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If you had the means to travel in time, where would you go?
The past, or the future?
At least some of them happen to be - ahem,timelessclassics.
Wells are some of the earliest and most popular uses of time travel in sci-fi.
The Time Machine (1960)
It should be no surprise that the first feature film adaptation of H.G.
But JCVD is in top form in Peter Hyams' corny ’90s gem.
Washington plays a special agent who goes back in time to prevent a terrorist attack in New Orleans.
and “Party on, dudes!”
then you have Bill and Ted to thank.
With the help of an enigmatic figure - played by the legendary George Carlin - Bill S. Preston Esq.
Dennis grows alarmed when his daughter goes missing at a party where Synchronic was rampant.
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Oh, behave!
Kate & Leopold (2001)
Can love transcend time?
While adjusting to the 21st century, he begins wooing a successful but lonely ad executive (Ryan).
Domnhall Gleeson plays an ordinary man who inherits a remarkable family power: the power to travel in time.
(The only catch: They can only travel intheirlived timeline, and never forwards.)
Teenage science prodigies and best friends C.J.
’s brother, who was killed by a racist police officer.
But in trying to save her family, C.J.
finds unforeseen problems in trying to alter the past.
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
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Time After Time (1979)
Nicholas Meyer pays tribute to the granddaddy of time travel storytelling, H.G.
Wells, with his delectable time travel fantasy Time After Time.
Malcolm McDowell plays H.G.
Wells and Jack the Ripper exploring a most alien environment loaded with fast food chains and disco nightclubs.
Under hypnosis, Reeve’s character ends up in 1912 and tries to find and woo the woman.
He succeeds, but we won’t spoil the devastating ending.
While the movie endured bad reviews during its original release, it has since become a beloved romantic classic.
12 Monkeys (1995)
Terry Gilliam is no stranger to science fiction and time travel stories.
One of his most successful Hollywood films to date is still the 1995 classic 12 Monkeys.
In 2015, a hit TV series remake premiered on Syfy.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Time travel isn’t exclusive to science fiction.
Enter: Source Code, from director Duncan Jones.
Tenet (2020)
Christopher Nolan is a filmmaker obsessed with time as a thematic motif.
But in 2020, Nolan was in top form with his summer sci-fi Tenet.
A lot of people were.
Despite numerous sequels, nothing can top the tech-noir transcendence of the first two Terminator entries.
