Movies like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead (1990)
The best movies like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead (1990) are Apartment 7A (2024), We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991). If Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead
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- Highest ratedTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)7.2/10 from 1,704 votes
- NewestWhalefall (2026)Released 2026
Apartment 7A (2024)
A struggling young dancer finds herself drawn in by dark forces when a peculiar, well-connected older couple promise her a shot at fame.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWe're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
Captain New Eyes travels back in time and feeds dinosaurs his Brain Grain cereal, which makes them intelligent and non-violent. They agree to go to the "Middle Future" in order to grant the wishes of children in New York City. They are to meet Dr. Bleeb of the Museum of Natural History, but get sidetracked with their new children friends and run into the Captain's evil brother, Professor Screweyes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last cannister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create an army of new mutants. Meanwhile Splinter is coming... to a decision.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O'Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTMNT (2007)
After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, The Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family. Struggling to keep them together, their rat sensei, Splinter, becomes worried when strange things begin to brew in New York City.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies 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
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDolphin Tale 2 (2014)
The team of people who saved Winter's life reassemble in the wake of her surrogate mother's passing in order to find her a companion so she can remain at the Clearwater Marine Hospital.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhalefall (2026)
Following the death of his father, Jay Gardiner goes diving off the central Coast of California in search of his remains, but is swallowed by a massive sperm whale. While trapped inside its belly with only one hour of oxygen left, Jay comes to realize that the hard-earned lessons his father imparted may be the key to his escape.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFlora & Ulysses (2021)
When Flora rescues a squirrel she names Ulysses, she is amazed to discover he possesses unique superhero powers, which take them on an adventure of humorous complications that ultimately change Flora's life--and her outlook--forever.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDolphin Tale (2011)
A sea of animal rescuers — and a lonely boy in need of a friend – nurse an injured dolphin back to health after it loses its tail in a trap.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHe Ran All the Way (1951)
A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTeenage 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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in Ninjutsu, must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMen in Black II (2002)
Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statement – protecting Earth from the scum of the universe. It's been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. Now it's a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay – who not only has absolutely no memory of his time spent with the MIB, but is also the only living person left with the expertise to save the galaxy – to reunite with the MIB before the earth submits to ultimate destruction.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMen in Black (1997)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTracers (2015)
Wanted by the mafia, a New York City bike messenger escapes into the world of parkour after meeting a beautiful stranger.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Boy Behind the Door (2020)
Bobby tries to save himself and his best friend when they are kidnapped on their way home from school.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe True Adventures of Wolfboy (2019)
Follows a young boy who runs away from home in the search of his estranged mother.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like this1 Chance 2 Dance (2014)
When a 17-year old aspiring dancer is uprooted in her high school senior year, she finds herself divided between two boys, and she will have one last shot at making her dream a reality.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFear Below (2025)
A rag-tag team of divers attempting to salvage a sunken car from a river are thwarted by a highly aggressive bull shark.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead?
The closest matches to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead are Apartment 7A (2024), We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead?
Start with Apartment 7A (2024), the closest match to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead.
What is the highest-rated movie like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023), rated 7.2/10 by 1,704 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead?
Whalefall (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead?
Yes: Apartment 7A (2024), We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991).
How are movies similar to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.