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'Back to the Future' (1985) -

Probably the most famous time-travel movie of all time. Marty McFly, the Doc, et al takes us on an amazing journey 30 years back in time, from the '80s to the '50s.

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'12 Monkeys' (1995) -

A convict is sent back in time to discover new information about a deadly virus that killed a vast amount of the world's population.

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'Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure' (1989) -

High-school buddies Bill and Ted bring historical figures from the past through a time machine to help them pass history class and keep their band together.

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'The Terminator' (1984) -

A soldier is sent from the future to stop a killer cyborg from murdering a woman. All because she will give birth to the leader of the humans in a war against the machines.

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'Terminator 2: Judgement Day' (1991) -

The first movie of the franchise made history, but James Cameron's second film upped the stakes. There are two killer cyborgs from the future, but this time, Arnie is the good guy.

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'Planet of the Apes' (1968) -

The Statue of Liberty scene reveals that this movie is, in fact, a time-travel film. This is not some far away planet–this is Earth in the future.

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'The Lake House' (2006) -

Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock's characters send letters to each other using a mailbox. The twist? She writes and reads them two years after he does.

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'Hot Tub Time Machine' (2010) -

A thoroughly funny movie, where a group of friends finds a time-travel hot tub at a ski resort.

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'Looper' (2012) -

A hitman travels back in time to confront his younger self.

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'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me' (1999) -

Secret agent Austin Powers travels back to the Swinging Sixties to fight Dr. Evil.

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'X-Men: Days of Future Past' (2014) -

Wolverine is sent back to the past to try to prevent an event that will change history.

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'Groundhog Day' (1993) -

Bill Murray's character is caught in a loop where he re-ives the same day over and over again.

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'Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home' (1986) -

Captain Kirk and the Enterprise crew travel to 1980s San Francisco to bring back to the future a humpback whale. They experience a culture shock, to say the least.

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'Interstellar' (2014) -

A group of explorers travel through a wormhole in space after Earth becomes uninhabitable.

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'Doctor Strange' (2016) -

A neurosurgeon travels between alternate dimensions in pursuit of spiritual healing.

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'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' (2004) -

This Harry Potter movie features a magical device called Time-Turner, which does exactly what it says on the tin.

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'Galaxy Quest' (1999) -

This 'Star Trek' spoof features a device called Omega 13, that sends users 13 seconds into the past.

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'Arrival' (2016) -

A linguist tries to communicate with aliens after several spacecraft land on Earth. There's an element of premonitions and being able to change the linear perception of time.

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'Donnie Darko' (2001) -

“Do you believe in time travel?” became one of the movie's most famous lines for a reason. As if a troubled teen having visions of a man dressed like a rabbit who warns him about the end of the world wasn't twisted enough.

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'Frequency' (2000) -

A father and son communicate with each other across 30 years via radio.

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'Primer' (2004) -

A group of engineer friends work on a device that turns out to have time-travel capacities.

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'Run Lola Run' (1998) -

Lola's boyfriend lost a bag of money. She has 20 minutes to get him the money or there will be consequences. Lola runs through Berlin to do it, but every time she fails, the 20-minute run starts again.

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'The Time Machine' (1960) -

A man travels forward in time to find out that the utopian society he idealized doesn't exist.

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'Time Bandits' (1981) - A boy joins six time-traveling dwarfs, who steal a map of the universe and use it to commit their heists.

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'Peggy Sue Got Married' (1986) -

A woman travels back in time to her senior year of high school, to find out how her choices made her who she is as an adult.

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'Time After Time' (1979) -

Jack the Ripper uses writer H. G. Wells' time machine to escape to the 20th century.

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'La Jetée' (1962) -

A man is sent back in time in search for a solution for World War III. In the meantime, he delves deep into his memories.

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'Safety Not Guaranteed' (2012) -

A grocery clerk invents a machine and places an ad looking for a person to travel back in time with him.

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