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Movies like The Substance (2024) Finished The Substance and want that feeling again? Reverina ranked these by what it is actually about — its themes, its pacing, the kind of person at the centre of it — rather than the genre it was filed under. Every match says what it shares with The Substance, and what it does not.
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Biopunk Beauty standards Aging and beauty Psychological sci-fi Celebrity culture Social sci-fi Existential crisis Self-perception Your best matches Ranked against what The Substance is actually about, not its genre labels.
65% Reverina match Top pick 2001 · Film · Fantasy · Drama
Good match
Why it matches Built around the same existential crisis and moral ambiguity Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
Joker 2019 · 2h 2m
Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Algorithm anchor-3 · considered 138 candidates
Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear
Centres on the same outsider figure What's different Does not promise social commentary or body horror Not about self-discovery or identity Commitment 1h 54m
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Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against The Substance.
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1986 · Film · Horror · Science Fiction
Worth a look
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: body horror Also about identity Built around the same moral ambiguity Centres on the same outsider figure What's different Does not promise social commentary or psychological thriller Not about self-discovery or celebrity culture Leans further into horror Add to watchlist Not for me
1976 · Film · Horror · Thriller
Worth a look
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller Also about self-discovery Built around the same moral ambiguity Centres on the same outsider figure What's different Does not promise social commentary or body horror Not about identity or celebrity culture More violent Add to watchlist Not for me
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 2006 · 2h 27m
Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller Centres on the same antihero figure Coherence 2014 · 1h 29m
Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Irreversible 2002 · 1h 33m
Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Obsession 2026 · 1h 49m
Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller Shares its melancholic and unsettling register Fight Club 1999 · 2h 19m
Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller and social commentary Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Stalker 1979 · 2h 42m
Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller Told the same way, nonlinear The Truman Show 1998
Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller and social commentary Told the same way, unreliable narrator The Game 1997 · 2h 9m
Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller and social commentary Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Dark Matter 2024 · 2 seasons
Built around the same existential crisis and moral ambiguity Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller
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