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17 Movies Like Boyhood (2014)

Moonlight (2016) poster

1 Moonlight (2016) ★ 7.4

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A young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.
Lady Bird (2017) poster

2 Lady Bird (2017) ★ 7.4

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In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
Dazed and Confused (1993) poster

3 Dazed and Confused (1993) ★ 7.6

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It's the last day of school at a high school in a small town in Texas in 1976. The upperclassmen are hazing the incoming freshmen, and everyone is trying to get stoned, drunk, or laid, even the football players that signed a pledge not to.
Dead Poets Society (1989) poster

4 Dead Poets Society (1989) ★ 8.1

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Maverick teacher John Keating uses poetry to embolden his boarding school students to new heights of self-expression.
The Perks of Being A Wallflower (2012) poster

5 The Perks of Being A Wallflower (2012) ★ 8.0

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An introvert freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to the real world.
Eighth Grade (2018) poster

6 Eighth Grade (2018) ★ 7.4

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Kayla Day, a shy eighth grader who struggles to make friends but also posts videos about self-confidence on the Internet for her online followers. She is not confident in real life and often feels that everyone hates her as they can't see behind "the camera." Kayla soon learns that it's important to be yourself when dealing with friendships because if someone likes you now after seeing your mask then maybe there will still love left over from before!
Birdman (2014) poster

7 Birdman (2014) ★ 7.7

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A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.
Marriage Story (2019) poster

8 Marriage Story (2019) ★ 7.9

MARRIAGE STORY is Academy Award nominated filmmaker Noah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together. The film stars Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver. Laura Dern, Alan Alda, and Ray Liotta co-star.
Before Sunrise (1995) poster

9 Before Sunrise (1995) ★ 8.1

A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.

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20th Century Women (2016) poster

10 20th Century Women (2016) ★ 7.3

The story of a teenage boy, his mother, and two other women who help raise him among the love and freedom of Southern California of 1979.
Before Sunset (2004) poster

11 Before Sunset (2004) ★ 8.1

Nine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.
Call Me by Your Name (2017) poster

12 Call Me by Your Name (2017) ★ 7.9

It's the summer of 1983, and precocious 17-year-old Elio Perlman is spending the days with his family at their 17th-century villa in Lombardy, Italy. He soon meets Oliver, a handsome doctoral student who's working as an intern for Elio's father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of their surroundings, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.
Beautiful Boy (2018) poster

13 Beautiful Boy (2018) ★ 7.3

Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
Juno (2007) poster

14 Juno (2007) ★ 7.5

Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding the unborn child.
Nomadland (2020) poster

15 Nomadland (2020) ★ 7.3

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A woman in her sixties, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

Nomadland (2020) is on #15 spot of movies related to Boyhood (2014). Nomadland (2020) was released in 2020, made by Chloé Zhao and has average rating 7.3 in 2022. Main stars of the Nomadland (2020) film are: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May.

The Spectacular Now (2013) poster

16 The Spectacular Now (2013) ★ 7.1

Is The Spectacular Now (2013) similar to Boyhood (2014) film?

Sutter Keely lives in the now. It's a good place for him. A high school senior, charming and self-possessed, he's the life of the party, loves his job at a men's clothing store, and has no plans for the future. A budding alcoholic, he's never far from his supersized, whiskey-fortified thirst-master cup. But after being dumped by his girlfriend, Sutter gets drunk and wakes up on a lawn with Aimee Finecky hovering over him. She's different: the "nice girl" who reads science fiction and doesn't have a boyfriend. While Aimee has dreams of a future, Sutter lives in the impressive delusion of a spectacular now, yet somehow, they're drawn together.

The Spectacular Now (2013) film was made by . Main stars of the movie: Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Kyle Chandler. You can find The Spectacular Now (2013) in the the next genre categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance and The Spectacular Now (2013) has average rating 7.1, according to Screench user votes.

Manchester by the Sea (2016) poster

17 Manchester by the Sea (2016) ★ 7.8

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An unsociable and self-absorbed Lee works as a locksmith in an apartment building. One day he learns that his older brother has died and that Lee has been appointed guardian of his 16-year-old nephew in his will.

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