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10 Best Movies Like The Substitute

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

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#1
The Substitute 2: School's Out

The Substitute 2: School's Out

1998★ 6.1

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

When teacher Randall Thomasson is killed during a carjacking, an unexpected visitor shows up at his funeral - his estranged brother, Karl Thomasson. An ex-Green Beret turned mercen...

#2
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror

2006★ 4.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Substitute for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A hip hop horror anthology of three tales of terror told by the Hound of Hell (Snoop Dogg) that revolve around the residents of an inner-city neighborhood whose actions determine w...

#3
Empire Waist

Empire Waist

2024★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Substitute for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Lenore Miller’s size has always earned her teases and jeers in her school’s hallways, but this clothes-loving teenager is about to set the world on fire with her own line of inclus...

#4
I Come with the Rain

I Come with the Rain

2009★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Substitute for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Kline, a former Los Angeles police officer turned private detective, is hired by a powerful pharmaceutical conglomerate boss to investigate in Asia the disappearance of his only so...

#5
Round Trip

Round Trip

2009★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Substitute for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Lucia is a Mexican girl from a poor town who sets her mind to cross the border to The United States to find her son's father who she hasn't heard from in years. On the road she mee...

#6
Girls' Night Out

Girls' Night Out

2015★ 5.1

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

A group of girls taking a trip to celebrate a bachelorette party in which they will rediscover themselves....