Best Time Travel Movies

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Every flavour of time travel. Hard sci-fi, time-loop comedy, gut-punch drama. The genre's best.

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Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985 · 1h 56m · Movie

Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.

PG
8.4
2
The Terminator

The Terminator

1984 · 1h 47m · Movie

A cyborg assassin from the future attempts to find and kill a young woman who is destined to give birth to a warrior that will lead a resistance to save humankind from extinction.

R
7.9
3
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991 · 2h 17m · Movie

A cyborg from the future, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten-year-old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.

R
8.6
4
12 Monkeys

12 Monkeys

1995 · 2h 9m · Movie

In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.

R
7.9
5
Looper

Looper

2012 · 1h 59m · Movie

In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassin...

R
7.3
6
Predestination

Predestination

2014 · 1h 37m · Movie

As his last assignment, a temporal agent is tasked to travel back in time and prevent a bomb attack in New York in 1975. The hunt, however, turns out to be beyond the bounds of possibility.

R
7.3
7
Primer

Primer

2004 · 1h 17m · Movie

Four friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention.

PG-13
7.0
8
Edge of Tomorrow

Edge of Tomorrow

2014 · 1h 53m · Movie

A man fighting in a war against aliens must relive the same day every time he dies until he can find a way to stop their power source with the help of an elite soldier.

PG-13
7.7
9
Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day

1993 · 1h 41m · Movie

A narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.

PG
7.8
10
Palm Springs

Palm Springs

2020 · 1h 30m · Movie

Nyles and Sarah find themselves stuck in a time loop and living the same day over and over again. They are drawn to each other, but certain revelations threaten their budding romance.

R
7.6
11
About Time

About Time

2013 · 2h 3m · Movie

At the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think.

R
8.1
12
Interstellar

Interstellar

2014 · 2h 49m · Movie

When Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.

PG-13
8.9
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Tenet

Tenet

2020 · 2h 30m · Movie

Armed with only the word "Tenet," and fighting for the survival of the entire world, CIA operative, The Protagonist, journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a global mission that unfolds beyond real time.

PG-13
7.1
14
Donnie Darko

Donnie Darko

2001 · 1h 53m · Movie

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.

R
8.0
15
Timecrimes

Timecrimes

2007 · 1h 32m · Movie

A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.

R
7.2
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Source Code

Source Code

2011 · 1h 33m · Movie

A soldier wakes up in someone else's body and discovers he's part of an experimental government program to find the bomber of a commuter train within 8 minutes.

PG-13
7.3
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Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris

2011 · 1h 34m · Movie

While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.

PG-13
7.5
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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

1989 · 1h 30m · Movie

Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, set out on a quest to make the ultimate school history report after being presented with a time machine.

PG
7.2
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Happy Death Day

Happy Death Day

2017 · 1h 36m · Movie

A college student must relive the day of her murder over and over again, in a loop that will end only when she discovers her killer's identity.

PG-13
6.1
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Frequency

Frequency

2000 · 1h 58m · Movie

An accidental cross-time radio link connects father and son across 30 years. The son tries to save his father's life, but then must fix the consequences.

PG-13
7.3
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X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past

2014 · 2h 12m · Movie

The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants.

PG-13
7.6
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

1986 · 1h 59m · Movie

To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales.

PG
7.3
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Hot Tub Time Machine

Hot Tub Time Machine

2010 · 1h 39m · Movie

A malfunctioning time machine at a ski resort takes a man back to 1986 with his two friends and nephew, where they must relive a fateful night and not change anything to make sure the nephew is born.

R
6.0
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Safety Not Guaranteed

Safety Not Guaranteed

2012 · 1h 26m · Movie

Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified advertisement seeking a companion for time travel.

R
6.8
25
The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect

2004 · 1h 53m · Movie

Evan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal.

R
7.4
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Triangle

Triangle

2009 · 1h 39m · Movie

Five friends set sail and their yacht is overturned by a strange and sudden storm. A mysterious ship arrives to rescue them, and what happens next cannot be explained.

R
6.7
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

2006 · 1h 38m · Movie

A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.

TV-PG
7.7
28
Suntory Minami Alps no Tennensui

Suntory Minami Alps no Tennensui

2016 · 1h 46m · Movie

Two teenagers share a profound, magical connection upon discovering they are swapping bodies. Things manage to become even more complicated when the boy and girl decide to meet in person.

TV-PG
8.4
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Project Almanac

Project Almanac

2015 · 1h 46m · Movie

A group of teens discovers secret plans for a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.

PG-13
6.4
30
Time Bandits

Time Bandits

1981 · 1h 50m · Movie

A young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.

PG
7.0
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Coherence

Coherence

2014 · 1h 29m · Movie

Strange things begin to happen when a group of friends gather for a dinner party on an evening when a comet is passing overhead.

Not Rated
7.3
32
Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

1968 · 1h 52m · Movie

After being kept in hypersleep during a long expedition into deep space, an astronaut crew crash-lands in the 40th century on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.

G
8.0
33
The Time Machine

The Time Machine

1960 · 1h 43m · Movie

A man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.

G
7.4
34
Time After Time

Time After Time

1979 · 1h 52m · Movie

H.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the 20th Century when the serial murderer uses the future writer's time machine to escape his time period.

PG
7.0
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Peggy Sue Got Married

Peggy Sue Got Married

1986 · 1h 43m · Movie

Peggy Sue, on the verge of a divorce, faints at her 25th high school reunion, and wakes up to find herself back in 1960, leading her to try to spot and correct the mistakes that led to disappointments and an unhappy marriage.

PG-13
6.5
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The Time Traveler's Wife

The Time Traveler's Wife

2009 · 1h 47m · Movie

Henry DeTamble, a librarian, possesses a unique gene that lets him involuntarily travel through time. His wife, Claire Abshire, finds it difficult to cope with it.

PG-13
6.8