Movies like Understudy (2006)

Loved Understudy? Here are 20 films with a similar feel, picked from what fans of Understudy watch next. Understudy was directed by Masasumi Tani.

1

Akira (1988)

7.9

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
2

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

6.2

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
3

A Different Man (2024)

6.9

Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare.
4

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)

7.5

Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an 'internationally ignored' but divinely talented rock diva, inhabiting a 'beautiful gender of one'.
5

Don't Think Twice (2016)

6.4

An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
6

Afterburn (2025)

6.2

Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of treasure hunters who…
7

Shin Ultraman (2022)

7.5

The Japanese government sets up a special task force to fight the giant creatures suddenly appearing across the country. Soon, the squad unexpectedly meets a giant silver humanoid who starts appearing every time a space monster attacks!
8

Trigger Point (2021)

6.2

Nicolas Shaw is a retired U.S. special operative who becomes part of an elite 'invisible' team that quietly takes out the worst villains around the world.
9

Let's Make Love (1960)

6.4

When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
10

Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising (2013)

8.0

Autobots, Decepticons, Predaking and Predacons form an unlikely alliance to battle a resurrected Unicron.
11

The Stakelander (2016)

5.8

When his home of New Eden is destroyed by a revitalized Brotherhood and its new Vamp leader, Martin finds himself alone in the badlands of America with only the distant memory of his mentor and legendary vampire hunter, Mister, to guide…
12

LEGO Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition (2024)

6.5

A young, aspiring hero and superhero fan inadvertently unleashes a powerful new villain looking to rid the world of the Avengers.
13

Hellzapoppin' (1941)

7.3

Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.
14

Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse (2022)

5.9

With the help of an ancient Kryptonian power, Lex Luthor unites the world’s Super-Villains to capture all of Earth's Super Heroes, until…only the DC Super Hero Girls are left to stop the Legion of Doom. Our heroes must cross dimensions to…
15

Knightriders (1981)

6.2

A medieval reenactment troupe struggles to maintain its family-like dynamic amid pressure from local authorities, interest from talent agents, and their so-called king's delusions of grandeur.
16

Scaramouche (1952)

7.0

In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
17

Fish Story (2009)

7.2

A rock band writes a song called "Fish Story" that is foretold to save the world. The song exceeds the boundaries of space and time and ties people and their stories together.
18

Armitage III: Poly Matrix (1996)

6.5

Ross Sylibus is assigned to a police unit on a Martian colony, to find that women are being murdered by a psychotic named D'anclaude. He is assigned a very unorthodox partner named Naomi Armitage, who seems to have links to the victims. To…
19

Ziegfeld Follies (1945)

6.0

The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
20

Giants and Toys (1958)

7.1

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.