# The best time travel movies of all time

Paradoxes, loops and DeLoreans: the time travel films ranked highest by critics (Looper, SYFY Wire).

- 150 votes · 12 items
- May 2, 2022 · amy_matinee
- https://even.best/en/l/1898/the-best-time-travel-movies-of-all-time

## Top 12

1. **Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)** (19 · ▲20 ▼1) — A machine from the future sent to protect John Connor.
2. **Back to the Future (1985)** (17 · ▲19 ▼2) — Marty McFly, Doc Brown and the DeLorean, the blueprint of the genre.
3. **12 Monkeys (1995)** (13 · ▲14 ▼1) — Terry Gilliam, Bruce Willis and a virus from the future.
4. **The Terminator (1984)** (13 · ▲13 ▼0) — James Cameron's original time loop thriller.
5. **Groundhog Day (1993)** (12 · ▲12 ▼0) — The film that perfected the time loop.
6. **La Jetée (1962)** (9 · ▲11 ▼2) — Chris Marker's short made of still photographs, hugely influential.
7. **Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)** (8 · ▲10 ▼2) — The gold standard of comedic time travel.
8. **Timecrimes (2007)** (7 · ▲9 ▼2) — Nacho Vigalondo's low-budget Spanish puzzle box.
9. **Looper (2012)** (6 · ▲9 ▼3) — Joseph Gordon-Levitt hunting his older self, Bruce Willis.
10. **Interstellar (2014)** (5 · ▲7 ▼2) — Christopher Nolan and time dilation near a black hole.
11. **Edge of Tomorrow (2014)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Tom Cruise dies and repeats the same battle.
12. **Primer (2004)** (1 · ▲4 ▼3) — Shane Carruth's famously confusing engineers' film.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.