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Watch It's Guide to Time Travel Movies
With Looper opening in theaters this week, we present our thorough guide to time travel movies. Get lost in space and time as you queue up and watch these great cinematic time travel adventures.
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12 Monkeys
12 Monkeys
1995 | 130 Minutes | RDirected by:Terry Gilliam
Starring:Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Christopher Plummer, and Jon Seda
Genre: Sci Fi
An intense film about time travel, this sci-fi entry was directed by Terry Gilliam, a member of t...
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Back to the Future
Back to the Future
1985 | 116 Minutes | PGDirected by:Robert Zemeckis
Starring:Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson, and Thomas F. Wilson
Genre: Comedy
Contemporary high schooler Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) doesn't have the most pleasant of lives. ...
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A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
1951 | 86 Minutes | NRDirected by:Brian Desmond Hurst
Starring:Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns, Jack Warner, and Michael Hordern
Genre: Drama
Widely considered to be the definitive of the many film versions of Charles Dickens' classic nove...
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Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day
1993 | 101 Minutes | PGDirected by:Harold Ramis
Starring:Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Brian Doyle-Murray
Genre: Comedy
Bill Murray plays Phil, a TV weatherman working for a local station in Pennsylvania but convinced...
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Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes
1968 | 112 Minutes | GDirected by:Franklin J. Schaffner
Starring:Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, and James Whitmore
Genre: Sci Fi
Originally intended as a project for Blake Edwards, the film version of Pierre Boule's semisatiri...
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986 | 119 Minutes | PGDirected by:Leonard Nimoy
Starring:William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, and George Takei
Genre: Sci Fi
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) concludes the story arc begun with Star Trek II: The Wrath o...
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The Terminator
The Terminator
1984 | 105 Minutes | RDirected by:James Cameron
Starring:Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield, and Lance Henriksen
Genre: Sci Fi
Endlessly imitated, The Terminator made the reputation of cowriter/director James Cameron -- who ...
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Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 | 136 Minutes | RDirected by:James Cameron
Starring:Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, and Earl Boen
Genre: Sci Fi
A sequel to the sci-fi action thriller that made him and star Arnold Schwarzenegger A-list Hollyw...
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Time After Time
Time After Time
1979 | 112 Minutes | PGDirected by:Nicholas Meyer
Starring:Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen, Charles Cioffi, and Laurie Main
Genre: Sci Fi
It's H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) versus Jack the Ripper (David Warner) in the fanciful Time Aft...
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The Time Machine
The Time Machine
1960 | 103 Minutes | GDirected by:George Pal
Starring:Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot, Alan Young, and Tom Helmore
Genre: Sci Fi
In George Pal's version of the H.G. Wells classic, Rod Taylor stars as George, a young scientist ...
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Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999 | 110 Minutes | PG-13Directed by:Jay Roach
Starring:Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Michael York, Robert Wagner, and Rob Lowe
Genre: Comedy
Austin Powers -- fashion photographer, denizen of Swingin' London, international espionage agent,...
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Click
Click
2006 | 107 Minutes | PG-13Directed by:Frank Coraci
Starring:Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, David Hasselhoff, and Henry Winkler
Genre: Comedy
A workaholic architect, frustrated in his job but determined to make a better life for his family...
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Deja Vu
Deja Vu
2006 | 126 Minutes | PG-13Directed by:Tony Scott
Starring:Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Paula Patton, Jim Caviezel, and Adam Goldberg
Genre: Sci Fi
Adrenaline-loving director Tony Scott teams with iconic action producer Jerry Bruckheimer for thi...
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Frequency
Frequency
2000 | 118 Minutes | PG-13Directed by:Gregory Hoblit
Starring:Dennis Quaid, James Caviezel, Shawn Doyle, Andre Braugher, and Elizabeth Mitchell
Genre: Fantasy
Known more for his dark, psychological crime thrillers Primal Fear (1996) and Fallen (1998), dire...
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Hot Tub Time Machine
Hot Tub Time Machine
2010 | 99 Minutes | RDirected by:Steve Pink
Starring:John Cusack, Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry, Clark Duke, and Crispin Glover
Genre: Comedy
Disappointed at the way their lives have turned out, four longtime friends reunite at the ski res...
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Looper
Looper
2012 | 118 Minutes | RDirected by:Rian Johnson
Starring:Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, and Noah Segan
A hired gun from the future discovers that his greatest adversary is himself in this twisting sci...
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Men in Black 3
Men in Black 3
2012 | 105 Minutes | PG-13Directed by:Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring:Will Smith, Alice Eve, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, and Emma Thompson
The Men in Black are back, and this time Agent J (Will Smith) must take a trip into the past in o...
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Midnight in Paris
Midnight in Paris
2011 | 94 Minutes | PG-13Directed by:Woody Allen
Starring:Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, and Carla Bruni
Genre: Comedy
Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, and Carla Bruni star in Woody Allen's...
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Minority Report
Minority Report
2002 | 145 Minutes | PG-13Directed by:Steven Spielberg
Starring:Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow, and Lois Smith
Genre: Sci Fi
Based on a short story by the late Philip K. Dick, this science fiction-thriller reflects the wri...
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Premonition
Premonition
2007 | 110 Minutes | PG-13Directed by:Mennan Yapo
Starring:Sandra Bullock, Julian McMahon, Nia Long, Amber Valletta, and Peter Stormare
Genre: Fantasy
Devastated upon receiving the news that her husband has been killed in a tragic car accident, a w...
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Source Code
Source Code
2011 | 93 Minutes | PG-13Directed by:Duncan Jones
Starring:Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright, and Michael Arden
Genre: Sci Fi
Jake Gyllenhaal headlines this sci-fi time-travel thriller directed by Moon's Duncan Jones from a...
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Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: First Contact
1996 | 120 Minutes | PG-13Directed by:Jonathan Frakes
Starring:Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Michael Dorn
Genre: Sci Fi
The first "Trek" film to feature the cast of the Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series without...
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Star Trek
Star Trek
2009 | 126 Minutes | PG-13Directed by:J.J. Abrams
Starring:Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, and Karl Urban
Genre: Sci Fi
Mission: Impossible III director and Alias creator J.J. Abrams resurrects the classic science fic...
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Timecop
Timecop
1994 | 99 Minutes | RDirected by:Peter Hyams
Starring:Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ron Silver, Mia Sara, Bruce McGill, and Gloria Reuben
Genre: Action/Adventure
Based on a comic book story, this futuristic film follows the time-travel exploits of policeman M...
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Timeline
Timeline
2003 | 116 Minutes | PG-13Directed by:Richard Donner
Starring:Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor, Gerard Butler, Billy Connolly, and David Thewlis
Genre: Fantasy
Directing his first film since 1998's Lethal Weapon 4, Richard Donner helmed this big-budget adap...
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Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko
2001 | 112 Minutes | RDirected by:Richard Kelly
Starring:Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Drew Barrymore, and Patrick Swayze
Genre: Fantasy
Donnie (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a bright and charming high-school student who also has a dark and wil...
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FAQ About Time Travel
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
2009 | 83 Minutes | NRDirected by:Gareth Carrivick
Starring:Chris O'Dowd, Marc Wootton, Dean Lennox Kelly, Anna Faris, and Meredith MacNeill
Genre: Sci Fi
After cutting his teeth on a number of television projects for the BBC, director Gareth Carrivick...
Happy Accidents
Happy Accidents
2000 | 106 Minutes | RDirected by:Brad Anderson
Starring:Vincent D'Onofrio, Marisa Tomei, Nadia Dajani, and Holland Taylor
Genre: Comedy
Is Ruby Weaver's Mr. Right really an emissary from the year 2,470, or is he just a complete loon ...
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The Jacket
The Jacket
2005 | 107 Minutes | RDirected by:John Maybury
Starring:Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Daniel Craig
Genre: Mystery & Suspense
A troubled war veteran tries to unlock his memories of a terrible crime in this stylish thriller,...
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La Jetee
La Jetee
1962 | 30 Minutes | NRDirected by:Chris Marker
Starring:Davos Hanich, Hélène Chatelain, and Jacques Ledoux
Genre: Drama
The movie that inspired Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys, Chris Marker's La jetée is a landmark of scie...
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Mr. Nobody
Mr. Nobody
2009 | 148 Minutes | NRDirected by:Jaco Van Dormael
Starring:Jared Leto, Diane Kruger, Sarah Polley, Linh Dan Pham, and Rhys Ifans
Genre: Sci Fi
A man close to death ponders the many lives he might have led in this fantasy from director and s...
Primer
Primer
2004 | 78 Minutes | PG-13Directed by:Shane Carruth
Starring:Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya, and Carrie Crawford
Genre: Mystery & Suspense
The debut feature from filmmaker Shane Carruth -- who wrote, directed, photographed, edited, scor...
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Safety Not Guaranteed
Safety Not Guaranteed
2011 | 85 Minutes | RDirected by:Colin Trevorrow
Starring:Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, and Karan Soni
Three magazine employees are sent to investigate a personal advertisement placed in the newspaper...
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Timecrimes
Timecrimes
2007 | 88 Minutes | RDirected by:Nacho Vigalondo
Starring:Karra Elejalde, Candela Fernández, Nacho Vigalondo, and Barbara Goenaga
Genre: Sci Fi
An ordinary guy takes an extraordinary step through time in this science fiction thriller. Hector...
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Army of Darkness
Army of Darkness
1992 | 81 Minutes | RDirected by:Sam Raimi
Starring:Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie, and Richard Grove
Genre: Mystery & Suspense
The third in director Sam Raimi's stylish, comic book-like horror trilogy that began with The Evi...
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Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part II
1989 | 108 Minutes | PGDirected by:Robert Zemeckis
Starring:Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, and Harry Waters Jr.
Genre: Comedy
Things have barely settled from the excitement and resolve of the original Back to the Future, wh...
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Back to the Future Part III
Back to the Future Part III
1990 | 118 Minutes | PGDirected by:Robert Zemeckis
Starring:Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F. Wilson, and Lea Thompson
Genre: Comedy
The final installment in the Back to the Future trilogy picks up where the second film left off, ...
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Escape From the Planet of the Apes
1971 | 98 Minutes | GDirected by:Don Taylor
Starring:Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, and Natalie Trundy
Genre: Sci Fi
Escape From the Planet of the Apes is the third in the series of films based upon the Planet of t...
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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972 | 90 Minutes | PGDirected by:J. Lee Thompson
Starring:Roddy McDowall, Don Murray, Natalie Trundy, Ricardo Montalban, and Hari Rhodes
Genre: Sci Fi
The fourth Planet of the Apes film is set in 1991, 20 years since the assassination of talking, t...
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The Final Countdown
The Final Countdown
1980 | 104 Minutes | PGDirected by:Don Taylor
Starring:Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, and Ron O'Neal
Genre: Sci Fi
The USS Nimitz, a modern-day nuclear-powered aircraft carrier captained by Kirk Douglas, passes t...
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The Flight of the Navigator
Flight of the Navigator
1986 | 90 Minutes | PGDirected by:Randal Kleiser
Starring:Joey Cramer, Veronica Cartwright, Cliff De Young, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Howard Hesseman
Genre: Sci Fi
The year is 1978: 12-year-old David Freeman (Joey Cramer), playing in the woods near his home, is...
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The Philadelphia Experiment
The Philadelphia Experiment
1984 | 102 Minutes | PGDirected by:Stewart Raffill
Starring:Michael Pare, Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Eric Christmas, and Kene Holliday
Genre: Sci Fi
This science fiction thriller was inspired by a mythical real-life event, the WWII era disappeara...
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Scrooged
Scrooged
1988 | 120 Minutes | PG-13Directed by:Richard Donner
Starring:Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, John Glover, and Bobcat Goldthwait
Genre: Comedy
A darkly comic and surreal contemporization of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, this effects-...
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Time Bandits
Time Bandits
1981 | 115 Minutes | PGDirected by:Terry Gilliam
Starring:John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond, and Ian Holm
Genre: Fantasy
A young boy joins a group of renegade dwarves on an unpredictable journey through time in this hu...
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 | 142 Minutes | PGDirected by:Alfonso Cuaron
Starring:Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, David Thewlis, and Gary Oldman
Genre: Fantasy
After directing the first two movies in the Harry Potter franchise, Chris Columbus opted to serve...
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Jumanji
Jumanji
1995 | 104 Minutes | PGDirected by:Joe Johnston, J. Johnston
Starring:Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce, and Bebe Neuwirth
Genre: Fantasy
Jumanji is a visually elaborate fantasy about an enchanted board game that opens a magical portal...
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Just Visiting
Just Visiting
2001 | 90 Minutes | PG-13Directed by:Jean-Marie Poiré
Starring:Jean Reno, Christina Applegate, Christian Clavier, Malcolm McDowell, and Matt Ross
Genre: Comedy
Lots of people find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time, but this comic fantasy takes...
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The Kid
The Kid
2000 | 105 Minutes | PGDirected by:Jon Turteltaub
Starring:Bruce Willis, Spencer Breslin, Emily Mortimer, Lily Tomlin, and Jean Smart
Genre: Fantasy
If you could talk to the child that you used to be, what advice would you give him? That question...
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Land of the Lost
Land of the Lost
2009 | 92 Minutes | PG-13Directed by:Brad Silberling
Starring:Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride, Jorma Taccone, and John Boylan
Genre: Action/Adventure
This big-screen adaptation of Land of the Lost stars Will Ferrell as Dr. Rick Marshall, a quantum...
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The Last Mimzy
The Last Mimzy
2007 | 94 Minutes | PGDirected by:Robert Shaye
Starring:Chris O'Neil, Joely Richardson, Timothy Hutton, Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, and Kathryn Hahn
Genre: Fantasy
New Line Cinema founder Robert Shaye's directorial debut, the family-friendly science-fiction tal...
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Meet the Robinsons
Meet the Robinsons
2007 | 96 Minutes | GDirected by:Stephen J. Anderson
Starring:
Genre: Sci Fi
An orphan who dreams of someday finding a family to call his own finds his fate taking an unexpec...
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The Muppet Christmas Carol
The Muppet Christmas Carol
1992 | 85 Minutes | GDirected by:Brian Henson
Starring:Michael Caine
Genre: Fantasy
Brian Henson, the son of Muppet founder Jim Henson, took over directing duties after the untimely...
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Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
2011 | 89 Minutes | PGDirected by:Robert Rodriguez
Starring:Jessica Alba, Joel McHale, Jeremy Piven, Alexa Vega, and Daryl Sabara
Genre: Action/Adventure
A retired spy-turned-full-time homemaker attempts to stop a power-mad supervillain from taking ov...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
1993 | 96 Minutes | PGDirected by:Stuart Gillard
Starring:Elias Koteas, Paige Turco, Stuart Wilson, Sab Shimono, and Vivian Wu
Genre: Action/Adventure
This third film in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series finds the half-shelled ninjas travelin...
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13 Going on 30
13 Going on 30
2004 | 98 Minutes | PG-13Directed by:Gary Winick
Starring:Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer, Christa B. Allen, and Sean Marquette
Genre: Comedy
Thirteen-year-old Jenna (Shana Dowdeswell) has had enough with the trials of adolescence. In addi...
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Forever Young
Forever Young
1992 | 102 Minutes | PGDirected by:Steve Miner
Starring:Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood, Isabel Glasser, and George Wendt
Genre: Comedy Drama
A man undergoes a scientific experiment that causes him to wake up after 50 years without aging a...
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Kate & Leopold
Kate & Leopold
2001 | 118 Minutes | PG-13Directed by:James Mangold
Starring:Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Breckin Meyer, and Natasha Lyonne
Genre: Comedy
Filmmaker James Mangold follows his Oscar-winning drama Girl, Interrupted (1999) with this whimsi...
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The Lake House
The Lake House
2006 | 105 Minutes | PGDirected by:Alejandro Agresti
Starring:Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Dylan Walsh, and Christopher Plummer
Genre: Fantasy
Two people develop an unusual relationship that bends the boundaries of time and place in this ro...
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Peggy Sue Got Married
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986 | 104 Minutes | PG-13Directed by:Francis Ford Coppola
Starring:Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks, and Joan Allen
Genre: Comedy Drama
During her 25th high school class reunion, middle-aged Peggy Sue (Kathleen Turner) tries to forge...
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The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife
2009 | 108 Minutes | PG-13Directed by:Robert Schwentke
Starring:Rachel McAdams, Eric Bana, Arliss Howard, Ron Livingston, and Stephen Tobolowsky
Genre: Drama
A Chicago librarian suffers from a rare genetic disorder that sends him hurtling through time whe...
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Somewhere in Time
Somewhere in Time
1980 | 103 Minutes | PGDirected by:Jeannot Szwarc
Starring:Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, and Teresa Wright
Genre: Drama
Christopher Reeve got away from Superman and related costume roles in this dramatic fantasy film,...
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