
Movies that feel likeAnt-Man and the Wasp (2018)
If you loved Ant-Man and the Wasp, the closest films we have are Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), Alienoid (2022) and X-Men: Apocalypse (2016). All three share Ant-Man and the Wasp's kinetic and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Thunderbolts* (2025).
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If Ant-Man and the Wasp hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Ant-Man (2015) · Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

Reality-bending scale games wrapped around a family reconnecting
The difference: Far stranger and rawer — real devastation under the absurdity

Genre-hopping action that treats its own absurdity as fuel
The difference: Korean time-folding plot — takes real effort to track

Comic-book spectacle stacking powers against an ancient threat
The difference: Dour ensemble stakes — the light touch is missing

One thread runs through both: superhero
The difference: Trades the dream logic of Ant-Man and the Wasp for an angle of its own

Both keep coming back to the same thing: the chase
The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than Ant-Man and the Wasp does

Common ground: superhero

Size itself as the spectacle, giants moving through real streets
The difference: Impersonal and clangy — machines instead of a family's mess

Kinetic and epic in the same breath
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

A superhero story that keeps the stakes personal and contained
The difference: Somber and violent — grief-driven, with none of the levity

Action built on ideas, twice over

Bright, kind-hearted heroics that never sneer at their own silliness
The difference: Mythic and earnest — no shrinking gadgets, no heist rhythm

Both lean on momentum more than on adventure
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