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Then , there are movies likeGroundhog Daythat enclose time paradox into the intermixture and have created a musical style all their own . Either way , the concept of traipse through clip is n’t bound to action / adventure or sci - fi films . The drollery musical style also has its own small section of time traveling movies , as does the fantasy musical style . Whether standalone escapade or pieces of a turgid franchise , moving-picture show that use fourth dimension travel as a narrative gadget almost always come with their own set of linguistic rule and display this conjectural conception in unique ways .

15The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

1412 Monkeys (2015)

12 Monkeys , the film that earned Brad Pitt his very first Oscar nominating speech , is a voluminous sci - fi thriller that is set far into the time to come after a mysterious disease has ravaged the Earth . Bruce Willis plays James Cole , a indurate convict who is sent back in prison term to gather intel about the man - made disease that intimately wiped out Earth ’s population . Aside from12 Monkey ’s interesting behind - the - scene triviathat gleans further insights into Terry Gilliams ' motion-picture show , the manic thriller is one of the more underseen time travel picture that sees both Pitt and Willis at their very good .

13Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

Picardseason 2 brought time locomotion back into theStar Trekfranchise , but it all got started withThe Voyage Home . see one of the most beloved loop of the crew , The Voyage Homesaw James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) , Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) , and co. effort to save Earth from a mysterious foreign probe . The fugitive crew must jaunt back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to acquire a humpback whale giant , as these are the only creatures that have the ability to communicate with the probe . While there are a fewthings that do n’t make sense aboutStar Trek IV , it ’s one of the more dear film of the franchise .

12Run Lola Run (1998)

The experimentalRun Lola Runisn’t a film well - know among American audiences , but it ’s one of the most interesting and phantasmagoric time travel movies . Director Tom Twyker ’s action crime thriller sees Lola ( Franka Potente ) scramble after a bungled money drop to make out up with 100,000 Deutschmarks . Similar toGroundhog Day , Lola goes through the same period of time over and over but realise different decisions each time which go to varying effect . operate Lola Runfinds its strength in not taking itself too seriously , and despite its more avant - garde moment is a fun action motion picture .

11Edge Of Tomorrow (2014)

The Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt activity vehicleEdge of Tomorrowis draw a sequel , which is trusted to conduct on the time - loop premise of the original . bound of Tomorrowsees a hostile foreign takeover , and a soldier named Cage ( Cruise ) drops into engagement despite stimulate little combat experience . He quick choke but then inexplicably finds himself trap in a time loop . John Milton Cage Jr. is pull to relive the same day over and over , restarting the physical process every meter he kick the bucket . Special Forces Agent Rita ( Blunt ) joins in his missionary work to defeat the Omega and get out of the loop once and for all , save Earth in the mental process .

10Looper (2012)

Though he does n’t have a Brobdingnagian filmography to his name yet , Looperstands as one of Rian Johnson ’s best movies , even in the case of theKnives Outfranchise . In one of his many quislingism with Joseph Gordon - Levitt , Looperis set up in the near future , during which time victims wanted beat by the mob are broadcast back to the past , only to be kill by declaration killers known as " inchworm . " When looper Joe ( Gordon - Levitt ) realizes that he ’s next on the collision list , he must outrun Old Joe ( Bruce Willis ) while closing the time loop in the process .

9Idiocracy (2006)

8Interstellar (2014)

7Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004)

Prisoner of Azkabanis often consider one of the bestHarry Pottermovies , and the film introduces the concept of time travel into the wizarding universe . Throughout the picture , it ’s believed that Azkaban escapee Sirius Black ( Gary Oldman ) is hunting down Harry ( Daniel Radcliffe ) . However , when it ’s revealed that Black is impeccant but has already been caught by the Ministry of Magic , Harry and Hermione ( Emma Watson ) must utilize her sentence turner to go back to the past tense and prevent his capture , saving more than one life in the summons . The film leans much more into its illusion elements rather than sci - fi , seeing a wholly unique concept of time travel .

6Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)

The fourth dimension traveling drollery filmBill & Ted ’s Excellent Adventureis another dandy alternative toBTTFthat spark off its own dealership . The firstBill & Tedmovie find out a utopian society in 2688 originally revolutionise by the two " Great Ones " known as Bill ( Alex Winter ) and Ted ( Keanu Reeves ) . When citizen Rufus ( George Carlin ) is transport back in time to ensure that the duet pass history social class , he takes the dimwitted student on a blowout through space and time as they meet fabled figures like Napoleon , Freud , Socrates , and more in a machine shaped like a phone kiosk known as the " time John Wilkes Booth . "

Josh Hartnett looking shocked in Fight or Flight

A collage image of Luke Skywalker in A New Hope

Keanu Reeves looking over one shoulder as John Wick in Ballerina

Time Travel Movies that aren’t Back to the Future Avengers Idiocracy

An image of Mirai and another character sitting on a grassy hill in The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

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Brad Pitt sitting next to Bruce Willis' bed in 12 Monkeys

Spock and Kirk in the ’80s in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

Lola runs through a group of nuns

Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt in Edge of Tomorrow riding in a car with a composite background of green and orange dots

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Older Joe holding his younger self in a headlock in Looper

The characters on a doorless car Idiocracy

Anne Hathaway as Brand on an alien planet looking sad in Interstellar

Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe as Hermione and Harry using the Time-Turner in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves in Bill & Ted