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Movies that feel likeTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

When a kingpin threatens New York City, a group of mutated turtle warriors must emerge from the shadows to protect their home.

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).

🍅 20% Rotten Tomatoes★ 5.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Jonathan Liebesmancerebralkineticepicwittyplayful
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day
2026 · dir. Destin Daniel Cretton
🍅 90%★ 8science fiction · action · adventureRent or buy

Another New York hero juggling wisecracks with citywide stakes

The difference: Far better reviewed — sincerity outweighs the goofiness

Fighting crime full-time as Spider-Man in a world that doesn't remember him—and the pressure of seeing his old friends move on without him—sparks a change in Peter Parker he may not have the power to control. But that transformation might also be the only thing that can stop a shocking new threat to the city and those he loves - a powerful villain no one can even see.

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Superman Returns
2006 · dir. Bryan Singer
🍅 72%★ 6.1science fiction · action · adventureMax

A classic hero re-emerging to protect a city that moved on

The difference: Solemn and slow-burning — reverence in place of wisecracks

Superman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest to felt abandoned and have moved on. Luthor plots his ultimate revenge that could see millions killed and change the face of the planet forever, as well as ridding himself of the Man of Steel.

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Thor: Ragnarok
2017 · dir. Taika Waititi
🍅 93%★ 7.9action · adventure · comedyDisney+

Common ground: superhero

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his home-world and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of a powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.

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The Wolverine
2013 · dir. James Mangold
🍅 70%★ 6.7action · science fiction · adventureDisney+

The same preoccupation in both: superhero

The difference: Less witty, more its own thing

Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.

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Thunderbolts*
2025 · dir. Jake Schreier
🍅 88%★ 7.1action · science fiction · adventureDisney+

The same city underneath both: New York City

After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, seven disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.

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Hot Tub Time Machine
2010 · dir. Steve Pink
🍅 64%★ 6.4science fiction · comedy · adventure

Cerebral where it counts, epic underneath

Four pals are stuck in a rut in adulthood: Adam has just been dumped, Lou is a hopeless party animal, Nick is a henpecked husband, and Jacob does nothing but play video games in his basement. But they get a chance to brighten their future by changing their past after a night of heavy drinking in a ski-resort hot tub results in their waking up in 1986.

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Battle: Los Angeles
2011 · dir. Jonathan Liebesman
🍅 37%★ 5.7science fiction · action

Both are Jonathan Liebesman's work, and they rhyme

When once distant UFOs become a terrifying threat and an alien invasion force begins attacking Earths major costal and riverside cities, a U.S Marine staff sergeant and his team are sent into battle only to find they must take it upon themselves to defeat an unknown enemy and protect what remains of Los Angeles.

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Men in Black: International
2019 · dir. F. Gary Gray
🍅 23%★ 5.6comedy · science fiction · actionParamount+Starz

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

The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest, most global threat to date: a mole in the Men in Black organization.

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Venom: The Last Dance
2024 · dir. Kelly Marcel
🍅 40%★ 6science fiction · action · adventureNetflixDisney+

A bickering hero-and-alien duo cracking jokes mid-carnage

The difference: Franchise-finale bloat — spectacle stretched over a thin story

Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Venom and Eddie's last dance.

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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023 · dir. Peyton Reed
🍅 46%★ 6action · adventure · science fictionDisney+

Both are built on the same subject: hero

Super-Hero partners Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne, along with with Hope's parents Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym, and Scott's daughter Cassie Lang, find themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought possible.

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Green Lantern
2011 · dir. Martin Campbell
🍅 26%★ 5.5adventure · action · science fictionMax

An origin-story spectacle throwing CGI at cosmic-scale stakes

The difference: Plays it straight — the jokes and attitude are missing

For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.

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Bloodshot
2020 · dir. David S. F. Wilson
🍅 31%★ 5.7action · science fiction · adventureHulu

A lab-built super-soldier discovering what he really is

The difference: Grim and self-serious, without a single turtle-sized laugh

After he and his wife are murdered, marine Ray Garrison is resurrected by a team of scientists. Enhanced with nanotechnology, he becomes a superhuman, biotech killing machine—'Bloodshot'. As Ray first trains with fellow super-soldiers, he cannot recall anything from his former life. But when his memories flood back and he remembers the man that killed both him and his wife, he breaks out of the facility to get revenge, only to discover that there's more to the conspiracy than he thought.

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