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10 Best Movies Like The Substitute 2: School's Out

If you loved The Substitute 2: School's Out, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Substitute

The Substitute

1996★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Substitute 2: School's Out for fans of Action & Thriller & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute...

#2
The Babysitter

The Babysitter

1995★ 5.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Substitute 2: School's Out for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Jennifer (Alicia Silverstone) is a lovely teen who has been hired to baby-sit the kids of Harry Tucker (J.T. Walsh) and his wife, Dolly (Lee Garlington). The Tuckers go to a party ...

#3
Best Defense

Best Defense

1984★ 4.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Substitute 2: School's Out for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An engineer fails to get the bugs out of a tank before an Army officer has to use it in Kuwait....

#4
The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All

The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All

1999★ 5.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Substitute 2: School's Out for fans of Action & Thriller & Crime & TV Movie. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

At a college visit to a war buddy's professor daughter, mercenary Treat Williams finds her brutally beaten. He then poses as a teacher to teach a lesson to the football jocks respo...

#5
Special Forces

Special Forces

2011★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Substitute 2: School's Out for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the wor...

#6
Top Secret!

Top Secret!

1984★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Substitute 2: School's Out for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself c...