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Movies Like Fairyocious

If you liked Fairyocious (2019), a drama movie directed by Fabien Ara, 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. 1Softie

    Softie (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    Ten-year-old Johnny stands out from his family and his tough neighborhood in Eastern France. He's sensitive, intelligent and interested in all kinds of things way beyond his years. With curiosity, he observes the ups…

  2. 2Pauline

    Pauline (2009)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    A young woman chronicles her childhood of neglect and isolation.

  3. 3Pretty Boy

    Pretty Boy (2015)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    Sean is taken to a motel and is given a prostitute for his 18th birthday by his father. He must sleep with her to "fix" his questionable homosexuality. "Pretty Boy" is a coming of age story of a young bullied teen…

  4. 4Float

    Float (2019)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    A father discovers that his son floats, which makes him different from other kids. To keep them both safe from the judgement of the world, Dad hides, covers, and grounds him. But when his son's ability becomes public…

  5. 5Cowboys

    Cowboys (2020)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    Troy and his young transgender son Joe are on the run from his conservative mother in the Montana wilderness, with a detective in hot pursuit.

  6. 6Tomboy

    Tomboy (2011)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    Ten-year-old Laure isn't like most girls. She prefers football to dolls and sweaters to dresses. When Laure and her family move to a new neighbourhood, local girl Lisa mistakes Laure for a boy. Indulging in this…

  7. 7I Killed My Mother

    I Killed My Mother (2009)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the…

  8. 8Angel Face

    Angel Face (2018)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    8-year-old Elli and her mother, Marlène, live in a small town by the French Riviera where they act out to relieve boredom and hide from social services. When Marlène caves in to yet another night of excess, she chooses…

  9. 9Lola and the Sea

    Lola and the Sea (2019)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Just when Lola, 18 years old and transgender, learns that she can finally have surgery, her mother, who is her only financial support, passes away. Abiding by her mother’s last wishes, Lola and her father, who are…

  10. 10Petite Maman

    Petite Maman (2021)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    After the death of her beloved grandmother, eight-year-old Nelly meets a strangely familiar girl her own age in the woods. Instantly forming a connection with this mysterious new friend, Nelly embarks on a fantastical…

  11. 11Winter Boy

    Winter Boy (2022)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    Lucas is a 17-year-old gay teenager coping with the sudden and unexpected death of his father in an accident that may or may not have been suicide. He views his life as a wild animal in need of taming. Between a…

  12. 12Hot Milk

    Hot Milk (2025)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    Rose and her daughter Sofia travel to the Spanish seaside town of Almería to consult with the shamanic Dr. Gomez, a physician who could possibly hold the cure to Rose’s mystery illness, which has left her bound to a…

  13. 13The Fabelmans

    The Fabelmans (2022)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him…

  14. 14The Miseducation of Cameron Post

    The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    Pennsylvania, 1993. After getting caught with another girl, teenager Cameron Post is sent to a conversion therapy center run by the strict Dr. Lydia Marsh and her brother, Reverend Rick, whose treatment consists in…

  15. 15Tuesday

    Tuesday (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.

  16. 16Pariah

    Pariah (2011)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

  17. 17It's Only the End of the World

    It's Only the End of the World (2016)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    Louis, a terminally ill writer, returns home after a long absence to tell his family that he is dying.

  18. 18The Baby

    The Baby (2023)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    Joseph learns that his son and his companion have just perished in an accident. They were expecting a child via a surrogate mother in Belgium. What will become of their future baby? Is Joseph the legitimate…

  19. 19From Straight A's to XXX

    From Straight A's to XXX (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    When a change of circumstances leaves Miriam unable to pay her college tuition, she makes a surprising decision: to start performing in adult films, using the pseudonym Belle Knox. Miriam lies to her family and her…

  20. 20Bird

    Bird (2024)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    12-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids, and Bailey, who is approaching puberty, seeks attention and adventure elsewhere.

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