
Movies that feel likeSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
If you loved Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the closest films we have are Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026), Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Superman II (1980). All three share Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse's kinetic and epic 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 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

A Spider-Man wrestling something in himself he may not control
The difference: Grounded solo story — no multiverse, no animation dazzle

The definitive double-life squeeze — hero duty versus a real life
The difference: One universe, 2004 craft — classical where Spider-Verse riffs

New York City shapes both of them
The difference: 43 years apart, and the 1980s show

The same two preoccupations: superhero, and villain
The difference: Goes its own way on the romance

One thread runs through both: a secret identity
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Superhero cinema betting big on heart and color
The difference: Live-action optimism reboot

Spider-adjacent chaos across colliding worlds
The difference: Buddy-comedy carnage, craft rougher

Both keep coming back to the same thing: hero

Common ground: superhero

Both are built on the same subject: hero

The same mix in both: momentum, then scale

Heroes splintering when one of their own becomes the problem
The difference: A flat franchise finale — the emotion is told, not felt
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