What are the best time travel movies? Time travel is a fascinating topic. Our literature has exploited this fascinating topic thousands of time and almost every time it gave thrill to the fans and critics alike. It was the concept of time travel that gave rise to the science fiction genre in literature and movies both. History has hundreds of example were science fiction genre paved way to real life inventions of gadgets and advance technology. But sadly time travel is yet one topic that human kind is not able to solve.
However, our cinema knows how much people around the globe like the idea of time travel and that is why it is full of movies on this topic. The idea of time travel was first mentioned in Indian epic Mahabharta but it was later pioneered by authors like HG wells (in the novel The Time Machine) and Jules Verne. Hollywood soon adapted this hit formula and made blockbuster films.
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Good Movies About Time Travel
Here we have compiled a list of best time travel movies. Even though there are thousands of movies on time travel but only few made impact on the mind of audience and were also meaningful. Many of the movies listed here had main plot revolving around time travel but you might find few movies that had time travel as sub-theme. Check out this list of 70 greatest movies based on time traveling:
70. The Last Mimzy
Director – Robert Shaye
Cast – Michael Clarke Duncan, Kathryn Hahn, Timothy Hutton, Chris O’Neil, Rainn Wilson
IMDB Rating – 6.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 54%
Release Date – 23 March 2007
Box Office – $27.5 million
Genre – Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
69. Click
Director – Frank Coraci
Cast – Henry Winkler, Julie Kavner, Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, Sean Astin
IMDB Rating – 6.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 45%
Release Date – 22 June 2006
Box Office – $237.7 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
68. Highlander
Director – Russell Mulcahy
Cast – Clancy Brown, Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Roxanne Hart
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 68%
Release Date – 7 March 1986
Box Office – $12.9 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
67. If Only
Director – Gil Junger
Cast – Tom Wilkinson, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Lucy Davenport Paul Nicholls
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – 15 July 2004
Box Office – $532,673
Genre – Comedy, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
66. Paycheck
Director – John Woo
Cast – Uma Thurman, Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Michael C. Hall, Paul Giamatti, Joe Morton, Colm Feore
IMDB Rating – 6.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 27%
Release Date – 25 December 2003
Box Office – $96 million
Genre – Action, Mystery,
Awards – None
Plot –
65. Prince of Persia: The Sand of Time
Director – Mike Newell
Cast – Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina, Jake Gyllenhaal
IMDB Rating – 6.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 37%
Release Date – 28 May 2010
Box Office – $336.4 million
Genre – Action, Adventure
Awards – None
Plot –
64. Land of The Lost
Director – Brad Silberling
Cast – Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, Jorma Taccone, Anna Friel
IMDB Rating – 5.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 26%
Release Date – 5 June 2009
Box Office – $68.8 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Comedy
Awards – None
Plot –
63. The Kid
Director – Jon Turteltaub
Cast – Emily Mortimer, Bruce Willis, Spencer Breslin, Chi McBride, Lily Tomlin
IMDB Rating – 6.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 49%
Release Date – 7 July 2000
Box Office – $110.3 million
Genre – Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
62. 2046
Director – 29 September 2004
Cast – Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, Bird Thongchai McIntyre, Maggie Cheung, Chang Chen, Faye Wong
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 86%
Release Date – Wong Kar-wai
Box Office – $19,470,239
Genre – Drama, Romance
Awards – None
Plot –
61. The Family Man
Director – Brett Ratner
Cast – Don Cheadle, Nicolas Cage, Jeremy Piven, Saul Rubinek
IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 53%
Release Date – 22 December 2000
Box Office – $124.7 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
60. Forever Young
Director – Steve Miner
Cast – George Wendt, Jamie Lee Curtis, Isabel Glasser, Mel Gibson, Elijah Wood,
IMDB Rating – 6.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 57%
Release Date – 16 December 1992
Box Office – $128 million
Genre – Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
Plot –
59. The Forbidden Kingdom
Director – Rob Minkoff
Cast – Jackie Chan, Li Bingbing, Jet Li, Li Bingbing, Collin Chou
IMDB Rating – 6.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 64%
Release Date – 2 May 2008
Box Office – $128 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
58. The Final Countdown
Director – Don Taylor
Cast – Katharine Ross, Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Charles Durning, James Farentino
IMDB Rating – 6.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 44%
Release Date – 1 August 1980
Box Office – $16,647,800
Genre – Action, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
Plot –
57. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
Director – Tay Garnett
Cast – William Bendix, Rhonda Fleming, Bing Crosby, Sir Cedric Hardwicke
IMDB Rating – 6.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 50%
Release Date – 18 April 1949
Box Office – $3 million
Genre – Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
56. Slaughterhouse Five
Director – George Roy Hill
Cast – Valerie Perrine, Ron Leibman, Michael Sacks
IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 77%
Release Date – 15 March 1972
Box Office – $1 Million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
Plot –
55. Les Visiteurs
Director – Jean-Marie Poiré
Cast – Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Isabelle Nanty, Didier Pain, Valérie Lemercier
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 31%
Release Date – 1 January 1993
Box Office – $98.8 million
Genre – Comedy, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
54. Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD
Director – Gordon Flemyng
Cast – Ray Brooks, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, Andrew Keir, Jill Curzon, Roberta Tovey
IMDB Rating – 6.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 80%
Release Date – 5 August 1966
Box Office – $286,000
Genre – Family, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
Plot –
53. La Jeete
Director – Chris Marker
Cast – Jacques Ledoux, Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – 16 February 1962
Box Office – $1 Million
Genre – Short, Drama, Romance
Awards – None
Plot –
52. Time Crimes
Director – Nacho Vigalondo
Cast – Candela Fernández, Karra Elejalde, Bárbara Goenaga, Nacho Vigalondo
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – 16 November 2007
Box Office – $564,474
Genre – Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
Plot –
Director – Vincent Ward
Cast – Paul Livingston, Marshall Napier, Jay Laga’aiam, Chris Haywood
IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 86%
Release Date – 15 December 1988
Box Office – $480,344
Genre – Action, Adventure, Drama
Awards – None
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