Best Time Travel Movies
The best time travel movies ever made, ranked by audience score. Your Name. takes it at 8.5, and the 20 films below prove how much range the premise has — Interstellar, Back to the Future and Avengers: Endgame pull it in completely different directions.
20 titles · average score 7.9 ·
The top 5 picks
- 1
Your Name. (2016)
★ 8.5 · 12,866 ratingsHigh schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen…
- 2
Interstellar (2014)
★ 8.5 · 40,790 ratingsThe adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
- 3
Back to the Future (1985)
★ 8.3 · 22,189 ratingsEighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by…
- 4
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
★ 8.2 · 28,347 ratingsAfter the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo…
- 5
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)
★ 8.2 · 782 ratingsIn 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of…
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How this list is ranked
Nothing on this page is hand-picked to hit a word count. We pull films matching this list's criteria from TMDB, require a real audience behind each score, and rank by that score — 20 titles averaging 7.9. The page rebuilds daily, so new releases appear here as soon as enough people have rated them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best time travel movie?
Your Name. (2016) at 8.5, ahead of Interstellar and Back to the Future. All 20 films on this page average 7.9.
How do you find time travel movies?
Through TMDB's keyword tagging, which is maintained by its community and goes far deeper than genre labels — it catches films that share a premise even when they belong to completely different genres.
Is this list updated?
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