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| ''[[Looper (film)|Looper]]'' || 2012 || Joe is a contract killer sent victims from a future in which time travel is illegal, but has to kill his future self when his contract ends.<ref name=HuffingtonPost/><ref name=whatculture/>
| ''[[Looper (film)|Looper]]'' || 2012 || Joe is a contract killer sent victims from a future in which time travel is illegal, but has to kill his future self when his contract ends.<ref name=HuffingtonPost/><ref name=whatculture/>
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| ''[[+1 (film)|+1]]'' (''Plus One'') || 2013 || College-age party-goers encounter their duplicates and repeated incidents as well as sex and death after a meteorite lands nearby the house.
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| ''[[Primer (film)|Primer]]'' || 2004 || A group of scientists accidentally discover time travel and use it to make money in the stock market with unforeseen consequences.<ref name=whatculture/>
| ''[[Primer (film)|Primer]]'' || 2004 || A group of scientists accidentally discover time travel and use it to make money in the stock market with unforeseen consequences.<ref name=whatculture/>
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| ''[[Repeaters]]'' || 2010 || A group of inmates at a rehabilitation facility are forced to repeat the same day over and over again.<ref name=firstshowing/>
| ''[[Repeaters]]'' || 2010 || A group of inmates at a rehabilitation facility are forced to repeat the same day over and over again.<ref name=firstshowing/>
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| ''[[Retroactive (film)|Retroactive]]'' || 1997 || A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman who was murdered by her husband.
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| ''[[Source Code]]'' || 2011 || U.S. Army Aviation pilot Captain Colter Stevens is repeatedly sent back in time to identify the bomber in a terrorist attack in order to prevent a second nuclear attack on Chicago.<ref name=whatculture/>
| ''[[Source Code]]'' || 2011 || U.S. Army Aviation pilot Captain Colter Stevens is repeatedly sent back in time to identify the bomber in a terrorist attack in order to prevent a second nuclear attack on Chicago.<ref name=whatculture/>
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| ''[[The Time Travelers]]'' || 1964 || Scientists find their time-viewing screen allows them to travel ''through'' time; they become stranded in a post-nuclear apocalypse future. An adventure film directed by [[B-movie]] director [[Ib Melchior]] that inspired the 1966 TV series ''[[The Time Tunnel]]'' as well as the 1967 remake ''[[Journey to the Center of Time]]''.
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| ''[[Timecrimes]]'' || 2007 || Hector, a middle-aged man, is chased by an unidentified bandaged man. He meets a scientist with a time machine, and travels a short period back in time to briefly escape the unknown assailant.<ref name=nitehawkcinema/>
| ''[[Timecrimes]]'' || 2007 || Hector, a middle-aged man, is chased by an unidentified bandaged man. He meets a scientist with a time machine, and travels a short period back in time to briefly escape the unknown assailant.<ref name=nitehawkcinema/>
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==References==
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<ref name=timeloop>{{cite web|url=http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/13-totally-excellent-time-travel-movies|title=13 totally excellent time-travel movies|author=Matt Hickman|date=2013-12-05|publisher=Mother Nature Network|accessdate=2014-03-28}}</ref>
<ref name=timeloop>{{cite web|url=http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/13-totally-excellent-time-travel-movies|title=13 totally excellent time-travel movies|author= Hickman, Matt |date=2013-12-05|publisher=Mother Nature Network|accessdate=2014-03-28}}</ref>
<ref name=12:01>{{cite web|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/movie-news/Ask-FlickChick-Its-7932.aspx|title=It's like Groundhog Day, but different. What is it?|publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=2014-03-27}}</ref>
<ref name=12:01>{{cite web|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/movie-news/Ask-FlickChick-Its-7932.aspx|title=It's like Groundhog Day, but different. What is it?|publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=2014-03-27}}</ref>
<ref name=butterfly>{{cite web|url=http://www.themovies.co.za/2013/07/29/butterfly-effect-reboot/|title=The BUTTERFLY EFFECT is rebooting|author=Darryn Bonthuys|date=2013-07-29|publisher=The Movies|accessdate=2014-03-27}}</ref>
<ref name=butterfly>{{cite web|url=http://www.themovies.co.za/2013/07/29/butterfly-effect-reboot/|title=The BUTTERFLY EFFECT is rebooting|author= Bonthuys, Darryn|date=2013-07-29|publisher=The Movies|accessdate=2014-03-27}}</ref>
<ref name=groundhogday>{{cite web|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/groundhog-day-long-phil-connors-stuck-time-loop/|title=Groundhog Day: Just How Long Was Phil Connors Stuck in a Time Loop?|publisher=Slash Film|date=2011-02-02|author=Russ Fischer|accessdate=2014-03-27}}</ref>
<ref name=groundhogday>{{cite web|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/groundhog-day-long-phil-connors-stuck-time-loop/|title=Groundhog Day: Just How Long Was Phil Connors Stuck in a Time Loop?|publisher=Slash Film|date=2011-02-02|author= Fischer, Russ|accessdate=2014-03-27}}</ref>
<ref name=NBCNews>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15817394/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/time-travel-physics-seems-stranger-fiction/|title=Time-Travel physics seems stranger than fiction|author=Alan Boyle|date=2006-11-21|publisher=[[NBC News]]|accessdate=2014-03-28}}</ref>
<ref name=NBCNews>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15817394/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/time-travel-physics-seems-stranger-fiction/|title=Time-Travel physics seems stranger than fiction|author= Boyle, Alan|date=2006-11-21|publisher=[[NBC News]]|accessdate=2014-03-28}}</ref>
<ref name=HuffingtonPost>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nick-hurwitch/so-you-created-a-time-loop-a-time-travelers-analysis-of-looper_b_1929693.html|title=So You Created a Time Loop: A Time Traveler's Analysis of Looper|date=2012-10-05|publisher=[[Huffington Post]]|accessdate=2014-03-28}}</ref>
<ref name=HuffingtonPost>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nick-hurwitch/so-you-created-a-time-loop-a-time-travelers-analysis-of-looper_b_1929693.html|title=So You Created a Time Loop: A Time Traveler's Analysis of Looper|date=2012-10-05|publisher=[[Huffington Post]]|accessdate=2014-03-28}}</ref>
<ref name=whatculture>{{cite web|url=http://whatculture.com/film/9-ways-break-time-loop-according-movies.php|title=9 Ways To Break Out Of A Time Loop (According To The Movies)|author=Brogan Morris|date=2014-02-01|publisher=What Culture|accessdate=2014-03-28}}</ref>
<ref name=whatculture>{{cite web|url=http://whatculture.com/film/9-ways-break-time-loop-according-movies.php|title=9 Ways To Break Out Of A Time Loop (According To The Movies)|author= Morris, Brogan|date=2014-02-01|publisher=What Culture|accessdate=2014-03-28}}</ref>
<ref name=nitehawkcinema>{{cite web|url=http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/2014/01/best-of-time-loops-time-loops-time-loops/|title=Best of: Time Loops (Time Loops [Time Loops])|author=Kris King|date=2014-01-30|publisher=Nitehawk Cinema|accessdate=2014-03-28}}</ref>
<ref name=nitehawkcinema>{{cite web|url=http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/2014/01/best-of-time-loops-time-loops-time-loops/|title=Best of: Time Loops (Time Loops [Time Loops])|author= King, Kris|date=2014-01-30|publisher=Nitehawk Cinema|accessdate=2014-03-28}}</ref>
<ref name=screenrant>{{cite web|url=http://screenrant.com/top-10-time-travel-movies/|title=Our 10 Favorite Time Travel Movies|author=Andrew Dyce|date=2013-11-09|publisher=Screenrant|accessdate=2014-03-28}}</ref>
<ref name=screenrant>{{cite web|url=http://screenrant.com/top-10-time-travel-movies/|title=Our 10 Favorite Time Travel Movies|author= Dyce, Andrew |date=2013-11-09|publisher=Screenrant|accessdate=2014-03-28}}</ref>
<ref name=LAT>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-edge-of-tomorrow-trailer-tom-cruise-fights-an-eternal-battle-20140325,0,2975972.story#ixzz2xGrB6k3h|title='Edge of Tomorrow' trailer: Tom Cruise fights an eternal battle|author=Oliver Gettell|date=2014-03-25|publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]]|accessdate=2014-03-28}}</ref>
<ref name=LAT>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-edge-of-tomorrow-trailer-tom-cruise-fights-an-eternal-battle-20140325,0,2975972.story#ixzz2xGrB6k3h|title='Edge of Tomorrow' trailer: Tom Cruise fights an eternal battle|author=Gettell, Oliver |date=2014-03-25|publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]]|accessdate=2014-03-28}}</ref>
<ref name=FBLSI>{{cite book|last=Wolf|first=Werner|date=2006-04-24 |title=Framing Borders in Literature and Other Media |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=viCliuPXRO0C&pg=PA347&lpg=PA347&dq=harry+potter+the+prisoner+of+azkaban+time+loop&source=bl&ots=3GqNu8riIm&sig=quIBC4_hi32_fdc49_Gf7VCqbQg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xy82U5L-Oc_fsATb1YHACw&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=harry%20potter%20the%20prisoner%20of%20azkaban%20time%20loop&f=false |publisher=Editions Rodopi BV |isbn=9042017899|accessdate=2014-03-28}}</ref>
<ref name=FBLSI>{{cite book|last=Wolf|first=Werner|date=2006-04-24 |title=Framing Borders in Literature and Other Media |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=viCliuPXRO0C&pg=PA347&lpg=PA347&dq=harry+potter+the+prisoner+of+azkaban+time+loop&source=bl&ots=3GqNu8riIm&sig=quIBC4_hi32_fdc49_Gf7VCqbQg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xy82U5L-Oc_fsATb1YHACw&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=harry%20potter%20the%20prisoner%20of%20azkaban%20time%20loop&f=false |publisher=Editions Rodopi BV |isbn=9042017899|accessdate=2014-03-28}}</ref>
<ref name=firstshowing>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/watch-carl-bessais-time-loop-sci-fi-film-repeaters-trailer/|title=Watch: Carl Bessai's Time Loop Sci-Fi Film 'Repeaters' Trailer|author=Alex Billington|date=2010-08-31|publisher=First Showing|accessdate=2014-03-28}}</ref>
<ref name=firstshowing>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/watch-carl-bessais-time-loop-sci-fi-film-repeaters-trailer/|title=Watch: Carl Bessai's Time Loop Sci-Fi Film 'Repeaters' Trailer|author=Alex Billington|date=2010-08-31|publisher=First Showing|accessdate=2014-03-28}}</ref>

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This list of films featuring time loops provides the names and brief synopses of films in which time loops are a prominent plot device.

A film's appropriateness for inclusion on this list is determined by whether sources not affiliated with the film have discussed the time looping element in significant detail.

List of films

The following films featuring time loops are listed alphabetically.

Film Year Description
12 Monkeys 1995 James Cole, a convicted criminal in a post-apocalyptic Earth, is repeatedly sent back in time to save the world from a virus that eradicated most of the world's population. The film was inspired by the 1962 short film La Jetée.[1][2]
12:01 1993 Office worker Barry Thomas is forced to relive the worst day of his life.[3]
The Butterfly Effect 2004 Evan Treborn frequently suffers from blackouts and discovers he can time travel by reading his journal.[4]
Déjà Vu 2006 ATF Special Agent Doug Carlin is sent to investigate a terrorist attack and discovers a group of scientists with a time window to assist the investigation.[5]
Donnie Darko 2001 Donnie Darko, a troubled teenager, is awakened and led outside by a figure in a monstrous rabbit costume, who tells him the world will end in 28 days.[1][2]
Edge of Tomorrow 2014 Lt. Col. William "Bill" Cage and Special Forces soldier Rita Vrataski team up to fight a hostile alien race known as Mimics, with Cage continually returning to a repeating battle through a time loop.[6]
Frequency 2000 Homicide detective John Sullivan is investigating a serial killer. An electrical storm allows him to communicate with the past through radio. He is able to contact his late father and attempts to stop the serial killer in both the past and present.[7]
Groundhog Day 1993 Self-centered meteorologist Phil Connors is forced to relive the same day over and over again.[8][5]
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004 Harry Potter investigates a miracle that saved his life and must travel back in time to solve the mystery.[9]
La Jetée 1962 A survivor of the Third World War is sent back in time to rescue the present. 12 Monkeys was inspired by La Jetée.
Looper 2012 Joe is a contract killer sent victims from a future in which time travel is illegal, but has to kill his future self when his contract ends.[10][2]
+1 (Plus One) 2013 College-age party-goers encounter their duplicates and repeated incidents as well as sex and death after a meteorite lands nearby the house.
Primer 2004 A group of scientists accidentally discover time travel and use it to make money in the stock market with unforeseen consequences.[2]
Repeaters 2010 A group of inmates at a rehabilitation facility are forced to repeat the same day over and over again.[11]
Retroactive 1997 A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman who was murdered by her husband.
Source Code 2011 U.S. Army Aviation pilot Captain Colter Stevens is repeatedly sent back in time to identify the bomber in a terrorist attack in order to prevent a second nuclear attack on Chicago.[2]
The Time Travelers 1964 Scientists find their time-viewing screen allows them to travel through time; they become stranded in a post-nuclear apocalypse future. An adventure film directed by B-movie director Ib Melchior that inspired the 1966 TV series The Time Tunnel as well as the 1967 remake Journey to the Center of Time.
Timecrimes 2007 Hector, a middle-aged man, is chased by an unidentified bandaged man. He meets a scientist with a time machine, and travels a short period back in time to briefly escape the unknown assailant.[12]
Triangle 2009 A group of friends go on boat trip and become stranded due to a storm. They discover a cruise ship which causes them to experience a series of repeating events.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Hickman, Matt (2013-12-05). "13 totally excellent time-travel movies". Mother Nature Network. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Morris, Brogan (2014-02-01). "9 Ways To Break Out Of A Time Loop (According To The Movies)". What Culture. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  3. ^ "It's like Groundhog Day, but different. What is it?". TV Guide. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  4. ^ Bonthuys, Darryn (2013-07-29). "The BUTTERFLY EFFECT is rebooting". The Movies. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  5. ^ a b Boyle, Alan (2006-11-21). "Time-Travel physics seems stranger than fiction". NBC News. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  6. ^ Gettell, Oliver (2014-03-25). "'Edge of Tomorrow' trailer: Tom Cruise fights an eternal battle". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  7. ^ Dyce, Andrew (2013-11-09). "Our 10 Favorite Time Travel Movies". Screenrant. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  8. ^ Fischer, Russ (2011-02-02). "Groundhog Day: Just How Long Was Phil Connors Stuck in a Time Loop?". Slash Film. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  9. ^ Wolf, Werner (2006-04-24). Framing Borders in Literature and Other Media. Editions Rodopi BV. ISBN 9042017899. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  10. ^ "So You Created a Time Loop: A Time Traveler's Analysis of Looper". Huffington Post. 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  11. ^ Alex Billington (2010-08-31). "Watch: Carl Bessai's Time Loop Sci-Fi Film 'Repeaters' Trailer". First Showing. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  12. ^ King, Kris (2014-01-30). "Best of: Time Loops (Time Loops [Time Loops])". Nitehawk Cinema. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
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