Movies like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins (1988)
The best movies like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins (1988) are Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past (2015), G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987) and Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel (2013). If Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins hooked you with its animation and family, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedHey Arnold! The Jungle Movie (2018)7.6/10 from 204 votes
- NewestBluey at the Cinema: Let's Play Chef Collection (2025)Released 2025
Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past (2015)
When they are accidentally transported to the Jurassic Era, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles must find their way through prehistoric dinosaurs to return home while facing dangerous aliens from the future who have a nefarious plan for them. But things get even more complicated with the arrival of Triceratons, Bebop and Rocksteady.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & comedy
G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)
G.I. Joe faces a new enemy as an ancient society of snake people known as Cobra-La try to forcefully take back the earth from those who drove them underground eons ago.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPhineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel (2013)
Phineas and Ferb team up with the Avengers to save the world from Dr. Doofenshmirtz and a group of dangerous supervillains.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJimmy Timmy Power Hour (2004)
Mayhem reigns supreme in the animated kingdom as whiz kid Jimmy Neutron and Timmy from "The Fairly Oddparents" swap places in each other's worlds.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMarvel Rising: Secret Warriors (2018)
When a threat no one could have expected bears down on the Marvel Universe, this ragtag, untrained band of teens have no choice but to rise together and prove to the world that sometimes the difference between a 'hero' and 'misfit' is just in the name.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPhineas and Ferb: Star Wars (2014)
Phineas and Ferb become the galaxy's unlikeliest last hope when they must return the Death Star plans to the Rebel Alliance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators! (2006)
Back for their third and zaniest adventure yet, Nickelodeon's boy genius Jimmy Neutron and Timmy from "The Fairly Odd Parents" unite to sculpt a wonder robot. Cartoon calamity ensues when the power-hungry robot develops a mind of his own and turns on his creative inventors.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide (2006)
Cartoon worlds collide in this hourlong adventure starring whiz kid Jimmy Neutron and Timmy Turner from "The Fairly OddParents." When the boys duel over Cindy Vortex, it draws the attention of Jimmy's archenemy, Prof. Calamitous, who teams with Wanda and Cosmo, forcing Jimmy and Timmy to work together to save the world from the all-powerful villain.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSuperman: The Last Son of Krypton (1996)
Clark Kent, the last survivor of the dead planet Krypton, uses his amazing powers to defend people of his adopted world, Earth, and become Superman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023)
A magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City and gives the PAW Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into The Mighty Pups.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisScooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2018)
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang meet up with Batman and other friends to defeat evil villains and save the day.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBig City Greens the Movie: Spacecation (2024)
When thrill-seeker Cricket tricks his family into taking a "road trip" in space, chaos in the cosmos quickly ensues. Despite growing frustrations between Cricket and his dad, Bill, the two must learn to appreciate each other's unique perspectives in order to prevent Big City from being destroyed by an interstellar disaster.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (2022)
When a mysterious stranger arrives from the future with a dire warning, Leo is forced to rise and lead his brothers, Raph, Donnie, and Mikey in a fight to save the world from a terrifying alien species.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTeen Titans Go! See Space Jam (2021)
The Teen Titans are visited by the Nerdlucks, the Space Jam villains who tried to capture Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes. Astonished to discover his fellow Titans have never seen Space Jam, Cyborg organizes an exclusive watch party.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPlankton: The Movie (2025)
Plankton's tangled love story with his sentient computer wife goes sideways when she takes a stand — and decides to destroy the world without him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHey Arnold! The Jungle Movie (2018)
When their trip to San Lorenzo takes a turn for the worst, Arnold and his classmate’s only hope of getting home is retracing the dangerous path that led to Arnold's parents' disappearance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)
A collection of Warner Brothers short cartoon features, "starring" the likes of Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Wile E. Coyote. These animations are interspersed by Bugs Bunny reminiscing on past events and providing links between the individual animations which are otherwise unconnected. This 1979 feature-length compilation includes several of his best cartoons. Among the 11 shorts shown in their entirety are the classics "Robin Hood Daffy," "What's Opera, Doc?," "Bully for Bugs," and "Duck Amuck". The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Movie provides a showcase not only for Jones's razor-sharp timing, but for the work of his exceptional crew, which included designer Maurice Noble, writer Mike Maltese, composers Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn, and voice actor Mel Blanc.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (2022)
A brave young animal explorer teams up with two trusty friends to find a powerful artifact before his greedy uncle can get his paws on it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMinions & More Volume 1 (2022)
This collection of 10 short films produced by Illumination includes: From the "Despicable Me" franchise: Puppy (2013); Minion Scouts (2019); Training Wheels (2013); The Secret Life of Kyle (2017); Santa's Little Helpers (2019). From the "Grinch" franchise: The Dog Days of Winter (2019). From the "Secret Life of Pets" franchise: Norman Television (2016); Weenie (2016). From the "Sing" franchise: Love at First Sight (2017). From the "Lorax" franchise: Forces of Nature (2012).
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMinions & More Volume 2 (2022)
This collection of 11 short films produced by Illumination includes: From the "Despicable Me" franchise: Mower Minions (2016); Yellow Is the New Black (2018); Competition (2015); Cro Minion (2015); Binky Nelson Unpacified (2015); Panic in the Mailroom (2013). From the "Secret Life of Pets" franchise: Super Gidget (2019). From the "Sing" franchise: Eddie's Life Coach (2017); Gunter Babysits (2017). From the "Lorax" franchise: Serenade (2012); Wagon Ho! (2012).
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Amazing Maurice (2022)
Maurice is a streetwise ginger cat who comes up with a money-making scam by befriending a group of self-taught talking rats. When Maurice and the rodents meet a bookworm called Malicia, their little con soon goes down the drain.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHulk vs. Wolverine (2009)
Department H sends in Wolverine to track down a mysterious beast known by the US Military as the Hulk, who is rampaging across the Canadian wilderness. Surveying the extent of the damage to a destroyed town, Wolverine notices a toxic scent as well as the smell of gunpowder. He is then deployed to the wilderness to resume tracking the creature.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTurtles Take Time (and Space) (2016)
The Turtles discover an artifact that sends them through time and space.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & animation
Generation X (1996)
A group of young mutants--humans with a genetic variation that gives them superpowers and makes them feared by the population at large--begin training at a school for heroes. Their studies are interrupted when they must rescue one of their number from a mad scientist who can enter others' dreams.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisBugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982)
If Bugs Bunny were to direct his signature inquiry--"What's up, doc?"--toward the modern-day Warner Bros. creative team, he wouldn't be far off. For 1001 Rabbit Tales, they've doctored up a batch of classic cartoons featuring the carrot muncher and his bumbling comrades and bundled them, near seamlessly, into a feature-length film. Here's the premise: Bugs and Daffy, both book salesmen, are competing to sell the most copies of a kids' book. Instead of burrowing a beeline to his sales territory (he should have made a left at Albuquerque), Bugs ends up in the castle of Yosemite Sam, here a harem-leading honcho. Sam's pain-in-the-spurs son, Prince Abalaba, needs somebody to read him stories; Bugs, who'd sooner take the job than suffer the alternative, that involving being boiled in oil, signs on.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPizza Friday! (2016)
The Turtles sneak into April's school to get some pizza.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & animation
Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger with Donbrothers (2022)
Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger with Donbrothers is a Japanese superhero tokusatsu crossover short film released exclusively on TTFC, featuring Donbrothers teaming up with Hurricanegers.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & comedy
Street Angel (2009)
When Doctor Pangea, "the world's deadliest geologist", escapes from prison with plans to destroy Earth as we know it, the city turns to its unlikely champion: 14 year old homeless girl - and kungfu skateboarding superhero - Street Angel! Short film based on the comic of the same name.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & action
Bluey at the Cinema: Let's Play Chef Collection (2025)
Bluey at the Cinema: Let’s Play Chef Collection is an hour-long treat for fans of Bluey to enjoy, made up of eight episodes from the TV show’s three series, all based around the fun of food! The compilation will showcase memorable moments such as Takeaway, Fancy Restaurant, and highlight the Heelers' skills in the kitchen with episodes such as Omelette and Duck Cake – cooking has never been so fun!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation & family
Robot Ninja (1989)
A scientist helps a comic-book artist to become the superhero he has created in order to battle a vicious gang of rapists.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction & action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins?
The closest matches to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins are Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past (2015), G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987) and Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel (2013). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins?
People who watched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins most often go on to Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past (2015) and G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987).
What is the highest-rated movie like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins?
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie (2018), rated 7.6/10 by 204 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins?
Bluey at the Cinema: Let's Play Chef Collection (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins?
Yes: Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past (2015), G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987) and Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel (2013).
How are movies similar to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.