Time-travel films introduced viewers to a wide variety of ways to travel into the past and future. The popularity of such paintings is understandable, given the interest of most people in the future, the periodic desire to prevent mistakes of the past. What scenarios on this topic have become the basis for the most prominent movie stories?
Time Movies: Classic
There is a picture that cannot be ignored, listing the best works about traveling in other years and eras. "Back to the Future" - a film by Robert Zemeckis, who earned the title of cult tape. In all parts, travelers visiting the past and future are Professor Brown and his assistant high school student Marty. Movements became possible thanks to a special device invented by Doc.
There is an older film dedicated to a similar topic, Time Machine, filmed in 1960 by George Pal. The plot of the picture was borrowed by the creator from the eponymous work of Herbert Wells. Having included the film, the audience will be transferred to 1899, when the inventor, who created the apparatus for traveling between years and centuries, wants to share the discovery with friends. Their distrust forces George to move on to testing the invention, which launches a series of incredible adventures.
A time machine is far from always necessary in order to have fun while relaxing in different eras. Proof of this is the film "Bandits in Time", released in 1981. A simple boy, kidnapped by insidious dwarfs, plunges into the maelstrom of events, passing from the era of Napoleon to the era of Tsar Agamemnon.
Films about saving the world
You can alternate the past and the future not only for your own entertainment. Some time travel films are dedicated to travelers whose mission is to save the world. "12 Monkeys" - a film that appeared at the box office in 1995. Its main character was James Cole, a resident of a dark future that came after the extinction of most people from a destructive virus. Can he prevent this event by returning to the past?
"Terminator" is another striking example of how the future of the planet can depend on one person. Kyle Reese is returning to the past, in which people still do not know that in just a few years they will be subjugated by cars. The soldier’s task is to protect the mother of the leader of resistance, not yet born at that time. If the cyborg terminator, sent to the past to kill Sarah, copes with his mission, humanity is doomed.
Timeless Love Stories
Movies about time travel do not always touch global themes. For example, the picture "Groundhog Day" tells the story of a man forced to find himself again and again in the same day. The situation is complicated when he meets a girl and falls in love with her. An urgent need to find a way to move from February 2 to third.
“Midnight in Paris” introduces the audience to a man who is convinced that he was born in a strange time for himself. His craving is to move one century back, plunging into a world that seems beautiful and kind. During a romantic Parisian vacation with a girlfriend, a dream suddenly comes true. The hero enjoys the company of Dali, Hemingway and Picasso, without even thinking about returning. Will he be able to stay in a better world?
Stories with a sad ending
Not all time travel films end happily. “Butterfly Effect” - a picture whose main character has the ability to briefly return to the past, making changes to it. However, each action of the character played by Ashton Kutcher leads to even more serious consequences. Will the young man manage to correct past mistakes by saving the lives of several people: mother, beloved girl, friends?
“The Time Traveler's Wife” is another rather sad film about a man against his will, constantly changing year. Obviously, this feature creates serious obstacles to relations with a loved one. Are there any prospects for an unusual couple or love will not stand the test?
Time Travel Thrillers
To kill himself, a person does not have to be disappointed in life, deciding to leave it. It is enough to work in a corporation, whose members shoot people specially sent to the past for this purpose. This allows you to remove the unfortunate victim from history as if it never existed. But what does the killer do if he is sent to him once? The answer is recognized by viewers who watch the thriller “The Loop of Time”.
"Source Code" - a picture whose effect is associated with a terrorist attack on a train. The task of Coulter Stevens is to prevent a terrible tragedy, for which he needs to calculate the people who committed the crime. That is why the soldier is returned to the past again and again - at a time when 8 minutes are left before the explosion.
Is a love relationship between a man and a woman possible if they are separated by two years? “Lake House” is a film about the relationship between Kate, a resident of 2006, and Alex, who is in 2004. The only element that unites the couple is a mysterious mailbox.
Adventure movies
"The Road to Zarahemla" - American cinema of 2007 , the theme of which is also associated with temporary leaps. Two children from childhood are raised without a father, who suddenly disappears. A few years later they visit his relatives, where they encounter a strong earthquake. Natural disaster negatively affects the time continuum, causing its shift. As a result, modern people are forced to face the invasion of ancient tribes that once inhabited the planet.
Children have to not only participate in the battle for territory, which cannot be avoided. The shift may open the veil of secrecy of the disappearance of the parent.
Another interesting film is Time Lapse, which appeared on the screens in 1997. The plot is based on a terrible crime, the scene of which is an American gas station. The witness of the crime is Karen, who accidentally became a fellow traveler of the ruthless maniac. Trying to get away from the killer, the main character constantly moves back in time, but not for long. Will the girl have enough 20 minutes to prevent the death of the victim, which has already occurred? Having watched "Time Lapse", viewers will find out the answer to this question.
Time Travel Comedies
How will the inhabitants of 1122 feel if you move them into our era? Aliens is a fun French comedy that reveals this mystery. Count Godfroix commits the murder of the father of his own bride under the influence of the witch's curse. To correct the deed, the hero, enlisting the help of a sorcerer, goes to the past. But the unlucky magician instead sends him into the future - in the 90s of the 20th century.
What series to watch
The Time Frontier is a multi-part project dedicated to the same topic. The series, produced in Russia, describes a secret service whose task is to control travels into the past and the future. The problem is created by a scientist who, for the sake of fame, spreads a program on the network that allows him to move in time. As a result, almost all the inhabitants of the planet gain the ability to enter other eras. Chaos awaits the earth, which the heroes of the series “Time Frontier” must prevent.
These are the most interesting films that deal with the topic of temporary leaps. Of course, there are others.