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The 25 Best Time Travel Movies Ever

The 25 Best Time Travel Movies Ever

Planet of the Apes

Release Date 1968
Rating : 8 Production Companies: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, APJAC Productions Director: Franklin J. Schaffner, William Kissell, Robert Doudell Stars: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter

Summary: Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.

The Terminator

Release Date 1984
Rating : 8.1 Production Companies: Pacific Western, Hemdale Director: Brenda Weisman, Sharon Kirkpatrick, Betsy Magruder Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton

Summary: In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

Twelve Monkeys

Release Date 1995
Rating : 8 Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Atlas Entertainment Director: Terry Gilliam, Mark Egerton, John Rusk Stars: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt

Summary: In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient Jeffrey Goines, the son of a famous virus expert, who may hold the key to the mysterious rogue group, the Army of the 12 Monkeys, thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.

Groundhog Day

Release Date 1993
Rating : 8 Production Companies: Columbia Pictures Director: Michael Haley, Alan Hopkins, Judi Townsend Stars: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott

Summary: A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Release Date 2004
Rating : 7.9 Production Companies: Heyday Films, 1492 Pictures Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Chris Carreras, Randy Jonsson Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson

Summary: Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts into hilarity and even turning back time. But the term also brings danger: soul-sucking Dementors hover over the school, an ally of the accursed He-Who-Cannot-Be-Named lurks within the castle walls, and fearsome wizard Sirius Black escapes Azkaban. And Harry will confront them all.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Release Date 2006
Rating : 7.7 Production Companies: Madhouse, Sound Box Director: Mamoru Hosoda, Tomohiko Ito Stars: Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida, Mitsutaka Itakura

Summary: When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.

Star Trek

Release Date 2009
Rating : 7.9 Production Companies: Paramount, Spyglass Entertainment Director: J.J. Abrams, Danny Green, Hal Olofsson Stars: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy

Summary: The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before. The human adventure has begun again.

Source Code

Release Date 2011
Rating : 7.5 Production Companies: The Mark Gordon Company, Vendôme Pictures Director: Duncan Jones, Sarah Schooley, Kimi Webber Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga

Summary: 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.

The Time Traveler's Wife

Release Date 2009
Rating : 7.1 Production Companies: New Line Cinema, Plan B Entertainment Director: Elizabeth Tremblay, Robert Schwentke Stars: Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, Michelle Nolden

Summary: Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.

Predestination

Release Date 2015
Rating : 7.4 Production Companies: Screen Australia, Screen Queensland Director: Carmel Torcasio, Angella McPherson, Ian 'Scooter' Welbourn Stars: Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, Noah Taylor

Summary: Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time and prevent a devastating attack in which thousands of lives will be lost.

Safety Not Guaranteed

Release Date 2012
Rating : 6.9 Production Companies: Duplass Brothers Productions, Big Beach Films Director: Colin Trevorrow, Mel Eslyn, Cheryl Cowan Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson

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

Arrival

Release Date 2016
Rating : 7.9 Production Companies: 21 Laps Entertainment, Lava Bear Director: Marie-Julie Dallaire, Martin Doepner, Isabelle Faivre-Duboz Stars: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker

Summary: Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

Edge of Tomorrow

Release Date 2014
Rating : 7.9 Production Companies: Village Roadshow Pictures, Warner Bros. Director: Doug Liman, Simon Crane, Kim H. Winther Stars: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton

Summary: Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.

Interstellar

Release Date 2014
Rating : 8.7 Production Companies: Paramount Pictures, Legendary Pictures Director: Nilo Otero, Gary Hawes, Christopher Nolan Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain

Summary: The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Release Date 2014
Rating : 7.9 Production Companies: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, The Donners' Company Director: Milena Popovic, Christine Wilson, Bryan Singer Stars: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender

Summary: The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.