Time loop movies and shows
by Vanessydelg | created - 09 Jul 2018 | updated - 04 Sep 2020 | PublicWho 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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1. Project Almanac (2015)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A group of teens discovers secret plans for a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.
Director: Dean Israelite | Stars: Amy Landecker, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Virginia Gardner, Jonny Weston
Votes: 84,255 | Gross: $22.35M
2. +1 (2013)
Not Rated | 96 min | Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Three 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.
Director: Dennis Iliadis | Stars: Rhys Wakefield, Logan Miller, Ashley Hinshaw, Natalie Hall
Votes: 8,489
This is a movie I have watched twice already but I could watch again and again. It has something quite peculiar in it.
3. Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)
PG-13 | 83 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
While drinking at their local pub, three social outcasts attempt to navigate a time-travel conundrum.
Director: Gareth Carrivick | Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Marc Wootton, Dean Lennox Kelly, Anna Faris
Votes: 36,577
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.
4. Deja Vu (2006)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
After 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.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Paula Patton, Jim Caviezel, Val Kilmer
Votes: 327,714 | Gross: $64.04M
5. Looper (2012)
R | 119 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In 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.
Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano
Votes: 603,087 | Gross: $66.49M
6. Triangle (2009)
R | 99 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Five 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.
Director: Christopher Smith | Stars: Melissa George, Joshua McIvor, Jack Taylor, Michael Dorman
Votes: 129,862
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.
7. Coherence (2013)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Strange things begin to happen when a group of friends gather for a dinner party on an evening when a comet is passing overhead.
Director: James Ward Byrkit | Stars: Emily Baldoni, Maury Sterling, Nicholas Brendon, Elizabeth Gracen
Votes: 146,148 | Gross: $0.07M
If you watch this from a quantum perspective, it's a masterpiece.
8. Timecrimes (2007)
R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A 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.
Director: Nacho Vigalondo | Stars: Karra Elejalde, Candela Fernández, Bárbara Goenaga, Nacho Vigalondo
Votes: 68,802 | Gross: $0.04M
9. Source Code (2011)
PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A 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.
Director: Duncan Jones | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright
Votes: 549,912 | Gross: $54.71M
10. 2:22 (2017)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A 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.
Director: Paul Currie | Stars: Michiel Huisman, Teresa Palmer, Sam Reid, John Waters
Votes: 25,662
11. 11.22.63 (2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Jake 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.
Stars: James Franco, Sarah Gadon, George MacKay, Chris Cooper
Votes: 99,362
12. Primer (2004)
PG-13 | 77 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Four 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.
Director: Shane Carruth | Stars: Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya
Votes: 114,205 | Gross: $0.42M
13. Groundhog Day (1993)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.
Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky
Votes: 685,280 | Gross: $70.91M
14. Mine Games (2012)
TV-14 | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A 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.
Director: Richard Gray | Stars: Joseph Cross, Briana Evigan, Rafi Gavron, Julianna Guill
Votes: 4,385
15. Repeaters (2010)
89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Three twenty-somethings find themselves in an impossible time loop, where each day they awaken to the same terrifying day as the preceding one.
Director: Carl Bessai | Stars: Dustin Milligan, Amanda Crew, Richard de Klerk, Alexia Fast
Votes: 7,055
16. Enter Nowhere (2011)
R | 90 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Three 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.
Director: Jack Heller | Stars: Katherine Waterston, Scott Eastwood, Sara Paxton, Shaun Sipos
Votes: 12,644
17. 12:01 (1993 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A 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.
Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: Helen Slater, Jonathan Silverman, Nicolas Surovy, Robin Bartlett
Votes: 5,515
18. Run Lola Run (1998)
R | 80 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.
Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri
Votes: 207,031 | Gross: $7.27M
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.
19. Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A soldier fighting aliens gets to relive the same day over and over again, the day restarting every time he dies.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson
Votes: 737,217 | Gross: $100.21M
20. The Butterfly Effect (2004)
R | 113 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Evan 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.
Directors: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Melora Walters, Elden Henson
Votes: 521,295 | Gross: $57.94M
21. Time Lapse (2014)
Not Rated | 104 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Three 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.
Director: Bradley King | Stars: Danielle Panabaker, Matt O'Leary, George Finn, John Rhys-Davies
Votes: 49,150
22. Paradox (III) (2016)
TV-MA | 90 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A 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.
Director: Michael Hurst | Stars: Zoë Bell, Malik Yoba, Adam Huss, Bjørn Alexander
Votes: 3,333
23. ARQ (2016)
TV-MA | 88 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Trapped 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.
Director: Tony Elliott | Stars: Robbie Amell, Rachael Taylor, Shaun Benson, Gray Powell
Votes: 41,877
24. Happy Death Day (2017)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A 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.
Director: Christopher Landon | Stars: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Charles Aitken
Votes: 162,867 | Gross: $55.68M
25. About Time (I) (2013)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
At 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.
Director: Richard Curtis | Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Lydia Wilson
Votes: 386,016 | Gross: $15.32M
26. The Lake House (2006)
PG | 99 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A 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.
Director: Alejandro Agresti | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Christopher Plummer, Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Votes: 157,698 | Gross: $52.33M
27. Frequency (2000)
PG-13 | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An 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.
Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, Shawn Doyle, Elizabeth Mitchell
Votes: 115,774 | Gross: $45.01M
28. 41 (I) (2012)
PG-13 | 80 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A young man discovers a hole in the floor of a local motel that leads to yesterday.
Director: Glenn Triggs | Stars: Chris Gibson, Dafna Kronental, David Macrae, Shane Lee
Votes: 2,565
29. The Door (2009)
103 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A 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.
Director: Anno Saul | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Jessica Schwarz, Valeria Eisenbart, Thomas Thieme
Votes: 6,356
AKA The door. A very good German film starring one of the best Danish actors ever. A must see.
30. Next (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A 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.
Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel, Thomas Kretschmann
Votes: 166,443 | Gross: $18.21M
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.
31. Haunter (2013)
Not Rated | 97 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A 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.
Director: Vincenzo Natali | Stars: Abigail Breslin, Peter Outerbridge, Michelle Nolden, Stephen McHattie
Votes: 18,710
32.
Supernatural (2005–2020)
Episode:
Mystery Spot
(2008)
TV-14 | 55 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Sam relives the same day over and over, continually having to deal with Dean's death.
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Richard Speight Jr.
Votes: 9,293
33.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Monday
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A 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.
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Carrie Hamilton
Votes: 4,550
Mulder relives a bank robbery once and again until...
34.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode:
Life Serial
(2001)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Buffy's powers are tested by Andrew, Jonathan and Warren, who seek to expose and exploit her weaknesses in an effort to destroy her.
Director: Nick Marck | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg
Votes: 2,603
The evil trio of Andrew, Jonathan and Warren, create time loops for Buffy, what makes her daily struggle more complicated.
35. Naked (I) (2017)
TV-14 | 96 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Nervous 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.
Director: Michael Tiddes | Stars: Marlon Wayans, Regina Hall, Dennis Haysbert, J.T. Jackson
Votes: 21,588
36. Premonition (I) (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A 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.
Director: Mennan Yapo | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Julian McMahon, Amber Valletta, Shyann McClure
Votes: 81,737 | Gross: $47.85M
37. Donnie Darko (2001)
R | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After 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.
Director: Richard Kelly | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne
Votes: 850,305 | Gross: $1.48M
38. The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006)
R | 92 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Nick Larson discovers a supernatural way to alter his life and travel back in time to key moments in his life by looking at photographs.
Director: John R. Leonetti | Stars: Eric Lively, Erica Durance, Dustin Milligan, Gina Holden
Votes: 37,328
39. The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (2009)
R | 90 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Sam Reide uses his power to time travel to solve the mystery of his girlfriend's death.
Director: Seth Grossman | Stars: Chris Carmack, Rachel Miner, Melissa Jones, Kevin Yon
Votes: 20,700
40. 12 Monkeys (2015–2018)
TV-14 | 42 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Follows 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.
Stars: Aaron Stanford, Amanda Schull, Noah Bean, Barbara Sukowa
Votes: 48,732
A dreadful show as farther away as possible in quality, script, acting, tension, etc from the original.
41. 12 Monkeys (1995)
R | 129 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In 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.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Joseph Melito
Votes: 646,846 | Gross: $57.14M
42. The Caller (2011)
R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A 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?
Director: Matthew Parkhill | Stars: Rachelle Lefevre, Stephen Moyer, Lorna Raver, Ed Quinn
Votes: 12,139
43. ARQ (2016)
TV-MA | 88 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Trapped 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.
Director: Tony Elliott | Stars: Robbie Amell, Rachael Taylor, Shaun Benson, Gray Powell
Votes: 41,877
44.
Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode:
Heaven Sent
(2015)
TV-PG | 55 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Trapped 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...
Director: Rachel Talalay | Stars: Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Jami Reid-Quarrell
Votes: 12,835
45.
Fringe (2008–2013)
Episode:
White Tulip
(2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The 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.
Director: Thomas Yatsko | Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown
Votes: 3,658
46.
Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024)
Episode:
Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad
(2017)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As 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.
Director: David Barrett | Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Anthony Rapp
Votes: 5,735
47.
12 Monkeys (2015–2018)
Episode:
Lullaby
(2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Cassandra 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.
Director: Steven A. Adelson | Stars: Aaron Stanford, Amanda Schull, Kirk Acevedo, Todd Stashwick
Votes: 1,407
48.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
Cause and Effect
(1992)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Enterprise gets caught in a time loop which always has one result: total destruction of the ship, itself.
Director: Jonathan Frakes | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 4,763
49.
Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode:
Window of Opportunity
(2000)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Col. O'Neill and Teal'c realize they and their friends are trapped in a time loop.
Director: Peter DeLuise | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge
Votes: 2,820
50.
Grimm (2011–2017)
Episode:
The End
(2017)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Nick 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
Director: David Greenwalt | Stars: David Giuntoli, Russell Hornsby, Elizabeth Tulloch, Silas Weir Mitchell
Votes: 1,843
51. Tru Calling (2003–2005)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A university graduate working in the city morgue is able to repeat the same day over again to prevent murders or other disasters.
Stars: Eliza Dushku, Shawn Reaves, Zach Galifianakis, A.J. Cook
Votes: 17,268
52.
Charmed (1998–2006)
Episode:
Déjà Vu All Over Again
(1999)
TV-PG | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A warlock repeatedly attempts to kill the Charmed Ones, with the demon Tempus turning back time after each failure so that he can try again.
Director: Les Sheldon | Stars: Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, Ted King
Votes: 1,155
53.
Haven (2010–2015)
Episode:
Audrey Parker's Day Off
(2011)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Audrey 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.
Director: Fred Gerber | Stars: Emily Rose, Lucas Bryant, Eric Balfour, Ari Cohen
Votes: 512
54.
Eureka (2006–2012)
Episode:
I Do Over
(2008)
TV-PG | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
It'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.
Director: Matt Earl Beesley | Stars: Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Joe Morton, Jordan Danger
Votes: 671
55.
Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001)
Episode:
Been There, Done That
(1997)
Not Rated | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Xena 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Merrifield | Stars: Lucy Lawless, Renée O'Connor, Ted Raimi, Joseph Murray
Votes: 651
56. 12 Dates of Christmas (2011 TV Movie)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A 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.
Director: James Hayman | Stars: Laura Miyata, Vijay Mehta, Amy Smart, Audrey Dwyer
Votes: 8,320
57.
Misfits (2009–2013)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2009)
TV-14 | 48 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Curtis is reunited with his old girlfriend, and tries to set things right using his powers, with serious consequences.
Directors: Tom Green, China Moo-Young | Stars: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Antonia Thomas, Robert Sheehan, Anna Koval
Votes: 1,295
58. The Incredible Shrinking Wknd (2019)
93 min | Drama
It'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.
Director: Jon Mikel Caballero | Stars: Iria del Río, Adam Quintero, Nadia de Santiago, Adrián Expósito
Votes: 503
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