31 Days of Halloween Day 8: Best Time Travel Movies
False Positive Tips: Favorite Time Travel Films-
We all love to daydream about time travel. Would you rather visit the past or catch a glimpse of the future?
Right a wrong or peek at secrets?
How would you use a timer machine?
How would you escape a time loop?
Time travel opens up the potential for a bazillion plot possibilities. And especially with visual narratives—in film and comics—time travel stories allow for clever, memorable narratives.
That’s why I love time travel movies and am here to share some of my all-time favorites to spread some Halloween cheer.
Recommendations for Best Time Travel Movies
WARNING: Some of these trailers contain SPOILERS.
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Groundhog Day (1993)
Humorous Existential Time Loop.
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Primer (2004)
Accidental Invention of Time Machine.
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Time Bandits (1981)
Comedic Fantasy Adventure Time Travel.
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The Terminator (1984)
Time-traveling Killing Machine.
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Run Lola Run | Lola rennt (1998)
Surreal Time Loop.
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Timecrimes | Los cronocrímenes (2007)
Murphy’s Law of Time Travel.
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12 Monkeys (1995)
Apocalyptic Time Travel.
Inspired by the short film, La Jetée (1962).
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Back to the Future (1985)
Fun Time Machine.
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H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine (1960)
O.G. Time Travel.
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If the List Kept Going…
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Somewhere in Time (1980)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Detention (2011)
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)
Time After Time (1979)
Do you have a favorite time travel flick?
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You put some of my favorite movies here, and I’m so happy Primer and Chronocrimenes weren’t forgotten
Cool!
It’s a nostalgic joy to revisit these titles.
These are great choices, but I’d add Looper (2012) to the list
A solid choice. There is a lot to like about Looper. Especially, the excellent cast + performances. Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Young-Joe, playing opposite Bruce Willis’s Old-Joe, is eerily awesome to behold. And, Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels chew the scenery—as they both tend to do.
In many ways, it’s a more successfully executed film than some on my list.
But, the story and the world-building weren’t for me.