The 15 Best Time Travel Movies of All Time

Paradox-twisting brain-benders, blockbuster thrill rides, and tender romances all bend the clock here, from the 1960s to today. Which one wins?

1

Back to the Future

Robert Zemeckis' beloved 1985 adventure sending Marty McFly to 1955 in a DeLorean.

1000pts

2

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

The 1989 comedy sending two slackers across history in a phone-booth time machine.

600pts

3

The Terminator

James Cameron's 1984 sci-fi thriller about a cyborg sent back to kill the future resistance leader's mother.

494pts

4

Predestination

The Spierig Brothers' 2014 thriller built on a dizzying temporal paradox starring Ethan Hawke.

494pts

5

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Cameron's 1991 sequel with a reprogrammed Terminator protecting young John Connor.

428pts

6

Source Code

Duncan Jones' 2011 thriller looping a soldier through the last eight minutes before a bombing.

428pts

7

Looper

Rian Johnson's 2012 neo-noir where hitmen kill targets sent back from the future.

350pts

8

Groundhog Day

The 1993 comedy classic trapping Bill Murray in an endlessly repeating day.

350pts

9

Edge of Tomorrow

Doug Liman's 2014 sci-fi action film where Tom Cruise relives a deadly alien battle.

350pts

10

About Time

Richard Curtis' 2013 romantic dramedy about a man who can relive moments of his life.

257pts

11

Planet of the Apes

The 1968 sci-fi classic whose astronauts discover the shattering truth of where they've landed.

257pts

12

Primer

Shane Carruth's intricate 2004 indie about engineers who accidentally build a time machine.

257pts

13

Donnie Darko

Richard Kelly's 2001 cult mind-bender about a troubled teen, a doomsday vision, and a giant rabbit.

257pts

14

12 Monkeys

Terry Gilliam's 1995 dystopian thriller about a prisoner sent back to stop a pandemic.

143pts

15

Interstellar

Christopher Nolan's 2014 epic bending relativity, time dilation, and a tesseract across the cosmos.

143pts