
Movies that feel likeTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
If you loved Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the closest films we have are Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026), Superman Returns (2006) and Thor: Ragnarok (2017). All three share Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' cerebral and kinetic 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 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)

Another New York hero juggling wisecracks with citywide stakes
The difference: Far better reviewed — sincerity outweighs the goofiness

A classic hero re-emerging to protect a city that moved on
The difference: Solemn and slow-burning — reverence in place of wisecracks

Common ground: superhero
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

The same preoccupation in both: superhero
The difference: Less witty, more its own thing

The same city underneath both: New York City

Cerebral where it counts, epic underneath

Both are Jonathan Liebesman's work, and they rhyme

Slick agents, alien tech and jokes flying as fast as the action
The difference: The chemistry can't save it — one of the series' weakest entries

A bickering hero-and-alien duo cracking jokes mid-carnage
The difference: Franchise-finale bloat — spectacle stretched over a thin story

Both are built on the same subject: hero

An origin-story spectacle throwing CGI at cosmic-scale stakes
The difference: Plays it straight — the jokes and attitude are missing

A lab-built super-soldier discovering what he really is
The difference: Grim and self-serious, without a single turtle-sized laugh
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