The Boys Next Door (1996)
- Directed by
- John Erman
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 12 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Four intellectually disabled men share a group home and navigate their daily lives with the help of a caring social worker. The story focuses on their friendships, struggles, and small victories.
heartfeltwarmgentlepoignantslice-of-lifecompassionateunderstatedtender
What happens
The Boys Next Door is a 1996 American comedy-drama television film produced and directed by John Erman, written by William Blinn, and starring Nathan Lane, Robert Sean Leonard, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Jeter, Courtney B. Vance, and Mare Winningham. Based on the stage play by Tom Griffin, it follows four intellectually disabled men (Lane, Leonard, Jeter, and Vance) living in a group home, and the social worker (Goldwyn) who looks after them. The Boys Next Door was filmed in Toronto, Canada. It aired on CBS on February 4, 1996, as an episode of the Hallmark Hall of Fame anthology series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
- The Summer of Ben Tyler (1996)
- Good Luck (1996)
- Mary & Tim (1996)
- Board and Care (1979)
- Shoemaker (1996)
- Swingers (1996)
- Suddenly (1996)
- Somebody Is Waiting (1996)
Browse movies and series
press Enter to search by title, your filters still apply · for something by mood, tap Discover
Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers
Loading movies…