If you loved Beautiful Boy, try The Eight Mountains
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. The Eight Mountains has roughly 3.4× fewer votes than Beautiful Boy — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Felix van Groeningen, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Beautiful Boy, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Eight Mountains is
Piet meets Bruno at ten when they carve a cabin out of the Alps. For forty years their bond splinters and reknits under shifting skies. A quiet chronicle of terrain and loyalty.

