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Time Travel Sci-Fi movies

Time rules drive the plot: loops, paradoxes, timeline changes, and consequences of rewriting past or future.

Overview

In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.

Themes

Time travel burden, Organized crime pressure, Hired gun tension, Fractured timelines, Protection under threat, Addiction consequences

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Safety Not Guaranteed

2. Safety Not Guaranteed

Comedy Romance Science Fiction Romantic Comedy Time Travel Sci-Fi
6.9
20121h 26min

Overview

Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.

Themes

Pursuit of connection, Time travel ethics, Deception and trust, Memory and loss, Ordinary life vs extraordinary risks, Surveillance and paranoia

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Men in Black 3

3. Men in Black 3

Action Comedy Science Fiction Time Travel Sci-Fi Buddy Comedy
6.8
20121h 46min

Overview

Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Time travel consequences, Trust vs manipulation, Authority vs secrecy, Information withholding, Memory and timeline stability

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Overview

When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.

Themes

Time loop pressure, Memory reconstruction ethics, Augmented reality dependence, Pressure of inquiry, Identity perception dynamics, Memory tech control

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Hot Tub Time Machine

5. Hot Tub Time Machine

Science Fiction Comedy Adventure Time Travel Sci-Fi Parody
6.4
20101h 41min

Overview

Four pals are stuck in a rut in adulthood: Adam has just been dumped, Lou is a hopeless party animal, Nick is a henpecked husband, and Jacob does nothing but play video games in his basement. But they get a chance to brighten their future by changing their past after a night of heavy drinking in a ski-resort hot tub results in their waking up in 1986.

Themes

Loyalty under strain, Authenticity vs performance, Time travel consequences, Midlife reinvention pressure, Seeking second chances, Changing family dynamics

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Amazon Video
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fuboTV
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Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel

6. Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel

Comedy Drama Romance Science Fiction Awkward Comedy
7.0
20091h 23min

Overview

Follows three social outcasts -- two geeks and a cynic -- as they attempt to navigate a time-travel conundrum in the middle of a British pub.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Time travel consequences, Group dynamics under pressure, Editorial censorship, Memory across timelines, Art and cultural standards

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Overview

Commander Logar fools Arif and sends him 1.000.000 years back in the time. He must civilize people from past to reach today.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Collaboration under pressure, Oppression and resistance, Adaptation under threat, Competition and ritual, Technology versus tradition

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Stargate: Continuum

8. Stargate: Continuum

Action Adventure Science Fiction Time Travel Sci-Fi Adventure Epic
7.5
20081h 38min

Overview

Ba'al travels back in time and prevents the Stargate program from being started. SG-1 must somehow restore history.

Themes

Betrayal and deception, Control of history, Loyalty under crisis, Alliance fragility, Time travel politics, Resource monopoly

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Futurama: Bender's Big Score

9. Futurama: Bender's Big Score

Animation Comedy Science Fiction Adult Animation Parody
7.7
20071h 29min

Overview

The Planet Express crew return from cancellation, only to be robbed blind by hideous "sprunging" scam artists. Things go from bad to worse when the scammers hack Bender, start traveling through time, and take Earth over entirely! Will the crew be able to save the day, or will Bender's larcenous tendencies and their general incompetence doom them all?

Themes

Deception under pressure, Time travel consequences, Corporate greed and control, Time paradox tension, Fragility of trust, Loyalty amid complications


Timecrimes

10. Timecrimes

Science Fiction Thriller Time Travel Sci-Fi Mindfuck Thriller
7.1
20071h 32min

Overview

A man stumbles into a time machine, spiraling him into a deadly loop where his past self becomes the enemy. As he uncovers the twisted truth, every move becomes a race against time itself.

Themes

Time travel consequences, Self duplication effects, Agency under pressure, Uncertain reality, Repeated actions, Ethical boundaries of science

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