Movie·1993·115 min

This Boy's Life

Name: This Boy's Life
Genre: Drama
Released: 1993-04-09
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Blechman, Eliza Dushku

This Boy's Life streams in the US on Kanopy, and free with ads on Plex, Plex Channel and Tubi TV, as of October 5, 2026.

He looked like the ideal husband. He seemed like the perfect father. That's just what they needed. But that's not what they got.

7.1 / 10 · TMDB

Drama

When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.

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