2025
8 eps
HBO
Drama Thriller Dark Comedy
Ensemble Dark Comedy
The White Lotus resort brand arrives in Thailand, where a new cast of wealthy guests and exhausted staff perform the same elegant rituals around money, desire, and self-deception t…
Like The Substance, it leans hard into dark comedy. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same darkly comedic and satirical energy throughout.
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1999
Thriller Drama Satire
Unreliable Narrator Twist Ending
An insomniac office worker and a volatile soap salesman form an underground fight club as a radical form of psychotherapy — which escalates dangerously out of control. A divisive, …
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same visceral energy throughout.
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2022
Dark Comedy Drama Satire
Class Satire Reversal Of Fortune
A fashion model couple join a luxury superyacht cruise for the ultra-wealthy — and when it all goes spectacularly wrong, the power dynamics that define their world are violently in…
Like The Substance, it leans hard into dark comedy. The emotional territory — beauty standards — is the same. Same darkly comedic and satirical energy throughout.
2018
Horror Thriller Sci Fi
Survival Horror Family Protection
A family is forced to live in near-total silence as they are hunted by creatures that track by sound. A masterpiece of minimalist horror built around a genuinely loving portrait of…
A Quiet Place scratches the same itch as The Substance — different world, same emotional frequency.
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2018
32 eps
Crime Dark Comedy Drama
Anti Hero Dark Comedy
A depressed hitman from the Midwest stumbles into a Los Angeles acting class and discovers a new purpose — but his violent past refuses to let him go. A darkly funny, emotionally r…
If you loved The Substance's protagonist you shouldn't root for but absolutely do, Barry delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same darkly comedic energy throughout.
2020
Thriller Drama Dark Comedy
Revenge Quest Anti Hero
Cassie, who seemingly has abandoned her promising future, has a dark, complex secret that gradually emerges as she gets revenge against the men who wronged her best friend. A bold,…
If you loved The Substance's protagonist you shouldn't root for but absolutely do, Promising Young Woman delivers exactly that. Same darkly comedic energy throughout.
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2011
Sci Fi Thriller Anthology
Anthology Twist Ending
Like The Substance, it leans hard into social commentary. Same disturbing and satirical energy throughout.
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2019
Action Sci Fi Drama
Anti Hero Corrupt Superheroes
Like The Substance, The Boys is built around protagonist you shouldn't root for but absolutely do. Same satirical energy throughout.
2018
Horror Drama Thriller
Family Horror Grief Metaphor
After the family matriarch passes away, a grieving family is haunted by increasingly terrifying occurrences — forced to unravel dark secrets about their ancestry. The most disturbi…
Same disturbing energy throughout.
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2018
Drama Comedy Thriller
Family Power Struggle Corporate Intrigue
Like The Substance, it leans hard into dark comedy. Same satirical energy throughout.