best time travel films

Best Time Travel Films

The Best Time Travel Films of All Time .
41. Planet of the Apes 1968
Where Do They Start? Taylor (Charlton Heston) and crew set out into space 1972.Where Do They End Up? In the year 3978, although the journey only appeared to take 18 months because they were travelling at light speed.Biggest Culture Clash. Clues in the title. Theyve finally made a monkey out of Chuck.Unresolved Paradox. Whats never explained is how all of this happened. For that, you need to check out Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
42. Terminator 2 Judgement Day 1991
Where Do They Start? 2029, they being the T 1000 (Robert Patrick) and a reprogrammed T 800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger).Where Do They End Up? 1991, to respectively assassinaterescue John Connor (Edward Furlong). Biggest Culture Clash. The original audiences discovery of the T 1000s gobsmacking effects, achieved (as far as we known) without time travel.Unresolved Paradox. Skynet is founded using bits of the Terminator that it wont invent until much later.
43. Its A Wonderful Life 1946
Where Do They Start? Bedford Falls, 1946, where George Bailey (James Stewart) lives but wants to die.Where Do They End Up? A potted history of Bedford Falls in a parallel universe where George never lived.Biggest Culture Clash. The alternative to Bedford Falls Pottersville a seedy metropolis run by crooked banker Mr Potter (Lionel Barrymore).Unresolved Paradox. Why Georges beautiful wife Mary (Donna Reed) would end up a spinster librarian if hed never existed.
44. Groundhog Day 1993
Where Do They Start? Phil Connors (Bill Murray) spends 2nd Feb in Punxsutawney for Groundhog Day.Where Do They End Up? 6am, the same day. Over and over again.Biggest Culture Clash. Between misanthropic city boy Phil and the gormless but jovial townsfolk he initially despises but comes to love.Unresolved Paradox. The obvious one. who or what is causing all of this? And lets ignore the original script idea that its a voodoo curse.
45. Back to The Future Part 2 1989
Where Do They Start? 1985, of course.Where Do They End Up? 2015, then an alternative 1985, and finally 1955. Keep up. Biggest Culture Clash. A literal clash, as Biff Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson) recasts Hill Valley in his own image.Unresolved Paradox. When Marty and Jennifer travel to 2015, surely they cease to exist in the interim years. So how are they able to have kids?
46. 12 Monkeys 1995
Where Do They Start? James Cole (Bruce Willis), post apocalyptic future, year unspecified.Where Do They End Up? 1996, via 1990 and the First World War.Biggest Culture Clash. What would the authorities do with a man claiming to be a time traveller? Lock him up in an asylum, of course.Unresolved Paradox. Its just possible that Cole pushes the villain into unleashing the planet destroying virus.
47. Primer 2004
Where Do They Start? Sunday, 23rd September 2003.Where Do They End Up? Oh, if only it were that simple to explain.Biggest Culture Clash. The gap between usual time travel glamour and the grim reality of hiding out in hotels or lying in a box in a storage shed.Unresolved Paradox. The film ends with five simultaneous timelines. Confused? This diagram probably wont help.
48. The Terminator 1984
Where Do They Start? 2029, they being The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn).Where Do They End Up? 1984, to respectively assassinaterescue Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton).Biggest Culture Clash. A robot from a post Internet world has to use the phone book to track down Sarah.Unresolved Paradox. John Connor is only born because his adult self sent Kyle back in time. Lucky, huh?
49. Back to The Future 1985
Where Do They Start? Marty McFly hits 88mph in Doc Browns customised DeLorean in 1985.Where Do They End Up? and drives into 1955.Biggest Culture Clash. Can I get a Pepsi Free? asks Marty, sparking shop owner Lou to insist, You wanna Pepsi, pal, you gotta pay for it.Unresolved Paradox. The biggie. if Marty has such an impact on his future parents lives, how come they dont twig theyre bringing up a son who looks just like Calvin Klein.