Movies like Handsome Devil
If Handsome Devil's mix of high school, boarding school and homophobia stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Handsome Devil's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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4th Man Out
2015 · Directed by Andrew Nackman · 87 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: homophobia, male friendship, gay theme · Also comedy and drama · From the same decade (2010s)
After a night of drinking, Adam Hutcherson stumbles out of the closet to his three straight buddies. A disruption to their dynamic which they now must try and overcome through alcohol, Tinder dates and forgiveness.
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The Imitation Game
2014 · Directed by Morten Tyldum · 113 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: homophobia, male homosexuality, gay theme · From the same decade (2010s)
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and…
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Giant Little Ones
2019 · Directed by Keith Behrman · 93 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: homophobia, gay theme · From the same decade (2010s)
Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.
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Boy Erased
2018 · Directed by Joel Edgerton · 115 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: homophobia, gay theme · From the same decade (2010s)
Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his…
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
2015 · Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon · 105 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: high school · Also drama and comedy · From the same decade (2010s)
Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend.
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001 · Directed by Chris Columbus · 152 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: boarding school, male friendship
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and…
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012 · Directed by Stephen Chbosky · 103 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: high school, gay theme · From the same decade (2010s)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him…
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White Men Can't Jump
1992 · Directed by Ron Shelton · 115 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: male friendship · Also comedy and drama
Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.
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Blue Moon
2025 · Directed by Richard Linklater · 101 min6.6
Why you'll like itWith Andrew Scott · Also drama and comedy
On the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi’s bar as his former collaborator, Richard Rodgers, celebrates the opening night of his ground-breaking…
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21 Jump Street
2012 · Directed by Phil Lord · 109 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: high school, male friendship · From the same decade (2010s)
When cops Schmidt and Jenko join the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover as high school students.
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Holding the Man
2015 · Directed by Neil Armfield · 128 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme · From the same decade (2010s)
Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet.