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18 Great Movies about Time Travel

    18 Great Time Travel Movies

    A collection of past films that present time travel in all its future glory…

    Please allow the pondering of causality, time loops, and paradox issues like predestination and the grandfather paradox plenty of time to sink in.

    18 Time Travel Movies List

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    November 6, 2009

    A Christmas Carol

    True to Charles Dickens’ holiday masterpiece, Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, and Colin Firth delight as Scrooge, Marley, and Fred in this top-rated animated Christmas classic.

    November 6, 2009
    October 1, 2013

    About Time

    A loving father and his son travel back in time “to make it the way you really want it to be.” Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, and Lydia Wilson touch hearts in this superb comedy, drama, sci-fi.

    October 1, 2013
    July 3, 1985

    Back to the Future

    Doc Brown sends Marty McFly back to the future in a time traveling DeLorean where he meets his mother and father. Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, and Crispin Glover ignite the screen in this first of the epic series adventure, comedy, sci-fi.

    July 3, 1985
    February 17, 1989

    Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

    Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter use an old phone booth questing “the ultimate history report” under the time traveling tutelage of a zany man from 2688, Rufus, played by George Carlin.

    February 17, 1989
    February 2, 1993

    Groundhog Day

    Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, and Chris Elliott star in this rewinding romp about a weatherman who relives the same day, everyday, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.

    February 2, 1993
    March 17, 2010

    Hot Tub Time Machine

    John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, and Clark Duke use a hot tub to forget the present, change the future, and kick the past in this funny sci-fi.

    March 17, 2010
    December 20, 1946

    It’s a Wonderful Life

    One of the most beloved films of all time, It’s a Wonderful Life starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, and Lionel Barrymore tackles time travel with the help of an angel named Clarence.

    December 20, 1946
    May 20, 2011

    Midnight in Paris

    Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, and Kathy Bates bring heart to this comedy, fantasy, romance about a new novelist visiting Paris.

    May 20, 2011
    March 7, 2014

    Mr. Peabody and Sherman

    Ty Burrell, Max Charles, and Stephen Colbert tell the tale of Mr. Peabody’s history hopping adventure with his adopted son, Sherman.

    March 7, 2014
    February 8, 1968

    Planet of the Apes

    This sci-fi adventure starring Charlton Heston,
    Roddy McDowall, and Kim Hunter, is the first in an enduring series about a highly intelligent ape species. “It’s a madhouse!”

    February 8, 1968
    March 8, 2014

    Predestination

    A top temporal agent goes after the elusive “fizzle bomber”. Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, and Noah Taylor star in this mind bending closed loop sci-fi, action, drama.

    March 8, 2014
    October 3, 1980

    Somewhere in Time

    Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, and Christopher Plummer lead in this epic love story about a modern playwright in search of the love he could never find.

    October 3, 1980
    March 11, 2011

    Source Code

    What would you do if you knew you had less than eight minutes to live? Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, and Vera Farmiga make those seconds count in this riveting time travel thrill ride.

    March 11, 2011
    January 17, 2004

    The Butterfly Effect

    Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, and Melora Walters star in this smart love story of a young man who revisits the past to save the one person who matters the most.

    January 17, 2004
    August 3, 1984

    The Philadelphia Experiment

    October 1943. The US government authorized an experiment that would render its ships undetectable by radar. For 41 years the government denied it ever happened. Join Michael Paré, Nancy Allen, and Eric Christmas in this timely love tale.

    August 3, 1984
    March 4, 2002

    The Time Machine

    Guy Pearce, Yancey Arias, and Mark Addy bring chills in this modern retelling of H.G.Wells classic novel written in 1895.

    March 4, 2002
    November 6, 1981

    Time Bandits

    Sean Connery, Shelly Duvall, and John Cleese star in this adventure, fantasy, comedy about a small boy who gets sucked into the time traveling adventures of a band of dwarves.

    November 6, 1981
    May 24, 2014

    Time Lapse

    What if you discovered a way to see tomorrow?Danielle Panabaker, Matt O’Leary, and George Finn star in this unrated mystery, sci-fi, thriller.

    May 24, 2014