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| ''[[Retroactive (film)|Retroactive]]'' || 1997 || A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman who was murdered by her husband.
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| ''[[Salvage (2006 film)|Salvage]]'' || 2006 || Claire encounters horror and murder after finishing a day working at a convenience store, not once but many times. An official selection of the 2006 [[Sundance Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://variety.com/2006/film/reviews/salvage-2-1200518868/|author= Chang, Justin |date= January 31, 2006 |title= Review: 'Salvage' |publisher= ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' |accessdate= May 6, 2014}}</ref>
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Revision as of 09:07, 6 May 2014
This list of films featuring time loops provides the names and brief synopses of films in which time loops are a prominent plot device.
A film's appropriateness for inclusion on this list is determined by whether sources not affiliated with the film have discussed the time looping element in significant detail.
List of films
The following films featuring time loops are listed alphabetically.
| Film | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Monkeys | 1995 | James Cole, a convicted criminal in a post-apocalyptic Earth, is repeatedly sent back in time to save the world from a virus that eradicated most of the world's population. The film was inspired by the 1962 short film La Jetée.[1][2] |
| 12:01 | 1993 | Office worker Barry Thomas is forced to relive the worst day of his life.[3] |
| The Butterfly Effect | 2004 | Evan Treborn frequently suffers from blackouts and discovers he can time travel by reading his journal.[4] |
| Déjà Vu | 2006 | ATF Special Agent Doug Carlin is sent to investigate a terrorist attack and discovers a group of scientists with a time window to assist the investigation.[5] |
| Donnie Darko | 2001 | Donnie Darko, a troubled teenager, is awakened and led outside by a figure in a monstrous rabbit costume, who tells him the world will end in 28 days.[1][2] |
| Edge of Tomorrow | 2014 | Lt. Col. William "Bill" Cage and Special Forces soldier Rita Vrataski team up to fight a hostile alien race known as Mimics, with Cage continually returning to a repeating battle through a time loop.[6] |
| Frequency | 2000 | Homicide detective John Sullivan is investigating a serial killer. An electrical storm allows him to communicate with the past through radio. He is able to contact his late father and attempts to stop the serial killer in both the past and present.[7] |
| Groundhog Day | 1993 | Self-centered meteorologist Phil Connors is forced to relive the same day over and over again.[8][5] |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | 2004 | Harry Potter investigates a miracle that saved his life and must travel back in time to solve the mystery.[9] |
| La Jetée | 1962 | A survivor of the Third World War is sent back in time to rescue the present. 12 Monkeys was inspired by La Jetée. |
| Looper | 2012 | Joe is a contract killer sent victims from a future in which time travel is illegal, but has to kill his future self when his contract ends.[10][2] |
| Open Grave | 2013 | The time loops might be mostly psychological in this horror/suspense film starring District 9's Sharlto Copley. A man wakes up in a pit full of dead bodies, with no memory, and must determine if the murderer is one of the strangers who rescued him, or if he himself is the killer. |
| +1 (Plus One) | 2013 | College-age party-goers encounter their duplicates and repeated incidents as well as sex and death after a meteorite lands near the house. |
| Primer | 2004 | Two scientists accidentally discover time travel and use it to make money in the stock market, with unforeseen consequences, in this story about the betrayal of friendship.[2] |
| Repeaters | 2010 | A group of inmates at a rehabilitation facility are forced to repeat the same day over and over again.[11] |
| Retroactive | 1997 | A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman who was murdered by her husband. |
| Run Lola Run | 1998 | (German: Lola rennt, literally "Lola Runs"), a German film written and directed by Tom Tykwer, stars Franka Potente as Lola, who needs to get a lot of cash fast to save her boyfriend's life and has three chances to do so, each chance occurring during the same hours of the same day. Can she be clever enough, and run fast enough? |
| Salvage | 2006 | Claire encounters horror and murder after finishing a day working at a convenience store, not once but many times. An official selection of the 2006 Sundance Festival.[12] |
| Source Code | 2011 | U.S. Army Aviation pilot Captain Colter Stevens is repeatedly sent back in time to identify the bomber in a terrorist attack in order to prevent a second nuclear attack on Chicago.[2] |
| The Time Shifters | 1999 | A television film in which a "reporter, learning of time travelers visiting 20th century disasters, tries to change the history they know by averting upcoming disasters."[13] Directed by Mario Philip Azzopardi, the movie features Martin Sheen in a small role. |
| The Time Travelers | 1964 | Scientists find their time-viewing screen allows them to travel through time; they become stranded in a post-nuclear apocalypse future. An adventure film directed by B-movie director Ib Melchior that inspired the 1966 TV series The Time Tunnel as well as the 1967 remake Journey to the Center of Time. |
| Timecrimes | 2007 | Hector, a middle-aged man, is chased by an unidentified bandaged man. He meets a scientist with a time machine, and travels a short period back in time to briefly escape the unknown assailant.[14] |
| Triangle | 2009 | A group of friends go on boat trip and become stranded due to a storm. They discover a cruise ship which causes them to experience a series of repeating events.[2] |
| 12 Dates of Christmas | 2011 | A television film romantic comedy in which a cheerful gal experiences various dates on Christmas Eve. |
See also
References
- ^ a b Hickman, Matt (2013-12-05). "13 totally excellent time-travel movies". Mother Nature Network. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ a b c d e f Morris, Brogan (2014-02-01). "9 Ways To Break Out Of A Time Loop (According To The Movies)". What Culture. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ "It's like Groundhog Day, but different. What is it?". TV Guide. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
- ^ Bonthuys, Darryn (2013-07-29). "The BUTTERFLY EFFECT is rebooting". The Movies. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
- ^ a b Boyle, Alan (2006-11-21). "Time-Travel physics seems stranger than fiction". NBC News. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ Gettell, Oliver (2014-03-25). "'Edge of Tomorrow' trailer: Tom Cruise fights an eternal battle". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ Dyce, Andrew (2013-11-09). "Our 10 Favorite Time Travel Movies". Screenrant. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ Fischer, Russ (2011-02-02). "Groundhog Day: Just How Long Was Phil Connors Stuck in a Time Loop?". Slash Film. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
- ^ Wolf, Werner (2006-04-24). Framing Borders in Literature and Other Media. Editions Rodopi BV. ISBN 9042017899. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ "So You Created a Time Loop: A Time Traveler's Analysis of Looper". Huffington Post. 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ Alex Billington (2010-08-31). "Watch: Carl Bessai's Time Loop Sci-Fi Film 'Repeaters' Trailer". First Showing. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ Chang, Justin (January 31, 2006). "Review: 'Salvage'". Variety. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "The Time Shifters (1999)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
- ^ King, Kris (2014-01-30). "Best of: Time Loops (Time Loops [Time Loops])". Nitehawk Cinema. Retrieved 2014-03-28.