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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
Secrets of Palace coup d'etat. Russia, 18th century. Film №5. Second Bride Emperor

Secrets of Palace coup d'etat. Russia, 18th century. Film №5. Second Bride Emperor

2003★ 6.2

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

As a result of a successful conspiracy against Menshikov, Peter II is prematurely recognized as an adult and is in a hurry to be crowned in Moscow. The Dolgoruky brothers gather fo...

#2
Ama Gloria

Ama Gloria

2023★ 6.8

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

Cleo is six years old, has a myopic look and has been madly in love with Gloria, her nanny, since she was born. When Gloria receives a call and must urgently return to her home in ...

#3
Abbé Pierre - A Century of Devotion

Abbé Pierre - A Century of Devotion

2023★ 6.5

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

The life of Henri Grouès, known as Abbé Pierre, from his time in the Resistance in WWII to his fights against poverty and for the homeless....

#4
National Family

National Family

2023★ 6.7

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

Don Poli, the patriarch of a family embedded in politics, faces the change of party in his state - after a hundred years in power - losing all his privileges. Humiliated and angry,...

#5
Jim's Story

Jim's Story

2024★ 6.8

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

Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. T...

#6
Outlaws

Outlaws

2021★ 6.9

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

Introverted Girona student Nacho meets two delinquents from the city's Chinatown and gets caught up in a summer onslaught of burglaries and hold ups that will change his life....