Movies Like Wasp (2003)

Wasp is a 2003 drama film from Andrea Arnold with a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Our Life and Earth Mama.

Drama

Our Life

2010

Claudio is a construction worker living in the outskirts of Rome. He's happily married and his wife is pregnant with their third child. However, a dramatic event comes to upset this simple and happy life.

6.5

MagicScore

Earth Mama

2023

A pregnant single mother, with two children in foster care, embraces her Bay Area community as she fights to reclaim her family.

5.9

MagicScore

In Bed with Victoria

2016

Victoria is a thirty-something divorced lawyer who's struggling to raise her two daughters. She is canny and cynical but on the verge of an emotional breakdown. At a friend's wedding she reconnects with Vincent, an old friend, and Sam, an old client. Her life is about to take a new turn.

5.8

MagicScore

Kes

1970

Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence.

7.4

MagicScore

A Taste of Honey

1961

While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her friend Geoffrey, a homosexual.

6.9

MagicScore

I, Daniel Blake

2016

A middle aged carpenter, who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.

7.7

MagicScore

And Breathe Normally

2018

At the edge of Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, two women’s lives will intersect – for a brief moment – while trapped in circumstances unforeseen. Between a struggling Icelandic mother and an asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau, a delicate bond will form as both strategize to get their lives back on track.

6.7

MagicScore

Lucky

2017

The story of a young mother with a failed marriage behind her, who fights daily for her dream to open a hair salon, challenging her fate in an effort to free herself and gain independence and right to happiness.

6.4

MagicScore

Parallel Mothers

2021

Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, in her late-thirties, unrepentant and happy; Ana, a teenager, remorseful and frightened.

6.8

MagicScore

#10

Birth/Rebirth

2023

A single mother and a childless morgue technician are bound together by their relationship to a little girl they have reanimated from the dead.

6.3

MagicScore

#11

Mother's Day

2016

Sandy is a stressed-out, single mom who learns that her ex-husband is marrying a younger woman. Her friend Jesse's parents don't know that she has a family or that her sister, Gabi is married to a woman. Jesse's friend, Kristin, is juggling motherhood of a toddler, a patient boyfriend who keeps proposing, and searching for her biological mother. Bradley is a widower who's trying to raise two daughters on his own, while Miranda is too busy with her career to worry about children. When their respective problems intersect and start coming to a head, the Mother's Day holiday takes on a special meaning for all.

6.0

MagicScore

#12

The Back-Up Plan

2010

When Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she's artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, who seems to be just who she's been searching for all her life. Now, Zoe has to figure out how to make her two life's dreams fit with each other.

6.1

MagicScore

#13

Hamnet

2025

The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

7.7

MagicScore

#14

Close-Knit

2017

After being neglected by her mother, a little girl is taken in by her uncle and his transgender girlfriend, who create a loving home for her.

7.1

MagicScore

#15

Tallulah

2016

Desperate to be rid of her toddler, a dissatisfied Beverly Hills housewife hires a stranger to babysit and ends up getting much more than she bargained for.

6.7

MagicScore

#16

The Lost Daughter

2021

A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past.

6.5

MagicScore

#17

High Tide

1987

A backup singer gets stranded in a small coastal town after losing her job in a band. She winds up in a caravan park only to encounter, by accident, the teenage daughter she deserted following her husband's death.

6.4

MagicScore

#18

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

2025

With her life crashing down around her, Linda attempts to navigate her child's mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.

6.3

MagicScore

#19

Barbie

2023

Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

6.9

MagicScore

#20

Umma

2022

Amanda and her daughter live a quiet life on an American farm, but when the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea, Amanda becomes haunted by the fear of turning into her own mother.

5.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Wasp?

The top films similar to Wasp by MovieMagicScore are Our Life (6.5), Earth Mama (5.9), In Bed with Victoria (5.8). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Wasp worth watching?

Wasp holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10 from 134 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Wasp?

Wasp (2003) is a drama film directed by Andrea Arnold, starring Natalie Press, Jodie Mitchell, Molly Griffiths.

Where can I find more recommendations like Wasp?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more drama recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Wasp

This ranked list pairs Wasp (2003), a drama film from Andrea Arnold, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Natalie Press take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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