24 Best Time Travel Movies of All Time

By Vlad Zakh · July 1, 2026

Arthouse thought provoking

Time travel can be a big paradox puzzle or a small, personal wish to go back and fix one thing, and this list covers both. Back to the Future is the fun end: a teenager in 1955 making sure his parents still fall in love, then Marty off to 2015 and the Old West. Terminator 2 turns a killer machine into a bodyguard, 12 Monkeys and Looper chase the paradoxes, and Interstellar tops the list by stretching time across space instead.

Interstellar (2014)

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Interstellar (2014)

IMDb ★ 8.7 RT 73% Metacritic 74

A pilot leaves his children behind on a dying Earth to search the stars for humanity's next home.

Directed by Christopher Nolan · 2h 49m · Rated PG-13

Won 1 Oscar45 wins & 148 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent: JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Back to the Future Part III (1990)

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Back to the Future Part III (1990)

IMDb ★ 7.5 RT 79% Metacritic 55

Marty heads to the Old West to rescue Doc Brown from a fate he already knows is coming.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis · 1h 59m · Rated PG

5 wins & 11 nominations

Where to watch

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Back to the Future Part II (1989)

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Back to the Future Part II (1989)

IMDb ★ 7.8 RT 63% Metacritic 57

A trip to 2015 to fix the future accidentally recreates the past all over again.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis · 1h 48m · Rated PG

Nominated for 1 Oscar9 wins & 11 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Back to the Future (1985)

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Back to the Future (1985)

IMDb ★ 8.5 RT 93% Metacritic 88

A teenager accidentally travels to 1955 and has to make sure his own parents still fall in love.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis · 1h 56m · Rated PG

Won 1 Oscar27 wins & 25 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

IMDb ★ 8.6 RT 90% Metacritic 75

A reprogrammed Terminator now protects the boy an earlier model was sent to kill.

Directed by James Cameron · 2h 17m · Rated R

Won 4 Oscars39 wins & 33 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, YouTube TV · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Terminator (1984)

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The Terminator (1984)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 90% Metacritic 84

A relentless killing machine is sent back in time to erase a resistance leader before he's born.

Directed by James Cameron · 1h 48m · Rated R

9 wins & 8 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+, YouTube TV, AMC, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Donnie Darko (2001)

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Donnie Darko (2001)

IMDb ★ 8.0 RT 88% Metacritic 88

A troubled teenager is warned of the world's end by a man in a disturbing rabbit costume.

Directed by Richard Kelly · 1h 54m · Rated R

12 wins & 17 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, fuboTV, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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12 Monkeys (1995)

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12 Monkeys (1995)

IMDb ★ 8.0 RT 88% Metacritic 75

A time traveller sent back to stop a deadly plague begins to doubt whether his own memories are real.

Directed by Terry Gilliam · 2h 09m · Rated R

Nominated for 2 Oscars11 wins & 25 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Looper (2012)

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Looper (2012)

IMDb ★ 7.4 RT 93% Metacritic 84

A hitman who kills targets sent back in time is ordered to kill his own future self.

Directed by Rian Johnson · 1h 58m · Rated R

18 wins & 47 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Starz, Starz Apple TV channel, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Predestination (2014)

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Predestination (2014)

IMDb ★ 7.4 RT 84% Metacritic 69

A time-travelling agent's newest case turns out to be tangled up in his own impossible identity.

Directed by Peter Spierig & Michael Spierig · 1h 38m · Rated R

13 wins & 20 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Source Code (2011)

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Source Code (2011)

IMDb ★ 7.5 RT 92% Metacritic 74

A soldier repeatedly relives a train bombing's final eight minutes to identify the culprit.

Directed by Duncan Jones · 1h 33m · Rated PG-13

1 win & 8 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel, Howdy Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Happy Death Day (2017)

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Happy Death Day (2017)

IMDb ★ 6.6 RT 71% Metacritic 58

A college student relives the day of her own murder until she can work out who is killing her.

Directed by Christopher Landon · 1h 37m · Rated PG-13

3 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Peacock Premium, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel, Peacock Premium Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Palm Springs (2020)

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Palm Springs (2020)

IMDb ★ 7.4 RT 95% Metacritic 83

Two wedding guests are stuck reliving the same day together in an endless time loop.

Directed by Max Barbakow · 1h 30m · Rated R

16 wins & 43 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Hulu

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Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

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Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

IMDb ★ 7.9 RT 91% Metacritic 71

A soldier relives the same brutal alien-invasion battle until he can finally win it.

Directed by Doug Liman · 1h 54m · Rated PG-13

11 wins & 38 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Groundhog Day (1993)

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Groundhog Day (1993)

IMDb ★ 8.0 RT 93% Metacritic 72

A time-loop premise that still gets remade in spirit every few years.

Directed by Harold Ramis · 1h 41m · Rated PG

Won 1 BAFTA Award7 wins & 17 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Midnight in Paris (2011)

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Midnight in Paris (2011)

IMDb ★ 7.6 RT 93% Metacritic 81

A writer's midnight walks through Paris keep dropping him into the city's glamorous 1920s.

Directed by Woody Allen · 1h 34m · Rated PG-13

Won 1 Oscar26 wins & 103 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Frequency (2000)

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Frequency (2000)

IMDb ★ 7.4 RT 70% Metacritic 67

A ham radio accidentally connects a son to his long-dead father thirty years in the past.

Directed by Gregory Hoblit · 1h 58m · Rated PG-13

2 wins & 8 nominations

Where to watch

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About Time (2013)

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About Time (2013)

IMDb ★ 7.8 RT 70% Metacritic 55

A young man finds out the men in his family can travel through time and mostly uses it for small things.

Directed by Richard Curtis · 2h 03m · Rated R

3 wins & 9 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Somewhere in Time (1980)

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Somewhere in Time (1980)

IMDb ★ 7.2 RT 54% Metacritic 29

A playwright wills himself back to 1912 to meet the woman in an old photograph he can't stop thinking about.

Directed by Jeannot Szwarc · 1h 43m · Rated PG

Nominated for 1 Oscar7 wins & 5 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)

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Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)

IMDb ★ 6.9 RT 91% Metacritic 72

A magazine team investigates a classified ad seeking a partner for real time travel.

Directed by Colin Trevorrow · 1h 26m · Rated R

8 wins & 19 nominations

Where to watch

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The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)

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The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)

IMDb ★ 7.1 RT 38% Metacritic 47

A man's genetic disorder pulls him uncontrollably backward and forward through his own relationship.

Directed by Robert Schwentke · 1h 47m · Rated PG-13

1 win & 5 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Kate & Leopold (2001)

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Kate & Leopold (2001)

IMDb ★ 6.4 RT 52% Metacritic 44

A 19th-century duke accidentally follows a portal into modern-day New York.

Directed by James Mangold · 1h 58m · Rated PG-13

Nominated for 1 Oscar1 win & 5 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

IMDb ★ 6.9 RT 83% Metacritic 50

Two slackers borrow a time machine to gather history's greatest figures for a school report.

Directed by Stephen Herek · 1h 30m · Rated PG

3 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: MGM Plus · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)

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Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)

IMDb ★ 6.4 RT 64% Metacritic 63

Four friends' disastrous ski-lodge reunion sends them back to the exact weekend that ruined their lives.

Directed by Steve Pink · 1h 41m · Rated R

5 nominations

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.