IN THE SAME KEY
Movies like About a Boy (2002)
About a Boy runs on warm hug, bittersweet, and crowd-pleaser. We scored our full corpus against that fingerprint: the films below sit closest to the same key.
The Chaos Class Failed the Class
1975
L!fe Happens
2011
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022
Finding Forrester
2000
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
2008
Confessions of an Invisible Girl
2021
3 Men and a Little Lady
1990
Holidate
2020
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
2023
Dear Dumb Diary
2013
Breakfast with Scot
2007
Susan Slept Here
1954
Moxie
2021
Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie
2023
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
2021
St. Vincent
2014
Big Daddy
1999
Flying Colors
2015
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025
Geography Club
2013
Our Shining Days
2017
Aisha
2010
Miami Rhapsody
1995
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2011