These are 23 of the best time travel movies of all time.

Honestly, because of its unique technical and visual elements, it still is.

For this particular film, he not only wrote the screenplay but also made his directorial debut.

LA JETEE, Davos Hanich, 1962

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The tale of two 19th-century former friends, H.G.

Wells (Malcolm McDowell, unusually wide-eyed and adorable) and John Leslie Stevenson a.k.a.

Like most of his films,Looperhas a social conscience lurking within it as well.

TIME AFTER TIME, Mary Steenburgen, Malcolm McDowell, 1979

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It’s a worthy takeaway from a film obsessed with self-fulfilling prophecies people find themselves within.

Interstellarvaries between being almost too tense to stand, and, at other points, utterly relaxed.

(And self-induced hypnosis, for that matter.)

BACK TO THE FUTURE, from left, Christopher Lloyd, Michael J. Fox

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(It forces Charlie to become a better person, too.)

There is something appealing about falling for someone whose time is not your own.

It’s fluffy, it’s light, and it creates a paradox without even really acknowledging it.

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and a tremendous sense of fun."

This is not a joke…I have only done this once before.

SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED": This is part of the joke classified ad from which this movie was inspired.

Meet the Robinsons

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PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED, Barry Miller, Kathleen Turner, 1986

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13 GOING ON 30, Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, 2004, (c) Columbia/courtesy Everett Collection

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‘Mirai’

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STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME

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Star Trek: First Contact, Alice Krige, Patrick Stewart

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TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY, from left: Robert Patrick, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1991. ©TriStar Picture

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SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED, Aubrey Plaza, 2012

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