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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 Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Men in Black (1997) and Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026). 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 The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022).

🍅 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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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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Men in Black
1997 · dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
🍅 91%★ 7.3action · adventure · comedyParamount+

The same city underneath both: New York City

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day
2026 · dir. Destin Daniel Cretton
🍅 89%★ 8.1science 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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Hot Tub Time Machine
2010 · dir. Steve Pink
🍅 64%★ 6.4science fiction · comedy · adventure

Cerebral where it counts, epic underneath

The difference: Lighter on momentum

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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🍅 95%★ 6.9comedy · science fiction · adventureDisney+

One thread runs through both: superhero

On a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, the Guardians head to Earth in search of the perfect present.

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The World's End
2013 · dir. Edgar Wright
🍅 89%★ 6.9comedy · action · science fictionPeacock

Sci-fi mayhem played for laughs by a team who know it's absurd

The difference: Midlife melancholy under the jokes — grown-up in ways Turtles isn't

Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.

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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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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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Pixels
2015 · dir. Chris Columbus
🍅 18%★ 5.6action · comedy · science fictionPeacock

New York under attack, saved by heroes nobody takes seriously

The difference: The nostalgia gimmick wears thin fast — critics torched it

Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

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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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American Ultra
2015 · dir. Nima Nourizadeh
🍅 44%★ 6.1action · comedy

The same mix in both: momentum, then wit

Mike is an unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe, is suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. In the blink of an eye, as his secret past comes back to haunt him, Mike is thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation and is forced to summon his inner action-hero in order to survive.

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