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Movies that feel likeThe Incredibles (2004)

Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it's time to get back into costume.

If you loved The Incredibles, the closest films we have are Gran Turismo (2023), Fearless (2006) and Man of Steel (2013). All three share The Incredibles' kinetic and hopeful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Iron Giant (1999).

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Incredibles 2 (2018)

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Gran Turismo
2023 · dir. Neill Blomkamp
★ 7.1adventure · drama · actionMaxHulu

Wish-fulfillment thrills — an ordinary life cracked open by rare talent

The difference: A sincere true-story sports drama with none of Pixar's wit

The ultimate wish-fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won him a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional racecar driver.

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Fearless
2006 · dir. Ronny Yu
🍅 73%★ 7.6drama · action

A gifted fighter humbled, then rebuilt into someone worth cheering

The difference: A subtitled martial-arts biography — patient, not playful

After going through a series of tragic events in his life, martial arts master Huo Yuanjia returns to Tianjin and must fight four international soldiers, in order to safeguard his nation's pride.

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Man of Steel
2013 · dir. Zack Snyder
🍅 57%★ 7.1action · adventure · science fictionMax

Powers as burden and gift — a hero deciding what he owes the world

The difference: Solemn, gray and destruction-heavy — fun is not on the menu

A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.

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Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009 · dir. Lasse Hallström
🍅 64%★ 8.1drama · family

Warmth and family devotion, played completely straight

The difference: A quiet weepie about waiting — bring tissues, not popcorn

Professor Wilson discovers a lost Akita puppy on his way home. Despite objections from his wife, Hachi endears himself to the family and grows to be Parker's loyal companion. As their bond grows deeper, a beautiful relationship unfolds.

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Kung Fu Panda 2
2011 · dir. Jennifer Yuh Nelson
🍅 82%★ 7.3animation · family · comedyPrime Video

A funny animated hero whose big fight carries genuine family hurt

The difference: Slapstick-forward — the suburban satire is swapped for kung fu gags

Po is finally living the dream as the Dragon Warrior—until a shadow from his past comes roaring back. When the ruthless peacock Lord Shen unleashes a devastating new weapon used to wipe out kung fu masters across the land, Po and the Furious Five race across China to put an end to his plans. But if Po is to have any hope of stopping him, he must first confront the truth of his origins—and find inner peace before his past tears him apart.

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The Iron Giant
1999 · dir. Brad Bird
🍅 96%★ 8.1animation · drama · family

Bird's earlier masterpiece — extraordinary beings choosing who to be

The difference: Cold-War tenderness, small-town scale

In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.

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Iron Mask
2019 · dir. Oleg Stepchenko
🍅 21%★ 4.8action · adventure · familyRent or buy

Big, colorful family adventure with a dash of the fantastic

The difference: A muddled fantasy patchwork — 21% on RT for a reason

Commissioned to map the Far East territories of the Russian Empire, cartographer Jonathan Green sets off on a long journey of unbelievable adventures—making breath-taking discoveries and meeting mysterious creatures, Chinese princesses, deadly masters of oriental martial arts, and even the King of Dragons.

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The Last Witch Hunter
2015 · dir. Breck Eisner
🍅 17%★ 5.9action · adventure · fantasy

Both land momentum and scale at once

The difference: Easier on the warmth than The Incredibles

The modern world holds many secrets, but by far the most astounding is that witches still live among us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world and putting an end to the human race once and for all. Armies of witch hunters have battled this unnatural enemy for centuries, including Kaulder, a valiant warrior who many years ago slayed the all-powerful Witch Queen, decimating her followers in the process. In the moments right before her death, the Queen cursed Kaulder with immortality, forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter. Today, Kaulder is the last living hunter who has spent his immortal life tracking down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost family.

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The Tomorrow War
2021 · dir. Chris McKay
🍅 51%★ 6.6action · science fiction · adventurePrime Video

Hopeful action in both cases

The difference: Takes it somewhere less warm than The Incredibles does

The world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrive from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years in the future, mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. The only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians from the present to be transported to the future and join the fight. Among those recruited is high school teacher and family man Dan Forester. Determined to save the world for his young daughter, Dan teams up with a brilliant scientist and his estranged father in a desperate quest to rewrite the fate of the planet.

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🍅 94%★ 7.4action · thriller · adventureParamount+

Brad Bird's other precision-tooled team caper, this time live-action

The difference: No family at stake — pure spy spectacle, light on heart

Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017 · dir. James Gunn
🍅 85%★ 7.6science fiction · adventure · actionDisney+

Common ground in both: hero and superhero

The difference: Trades the hope of The Incredibles for an angle of its own

The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.

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Oz the Great and Powerful
2013 · dir. Sam Raimi
🍅 56%★ 6.3fantasy · adventure · familyDisney+

Adventure built on warmth, twice over

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than The Incredibles does

Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.

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