Top Time Travel Movies That Twist Reality and Warp Time

Primer

2004 • 77 min • Budget $7K • Box office $545K

Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller

A group of young inventors stumble upon a sophisticated way to alter reality. Initially, they use their discovery to profit from the stock market, but the repercussions of their invention soon begin to unfold.

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The Day

2011 • 85 min • Box office $20K

Action, Drama, Horror

A devastating war against humanity has begun. Five survivors, desperately trying to escape, face constant pursuit with dwindling resources and fighting on all sides. This film follows their struggle over a single, 24-hour period.

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Hot Tub Time Machine

2010 • 101 min • Budget $36M • Box office $64M

Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure

Four friends, Adam, Lou, Nick, and Jacob, are feeling stuck in their lives. Adam has recently been broken up with, Lou is constantly partying, Nick is unhappy in his marriage, and Jacob spends his days playing video games. Their lives…

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The Last Day of Summer

2008 • 83 min

Luke Malloy is anxious about starting middle school, dreading the end of summer and the start of homework. He's especially worried about being bullied by a larger student named Meat. His fear of the upcoming school year spoils his last…

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Before I Fall

2017 • 98 min • Budget $5M • Box office $16M

Drama, Fantasy

Samantha Kingston appears to have an ideal life. But after a single, pivotal night, her world is irrevocably altered. She finds herself caught in a time loop, forced to repeat the same day endlessly. As she relives it again and…

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Palm Springs

2020 • 90 min • Budget $5M • Box office $1M

Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction

At a wedding in Palm Springs, easygoing Nyles and hesitant bridesmaid Sarah discover they're trapped. They can't leave the wedding, they can't escape each other, and they're stuck together.

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Repeaters

2011 • 89 min • Budget $1M

Drama, Action, Crime

Three twenty-somethings are trapped in a perplexing time loop, forced to relive the same terrifying day repeatedly. This gritty, mind-bending thriller follows their desperate struggle to escape the impossible labyrinth of time.

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About Time

2013 • 123 min • Budget $12M • Box office $87M

Drama, Romance, Fantasy

Following a disappointing New Year's celebration, Tim's father reveals a family secret: men in their lineage have always possessed the power to shift events within their own lives, though not to alter history itself. This revelation marks the beginning of…

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The Butterfly Effect 2

2006 • 92 min • Budget $6M

Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller

Following a devastating car accident that kills his girlfriend Julie and two close friends, Nick is overwhelmed by grief. He begins experiencing seizures linked to his memories and discovers he can travel back in time through them. Determined to save…

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Boss Level

2021 • 101 min • Budget $45M • Box office $2M

Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

A retired special forces operative finds himself caught in a repeating time loop, forced to relive his own death repeatedly. His only chance to break free is to identify and stop those who orchestrated his fate.

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The Fare

2018 • 82 min

Mystery, Thriller, Romance

While driving a passenger on a lonely road, a cab driver named Harris shares playful conversation with her. Suddenly, the passenger, Penny, disappears from the back seat, leaving Harris confused.

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Mirror for a Hero

1987 • 139 min

While walking through a city park, Sergei and Andrei stumble upon a film set recreating the post-World War II era. Climbing the fence for a better view, they trip over a cable and are transported back in time to May…

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Back To the Present: The Special

2015 • 44 min

Robert Zemeckis's *Back to the Future*, a major box office success in 1985, spawned two sequels. *Back to the Future Part II*, released in 1989, sees Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly and Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown journeying to…

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Synchronicity

2015 • 101 min • Box office $4K

Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

A physicist journeys into the past to prevent a woman from taking his invention. However, he discovers unexpected truths about the device, the woman, and his own perception of reality.

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Collider

2018 • 84 min

In 2033, a young girl in a strange orphanage impulsively travels back in time, determined to find her parents and change her history.

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Source Code

2011 • 93 min • Budget $32M • Box office $147M

Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery

Captain Colter Stevens, a decorated soldier, awakens in a stranger's body. He learns he's been assigned to a mission: to locate the person responsible for bombing a Chicago commuter train.

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Timecrimes

2007 • 92 min • Budget $2M • Box office $553K

Science Fiction, Thriller

A man accidentally activates a time machine, sending him back in time by nearly an hour. This initial journey sets off a chain of unforeseen and escalating disasters.

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Freejack

1992 • 110 min • Budget $30M • Box office $17M

Science Fiction, Action, Crime

Two time-traveling bounty hunters track down a talented race car driver in the 1950s who is facing imminent danger. They must bring him to New York City in 2009. Their mission is complicated: the driver's consciousness will be transferred into…

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Twelve Monkeys

1995 • 129 min • Budget $29M • Box office $168M

Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery

Investigative journalist Chris Morris fearlessly examines Britain's most troubling issues, revealing societal problems with sharp detail. The documentary series confronts difficult subjects like animal cruelty, drug abuse, sex scandals, and political corruption. In a notable 2001 episode, Morris tackles the…

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Looper

2012 • 118 min • Budget $30M • Box office $47M

Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

In 2044, time travel is still a distant dream, but it will arrive in three decades. When organized crime wants someone eliminated, they send their target into the past, where a hired gun named Joe awaits to finish the job.…

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Frequency

2000 • 118 min • Budget $31M • Box office $68M

Science Fiction, Thriller, Family

A unique event allows police officer John Sullivan to communicate with his father as he was three decades ago. Determined to save his father from a fatal accident, John alters the past. However, his actions unexpectedly trigger a wave of…

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Retroactive

1997 • 91 min

Science Fiction, Thriller, Action

A determined psychiatrist travels through time to save a woman from a brutal domestic abuser. The woman faces certain death at the hands of her husband, but the psychiatrist repeatedly journeys to different points in time, carefully planning each trip…

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The Final Girls

2015 • 91 min • Box office $4M

Comedy, Horror

After her mother, a celebrated scream queen of the 1980s, dies, a young woman is drawn into the reality of her mother's most iconic film. There, the two women reunite and must battle the movie's terrifying killer together.

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ARQ

2016 • 88 min • Budget $2M

Science Fiction, Thriller

In a bleak future, two longtime friends find themselves caught in a perplexing time loop. Their repeated experiences may be linked to the escalating conflict between a powerful corporation and a group of rebels fighting for freedom.

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The Time Machine

2002 • 96 min • Budget $80M • Box office $123M

Science Fiction, Adventure, Action

A 19th-century inventor attempts to change history but accidentally journeys 800,000 years into the future. He discovers humanity is now split into two warring factions.

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Blood Punch

2014 • 104 min

Horror, Thriller

Milton, a college dropout, agreed to cook meth for just one day. But after being pulled from rehab by a bold young woman and her volatile boyfriend, he's driven to a secluded cabin in the woods and caught in a…

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Triangle

2009 • 98 min • Budget $12M • Box office $1M

Horror

On a yacht trip with friends, Jess feels increasingly uneasy. Something doesn't seem right.

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Naked

2017 • 96 min

Comedy

On the morning of his wedding, Rob Anderson wakes up naked in an elevator after a night of partying with his best man. He then finds himself reliving the same morning repeatedly.

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The Time Traveler's Wife

2009 • 107 min • Budget $39M • Box office $101M

Drama, Romance, Fantasy

Because of a rare genetic condition, Henry DeTamble repeatedly and unpredictably jumps through time. Each time, he finds himself at different points in the life of Clare Abshire, the woman he loves.

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Reset

2017 • 106 min

Action, Science Fiction

In 2025, a scientist close to a breakthrough in time travel finds herself in danger when a competitor kidnaps her son. The kidnapper's demand is shocking: her complete research.

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Back to the Future

1985 • 116 min • Budget $19M • Box office $381M

Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction

Sex and the City is a lively look at friendships between women and finding love in New York City. The film adapts Candace Bushnell's popular novel, following four independent women in their late thirties as they balance work and openly…

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Christmas Every Day

1996 • 87 min

Family, Fantasy, TV Movie

In 1946, after the war, Peggy Carter faces a new challenge: the post-war world wants women like her to take on administrative jobs, ignoring their vital contributions. But Peggy refuses to be limited. Working for the SSR, she secretly undertakes…

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Mine Games

2012 • 88 min • Budget $1M

Thriller, Horror

While exploring a deserted mine, a group of young friends stumble upon something they can't explain. Their attempts to alter what's to come only lead them toward a predetermined and dangerous outcome.

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Time Lapse

2014 • 104 min • Box office $19K

Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery

Three friends find a strange machine that can photograph the next day. They start using it to benefit themselves, but the pictures they get become increasingly unsettling and threatening.

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The Infinite Man

2014 • 85 min

Science Fiction, Comedy

A man's efforts to plan the perfect romantic weekend go wrong when his pursuit of flawless romance unexpectedly confines his partner to a repetitive cycle.

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Koko-di Koko-da

2019 • 86 min

Horror, Comedy, Fantasy

A couple's journey to reconnect takes a dark turn when they encounter a traveling sideshow performer and his unsettling group in the woods. The performer and his entourage begin to torment the couple, drawing them into a series of psychologically…

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Premature

2014 • 93 min

Comedy

On a pivotal day in his senior year, a high school student is repeatedly forced to re-experience a past failure to lose his virginity, continuing until he succeeds.

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Haunter

2013 • 97 min

Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A teenage girl finds herself trapped in a time loop, where each repetition is subtly different. As she races to understand why this is happening, her attempts to solve the mystery unexpectedly impact both her own life and the lives…

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Déjà Vu

2006 • 126 min • Budget $75M • Box office $180M

Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

Federal agent Doug Carlin is dispatched to New Orleans following a devastating explosion on a ferry to recover evidence. Instead of staying at the scene, he's taken to a highly classified government laboratory. There, he's tasked with using a device…

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Coherence

2014 • 89 min • Budget $50K • Box office $139K

Thriller, Science Fiction

Four couples meet for dinner the night a strange and brilliant comet appears in the sky.

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The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations

2009 • 90 min

Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama

A man uses his ability to travel through time to investigate his girlfriend's death and prevent an innocent man's execution. His actions inadvertently unleash a vengeful serial killer.

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Timecop

1994 • 98 min • Budget $28M • Box office $128M

Thriller, Science Fiction, Action

In a world where time travel is common, a veteran security agent must protect the timeline. As a guardian of temporal law, he's always guarded against misuse of the technology. But when a dangerous politician from his past appears –…

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Project Almanac

2015 • 106 min • Budget $12M • Box office $33M

Science Fiction, Thriller

A group of teenagers uncover secret blueprints for a time machine and build their own. But their experiment quickly spirals out of their control.

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The Map of Tiny Perfect Things

2021 • 99 min

Fantasy, Romance

Two teenagers find themselves stuck repeating the same day over and over. They decide to explore the day, searching for all the small moments that make it worthwhile.

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Groundhog Day

1993 • 101 min

A jaded television weatherman, his optimistic producer, and their sarcastic cameraman are dispatched to Punxsutawney to cover the annual Groundhog Day celebration. There, the weatherman unexpectedly finds himself reliving the same day repeatedly.

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Doctor Strange

2016 • 115 min • Budget $180M • Box office $676M

Fantasy, Adventure, Action

A brilliant but arrogant surgeon's career collapses, but he finds a second chance when a sorceress takes him as an apprentice. She trains him to fight evil and protect the world.

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Naked

2000 • 94 min

On his wedding day, Anders awakens naked in an elevator, with fragmented memories of the night before.

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Predestination

2014 • 98 min • Budget $5M • Box office $4M

Science Fiction, Thriller

Predestination follows a Temporal Agent tasked with preventing future crimes through a series of time-travel missions. For his final mission, the Agent must stop a single criminal who has consistently evaded him across time, and avert a catastrophic attack that…

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The Endless

2017 • 112 min • Budget $1M • Box office $956K

Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller

Years after escaping a secluded cult, two brothers are drawn back to its community. There, they begin to question their past perceptions as the group’s teachings appear surprisingly rational.

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Edge of Tomorrow

2014 • 114 min • Budget $178M • Box office $370M

Action, Science Fiction

Lieutenant Bill Cage, a civilian officer with no combat experience, is abruptly sent into a dangerous battlefield. He's killed almost immediately, but manages to take down an alien. He then wakes up back at the start of the day, trapped…

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Time Trap

2018 • 87 min

Science Fiction, Adventure

During a field trip, a group of students find themselves trapped in a strange cave. They soon realize that time flows differently within the cave compared to the world outside.

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The Butterfly Effect

2004 • 113 min • Budget $13M • Box office $96M

Science Fiction, Thriller

A young man attempts to unlock repressed memories from his childhood. He discovers a method to journey back in time, inhabiting his younger self and altering past events. But he quickly learns that each change creates unforeseen and complicated repercussions.

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Back to the Future Part II

1989 • 108 min • Budget $40M • Box office $332M

Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction

Marty McFly and Doc Brown embark on another time-travel adventure in this sequel to the 1985 film. They travel to 2015 to fix problems with Marty's family history. But Biff Tannen and a sports almanac complicate things, forcing Marty to…

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Salvage

2006 • 80 min • Budget $25K

Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Claire Parker is destined to die at the hands of a sadistic killer, experiencing a terrifying and brutal death – only to relive it repeatedly. After being beaten, dragged, sliced, and stabbed, she wakes up at her workplace, where the…

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The Jacket

2005 • 103 min • Budget $29M • Box office $21M

Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

A veteran travels to the future and discovers he can see his own death. Faced with this knowledge, he's left grappling with questions that hold the potential to change his fate and the lives of those he cares about.

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Back to the Future Part III

1990 • 119 min • Budget $40M • Box office $244M

Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction

The final part of the popular series follows Marty McFly and Doctor Emmett Brown as they arrive in 1885, the Wild West. After recovering the DeLorean from a mineshaft, they discover the time machine is broken, leaving them stranded. Navigating…

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Happy Death Day 2U

2019 • 100 min • Budget $9M • Box office $64M

Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction

Tree Gelbman, a college student, discovers she's trapped in a parallel universe. Her boyfriend Carter is with someone else, and her friends and classmates are altered versions of themselves. Tree learns that Carter's roommate has been manipulating time, and she…

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The Incident

2014 • 102 min

Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror

The film follows two separate stories of people confined to impossible, unending locations. A detective and his brother are trapped on a staircase that stretches forever, while a family is confined to a road that also seems to have no…

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See You Yesterday

2019 • 86 min

Science Fiction, Drama, Adventure

Two teenage geniuses attempting to perfect time travel find themselves on a perilous path after witnessing a fatal police shooting. The incident triggers a series of risky journeys into the past.

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Happy Death Day

2017 • 97 min • Budget $4M • Box office $125M

Comedy, Horror, Mystery

A college student named Tree is trapped in a strange time loop, forced to relive the day she was murdered. She must figure out who killed her and why, or she will cease to exist.

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Hot Tub Time Machine 2

2015 • 93 min • Budget $36M • Box office $64M

Comedy

Following their initial time-traveling escapade with the Hot Tub Time Machine, Lou and Nick are enjoying a comfortable life thanks to their questionable wealth. However, Jacob still struggles with Lou's negative influence. Their lives change when an attacker breaks into…

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2017 • 99 min

A blinding flash of light briefly paralyzes air traffic controller Dylan Branson, and two planes narrowly avoid a collision. Suspended from his job, Dylan begins to notice a disturbing pattern: the same sounds and events repeat daily, always ending at…

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Two Distant Strangers

2020 • 32 min

Drama

A man desperately trying to return home to his dog finds himself trapped in a time loop, repeatedly reliving a fatal encounter with a police officer.

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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

2016 • 127 min • Budget $110M • Box office $296M

Fantasy, Adventure, Drama

A teenager is mysteriously transported to an island. There, he must help safeguard a group of orphaned children who possess extraordinary abilities from creatures that seek their destruction.

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11 A.M.

2013 • 99 min

Soon, scientists at an underwater lab achieve a breakthrough: a working time machine. Lead researcher Woo-seok is offered funding by a powerful corporation if he successfully tests it. He and Young-eun make the jump to 11 A.M. The following day,…

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Game Over

2019 • 97 min

Thriller, Horror

Swapna, a game designer with a fear of the dark, is struggling to recover from a traumatic event. As she navigates life, she must confront her inner demons to survive.

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12 Dates of Christmas

2011 • 89 min

Romance, Comedy, Fantasy

Trying to win back her ex, Jack, on Christmas Eve, Kate messes up a blind date with Miles, a charming man she was set up with. Then, in a surprising turn of events, Kate is magically given the chance to…

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Stasis

2017 • 84 min

Following a night of partying, Ava returns home to discover she's already in bed. But the person in her body isn’t her – it’s a time-traveling fugitive who has stolen her identity and life. This fugitive isn't alone; others are…

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This Morning

1993 • 81 min • Budget $11M • Box office $21M

Fantasy, Horror, Comedy

Ash, an ordinary department store worker, is suddenly transported to medieval England. He's equipped with modern weapons like a shotgun and chainsaw, and must survive in a dangerous new world. He meets a strong and captivating woman, and together they…

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