Time loop movies and shows
Who wouldn't want to relive a relevant moment in their past? But what happens when this is a forceful event subjecting you to and endless cycle of repetition of the same day over and over again? I have a weakness for time loop stories and I'm trying to make a complete list of all the material out there. Please feel free to recommend other titles which I might have missed.
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- DirectorDean IsraeliteStarsAmy LandeckerSofia Black-D'EliaVirginia GardnerA group of teens discovers secret plans for a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.
- DirectorDennis IliadisStarsRhys WakefieldLogan MillerAshley HinshawThree college friends hit the biggest party of the year, where a mysterious phenomenon disrupts the night, quickly descending into a chaos that challenges their friendships - and whether they can stay alive.This is a movie I have watched twice already but I could watch again and again. It has something quite peculiar in it.
- DirectorGareth CarrivickStarsChris O'DowdMarc WoottonDean Lennox KellyWhile drinking at their local pub, three social outcasts attempt to navigate a time-travel conundrum.Way overrated, if you ask me. To say (like many in the reviews have) that this is the Shawn of the dead of sci-fi constitutes in itself a time loop, one in which the viewers' perception has been affected by the typical star wars nerd cliché, hybrid men playing the dumb and dumber, a total lack of imagination to come up with interesting time paradoxes, lack of witty dialogue and all in all characters that we have seen in so many movies before that they have nothing new to offer. Nothing memmorable here, just the title, which, btw, is not even exploited in the movie.
- DirectorTony ScottStarsDenzel WashingtonPaula PattonJim CaviezelAfter a ferry is bombed in New Orleans, an A.T.F. agent joins a unique investigation using experimental surveillance technology to find the bomber, but soon finds himself becoming obsessed with one of the victims.
- DirectorRian JohnsonStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittBruce WillisEmily BluntIn 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassination.
- DirectorChristopher SmithStarsMelissa GeorgeJoshua McIvorJack TaylorFive friends set sail and their yacht is overturned by a strange and sudden storm. A mysterious ship arrives to rescue them, and what happens next cannot be explained.I've watched this three times seeking the circularity in it, but at some point my mind blows and I lose track of the beginning and the end. Perhaps because there is a moment in which (spoiler alert) Melissa George's character claims to be having a deja vu moment, which makes you wonder if it's a script plot hole, a mistake, proof that she is actually an absolut psycho or evidence that every paralellism is mixed within each other with no apparent time chronology, thus leading to discard the circularity and choose paradigms instead.
- DirectorJames Ward ByrkitStarsEmily BaldoniMaury SterlingNicholas BrendonStrange things begin to happen when a group of friends gather for a dinner party on an evening when a comet is passing overhead.If you watch this from a quantum perspective, it's a masterpiece.
- DirectorNacho VigalondoStarsKarra ElejaldeCandela FernándezBárbara GoenagaA man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.
- DirectorDuncan JonesStarsJake GyllenhaalMichelle MonaghanVera FarmigaA soldier wakes up in someone else's body and discovers he's part of an experimental government program to find the bomber of a commuter train within 8 minutes.
- DirectorPaul CurrieStarsMichiel HuismanTeresa PalmerSam ReidA man's life is derailed when an ominous pattern of events repeats itself in exactly the same manner every day, ending at precisely 2:22 p.m.
- CreatorBridget CarpenterStarsJames FrancoSarah GadonGeorge MacKayJake Epping, a teacher, gets a chance to travel back in time to avert the death of John F. Kennedy. However, history's aversion to alteration and his love for the era and a woman endanger him.
- DirectorShane CarruthStarsShane CarruthDavid SullivanCasey GoodenFour friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention.
- DirectorHarold RamisStarsBill MurrayAndie MacDowellChris ElliottA narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.
- DirectorRichard GrayStarsJoseph CrossBriana EviganRafi GavronA group of young friends make an incomprehensible discovery in an abandoned mine, but the more they try to change the future, the more they seal their fate.
- DirectorCarl BessaiStarsDustin MilliganAmanda CrewRichard de KlerkThree twenty-somethings find themselves in an impossible time loop, where each day they awaken to the same terrifying day as the preceding one.
- DirectorJack HellerStarsKatherine WaterstonScott EastwoodSara PaxtonThree strangers arrive one by one at a mysterious cabin in the middle of nowhere only to learn they've been brought together for a reason.
- DirectorJack SholderStarsHelen SlaterJonathan SilvermanNicolas SurovyA man likes a woman at work. He sees her get murdered. He gets drunk and zapped at 12:01AM. Next morning she's back and everything is exactly like the day before. The time loops gives him chances to save her.
- DirectorTom TykwerStarsFranka PotenteMoritz BleibtreuHerbert KnaupAfter a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.When I watched this movie for the first time, I was an idiot teenager who, of course, couldn't help running from the theatre back home like a total moron.
- DirectorDoug LimanStarsTom CruiseEmily BluntBill PaxtonA soldier fighting aliens gets to relive the same day over and over again, the day restarting every time he dies.
- DirectorEric BressJ. Mackye GruberStarsAshton KutcherAmy SmartMelora WaltersEvan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal.
- DirectorBradley KingStarsDanielle PanabakerMatt O'LearyGeorge FinnThree friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures twenty-four hours into the future, and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.
- DirectorMichael HurstStarsZoë BellMalik YobaAdam HussA time machine's tested first time by a man in the team traveling 1 hour into the future. He returns to warn them against killings in the next hour. Is it possible to change things in the "past"? Twist after twist follow.
- DirectorTony ElliottStarsRobbie AmellRachael TaylorShaun BensonTrapped in a lab and stuck in a time loop, a disoriented couple fends off masked raiders while harboring a new energy source that could save humanity.
- DirectorChristopher LandonStarsJessica RotheIsrael BroussardRuby ModineA college student must relive the day of her murder over and over again, in a loop that will end only when she discovers her killer's identity.
- DirectorRichard CurtisStarsDomhnall GleesonRachel McAdamsBill NighyAt the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think.
- DirectorAlejandro AgrestiStarsKeanu ReevesSandra BullockChristopher PlummerA lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside house begins to exchange love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.
- DirectorGregory HoblitStarsDennis QuaidJim CaviezelShawn DoyleAn accidental cross-time radio link connects father and son across 30 years. The son tries to save his father's life, but then must fix the consequences.
- DirectorGlenn TriggsStarsChris GibsonDafna KronentalDavid MacraeA young man discovers a hole in the floor of a local motel that leads to yesterday.
- DirectorAnno SaulStarsMads MikkelsenJessica SchwarzValeria EisenbartA 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.AKA The door. A very good German film starring one of the best Danish actors ever. A must see.
- DirectorLee TamahoriStarsNicolas CageJulianne MooreJessica BielA Las Vegas magician who can see into the future is pursued by FBI agents seeking to use his abilities to prevent a nuclear terrorist attack.Technically, it's not a real time loop movie because the main character isn't repeating events in real life, but since he lives them in his mind before they happen, it might as well work as a time repetition for us viewers who see most of the events twice.
- DirectorVincenzo NataliStarsAbigail BreslinPeter OuterbridgeMichelle NoldenA teenager is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time. She must uncover the truth, but her actions have consequences for herself and others.
- DirectorKim MannersStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesJim BeaverSam relives the same day over and over, continually having to deal with Dean's death.
- DirectorKim MannersStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiA woman desperately attempts to change the outcome of the events of a day she is forced to relive again and again in which her boyfriend explodes a bomb during a failed bank robbery killing everyone inside, including Mulder and Scully.Mulder relives a bank robbery once and again until...
- DirectorNick MarckStarsSarah Michelle GellarNicholas BrendonEmma Caulfield FordBuffy's powers are tested by Andrew, Jonathan and Warren, who seek to expose and exploit her weaknesses in an effort to destroy her.The evil trio of Andrew, Jonathan and Warren, create time loops for Buffy, what makes her daily struggle more complicated.
- DirectorMichael TiddesStarsMarlon WayansRegina HallDennis HaysbertNervous about finally getting married, a guy is forced to relive the same nerve-wracking hours over and over again until he gets things right on his wedding day.
- DirectorMennan YapoStarsSandra BullockJulian McMahonAmber VallettaA depressed woman learns that her husband was killed in a car accident the previous day, then awakens the next morning to find him alive and well at home; then awakens the day after that to find that he's dead.
- DirectorRichard KellyStarsJake GyllenhaalJena MaloneMary McDonnellAfter narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
- DirectorJohn R. LeonettiStarsEric LivelyErica DuranceDustin MilliganNick Larson discovers a supernatural way to alter his life and travel back in time to key moments in his life by looking at photographs.
- DirectorSeth GrossmanStarsChris CarmackRachel MinerMelissa JonesSam Reide uses his power to time travel to solve the mystery of his girlfriend's death.
- CreatorTravis FickettTerry MatalasStarsAaron StanfordAmanda SchullNoah BeanFollows the journey of a time traveler from the post-apocalyptic future who appears in present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will nearly destroy the human race.A dreadful show as farther away as possible in quality, script, acting, tension, etc from the original.
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsBruce WillisMadeleine StoweBrad PittIn a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.
- DirectorMatthew ParkhillStarsRachelle LefevreStephen MoyerLorna RaverA young divorcee is getting her life back together by moving into an apartment. But what will she do when a strange person repeatedly calls her, and threatens to change her new life around?
- DirectorTony ElliottStarsRobbie AmellRachael TaylorShaun BensonTrapped in a lab and stuck in a time loop, a disoriented couple fends off masked raiders while harboring a new energy source that could save humanity.
- DirectorRachel TalalayStarsPeter CapaldiJenna ColemanJami Reid-QuarrellTrapped in a world unlike any other he has seen, the Doctor faces the greatest challenge of his many lives. One final test. And he must face it alone...
- DirectorThomas YatskoStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonLance ReddickThe Fringe team investigate a train full of people who died in a mysterious way. Olivia and the others then meet the astrophysicist who was responsible for the "experiment" and who can reset the time.
- 2017–202447mTV-147.5 (5.8K)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid BarrettStarsSonequa Martin-GreenDoug JonesShazad LatifAs the U.S.S. Discovery crew attempts to let loose at a party, an unwelcome visitor comes aboard bringing about a problematic and twisted sequence of events.
- DirectorSteven A. AdelsonStarsAaron StanfordAmanda SchullKirk AcevedoCassandra Railey goes back to 2020 on a mission to kill Dr. Katarina Jones. Followed by James Cole to stop her from this mission, they find themselves stuck in a time loop.
- 1987–199446mTV-PG8.9 (4.8K)TV EpisodeDirectorJonathan FrakesStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Enterprise gets caught in a time loop which always has one result: total destruction of the ship, itself.
- DirectorPeter DeLuiseStarsRichard Dean AndersonMichael ShanksAmanda TappingCol. O'Neill and Teal'c realize they and their friends are trapped in a time loop.
- DirectorDavid GreenwaltStarsDavid GiuntoliRussell HornsbyElizabeth TullochNick faces off against his greatest foe, yet as it seems no weapon can defeat him. Monroe, Rosalee and Eve search for answers that may help them in the fight. Renard and Adalind try to keep Diana and Kelly safe
- CreatorJon Harmon FeldmanStarsEliza DushkuShawn ReavesZach GalifianakisA university graduate working in the city morgue is able to repeat the same day over again to prevent murders or other disasters.
- DirectorLes SheldonStarsShannen DohertyHolly Marie CombsAlyssa MilanoA warlock repeatedly attempts to kill the Charmed Ones, with the demon Tempus turning back time after each failure so that he can try again.
- DirectorFred GerberStarsEmily RoseLucas BryantEric BalfourAudrey is forced to relive a day, and watch various people get killed as she changes her routine in an attempt to figure out the cause.
- DirectorMatt Earl BeesleyStarsColin FergusonSalli Richardson-WhitfieldJoe MortonIt's Allison's wedding day, and Carter is stuck in a time loop that causes him to relive it over and over. Unfortunately, there's no simple act that will right things, and the solution may prove very costly.
- 1995–200145mNot Rated8.2 (653)TV EpisodeDirectorAndrew MerrifieldStarsLucy LawlessRenée O'ConnorTed RaimiXena lives again and again the same day, until she finds the way to stop a carnage. It seems that Gabrielle leaves some strange love marks on Xena's neck. The main characters die a few times: Xena once, Gabrielle a pair of times, Joxer at least thrice (once by Xena's Chakram).
- DirectorJames HaymanStarsLaura MiyataVijay MehtaAmy SmartA story that follows Kate, a young woman who after a horrible blind date on Christmas Eve, wakes up to find she is re-living that same day and date all over again.
- DirectorTom GreenChina Moo-YoungStarsNathan Stewart-JarrettAntonia ThomasRobert SheehanCurtis is reunited with his old girlfriend, and tries to set things right using his powers, with serious consequences.
- DirectorJon Mikel CaballeroStarsIria del RíoAdam QuinteroNadia de SantiagoIt's not a loop, it's a countdown: Alba is trapped in her weekend, forced to relive it over and over again, but each repetition gets a bit shorter.