Posted on 05/14/2026 8:22:31 PM PDT by Red Badger
Time travel movies often make for the most mind-numbing sci-fi films with paradoxes aplenty. But it’s those confusing temporal gymnastics that make them so fun. We’ve rounded up our favorites, from classic films like Back to the Future and Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure to more recent flicks like Arrival and Interstellar, which left our minds tangled in knots.
These are the 35 best sci-fi films that explore the fluidity of time.
🤯 You love mind-bending science. So do we. Let’s nerd out over it together.
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It didn’t have the 2004 “The Butterfly Effect”. I enjoyed that movie.
” Based on the Michael Chrichton book of the same name.”
All they used was the title.................
I’ll go back in time and watch these when they were just out.
It’s a madhouse.
A madhouse.
7 Days was a favorite.
Counted 5 that I have seen.
Star Trek : First Contact was on the list but Star Trek IV was missing.
“12 Monkeys” TV series is MUCH better than the movie.
Too many pop-ups, but I hope that “Somewhere In Time” and “Time After Time” are on there. I generally hate time travel stuff, but enjoyed those.
I thought it was pretty good, too. For those who haven't seen it, it's about someone going back in time in order to attempt correcting tragedies from their own childhood.
Love that movie.
Beneath was great too.
The rest of the sequels not so much.
It was a nice series. My dad was a Cadillac salesman and sold Roddy McDowall a car in Hollywood Ca
There’s a Christian movie called Time Changer about a Christian professor from the 1800s who travel to the current day to see what happens when you try to separate the teaching of Christ from the person of Christ. It’s funny but serious. VERY good.
“Somewhere in Time” from 1980 with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour.
That was a great movie. So sad, though. :(
‘Time After Time’ was a great movie; sci-fi but with some murder thrown in as well. Can’t beat that! I think the leads were married to each other at the time?
Yes. The lead actors were married. Not sure if they married before or if they met on the movie and married later.
I didn’t see “STARGATE”. I kinda liked that one. (was it on there? the list was hard to scroll through with all the ads)
Maybe because I’m an Ancient Egypt Geek.
Oh Well.
I’ve seen quite a few of these movies, but if you’ve never seen ‘Run Lola, Run’ treat yourselves. Lola has to ‘re-run’ various scenarios in order to save her boyfriend’s life.
I also see that ‘Primer’ is in there! Was hoping it made the list. Another favorite of mine, but not sure I still completely understand it, LOL!
They left our ‘Memento’ another I’ll recommend, though it’s not really ‘time-travel.’ A guy has a weird memory loss problem and uses various books, notes, pictures, etc. to solve the mystery of who killed his girlfriend.
‘Memento’ is a movie you watch backwards.............
Two more to consider:
Palm Springs (2020): Palm Springs trailer
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026): Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die teaser trailer
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