In Netflix’s The Adam Project, Ryan ReynoldsAdam Reed plays a fighter pilot in 2050. He travels back to the past to stop time travel. After crashing in his backyard in 2022, his mission becomes more difficult. He is forced to join forces with his 12-year-old video-game-loving self. Walker Scobell).
This isn’t Back to the FutureDeLoreans are absent. (Though Mark Ruffalo, as Adam’s inventor dad, does make for a worthy Doc Brown surrogate.) Adam instead hops in a wormhole to traverse the space-time continuum. He wants to show his preteen self that time-hopping is not an option, but a privilege. It’s a rather heady concept for a family film, but most time-travel movies are about more than just joyriding through history. Whether it’s Joseph Gordon-LevittYou can play a time jumping hitman Looper Oder Jennifer GarnerWith magic fairy dust, you can live 17 more years! Thirteen Going on to 30Movies that feature transtemporal travel are a good example of why it is important to be cautious when crossing time and space.
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If you’re craving more time travel, here’s a list of 11 movies to watch after The Adam Project. A couple quick notes: Since Back to the Future This is unquestionably true The greatest movie about time travel ever made, it’s omitted from this list to make room for lesser-known choices. It’s the classic time-loop movie. Groundhog’s Day substituted by a recenter choice, it was also sacrificed.
You won’t need a science degree to enjoy any of the movies included here. You might feel like the future is closer than you realize after your viewing experience.
Thirteen Going on to 30 (2004)
Jennifer Garner gives Tom HanksThis guy is gonna have a lot of fun. The Big-esque coming-of-age dramedy about a girl who wakes up from her traumatic 13th birthday party to find she’s 30, flirty, and thriving. It’s hard for a girl to grow up, particularly if it happens overnight.
Amazon Prime Video allows you to rent it
Donnie Darko (2001)
After Jake Gyllenhaal’s titular sad boy narrowly survives a freak accident, he’s left with disturbing visions of a 6-foot-tall rabbit named Frank, who tells him the world is going to end in 28 days. If you don’t totally understand this time-bending film, don’t worry: its stars don’t either. Donnie Darko’s perplexing final moments are part of its charm.
It’s available on HBO Max
Looper (2012)
Rian Johnson’s sci-fi action thriller takes place in a not-so-distant future where mobsters punish those they don’t like by sending them back in time to be killed by a futuristic assassin known as a “looper.” When one of those hired guns (a prosthetic nose-wearing Joseph Gordon-Levitt) comes face-to-face with his older self (Bruce WillisHe ends up going on an adventure to save his life and not unravel his past.
You can watch it on Netflix
All Things Time (2013)
When Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) learns he has the power to travel back in time, he can’t resist making a few tiny tweaks to his past. This British romantic comedy directed by David Lean shows that the smallest of changes can have huge consequences. Love Actually helmer Richard Curtis.
You can watch it on Netflix
Happy Death Day (2017)
In this slasher film, often described as “Groundhog’s Day Meetings Scream,” a college student, played by Jessica Rothe, must solve her own murder if she wants to live to see the next day.
Amazon Prime Video allows you to rent it
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
Bill (Alex Winter), and TedKeanu ReevesThey will be traveling through time and space, meeting up with historical men who can help them pass their high school history exam. The best part is that when you’re done with this one, you can keep the adventure going with its sequels: 1991’s Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey and 2020’s Bill & Ted Face the Music. It’s pretty amazing, isn’t it?
It’s available on HBO Max
Run Lola Run (1998)
Lola (Franka potente)—who stands out with fire engine-red hair—only has 20 minutes to secure enough money to save her boyfriend from a Berlin crime boss. This German experimental thriller isn’t your typical time-loop film, but Lola’s ability to learn from her past mistakes to save her love will make you happy that she’s running a marathon, not a sprint.
Amazon Prime Video allows you to rent it
We are looking forward to seeing you yesterday (2019)
This is how it works Spike LeeC.J., High school student C.J. WalkerEden Duncan-Smith She uses a backpack machine as a timer to stop her brother being shot by police officers. The consequences of altering events in the past are not something that science can predict.
You can watch it on Netflix
Safety is not guaranteed (2012)
These are the best sweet sci-fi rom-comStarts with an ad in a classified from Kenneth (Mark Duplass), who is a grocery store worker seeking a companion to go back in time. “Safety not guaranteed,” he warns. Some dismiss him as paranoid or crazy, but Darius is a disillusioned former college graduate and weekly alt intern.Aubrey PlazaFor the chance to travel all over the world with him, he might even be open to taking a risk.
Amazon Prime Video allows you to rent it
Arrival (2016)
Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi dramaWhich stars are you looking for? Amy Adams as a celebrated linguist trying to communicate with an intelligent alien race, plays with time in ways we won’t dare spoil here. Suffice to say that the film’s twist ending will make you rethink the entire movie.
It’s available on Hulu
Palm Springs (2020)
Nyles (Andy Samberg) and Sarah (Cristin Milioti) found love in a hopeless place: a Palm Springs wedding that they’ve been forced to relive over and over again after getting stuck in a time loop. They are both darkly funny and sweetly depressing. Palm SpringsIs it a unique rom-com for those who don’t want to admit they like rom-coms.
It’s available on Hulu
