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Time Travel Movies Worth Watching
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items I love the concept of time travel in media and film is no exception. I've watched a lot of movies featuring time travel, some amazing, some terrible and some that are just plain weird. This list compiles time travel movies I've seen that are worth wa...
Sections
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Groundhog Day Syndrome
Traveling to the Future
Traveling to the Past
Traveling at a moments notice
Other Time Travel
Groundhog Day Syndrome
Movies that involve a time dilation of repeating a period of time again…and again…and again.
Groundhog Day is one of the quintessential time travel movies (or time dilation) and even popularized the term “groundhog day” in films that have copied its formula.
In Groundhog Day, a cynical TV weatherman finds himself trapped in a time loop, reliving the same day over and over in the small town of Punxsutawney. As he repeats the day countless times, he gradually transforms from selfish and bitter to thoughtfu...
In Groundhog Day, a cynical TV weatherman finds himself trapped in a time loop, reliving the same day over and over in the small town of Punxsutawney. As he repeats the day countless times, he gradually transforms from selfish and bitter to thoughtfu...
Groundhog Day
Happy Death Day and its sequel are both great horror films that have fun with the “groundhog day” trope. It's also a blumhouse film (my favorite modern horror studio).
In Happy Death Day, a college student, Tree, is murdered on her birthday but mysteriously wakes up to relive the day over and over again. To break the time loop and survive, she must uncover her killer's identity and confront her own personal flaws.
In Happy Death Day, a college student, Tree, is murdered on her birthday but mysteriously wakes up to relive the day over and over again. To break the time loop and survive, she must uncover her killer's identity and confront her own personal flaws.
Happy Death Day [Blu-ray]
The sequel to Happy Death Day holds up well and may be even better than the first film.
In Happy Death Day 2 U, Tree Gelbman finds herself stuck in another time loop—this time in an alternate dimension—where she must once again evade a masked killer. As she navigates the new reality, she faces difficult choices about life, love, and sac...
In Happy Death Day 2 U, Tree Gelbman finds herself stuck in another time loop—this time in an alternate dimension—where she must once again evade a masked killer. As she navigates the new reality, she faces difficult choices about life, love, and sac...
Happy Death Day 2U [Blu-ray]
Traveling to the Future
Movies that don't fit neatly into one category and include themes of love, life, regret and renewal.
This is one of my favorite (if not my favorite?) romance-themed time travel film. It's fun, light-hearted and Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Garner really stand out in their leading roles.
In 13 Going on 30, a teenage girl makes a wish to be "thirty, flirty, and thriving" and wakes up as her 30-year-old self living a glamorous but unfulfilled life. As she navigates adulthood, she realizes the importance of staying true to herself and r...
In 13 Going on 30, a teenage girl makes a wish to be "thirty, flirty, and thriving" and wakes up as her 30-year-old self living a glamorous but unfulfilled life. As she navigates adulthood, she realizes the importance of staying true to herself and r...
13 Going on 30
The Time Machine was one of the movies that really influenced my life of time travel. I do think its an underrated film.
Based on the book by H.G. Wells, The Time Machine follows a grief-stricken inventor who builds a time machine to change the past after losing his fiancée, only to discover that some events are destined to happen. His journey propels him far into the ...
Based on the book by H.G. Wells, The Time Machine follows a grief-stricken inventor who builds a time machine to change the past after losing his fiancée, only to discover that some events are destined to happen. His journey propels him far into the ...
The Time Machine
Traveling to the Past
Movies that involve the character(s) traveling to the Past
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is one of the most iconic movies and time travel movies. Its a movie you have to see if you haven't already because its a masterpiece.
In Terminator 2, a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent back in time to protect a young John Connor, the future leader of the human resistance, from a more advanced and deadly Terminator, the T-1000. As they fight to survive, John, his mother S...
In Terminator 2, a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent back in time to protect a young John Connor, the future leader of the human resistance, from a more advanced and deadly Terminator, the T-1000. As they fight to survive, John, his mother S...
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Avengers: End Game was the Marvel movie that was built up over the course of ten years and it was an incredible love letter to the franchise. As a bonus, it features time travel!
In Avengers: Endgame, the surviving Avengers embark on a time-travel mission to collect the Infinity Stones and undo the devastation caused by Thanos’ snap. Their journey culminates in an epic battle that decides the fate of the universe and brings c...
In Avengers: Endgame, the surviving Avengers embark on a time-travel mission to collect the Infinity Stones and undo the devastation caused by Thanos’ snap. Their journey culminates in an epic battle that decides the fate of the universe and brings c...
Avengers Endgame
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure is a cult-classic and a great movie about time travel to boot! This is a personal favorite even if its not exactly historically accurate.
In Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, the two titular high school friends travel through time in a phone booth to gather historical figures for their history presentation and save their future. If they don't get a passing grade on this report they...
In Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, the two titular high school friends travel through time in a phone booth to gather historical figures for their history presentation and save their future. If they don't get a passing grade on this report they...
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
The fourth (I know its the fifth, I just pretend the fourth one doesn't exist) Indiana Jones movie sees an older Indy taking on another adventure. It got mixed reception (and it has its flaws) but in many ways it was a return to form.
In Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, an aging Indy teams up with his goddaughter to recover a powerful ancient artifact—the Antikythera Dial—before it falls into the hands of a former Nazi who wants to alter history. As they race through time an...
In Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, an aging Indy teams up with his goddaughter to recover a powerful ancient artifact—the Antikythera Dial—before it falls into the hands of a former Nazi who wants to alter history. As they race through time an...
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
Army of Darkness is a sequel to the first Evil Dead movie and a cult-classic. It has several memorable scenes and quotes making this a “groovy” movie.
In Army of Darkness, Ash (Bruce Campbell) is transported back to the Middle Ages, where he must retrieve the Necronomicon to return home but accidentally unleashes an army of the undead. Armed with his chainsaw and shotgun, he battles the forces of d...
In Army of Darkness, Ash (Bruce Campbell) is transported back to the Middle Ages, where he must retrieve the Necronomicon to return home but accidentally unleashes an army of the undead. Armed with his chainsaw and shotgun, he battles the forces of d...
Army of Darkness
Traveling at a moments notice
Movies where the character(s) have the ability to go back in time or forward at their own whim.
This is my favorite time travel anime movie. Directed by Hosoda Mamoru, it is a masterpiece in storytelling.
High schooler Makoto Konno is having a terrible day from waking up late, flunking a quiz and starting a fire in home economics. It gets even worse though when the brakes on her bike malfunction putting her on a collision course with a speeding train....
The rights to this movie have sadly expired in North America, so you'll need to acquire a used (or somewhat expensive copy) or find it streaming online.
High schooler Makoto Konno is having a terrible day from waking up late, flunking a quiz and starting a fire in home economics. It gets even worse though when the brakes on her bike malfunction putting her on a collision course with a speeding train....
The rights to this movie have sadly expired in North America, so you'll need to acquire a used (or somewhat expensive copy) or find it streaming online.
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
What can be said about possibly the best time travel movie that hasn't been said already? Back to the Future is a timeless classic and its sequels were all good movies.
In Back to the Future: Teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a time-traveling DeLorean built by eccentric scientist Doc Brown. To return to his own time, he must ensure his teenage parents fall in love—before he ceases to exist.
In Part 2: Marty and Doc travel to 2015 to stop a disastrous future for Marty’s kids, but their actions unintentionally create an alternate 1985 ruled by Biff Tannen. They must return to 1955 to fix the timeline without interfering with their previou...
In Part 3: When Doc is stranded in 1885 and threatened by a gunslinger, Marty travels to the Old West to rescue him. They must race against time—literally—to escape the past and return safely to the future.
In Back to the Future: Teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a time-traveling DeLorean built by eccentric scientist Doc Brown. To return to his own time, he must ensure his teenage parents fall in love—before he ceases to exist.
In Part 2: Marty and Doc travel to 2015 to stop a disastrous future for Marty’s kids, but their actions unintentionally create an alternate 1985 ruled by Biff Tannen. They must return to 1955 to fix the timeline without interfering with their previou...
In Part 3: When Doc is stranded in 1885 and threatened by a gunslinger, Marty travels to the Old West to rescue him. They must race against time—literally—to escape the past and return safely to the future.
Back to the Future (trilogy)
Predestination follows a temporal agent who travels through time to prevent major crimes and is tasked with stopping a mysterious terrorist known as the Fizzle Bomber. As the agent recruits a new operative with a complex past, the mission unravels a ...
In Predestination, a time-traveling agent embarks on a final mission to capture a criminal known as the Fizzle Bomber, only to discover shocking truths about his own identity. As timelines converge, the story reveals a paradox in which all major char...
In Predestination, a time-traveling agent embarks on a final mission to capture a criminal known as the Fizzle Bomber, only to discover shocking truths about his own identity. As timelines converge, the story reveals a paradox in which all major char...
Predestination
This is a pretty good time travel film that stars Maggie Smith.
In From Time to Time, a boy named Tolly stays at his grandmother’s old English estate during World War II and discovers he can travel back in time to the early 1800s. As he unravels family secrets across the centuries, Tolly learns about courage, los...
In From Time to Time, a boy named Tolly stays at his grandmother’s old English estate during World War II and discovers he can travel back in time to the early 1800s. As he unravels family secrets across the centuries, Tolly learns about courage, los...
From Time To Time
This is a really good special for fans of the series. This was released for the 50th anniversary.
The Day of the Doctor is a special of Doctor Who where three incarnations of the Doctor—played by John Hurt, David Tennant, and Matt Smith—join forces across time to stop the final destruction of Gallifrey during the Time War and prevent a crippling ...
The Day of the Doctor is a special of Doctor Who where three incarnations of the Doctor—played by John Hurt, David Tennant, and Matt Smith—join forces across time to stop the final destruction of Gallifrey during the Time War and prevent a crippling ...
Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: The Day of the Doctor
Other Time Travel
Movies that telling you what time travel direction the character(s) are going would be a spoiler
This is another masterpiece by Makoto Shinkai. It featuring beautiful artwork, a great story and memorable characters. It's often at the top of time travel anime film lists for a reason.
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are living ordinary lives and are complete strangers but one night, they switch places. This continues to happen randomly, and the two work to cope with the strange phenomena occuring. Overtime, they learn to communica...
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are living ordinary lives and are complete strangers but one night, they switch places. This continues to happen randomly, and the two work to cope with the strange phenomena occuring. Overtime, they learn to communica...
Your Name
Deadpool 2 is a fantastic follow-up to the original movie (also very good). There's some fun time travel in the movie though its not a central focus of the plot per se.
In Deadpool 2, the wisecracking anti-hero Wade Wilson assembles a ragtag team of mutants to protect a troubled young boy from the time-traveling soldier Cable. As he grapples with loss and redemption, Deadpool learns the true meaning of family and sa...
In Deadpool 2, the wisecracking anti-hero Wade Wilson assembles a ragtag team of mutants to protect a troubled young boy from the time-traveling soldier Cable. As he grapples with loss and redemption, Deadpool learns the true meaning of family and sa...
Deadpool 2
The Love Letter is one of several time travel movies where the characters themselves may or may not time travel but they have a way to communicate between the past and future.
The Love Letter tells the story of Scott Corrigan, a modern-day history enthusiast who discovers a hidden, heartfelt letter from 1863 inside an antique desk. As he and Elizabeth Whitcomb begin exchanging letters across time, their bond deepens into a...
The Love Letter tells the story of Scott Corrigan, a modern-day history enthusiast who discovers a hidden, heartfelt letter from 1863 inside an antique desk. As he and Elizabeth Whitcomb begin exchanging letters across time, their bond deepens into a...
The Love Letter