Movies Like Boys on Film 18: Heroes

If you liked Boys on Film 18: Heroes (2018), a drama and documentary movie directed by Alejandro Medina and Tamara Shogaolu, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Notes on Blindness (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and documentary
After losing sight in 1983, John Hull began keeping an audio diary, a unique testimony of loss, rebirth and renewal, excavating the interior world of blindness. Following on from the Emmy Award-winning short film of…
2
And Someone Else (2026)
★ 2/10Also drama
When Tommy, a queer 17-year-old, discovers his father's hidden relationship with a man, he must choose between remaining silent or risking the breakup of his family.
3
Rainbow Boys (2008)
★ 7/10Also drama and romance
The film tells the bittersweet love life of a group of young men who could not be more different from each other: Ryuji is a teenager passionate about rugby, Akira is a beautiful and popular kabuki actor, and Yutaro is…
4
A Song Without Home (2026)
★ 8.7/10Also documentary
After 11 years confined to her family home, Adelina flees from a Georgian village to Vienna in search of the freedom to be herself. As she builds a new life, she faces a past that refuses to let her go. Through…
5
Petrichor (2026)
Also drama
Introverted Noah reluctantly spends his summer vacation with his family in the French countryside. One day, he meets siblings Julie and Léo at the lake. Despite the language barrier, a relationship develops between him…
6
Richard Fontaine's Days of Greek Gods (1988)
★ 3.7/10Also documentary
Richard Fontaine and Bob Mizer started the current exploration of the male nude in film and photography. The two shared ideas props and models and reinvented some of the sexual icons that we all still recognise today…
7
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to…
8
Kirepapa. (2008)
★ 5.1/10Also romance and animation
Chisato is a beautiful 35-year-old writer, who looks like 18, and the father of Riju, a cute 15-year-old boy. Chisato's hobby is to drive away all of Riju's friends because he thinks they want to corrupt his precious…
9
Juno (2007)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romance
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, sixteen year old high-schooler, Juno MacGuff, makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.
10
The Danish Boys (2019)
★ 4.6/10Also drama
In a Copenhagen motel, a politician's hookup doesn't go to plan. Meanwhile at a nightclub, a mother and son are connected via song. Whereas in the suburbs, a football team prepares for the big outing - of one of its…
11
I Am My Own Woman (1992)
★ 4.6/10Also drama and documentary
The life story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who survived the Nazi reign as a trans woman and helped start the German gay liberation movement. Documentary with some dramatized scenes. Two actors play the young and middle…
12
Labyrinth of Passion (1982)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance
An array of outrageous people, including a desperate nymphomaniac and a terrorist with an acute sense of smell, seek love and happiness in Madrid.
13
DRAWN OUT (2025)
Also drama
On the eve of leaving for college, Randy discovers that the childhood drawings she's long forgotten are not quite ready to let her go. When her imaginary friends come to life, they pull her into a surreal final…
14
The Thing About Harry (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also romance
Two high school enemies, uber-jock Harry and out-and-proud Sam, are forced to share a car ride to their Missouri hometown for a friend's engagement party on Valentine's Day. Things take a turn when Sam learns Harry has…
15
Hasta encontrarte (2013)
★ 5/10Also drama
Javier chats online with a girl called sofi_dark, a mysterious girl who indulges in a subtle game of perversions. As the relationship grown, he wants to meet her in person. He begins to desperately look for her through…
16
About You I Don't Know (2022)
★ 7/10Also romance and drama
One day, college student Keiko, who is looking for a job, learns that the person she had feelings for has committed suicide. Keiko wonders if she was the cause of this. Classmate Mami, through her boyfriend Takuya…
17
Boys on Film 24: Happy Endings (2024)
★ 8.5/10Also drama and romance
Let BOYS ON FILM move, inspire and uplift you with this stunning collection of 11 new gay short films, marking the final physical edition of the series. The 11 short films are: We Collide (2023); Firsts (2022); Sea…
18
T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness: Queer Blues Divas of the 1920s (2013)
★ 7/10Also documentary
The 1920s saw a revolution in technology, the advent of the recording industry, that created the first class of African-American women to sing their way to fame and fortune. Blues divas such as Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey…
19
The Unknown Cyclist (1998)
★ 4.7/10Also drama
A man's dying wish is for the people in his life to participate in a 450-mile charity bicycle ride through Northern California.
20
Em 97 Era Assim (2016)
★ 6/10Also drama
A 15 year-old boy and his friends want to lose their virginity.