Movies like The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
The best movies like The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) are Death Sardine (2026), Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap! (2010) and Anatar (2023). If The Incredible Shrinking Woman hooked you with its comedy and family, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedFamily Guy Presents: It's a Trap! (2010)6.8/10 from 462 votes
- NewestWhat's Wrong Wendy? (2026)Released 2026
Death Sardine (2026)
A scientist's attempt to resurrect the megalodon goes horribly wrong.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & science fiction
Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap! (2010)
With the Griffins stuck again at home during a blackout, Peter tells the story of “Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.”
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAnatar (2023)
After causing the collapse of their own planet, the Anatar people of humanoid aliens who evolved from ducks, are searching for a new celestial body to call a nest. During their wanderings in space they land on Pandono, a place where living beings and nature have found their strange balance. Love, war, spaceships and space ducks are the ingredients of this grotesque modern fairy tale about accepting what is different from us.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & science fiction
Disaster Movie (2008)
Over the course of one evening, an unsuspecting group of twenty-somethings find themselves bombarded by a series of natural disasters and catastrophic events.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Toxic Avenger (1984)
A gang of thugs devise a cruel hoax that goes horribly wrong as Melvin, a nerdy emaciated janitor at the local health club, is cast through a third story window into a vat of hazardous toxic waste.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisReturn of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988)
Crazy old Professor Gangreen has developed a way to make tomatoes look human for a second invasion.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisStar Wreck: In the Pirkinning (2005)
Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning begins with Captain James B. Pirk of the starship Kickstart shipwrecked on the 21st century Earth with his crew. Originally from the distant future, Pirk and his crew traveled back in time to save the Earth from hostile aliens, but lost their ship and became stranded. Pirk's daily routine consists mainly of stuffing his face at the local fast food restaurant, and he is finding it difficult to convince the ladies he is, in fact, an intergalactic space hero from the future. As the prospects for humanity's conquest of space look increasingly bleaker, Pirk comes up with a questionable plan to save mankind's future...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNight of the Creeps (1986)
In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that transform their hosts into killer zombies.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMad Cows (1999)
When her TV star husband Alex decides to divorce her so that he can start a career in politics, newly single mother Maddy goes shoplifting and ends up in jail. Losing custody of her infant child, Maddy hatches a scheme to break out of prison with the assistance of her friend Gillian, who's avoiding the law herself for credit card fraud. Now Maddy has to find the couple who have adopted her son and avoid falling in love with selfish Alex all over again.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Night of the Lepus (1972)
Rancher Cole Hillman is fed up with rabbits plaguing his fields. Zoologist Roy Bennett conducts an experiment to curb their population, but it gives rise to giant rabbits that terrorize the town.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisPlump Fiction (1997)
Four stories intersect in this violent film parody. Exterminators dress as hit men and try to protect the wife of their boss, Montello. Meanwhile, the strippers at Montello's strip club, dressed as nuns, attempt to rob him. Tag-team wrestlers steal Montello's briefcase, thinking its contents are valuable. Finally, Bumpkin, running to deliver a script, loses a lot of the pages.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisPlus belle l'eau de vie (2021)
The life and adventures of random people in a shit hole of Groland.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
The People Under the Stairs (1991)
Trapped inside a fortified home owned by a mysterious couple, a young boy quickly learns the true nature of the homicidal inhabitants, and secret creatures hidden deep within the walls.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Parenting (2025)
Boyfriends Josh and Rohan plan a weekend getaway to introduce their parents, only to discover that their rental is home to an ancient demon.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFifty Shades of Blue with Selena Gómez (2012)
The sexually charged literary blockbuster, Fifty Shades of Grey gets adapted for the screen with Selena Gomez and Nick Kroll.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
The Gunfighter (2014)
In the tradition of classic westerns, a narrator sets up the story of a lone gunslinger who walks into a saloon. However, the people in this saloon can hear the narrator and the narrator may just be a little bit bloodthirsty.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhat's Wrong Wendy? (2026)
Wendy Day is a young woman struggling to find her place in a world that has always felt slightly out of step. When a string of brutal murders shakes the town, Wendy is pulled into a hidden war between vampires, demons, and ancient forces lurking beneath the surface of everyday life. As dark secrets begin to unravel, Wendy discovers that the answers may be tied not only to the town’s bloody history, but to her own connection to the supernatural. Alongside her fiercely protective sister Arlo and her estranged high school crush Victoria Sinclair, Wendy must navigate a growing nightmare of monsters, betrayal, and impossible choices. As the body count rises and the line between friend and foe begins to blur, Wendy finds herself at the center of a mystery that threatens to consume Sequoia Lake and everyone she loves.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Kill List: The Musical (2012)
A musical twist on the hammer murder scene in Ben Wheatley's Kill List, made for the Film4 Scene Stealers competition.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Pif-paf, oy-oy-oy! (1980)
A parody of the theatre world. The same piece is played out in a few different theatre styles: opera, avant garde, children's theatre, vaudeville etc.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! (2008)
Four university students head to Florida for spring break and enroll in a contest to see who can get the most sexual partners.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Incredible Shrinking Woman?
The closest matches to The Incredible Shrinking Woman are Death Sardine (2026), Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap! (2010) and Anatar (2023). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Incredible Shrinking Woman?
Start with Death Sardine (2026), the closest match to The Incredible Shrinking Woman.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Incredible Shrinking Woman?
Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap! (2010), rated 6.8/10 by 462 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Incredible Shrinking Woman?
What's Wrong Wendy? (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Incredible Shrinking Woman?
Yes: Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap! (2010), Disaster Movie (2008) and The Toxic Avenger (1984).
How are movies similar to The Incredible Shrinking Woman chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Incredible Shrinking Woman, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.