Time Is a Lie
In normal life, time is linear. In these movies, time is a suggestion. Loops. Jumps. Bad decisions repeated until someone learns something. Or until someone stops learning and starts panicking. If you like neat timelines and clean causality, this category will disrespect you.
The Picks
Time travel crime movie where the worst assignment is ‘kill your future self’. Clean premise, messy consequences, great vibes.
Official synopsis
In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.
Honorable Mentions
Groundhog Day, but with assassins. Dying repeatedly becomes a strategy. Video game logic, surprisingly watchable.
Official synopsis
A former special forces agent is trapped in a time loop and relives his death over and over again. To escape the terrible situation, he must track down those responsible and stop them.
Time travel, family trauma, and Ryan Reynolds being Ryan Reynolds. It’s a hug wrapped in sci-fi.
Official synopsis
After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.