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Plot Summary:
A young man discovers a hole in the floor of a local motel that leads to yesterday.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: twisted
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Mirror for a Hero (1987)
Plot Summary:
Two not quite similar men, our contemporaries, Sergey Pshenichny and Andrew Nemchinov, are walking in the street in their native mining town and found themselves in 1949. It's a common knowledge that real miracles happen without technical devices: time comes miracle happens. They spend in 1949 only one day the next morning they found that it is the same day that was yesterday. All several months, they spent in the past, they spent in one and the same day: the 8th of May, Sunday, the day of heightened coal production. In the morning to the coal mine, in an hour an accident in a coalface, at 10 o'clock wire from the Ministry, after work reunion concerning the Stalins anniversary; robbing of pay desk, death of policeman Ryabenko, in the evening - volunteer Sunday work… and in the morning the same, and so for ever and ever Philosophic fiction, accompanied by music of group Nautilus Pompillius. After a novel of S.Rybasa of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 716
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: social, surreal, philosophical
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The History of Time Travel (2014)
Plot Summary:
A fictional documentary about the creation of the world's first time machine, the men who created it, and the unintended ramifications it has on world events.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: slasher, mockumentary, psychotronic
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Escape 2120 (2020)
Plot Summary:
A detached orphan teen escapes to the future in suspended animation, but when he arrives at a natural utopia, he must evade a lynch mob convinced that he's the prophesied Devil's Child.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags:
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The Ugly Little Boy (1977)
Plot Summary:
Edyth Fellows is a nurse recruited for an research project with a time travel device that can snatch any being from any time and bring it to the present. The first such test brings an Neanderthal child to the project and Fellows is responsible for his care for the interim. As she manages this task, Fellows is increasingly revolted at how the scientists dismiss him as little more than an animal, especially when his real intelligence shows. This growing moral dilemma comes to a head when Fellows realizes what they plan to do with him and she cannot stand by and let it happen.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: futuristic
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For All Time (2000)
Plot Summary:
A man facing middle-age and a failing marriage finds a time slip that can take him back to the end of the nineteenth century.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, captivating, melancholic
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I Love You, I Love You (1968)
Plot Summary:
Recovering from an attempted suicide, a man is selected to participate in a time travel experiment that has only been tested on mice. A malfunction in the experiment causes the man to experience moments from his past in a random order.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: existential, disturbing, anthology, avant garde, weird, cult film
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The Penitent Man (2010)
Plot Summary:
The Penitent Man tells the story of psychologist Dr. Jason Pyatt, a man devoted to his work - a man torn from his family. With his struggling marriage and mounting bills, Jason is at a crossroads with the life he has chosen and the life he could have. When one of his clients - the mysterious Mr. Darnell - walks into his office and paints him a repentant tale of future economic and moral collapse, Jason's eyes are forever opened. With the help of his best friend Ovid, he embarks on a personal mission to change the course of his future, and possibly the world, forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, psychological, mind bending, realistic
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Message From The Future (1981)
Plot Summary:
From the year 3005, a delegate from the future arrives in 1985 to convince the present leaders make certain World War III happens, which he guarantees will make for a better future. Having already caused natural disasters and catastrophes by coming back from the future, he now tries to force his message on the world press and TV.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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The Time Tunnel (2006)
Plot Summary:
In 2006, an experiment of the Department of Energy in hot fusion to produce energy releases a storm in time along 240 minutes, changing history. Only the personnel in the core of the laboratory know the true story and now they need to fix points in the history that have been punctually changed. The bureaucrat and former Marine Doug Phillips is a family man that is recruited by his friend Flynn to join an expedition to 1944 due to his great knowledge of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest in Germany. The team formed by Doug, Flynn, Toni Newman, J.D. and Wix is assigned to find a monk from 1546 that has been accidentally transported to the spot and is the carrier of Black Plague.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags:
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The End of Eternity (1987)
Plot Summary:
Directed by Andrei Yermash, and written by Isaac Asimov, Budimir Metalnikov, and Andrei Yermash, «Konets vechnosti» is a 1987 Science Fiction film, starring Oleg Vavilov, Vera Sotnikova, Georgi Zhzhyonov, Sergei Yursky, Gediminas Girdvainis and Boris Ivanov.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 259
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: bizarre
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Paradox (2016)
Plot Summary:
A group of scientists are experimenting with time travel, and they manage to send one of their group ahead in time one hour. But when he comes back, he tells them that they’ll all be dead within the next hour unless they shut the machine down.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, mind bending, grindhouse, surprise ending
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The Yesterday Machine (1965)
Plot Summary:
A Nazi scientist invents a time machine enabling him to go back to alter the events of WWII.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 422
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, bizarre
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I'll Follow You Down (2013)
Plot Summary:
After the disappearance of a young scientist on a business trip, his son and wife struggle to cope, only to make a bizarre discovery years later - one that may bring him home.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, funny, philosophical, suspense, mind bending, psychotronic, independent film
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Extracted (2012)
Plot Summary:
Thomas Jacobs invents a way to watch people's memories from the inside. Going against his morals, he accepts an offer to enter a heroin addict's memories to literally see if he committed a crime. However,a malfunction causes his consciousness to become trapped inside the criminal's mind. He remains a prisoner in the addict's memories for more than four years until he discovers the possibility of escape.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: mind bending, psychological, psychological thriller, suspenseful, confusing, melancholic, futuristic, surreal, twist ending, mind blowing
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Aporia (2023)
Plot Summary:
Since losing her husband, Sophie has struggled to manage grief, a full-time job, and parenting her devastated daughter, but when a former physicist reveals a secret time-bending machine, Sophie will be faced with an impossible choice.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 717
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags:
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Epsilon (1997)
Plot Summary:
In this sci-fi adventure a gorgeous alien woman is sent to Earth by mistake from the planet Epsilon. Landing in the Australian outback she meets a surveyor and they cross the continent together. However, she spends the trip haranguing him for the ecological recklessness and avarice of the human race.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 664
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: spiritual, mysterious, minimal cast, independent film, exciting, offbeat, saga, stylized, semi serious
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The Gateway (2018)
Plot Summary:
A particle physicist grieving over the loss of her husband in a car crash uses a revolutionary machine to bring him back, with dire consequences for her family.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, futuristic, disturbing, interesting
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The Door (2009)
Plot Summary:
A successful artist loses control of his life after his young daughter's death. A chance for a new start appears, but all is not what it seems.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, mind bending, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking
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The Sticky Fingers of Time (1997)
Plot Summary:
A 1950s author (Terumi Matthews) is transported to 1990s Brooklyn, where she meets a woman (Nicole Zaray) who reads about her life.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 483
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sexy, stylized, independent film, mind bending, serious, experimental, contemplative, non-linear, art house, noir
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Synchronicity (2015)
Plot Summary:
In this mind-bending 'Sci-Fi Noir' a daring physicist folds time to travel into the past, trying to stop a mysterious woman from stealing his invention. But once there, he uncovers a surprising truth about the machine, the woman, and his own fractured reality.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspense, futuristic, tricky, atmospheric, stylized, psychological, confusing, mindfuck, mind bending, inspirational
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Time Jumpers (2018)
Plot Summary:
When a young man finds a time machine device, his life spins out of control.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 689
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, futuristic, disturbing, anthology
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James vs. His Future Self (2019)
Plot Summary:
When an uptight time-travelling obsessed young scientist is visited by his nihilistic future self, he's told that he needs to give up his dream of becoming the world's first time traveler, or else. But when he won't go along with the plan, it becomes a wicked battle of man versus himself - literally.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Time Changer (2002)
Plot Summary:
The year is 1890 and Bible professor Russell Carlisle has written a new manuscript entitled "The Changing Times". His colleague, Dr. Norris Anderson, believes that what Carlisle has written could greatly affect the future of coming generations and, using his secret time machine, Anderson sends Carlisle over 100 years into the future, offering him a glimpse of where his beliefs will lead.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: christian film, serious, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, psychological, contemplative, biting, suspense
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The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006)
Plot Summary:
After his girlfriend, Julie and two best friends are killed in a tragic auto accident, Nick struggles to cope with his loss and grief. Suffering from migraine-like seizures, Nick soon discovers that he has the power to change the past via his memories. However, his time-traveling attempts to alter the past and save his one true love have unexpected and dire consequences.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: mind bending, suspense, serious, suspenseful, erotic, mindfuck, thought provoking, absurd, psychological thriller, psychedelic
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Plan B (2017)
Plot Summary:
Et si c'était possible de faire marche arrière dans le temps pour modifier le cours des événements et changer sa destinée? Et si une deuxième chance nous était offerte? Et si c'était possible grâce à Plan B - Le jour où Philippe perd l'amour de sa vie, Evelyne, il découvre une invraisemblable compagnie du nom de Plan B qui offre la possibilité de revenir dans le passé. Après un premier essai fructueux, Philippe réalise l'immense pouvoir que lui donne ce stratagème. Il voudra donc aussi s'en servir au profit de son cabinet d'avocats qu'il possède avec son associé/ami/beau-frère Patrice et pour remettre son frère André sur le droit chemin. Mais Philippe réalisera qu'un choix nouveau, aussi minime soit-il, a des répercussions aussi incontrôlables qu'insoupçonnées sur sa vie et celle des autres. Plus rien ne sera sans conséquence. Le jeu en vaut-il la chandelle? Valait-il mieux accepter son véritable destin?.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing, anthology
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Predestination (2014)
Plot 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.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 298000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, clever, confusing, twist ending, philosophical, mind bending, thought provoking, stylized, mind blowing, cerebral
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Time Freak (2018)
Plot Summary:
Stillman, a heartbroken physics student builds a time machine when his girlfriend Debbie breaks up with him. Going back in time, Stillman attempts to fix every mistake he made to save their relationship, while dragging his best friend, Evan, along in the process.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: romantic, sweet, psychological, family comedy, romantic comedy, surprise ending, light, feel good
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Project Almanac (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, futuristic, absurd, clever, tricky, serious, suspenseful, mind bending, cerebral
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Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)
Plot Summary:
Three men walk into a bar; two geeks and a cynic. They are three ordinary blokes who all have dreams and hopes for an exciting and better future.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, entertaining, tricky, witty, exciting, not serious, surreal, mindfuck, apocalyptic
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Primer (2004)
Plot Summary:
Friends and fledgling entrepreneurs invent a device in their garage which reduces the apparent mass of any object placed inside it, but they discover that it has some highly unexpected capabilities - ones that could enable them to do and to have seemingly anything they want. Taking advantage of this unique opportunity is the first challenge they face. Dealing with the consequences is the next.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: psychological, philosophical, surreal, independent film, mind bending, confusing, thought provoking, enigmatic, clever, mindfuck