Movies Like This Boy's Life

The Basketball Diaries is a 1995 American biographical crime drama film depicting the downward spiral of a high school basketball player into drug...

Dead Poets Society is a 1989 American coming-of-age drama film about an English teacher who inspires his students through poetry at a prestigious...

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a 2012 American coming-of-age romantic drama film based on the novel of the same name by Stephen Chbosky. It...

Boyhood is a 2014 American epic coming-of-age drama film depicting the childhood and adolescence of a boy named Mason Evans Jr. from ages six to...

The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American biographical drama film starring Will Smith as Chris Gardner, a salesman facing homelessness who takes...

Room is a critically acclaimed drama film directed by Lenny Abrahamson. The movie tells the story of a young woman named Joy Newsome who has been...

Precious is a 2009 American drama film directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels, based on the novel Push by Sapphire. It follows the story of a...

Sleepers is a gripping 1996 American legal crime drama film that follows four childhood friends seeking justice against an abusive jail worker. The...

October Sky is a 1999 American biographical drama film directed by Joe Johnston, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Chris Owen, and Laura Dern....

The Road is a 2009 American post-apocalyptic survival film directed by John Hillcoat and written by Joe Penhall, based on Cormac McCarthy's novel. It...

To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American coming-of-age legal drama crime film directed by Robert Mulligan, based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer...

Radio Flyer is a 1992 American drama-fantasy film following two brothers who devise a plan to escape their abusive stepfather by turning their toy...

August: Osage County is a 2013 American tragicomedy film directed by John Wells and based on the 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by...

Running with Scissors is a 2006 American comedy-drama film based on Augusten Burroughs' memoir, portraying his turbulent childhood and unconventional...