Movie Substrate · Film

Better Man (2024)

★ 7.6 · 830 ratings on TMDB

Fame makes monkeys of us all.

Better Man poster★ 7.6

Follow Robbie Williams' journey from childhood, to being the youngest member of chart-topping boyband Take That, through to his unparalleled achievements as a record-breaking solo artist – all the while confronting the challenges that stratospheric fame and success can bring.

DirectorMichael Gracey
CastAlison Steadman, Damon Herriman, Frazer Hadfield, Jake Simmance, Jonno Davies, Kate Mulvany
GenresDrama, Music
The emergence reading

Better Man keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

zero-distanceAU
Explore Movie Substrate → Where to watch ↗ TMDB ↗ Rotten Tomatoes ↗ Ask about this film → Reading look wrong? → Copy link

Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

Captain America: Civil War (2016)E8/E10The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)E8/E10Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)E8/E10The Martian (2015)E8/E10Suicide Squad (2016)E8/E10Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)E8/E10

Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

The Colors Within (2024)E11/E12 · Drama, Music

Same people

Shared director or cast.

The Greatest Showman (2017)dir. Michael GraceySon of a Gun (2014)Damon HerrimanThe Little Death (2014)Damon HerrimanHouse of Wax (2005)Damon HerrimanMr. Bean's Holiday (2007)Steve PembertonCandy (2006)Tom Budge