6 Best Time Machine Movies

By Vlad Zakh · September 16, 2026

From a 19th-century inventor stranded 800,000 years in the future to a utility worker summoned across time to save humanity, these are the best movies built around the impossible promise of a time machine. In Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013): The Doctor’s own dangerous past comes back to haunt him as all of reality hangs in the balance across three different centuries. Also notable is Men in Black 3 (2012): Agent J travels back in time to save his partner K and uncover secrets about the universe he was never told.

2067 (2020)

TMDB ★ 5.5

A lowly utility worker is summoned to the future by a mysterious signal and must leave his dying wife to save humanity from environmental collapse.

Directed by Seth Larney · 1h 54m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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See You Yesterday (2019)

TMDB ★ 5.5

Two teen prodigies mastering time travel take increasingly dangerous trips to the past after a tragic police shooting.

Directed by Stefon Bristol · 1h 26m

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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Time Cut (2024)

TMDB ★ 5.6

A teenager accidentally travels back two decades to the days before a masked killer murders her sister, risking the future to change the past.

Directed by Hannah Macpherson · 1h 30m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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The Time Machine (2002)

TMDB ★ 6.4

A 19th-century inventor hoping to alter the past instead finds himself 800,000 years in the future, where humanity has split into two warring races.

Directed by Simon Wells · 1h 36m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

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

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Men in Black 3 (2012)

TMDB ★ 6.5

Agent J travels back in time to save his partner K and uncover secrets about the universe he was never told.

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld · 1h 46m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, 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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Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)

TMDB ★ 8.2

The Doctor's own dangerous past comes back to haunt him as all of reality hangs in the balance across three different centuries.

Directed by Nick Hurran · 1h 17m

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Streaming availability data from JustWatch, via TMDB. Availability changes often, so check the service before you plan a movie night.

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.

6 Best Time Machine Movies

2067 (2020)

See You Yesterday (2019)

Time Cut (2024)

The Time Machine (2002)

Men in Black 3 (2012)

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)

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