Donnie Darko (2001)
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
A self-sustaining sequence of events in which the future causes the past, which in turn causes the future — an unbreakable cycle.
Legion (2017–2019)
David Haller is a troubled young man diagnosed as schizophrenic, but after a strange encounter he discovers special powers that will change his life forever.
Groundhog Day (1993)
A narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.
Back to the Future (1985)
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.
12 Monkeys (1995)
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.
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North follows Harry, a man who relives his life repeatedly with full memory of his previous iterations, as he uncovers a secret society of others like him.
Dark (2017–2020)
A family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families.
11.22.63 (2016)
Jake Epping, a teacher, gets a chance to travel back in time to avert the death of John F. Kennedy. However, history’s aversion to alteration and his love for the era and a woman endanger him.
Exploring Time Travel Across the TARDIS Timeline
Doctor Who, the beloved British sci-fi series that began in 1963, is a cultural phenomenon built on the concept of time travel. The show’s protagonist, the Doctor, a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey, journeys across time and space. Over its decades-long run, Doctor Who has used time travel not just as a plot device, but as a tool for exploring moral dilemmas, historical events, and the consequences of tampering with time.
Tenet (2020)
Armed with only the word “Tenet,” and fighting for the survival of the entire world, CIA operative, The Protagonist, journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a global mission that unfolds beyond real time.
