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Why Would You Travel Through Time?

by NoRa_FoKa • Created 2 years ago • Modified 2 years ago
If you could become a time traveler for once in your life, as which of the following and for what reason would you do it?

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  • Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar (2014)

    1. Interstellar

    20142h 49mPG-1374Metascore
    8.7 (2.4M)
    When Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.
    DirectorChristopher NolanStarsMatthew McConaugheyAnne HathawayJessica Chastain
    To find a new planet for humans.
  • Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in Men in Black (1997)

    2. Men in Black

    19971h 38mPG-1372Metascore
    7.3 (647K)
    James, an NYC cop, is hired by Agent K of a secret government agency that monitors extraterrestrial life on Earth. Together, they must recover an item that has been stolen by an intergalactic villain.
    DirectorBarry SonnenfeldStarsTommy Lee JonesWill SmithLinda Fiorentino
    To fight against alien threats.
  • Jennifer Garner, Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldaña, and Walker Scobell in The Adam Project (2022)

    3. The Adam Project

    20221h 46mPG-1355Metascore
    6.7 (250K)
    After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self for a mission to save the future.
    DirectorShawn LevyStarsRyan ReynoldsWalker ScobellMark Ruffalo
    To save the future.
  • Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams in The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)

    4. The Time Traveler's Wife

    20091h 47mPG-1347Metascore
    7.1 (163K)
    Henry DeTamble, a librarian, possesses a unique gene that lets him involuntarily travel through time. His wife, Claire Abshire, finds it difficult to cope with it.
    DirectorRobert SchwentkeStarsEric BanaRachel McAdamsRon Livingston
    To meet my future spouse.
  • Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future (1985)

    5. Back to the Future

    19851h 56mPG87Metascore
    8.5 (1.4M)
    Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.
    DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea Thompson
    Out of curiosity, to see if the time machine actually works.
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme in Timecop (1994)

    6. Timecop

    19941h 39mR48Metascore
    5.9 (68K)
    Max Walker, an officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who's intent on changing the past to control the future.
    DirectorPeter HyamsStarsJean-Claude Van DammeMia SaraRon Silver
    To fight against a destructive politician.
  • Joey Cramer in Flight of the Navigator (1986)

    7. Flight of the Navigator

    19861h 30mPG64Metascore
    6.9 (54K)
    In 1978, a boy travels eight years into the future and has an adventure with an intelligent, wisecracking alien ship.
    DirectorRandal KleiserStarsJoey CramerPaul ReubensCliff De Young
    Only if I were a child, would I dare.
  • Predestination (2014)

    8. Predestination

    20141h 37mR69Metascore
    7.4 (326K)
    As his last assignment, a temporal agent is tasked to travel back in time and prevent a bomb attack in New York in 1975. The hunt, however, turns out to be beyond the bounds of possibility.
    DirectorsMichael SpierigPeter SpierigStarsEthan HawkeSarah SnookNoah Taylor
    To fall in love with myself.
  • Cas Anvar, Vera Farmiga, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jeffrey Wright, Michelle Monaghan, and Michael Arden in Source Code (2011)

    9. Source Code

    20111h 33mPG-1374Metascore
    7.5 (572K)
    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.
    DirectorDuncan JonesStarsJake GyllenhaalMichelle MonaghanVera Farmiga
    To prevent a terrorist attack.
  • John Cusack, Chevy Chase, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry, Brook Bennett, Aliu Oyofo, and Jake Rose in Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)

    10. Hot Tub Time Machine

    20101h 39mR63Metascore
    6.4 (194K)
    A malfunctioning time machine at a ski resort takes a man back to 1986 with his two friends and nephew, where they must relive a fateful night and not change anything to make sure the nephew is born.
    DirectorSteve PinkStarsJohn CusackRob CorddryCraig Robinson
    To make sure that I would be born.
  • Franka Potente in Run Lola Run (1998)

    11. Run Lola Run

    19981h 20mR79Metascore
    7.6 (215K)
    After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.
    DirectorTom TykwerStarsFranka PotenteMoritz BleibtreuHerbert Knaup
    To find money.
  • Rachel McAdams and Domhnall Gleeson in About Time (2013)

    12. About Time

    20132h 3mR55Metascore
    7.8 (419K)
    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.
    DirectorRichard CurtisStarsDomhnall GleesonRachel McAdamsBill Nighy
    To claim the sweetheart of my dreams.
  • Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, and Madeleine Stowe in 12 Monkeys (1995)

    13. 12 Monkeys

    19952h 9mR75Metascore
    8.0 (669K)
    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.
    DirectorTerry GilliamStarsBruce WillisMadeleine StoweBrad Pitt
    To see me in the future & try to prevent a disaster.
  • Keanu Reeves, Robert V. Barron, Terry Camilleri, George Carlin, Al Leong, Tony Steedman, and Alex Winter in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

    14. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

    19891h 30mPG50Metascore
    6.9 (147K)
    Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, set out on a quest to make the ultimate school history report after being presented with a time machine.
    DirectorStephen HerekStarsKeanu ReevesAlex WinterGeorge Carlin
    So that I could graduate successfully.
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, and Dileep Rao in Inception (2010)

    15. Inception

    20102h 28mPG-1374Metascore
    8.8 (2.7M)
    A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.
    DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot Page
    To live in a pre-planned world.
  • The Final Countdown (1980)

    16. The Final Countdown

    19801h 43mPG51Metascore
    6.7 (29K)
    A modern aircraft carrier is thrown back in time to 1941 near Hawaii, just hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
    DirectorDon TaylorStarsKirk DouglasMartin SheenKatharine Ross
    To see & avoid a historic lost battle.
  • Ashton Kutcher and Amy Smart in The Butterfly Effect (2004)

    17. The Butterfly Effect

    20041h 53mR30Metascore
    7.6 (545K)
    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.
    DirectorsEric BressJ. Mackye GruberStarsAshton KutcherAmy SmartMelora Walters
    To help my friends.
  • Owen Wilson in Midnight in Paris (2011)

    18. Midnight in Paris

    20111h 34mPG-1381Metascore
    7.6 (464K)
    While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
    DirectorWoody AllenStarsOwen WilsonRachel McAdamsKathy Bates
    To stay in a bygone era.
  • Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)

    19. Safety Not Guaranteed

    20121h 26mR72Metascore
    6.9 (134K)
    Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified advertisement seeking a companion for time travel.
    DirectorColin TrevorrowStarsAubrey PlazaMark DuplassJake Johnson
    I thought it was a misleading job advertisement, but finally it wasn't.
  • Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky (2001)

    20. Vanilla Sky

    20012h 16mR45Metascore
    6.9 (300K)
    A self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate finds his privileged life upended after a vehicular accident with a resentful lover.
    DirectorCameron CroweStarsTom CruisePenélope CruzCameron Diaz
    To cheat death.
  • Jennifer Garner in 13 Going on 30 (2004)

    21. 13 Going on 30

    20041h 38mPG-1357Metascore
    6.3 (238K)
    Unpopular schoolgirl Jenna Rink makes an unusual wish on her birthday. Miraculously, her wish comes true and the 13-year-old Jenna wakes up the next day as a 30-year-old woman.
    DirectorGary WinickStarsJennifer GarnerMark RuffaloJudy Greer
    To see my future and appreciate the right people.
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator (1984)

    22. The Terminator

    19841h 47mR84Metascore
    8.1 (977K)
    A cyborg assassin from the future attempts to find and kill a young woman who is destined to give birth to a warrior that will lead a resistance to save humankind from extinction.
    DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonMichael Biehn
    To fight against the machines.
  • Billy Crudup, Malin Akerman, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Patrick Wilson in Watchmen (2009)

    23. Watchmen

    20092h 42mR56Metascore
    7.6 (603K)
    In a version of 1985 where superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach on the trail of a conspiracy that will change the course of history.
    DirectorZack SnyderStarsJackie Earle HaleyPatrick WilsonCarla Gugino
    I would use the ability to complete various tasks simultaneously, by creating multiple copies of myself.
  • Mike Myers and Heather Graham in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

    24. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

    19991h 35mPG-1359Metascore
    6.7 (258K)
    Dr. Evil is back and has invented a new time machine that allows him to go back to the 1960s and steal Austin Powers' mojo, inadvertently leaving him "shagless".
    DirectorJay RoachStarsMike MyersHeather GrahamMichael York
    To get back something that was stolen from me.
  • Chris Pratt and Yvonne Strahovski in The Tomorrow War (2021)

    25. The Tomorrow War

    20212h 18mPG-1345Metascore
    6.6 (245K)
    A family man travels to the year 2051 to join a global war against a deadly alien species.
    DirectorChris McKayStarsChris PrattYvonne StrahovskiJ.K. Simmons
    To participate in a future war.

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