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10 Best Movies Like The Substitute Wife

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

#1
Twins

Twins

1988★ 6.0

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

Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident an...

#2
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#3
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019★ 7.4

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

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie indust...

#4
Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985★ 8.3

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

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty mu...

#5
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#6
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...