Time Travel movies - From the Best to the Worst
This is just a list of Time Travel movies, both good and bad. Not in any particular order. Please add a comment if I have missed some Time Travel flick.
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- DirectorLee TamahoriStarsNicolas CageJulianne MooreJessica BielA Las Vegas magician who can see into the future is pursued by FBI agents seeking to use his abilities to prevent a nuclear terrorist attack.Nicholas Cage can see 2 minutes into the future, helps FBI avert a nuclear terrorist threat.
- DirectorSimon WellsStarsGuy PearceYancey AriasMark AddyHoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.Adaptation of the classic. This one feels more intense and gripping.
- DirectorGeorge PalStarsRod TaylorAlan YoungYvette MimieuxA man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.Great cast and makes you feel more happy with what may come.
- DirectorLouis MorneauStarsJim BelushiKylie TravisShannon WhirryA psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman that was murdered by her brutal husband.A psychiatrist makes multiple trips backward in time to stop a psycho serial killer(Jim Belushi) from a murderous rampage. Great sleeper flick!
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsBruce WillisMadeleine StoweBrad PittIn 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.Bruce Willis plays a man living in the future who travels to the past to try and stop a terrible biological outbreak that nearly destroys mankind. Psychological thriller with twists and turns also has Brad Pitt in the cast.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea ThompsonMarty 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.Classic! Kid travels to the past in a freak accident that nearly causes his demise.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea ThompsonAfter visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip.Not so great sequel to the original.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydMary SteenburgenStranded in 1955, Marty McFly learns about the death of Doc Brown in 1885 and must travel back in time to save him. With no fuel readily available for the DeLorean, the two must figure how to escape the Old West before Emmett is murdered.Somewhat better sequel!
- DirectorJay RoachStarsMike MyersBeyoncéSeth GreenUpon learning that his father has been kidnapped, Austin Powers must travel to 1975 and defeat the aptly named villain Goldmember, who is working with Dr. Evil.Austin Powers travels back in time to defeat Goldmember. A James Bond film parody. Kind of goofy!
- DirectorStephen J. AndersonStarsDaniel HansenWesley SingermanAngela BassettLewis is a brilliant inventor who meets mysterious stranger named Wilbur Robinson, whisking Lewis away in a time machine and together they team up to track down Bowler Hat Guy in a showdown that ends with an unexpected twist of fate.Cartoon kid is taken to the future in a machine he creates at some point in his life. Funny and imaginative but its still a cartoon!
- DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonMichael BiehnA human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.Cyborg travels back in time to kill a woman and the child she will bear to destroy mankind.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonEdward FurlongA cyborg, 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.Sequel - another cyborg travels back in time to protect the woman and her son from another more powerful cyborg killer. Better than the first movie.
- DirectorJonathan MostowStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerNick StahlKristanna LokenA machine from a post-apocalyptic future travels back in time to protect a man and a woman from an advanced robotic assassin to ensure they both survive a nuclear attack.Sequel - OK, now it is starting to get kind of weird. The same cyborg from Judgement Day travels back in time to stop another more powerful FEMALE cyborg that wants to kill the guy and it just goes on, and on, and on.....
Cool effects but this is getting boring! - DirectorMcGStarsChristian BaleSam WorthingtonAnton YelchinIn 2018, a mysterious new weapon in the war against the machines, half-human and half-machine, comes to John Connor on the eve of a resistance attack on Skynet. But whose side is he on, and can he be trusted?I gave up on the Terminator series so I did not watch this one. I guess it probably has the same old story line.....
I still want my money and time back from the last Terminator movie! Anyone got a time machine??? - DirectorRichard DonnerStarsPaul WalkerGerard ButlerBilly ConnollyA group of archaeologists get embroiled in an adventure where they must travel back in time to 14th Century France, to save their professor before the French battle the English at Castlegard. If they fail, they won't be able to return.Interesting story about some archaeology students and teacher getting mixed up in a time travel experiment where they must use their knowledge of history to save their own lives. They travel back to France in 1357 during a battle between the English and French.
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsSean ConneryShelley DuvallJohn CleeseA young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.Very cool movie where a bunch of "little people" are traveling around in time to grab some treasures and get a boy mixed up in their escapades.
- DirectorPeter HyamsStarsJean-Claude Van DammeMia SaraRon SilverMax Walker, an officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who's intent on changing the past to control the future.Cop travels around in time picking up felons who are using time to hide. He gets caught up in a secret scandal paradox and has to save his family as well as everyone else.
- DirectorPeter HyamsStarsEdward BurnsBen KingsleyCatherine McCormackA single mistake in the past, by a time travel company in the future, has devastating and unforeseen consequences.Adaptation of a Ray Bradbury story where futuristic people use time travel in a dinosaur vacation safari plot and something goes terribly wrong. If you paid money to watch this movie then something else has gone terribly wrong. I predict you will want your money back.
- DirectorNicholas MeyerStarsMalcolm McDowellMary SteenburgenDavid WarnerH.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.Thriller where H.G.Wells himself travels through time chasing after Jack the Ripper whom he let escape into the future. Good flick!
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsKris KristoffersonCheryl LaddDaniel J. TravantiAn NTSB investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster meets a warrior woman from 1000 years in the future.Futuristic time travelers reach back in time and steal people who are facing impending tragic death to repopulate society. This was OK, but the cast is somewhat lackluster.
- DirectorGeoff MurphyStarsEmilio EstevezMick JaggerRene RussoBounty hunters from the future transport a doomed race car driver to New York City in 2009, where his mind will be replaced with that of a dead billionaire.Never watched, looked lame.
- DirectorDavid van EyssenStarsSean AstinVinnie JonesIvana MilicevicA scientist goes to a bank to meet a pretty bank teller. His time machine allows him to go 10 minutes back in time and correct his approaches to her. He's shadowed by two FBI agents and the bank gets robbed.Bank robbery using a 10 minute backwards in time device goes wrong. Never watched.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsKathleen TurnerNicolas CageBarry MillerPeggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up, she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.Nicholas Cage and wife(Kathleen Turner) are getting a divorce when she finds herself back in her senior year at high school and she gets to decide again if she will marry him or not.
- DirectorMario AzzopardiStarsCasper Van DienCatherine BellTheresa SaldanaA reporter, learning of time travelers visiting 20th century disasters, tries to change the history they know by averting upcoming disasters.Same man shows up in photos of disasters all throughout the 20th century. A reporter chases down the man and tries to avert disaster. Pretty good flick.
- DirectorTony ScottStarsDenzel WashingtonPaula PattonJim CaviezelAfter a ferry is bombed in New Orleans, an A.T.F. agent joins a unique investigation using experimental surveillance technology to find the bomber, but soon finds himself becoming obsessed with one of the victims.ATF agent travels back in time to try and thwart a terrorist attack which will takes the lives of many including a girl whom he falls in love with. Some interesting technology used here to see the past. Worth watching more than once.
- DirectorRichard KellyStarsJake GyllenhaalJena MaloneMary McDonnellAfter 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.Never watched.
- DirectorHarold RamisStarsBill MurrayAndie MacDowellChris ElliottA narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.Classic funny man Bill Murray gets stuck in a loop of time where he lives the same day(Ground Hog Day) over and over. Great movie!
- DirectorJ.J. AbramsStarsChris PineZachary QuintoSimon PeggThe brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful Romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time.Not that great as Star Trek movies go.
- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsCharlton HestonRoddy McDowallKim HunterAn astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.Classic! Astronauts get caught in a time warp and end up thousands of years in the future where the earth is ruled by apes!
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsMark WahlbergHelena Bonham CarterTim RothIn 2029, an Air Force astronaut crash-lands on a mysterious planet where evolved, talking apes dominate a race of primitive humans.Remake of the classic!
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellSarah BerryDan HicksAsh Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellEmbeth DavidtzMarcus GilbertWhen Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home.Funny, hilarious and action packed.
- DirectorEric BressJ. Mackye GruberStarsAshton KutcherAmy SmartMelora WaltersEvan 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.Never watched. Might give it a shot sometime when it is on broadcast TV.
- DirectorJonathan FrakesStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesBrent SpinerThe Borg travel back in time intent on preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. Captain Picard and his crew pursue them to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes his maiden flight reaching warp speed.Another lackluster effort by the Star Trek series. I love Star Trek but some of these movies are just so so.
- DirectorDuncan JonesStarsJake GyllenhaalMichelle MonaghanVera FarmigaA 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.Soldier wakes up in another mans body. He has 8 minutes to find a bomb and identify the bomber on the train he is riding. Each time the 8 minutes are up he dies and then reawakens in another persons body on the same train. Interesting storyline and plot. Not your typical time travel movie but still good!
- DirectorGregory HoblitStarsDennis QuaidJim CaviezelShawn DoyleAn 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.Detective John Sullivan is able to speak with his fire-fighter father who died 30 years before on an old ham radio. Story leads to a serial killer he is chasing down that started killing 30 years before. Thriller with some twists and turns.
- DirectorStephen HerekStarsKeanu ReevesAlex WinterGeorge CarlinTwo 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.2 idiots use a phone booth to time travel.
- DirectorDon TaylorStarsKirk DouglasMartin SheenKatharine RossA modern aircraft carrier is thrown back in time to 1941 near Hawaii, just hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.Modern aircraft carrier is thrown backwards in time by a freak storm to 1941 just before the Japanese Pearl Harbor attack. Events unfold and history may never be the same. Or will they???
- DirectorFrank CoraciStarsAdam SandlerKate BeckinsaleChristopher WalkenA workaholic architect finds a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices.A man finds his life being fast forwarded to the end when he wants more convenience is his life. Life lessons learned and he gets to start over and correct his mistakes.
- DirectorJoe JohnstonStarsRobin WilliamsKirsten DunstBonnie HuntWhen two kids find and play a magical board game, they release a man trapped in it for decades - and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game.Boys finds a game buried deep near a construction site. When he plays the game he and his friend are beset with many unlikely events that have them now living in the future. As he tries to adapt he figures out he must finish playing the game whereupon all the events revert and he is a kid again, this time with knowledge of what happens in the future.
- DirectorSteve PinkStarsJohn CusackRob CorddryCraig RobinsonA 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.4 buddies travel back to the 1970's and try to correct what went wrong with their lives. Some really funny moments here and overall a pretty good flick.
- DirectorMike JudgeStarsLuke WilsonMaya RudolphDax ShepardCorporal Joe Bauers, a decidedly average American, is selected for a top-secret hibernation program but is forgotten and left to awaken to a future so incredibly moronic that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.500 years in the future we will all be dumb and stupid, just like this movie! Seriously, do not waste your time!
- DirectorRobert ShayeStarsJoely RichardsonRainn WilsonTimothy HuttonTwo siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys. Soon the kids, their parents, and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world and find a task ahead of them that is far more important than any of them could imagine!Kids find toys from the future in a box floating on the seashore. Strange events unfold as the future of the human race is in the children's hands.
- DirectorStewart RaffillStarsMichael ParéNancy AllenEric ChristmasA United States Navy destroyer escort participates in a Navy "invisibility" experiment that inadvertently sends two sailors forty years into the future.2 men from 1943 on a naval Destroyer escort are hurled 40 years into the future during a freak government experiment.
- DirectorJon TurteltaubStarsBruce WillisSpencer BreslinEmily MortimerAn unhappy, disliked image consultant gets a second shot at life when he is mysteriously confronted by an eight-year-old version of himself.Child finds himself 32 years in the future and helps his future self to face up and change his life.
- DirectorSimon WestStarsAngelina JolieJon VoightIain GlenVideo game adventurer Lara Croft comes to life in a movie where she races against time and villains to recover powerful ancient artifacts.Great action flick with some small time travel parts but in general this movie is NOT about time travel. Still a good movie!
- DirectorWilliam DearStarsFred WardBelinda BauerPeter CoyoteA maverick motorbike racer wanders into a top-secret time-travel research test site which unintentionally teleports him to the mid-1800s and ends up having to fight violent outlaws for his survival.Motorbike racer Lyle Swan riding in a desert race finds himself hurled back to the old west where he tries to find a way back. After some obvious time travel trickery maybe he should have stayed in the past. I predict you will wish you could travel back and avoid watching this poorly made movie.
- DirectorStephen HopkinsStarsGary OldmanWilliam HurtMatt LeBlancThe Robinson family was going into space to fight for a chance for humanity. Now they are fighting to live long enough to find a way home.Space travelers looking for resources and another planet to save the Earth's inhabitants find themselves hurtling around time.