20 best movies like Boy Erased (2018)

List of the best movies like Boy Erased (2018): Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, Hacksaw Ridge, The Most Hated Woman in America, Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot, Colette, The Front Runner, Leopardi, Leave No Trace, My Cousin Rachel, White Boy Rick.

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Markimdb: 6.7
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration02:10

Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame, and her young lover, British actor Peter Turner, quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria turns to for comfort.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genredrama, military, biography, history
CountryAustralia, USA
Duration02:29

    WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA

    The true story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- iconoclast, opportunist, and outspoken atheist -- from her controversial rise to her untimely demise.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography
    CountryFrance, USA
    Duration01:50

    On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France, Hungary, Netherlands
    Duration02:37

    After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. She pens a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. After its success, Colette and Willy become the talk of Paris and their adventures inspire additional Claudine novels.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:18

    Gary Hart, former Senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1987. Hart's intelligence, charisma and idealism makes him popular with young voters, leaving him with a seemingly clear path to the White House. All that comes crashing down when allegations of an extramarital affair surface in the media, forcing the candidate to address a scandal that threatens to derail his campaign and personal life.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryItaly
    Duration02:23

    A luminously beautiful biopic of the celebrated eighteenth-century Italian poet, essayist and philosopher Giacomo Leopardi, who created immortal verse whilst struggling with a debilitating illness.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, adventure
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:34

    A father and daughter live a perfect but mysterious existence in Forest Park, a beautiful nature reserve near Portland, Oregon, rarely making contact with the world. But when a small mistake tips them off to authorities, they are sent on an increasingly erratic journey in search of a place to call their own.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:46

    A young Englishman plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:51

    The story of a teenager, Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrethriller, drama, detective, biography
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration01:43

    An investigation into one woman’s memory as she‘s forced to re-examine her first sexual relationship and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:06

      The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:38

      Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien (John Hawkes) maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides to investigate the possibility of experiencing sex himself. When his overtures toward a caregiver scare her away, he books an appointment with sex surrogate Cheryl Green (Helen Hunt) to lose his virginity.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany, USA
      Duration02:30

      Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryFinland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, USA
      Duration02:03

      Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual and men around him even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specialising in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhibitions. His work – made famous by his signature ‘Tom of Finland’ – became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of a gay revolution.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genredrama, adventure, biography, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:25

      Risking his life, Luke ventures to Rome to visit Paul -- the apostle who's bound in chains and held captive in Nero's darkest and bleakest prison cell. Haunted by the shadows of his past misdeeds, Paul wonders if he's been forgotten as he awaits his grisly execution. Before Paul's death, Luke resolves to write another book that details the birth of what will come to be known as the church.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:58

      Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
      CountryUSA

      An exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genredrama, detective
      CountryUSA

      A star athlete and top student, Luce's idealized image is challenged by one of his teachers when his unsettling views on political violence come to light, putting a strain on family bonds while igniting intense debates on race and identity.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:36

      In 1858 France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never claims it to be anything other than this, but the townspeople all assume it to be the virgin Mary. The pompous government officials think she is nuts, and do their best to suppress the girl and her followers, and the church wants nothing to do with the whole matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the the town, and transforms their lives.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:59

      In 1993, teenager Cameron is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after getting caught with another girl in the back seat of a car on prom night. Run by the strict and severe Dr. Lydia Marsh and her brother, Reverend Rick, the center is built upon repenting for "same sex attraction." In the face of intolerance and denial, Cameron meets a group of fellow sinners including the amputee stoner Jane, and her friend, the Lakota Two-Spirit, Adam. Together, this group of teenagers form an unlikely family as they fight to survive.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrethriller, drama, biography
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration01:54

      Adapted from the 1951 non-fiction account by psychoanalyst Georges Devereux, “Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian,” the film follows the true story of Picard (Del Toro), a Plains Indian of the Blackfeet nation, as he returns from WWII and begins experiencing unexplainable symptoms shortly thereafter. He travels to the famous Winter Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, where he meets Devereux (Amalric), thus beginning a professional and personal friendship guided by compassion and understanding of Native American culture.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genredrama, music, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:22

      Growing up in Texas, Bart Millard suffers physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his father. His childhood and relationship with his dad inspires him to write the hit song "I Can Only Imagine" as singer of the Christian band MercyMe.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genredrama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:33

        In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters Michael Rezendes, Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents. The reporters make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genredrama, family, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:34

        A faith based movie. A young girl suffering from a rare digestive disorder finds herself miraculously cured after surviving a terrible accident. Based on the book 'Three Miracles From Heaven' by Christy Beam.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genremelodrama, drama, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:01

        The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:25

        Stevie is a sweet 13-year-old about to explode. His mom is loving and attentive, but a little too forthcoming about her romantic life. His big brother is a taciturn and violent bully. So Stevie searches his working-class Los Angeles suburb for somewhere to belong. He finds it at the Motor Avenue skate shop.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genremelodrama, drama, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Japan, USA
        Duration01:31

        Biography of the British painter Francis Bacon. The movie focuses on his relationship with George Dyer, his lover. Dyer was a former small time crook.

        Markimdb: 5
        Genremelodrama, drama, biography
        CountryFrance, Belgium
        Duration02:26

        Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), man of the people, autodidact and revolutionary sculptor - the most brilliant of his era. At 42, Rodin meets Camille Claudel, a young woman desperate to become his assistant. He quickly acknowledges her as his most able pupil, and treats her as an equal in matters of creation.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUSA, Spain
        Duration02:28

        As a young New York couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
        CountryCzech Republic, United Kingdom, France, USA
        Duration02:31

        The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire - their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:57

        High school athlete Cyd Loughlin lives alone with her depressive father in South Carolina, perpetually longing to get away from it all. When her aunt, famous novelist Miranda Ruth, agrees to host her for a few weeks during the summer, Cyd jumps at the opportunity. While there, she falls for a girl in the neighborhood, even as she and her aunt gently challenge each other in the realms of sex and spirit.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
        CountryUSA, Sweden
        Duration02:21

        Ted Kennedy's life and political career become derailed in the aftermath of a fatal car accident in 1969 that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA

        A young Korean-American man works to reconcile his obligations to his struggling immigrant family with his burgeoning sexual desires in the underground world of gay hookups at Korean spas in Los Angeles.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, biography
        CountryJapan, USA
        Duration01:55

        When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town named Marwen where he can heal and be heroic. As he builds an astonishing art installation — a testament to the most powerful women he knows — through his fantasy world, he draws strength to triumph in the real one.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genredrama, biography, history
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:26

        True story of Mary Griffith, gay rights crusader, whose teenage son committed suicide due to her religious intolerance. Based on the book of the same title by Leroy Aarons.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:48

        A mother takes her two sons on an unusual road trip from New York. Pittsburgh, St. Louis and eventually Hollywood in her quest to find a man to take care of them all.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrethriller, drama, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:23

        Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he becomes.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure, biography
        CountryUSA

        Lucy, a small-town girl from Ohio, discovers the delightfully bizarre films of legendary filmmaker Federico Fellini and sets off on a journey across Italy to find him.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:58

        An aimless teenager on the outer edges of Brooklyn struggles to escape his bleak home life and navigate questions of self-identity, as he balances his time between his delinquent friends, a potential new girlfriend, and older men he meets online.

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