nothing is ever quite as it seems. "I'm practically a man in most areas," ...
Style:
funny, captivating, entertaining, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
adolescence, boarding school, teenager, satire, high school life, coming of age, boyhood, teenage life, teenage boy, relationship problems, competitor, young adult ...
Time:
90s
Place:
south africa
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age tale that turns on three teenagers who are having a vacation by a lakeside.
Style:
cult classic, f word
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
boyhood, summer, death, teenage boy, coming of age, lake, teen drinking, water, high school student, gay, childhood, child ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Growing up in a rural town filled with violent delinquents, Jack has learned to do what it takes to survive, despite having an oblivious mother and no father. After his aunt falls ill and a younger cousin comes to stay with him, the hardened ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, independent film, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
boyhood, small town, bullying, teenage boy, brutality, coming of age, friendship, baseball, teenager, mental illness, cruelty, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york state
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: France, Australia, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A 12-year-old cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.
Style:
touching, road movie, emotional, exciting, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
genius, young heroes, prodigy, children, coming of age, childhood, on the road, child prodigy, train, loneliness, tragedy, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
montana, usa, washington d.c., chicago
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
For children it was an exciting adventure. But for adults it became a shocking revelation...
Style:
erotic, queer cinema
Audience:
teens
Plot:
first love, coming of age, male nudity, homoeroticism, bare chested male, children, boyhood, blond boy, child murder, cooking, bare breasts, cruelty ...
Place:
denmark
Is relevant?
250K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father.
Style:
sentimental, funny, feel good, light, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, family friendly
Plot:
adoption, child's point of view, immaturity, parenthood, single father, childhood, responsibility, orphan, adolescence, slacker, children, mentor ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Léon is ten years old, has lots of problems and an overly fertile imagination. Of course, there is mom and dad who are always fighting, and those annoying neighbors who get to spend the summer at the beach. And then, there's Léa, the ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, clever, dark comedy ...
Plot:
unrequited love, coming of age, children, childhood, youth, dysfunctional family, abused child, abandoned by mother, faking illness, father son relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, boyhood ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
canada, quebec
Is relevant?
12K
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Dexter, age 11, who has AIDS, and his next door neighbor Eric, a little older and much bigger, become best friends. Eric also becomes closer to Dexter's mother than to his own, who is neglectful and bigoted and violently forbids their ...
Style:
sad, inspirational, touching, tear jerker, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
childhood, aids, coming of age, boy, boyhood, friendship, terminal illness, sick child, children, hiv, cancer, friendship between boys ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mississippi, minnesota, usa, california, new orleans ...
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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:
heartbreaking, atmospheric, psychological, compassionate, serious ...
Plot:
coming of age, boarding school, boy, friendship, boyhood, fighting the system, sex with a minor, confined, social relations, bittersweet, society, life is a bitch ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two teenage outsiders are demoralized daily at school, until an idea for vengeance offers them a terrifying release.
Style:
unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, thought provoking, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
bullying, friendship, school shooting, police, boy, friendship between boys, tragedy, best friend, revenge, school, teenage boy, junior high school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kentucky, usa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Recently released from jail, Andrés experiences an emotional rupture from his 12-year-old son, José Ramón, following a dark family tragedy that nobody is bold enough to confront.
Style:
erotic, independent film, hispanic, f word
Plot:
boy, coming of age, father son relationship, boyhood, nude boy, children, dream, school, english class, soccer, black cat, language learning ...
Place:
spain
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Victor is both thrilled and mystified when his family moves into his grand-uncles somber mansion filled with African masks, taxidermy crocodile mounts - and a dark secret: Four decades ago, his grand-cousin Cecilia, at the same age as he is now, ...
Style:
fairy tale, atmospheric, entertaining, educational, detective ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
boy, crocodile, child, children, boyhood, family relations, child protagonist, disbelieving adult, brother sister relationship, alternate reality, magic, fantasy world ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Summer 1968. 14-year-old Wolfgang is deported from his family in the secluded Church Welfare Institution sanctuary. One thing is clear for Wolfgang: His yearning for freedom, he will not soon buried in the bog.
Style:
sad
Plot:
stepfather, boy, violence, coming of age, lgbt, gay, boyhood, nationalism, distopia, traumatic childhood, little boy, childhood ...
Time:
60s, year 1968
Place:
germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Belle and Sebastian is set high in the snowy Alps during the Second World War. The resourceful Sebastian is a lonely boy who tames and befriends a giant, wild mountain dog, Belle – even though the villagers believe her to be ‘the beast’ that ...
Style:
touching, serious, stylized, educational, realistic
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
dog, human animal relationship, orphan, friends, friendship, on the road, coming of age, boyhood, winter, little boy, mountain, youth ...
Time:
year 2013, 1940s, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
france, alps
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Young teenager Bo (Anders Agensø) is too sensitive for the hothouse atmosphere of a boarding school run by a cold, unfeeling would-be man of the cloth (an uncharacteristically grim Ove Sprogøe). Lonely and scared, he finds a soul mate in the ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, youth, first love, teenage life, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, gay teenager, lgbt teen, nudity, friends, couples ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
denmark, europe
Is relevant?
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, psychological ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
killer child, child protagonist, boy, murder, boy in peril, son murders father, father son relationship, boyhood, bad kids, drifter, motel, desert ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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