Peter Laird

creator
Feature Film

TMNT III

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Turtles in Time

  • written and directed by Stuart Gillard
  • (at movie theaters, USA, 19 March 1993)
Tim’s favorite reptiles (at age eight) moved from animated to live-action for the silver screen. For this third installment, the Turtles’ human friend April swaps places with a 17th century Japanese prince, and the ninjas in a half-shell head back to rescue her. —Michael Main
Awesome! But do you think they had pizza back then?
The four turtles ride armored horses out of a sunset in ancient Japan.
  • Superhero
  • Audience: Children
  • Definite Time Travel
Animated Feature Film

The Lego Movie

  • written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
  • (premiered at unknown movie theaters, Copenhagen and Los Angeles, 1 February 2014)
Do Legos time travel? Maybe not, but they do go to an Old West universe where Emmet asks, “Do you think you can explain to me why I'm dressed like this? And what those big words in the sky were all about? And, like, where we are . . . in time?” Those questions, together with the quote shown below, convinced us up in the ITTDB Citadel that the movie deserves a spot in our list. —Michael Main
Wyldstyle to Emmet: Come with me if you want to not die.
A scared red Lego named Emmet marches out of a Lego city followed by angry Lego Batman and others.
  • Comedy
  • Audience: Families
  • Cameo Time Travel
Animated Feature Film

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past

The four teenage mutant ninja turtles are chased by a mechanical T-rex and a real T-rex.
  • Superhero
  • Audience: Children
  • Definite Time Travel