Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "temporal-paradox"

1. Doctor Who (2005–2022)

TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

The further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and his companions from planet Earth.

Stars: Jodie Whittaker, Peter Capaldi, Pearl Mackie, Matt Smith

Votes: 247,697

2. Doctor Who (1963–1989)

TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.

Stars: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker

Votes: 39,656

3. The Terminator (1984)

R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield

Votes: 926,625 | Gross: $38.40M

4. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick

Votes: 1,177,161 | Gross: $204.84M

5. Terminator Genisys (2015)

PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When John Connor, leader of the human resistance, sends Sgt. Kyle Reese back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor and safeguard the future, an unexpected turn of events creates a fractured timeline.

Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney

Votes: 293,016 | Gross: $89.76M

6. Frequency (2000)

PG-13 | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An accidental cross-time radio link connects father and son across 30 years. The son tries to save his father's life, but then must fix the consequences.

Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, Shawn Doyle, Elizabeth Mitchell

Votes: 115,978 | Gross: $45.01M

7. Lightyear (2022)

PG | 105 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

While spending years attempting to return home, marooned Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear encounters an army of ruthless robots commanded by Zurg who are attempting to steal his fuel source.

Director: Angus MacLane | Stars: Chris Evans, Keke Palmer, Peter Sohn, Taika Waititi

Votes: 124,287 | Gross: $118.31M

8. Lovecraft Country (2020)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A young African-American travels across the U.S. in the 1950s in search of his missing father.

Stars: Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett, Courtney B. Vance, Michael Kenneth Williams

Votes: 47,452

9. Doctor Who (1996 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 89 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

The newly-regenerated Doctor takes on the Master on the turn of the millennium, 31 December 1999.

Director: Geoffrey Sax | Stars: Paul McGann, Eric Roberts, Daphne Ashbrook, Sylvester McCoy

Votes: 10,514

10. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

TV-PG | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.

Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida, Mitsutaka Itakura, Ayami Kakiuchi

Votes: 71,031

11. Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)

PG-13 | 83 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

While drinking at their local pub, three social outcasts attempt to navigate a time-travel conundrum.

Director: Gareth Carrivick | Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Marc Wootton, Dean Lennox Kelly, Anna Faris

Votes: 36,639

12. Happy Accidents (2000)

R | 110 min | Comedy, Romance

New Yorker Ruby Weaver believes she has found the man of her dreams in Sam Deed, who is her best catch in some time--except that he assures her that he came from the future.

Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Marisa Tomei, Vincent D'Onofrio, Holland Taylor, Mick Weber

Votes: 10,244 | Gross: $0.69M

13. The Fare (I) (2018)

82 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Romance

A taxi driver finds himself trapped in a time loop. He picks up a pretty woman in a rural area at night. Later she disappears. The loop starts over, when he switches the meter back to vacant.

Director: D.C. Hamilton | Stars: Gino Anthony Pesi, Brinna Kelly, Jason Stuart, Jon Jacobs

Votes: 3,467

14. UUelcome (1997– )

Game-Show

Lnq battles to become Stewperman.

Stars: Lnq, Joey Koala, Puwun, Honne Bay

15. The History of Time Travel (2014)

PG-13 | 72 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

A fictional documentary about the creation of the worlds first time machine, the men who created it, and the unintended ramifications it has on world events.

Director: Ricky Kennedy | Stars: Stephen Adami, Krista Ales, Valerie Black, Ryan Blackburn

Votes: 1,651

16. 95ers: Echoes (2013)

Not Rated | 96 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

An FBI agent with time-bending powers must fight sinister forces from the future to save her loved ones from being erased from existence.

Director: Thomas Gomez Durham | Stars: Ali Durham, Joel Bishop, Terence Goodman, K. Danor Gerald

Votes: 1,116

17. Easter (2023–2024)

Approved | Mystery

The mental illness of our sleuth, Pascha, pits him against his most formidable foe - himself.

Stars: Lnq, Reginald VelJohnson, Olkens Graham, Gina Martino

18. Ladder of Philosophy

Documentary, History | Announced

Four philosophers - an atheist, an agnostic, a Christian, and a Hindu - settle down to discuss life, reason, faith, and whatever else comes to mind.

Director: Martin Horlacher | Star: Martin Horlacher

19. Until I Meet September's Love (2019)

106 min | Fantasy, Romance

Shiori Kitamura just moved to a new apartment. She works at a company. Susumu Hirano lives next door to her. He aspires to become a novelist. One evening, Shiori Kitamura hears a man's ... See full summary »

Directors: Toru Yamamoto, Ivaylo Brusowski | Stars: Issei Takahashi, Haruna Kawaguchi, Mickey Curtis, Yûtarô Furutachi

Votes: 273

20. The Chronology Protection Case (2002)

40 min | Short, Mystery, Sci-Fi

When NYPD forensic detective Phil D'Amato takes a call from a lady physicist about her missing husband, he has no idea that her life, his life, and every other scientist working on a ... See full summary »

Director: Jay Kensinger | Stars: Jay Kensinger, Kaite McGrew, Evan Hunt, Breann Beal

Votes: 15

21. Cezary Jurkiewicz: Krótkie spiecie (2022 TV Special)

40 min | Comedy

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Director: Cezary Jurkiewicz | Star: Cezary Jurkiewicz

22. The Warner Paradox (2009)

Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Sci-Fi

Brian Warner decides that traveling back in time and killing his parents will solve all his future and past problems, or will it?

Director: Pablo Lewin | Stars: Cheyenne Camille, Mike Capozzi, Stephanie Carrie, Chris Dane

23. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode: All Good Things... (1994)

TV-PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Capt. Picard finds himself shifting continually into the past, future and present and must use that to discover a threat to humanity's existence.

Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn

Votes: 9,274

24. Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001)
Episode: Timeless (1998)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A miscalculation by Ensign Kim causes a fatal crash during Voyager's first test with slipstream travel. Fifteen years in the future, survivors Chakotay, Kim and The Doctor attempt to send a message back in time to prevent the tragedy.

Director: LeVar Burton | Stars: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill

Votes: 2,646

25. The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode: The Luminous Fish Effect (2007)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Romance

Sheldon's mother is called to intervene when he delves into numerous obsessions after being fired for being disrespectful to his new boss.

Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg

Votes: 5,273

26. The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode: The Nerdvana Annihilation (2008)

TV-PG | 20 min | Comedy, Romance

Penny gets mad at the guys when their full scale model of a time machine causes her to miss work, which prompts Leonard to give up all of his nerd memorabilia.

Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg

Votes: 4,684

27. What If...? (2021– )
Episode: What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands? (2021)

TV-14 | 35 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A grief-stricken Doctor Strange uses the Eye of Agamotto in a dangerous effort to change the past.

Director: Bryan Andrews | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong

Votes: 21,089

28. Haven (2010–2015)
Episode: Thanks for the Memories (2012)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Time is up for Audrey Parker as the Hunter meteor shower strikes Haven.

Director: Shawn Piller | Stars: Emily Rose, Lucas Bryant, Eric Balfour, Richard Donat

Votes: 515

29. 12 Monkeys (2015–2018)
Episode: Splinter (2015)

TV-14 | 47 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

We follow the journey of James Cole, a time traveller from a post-apocalyptic future, who heads to the present to stop a plague that will eventually decimate the human race.

Director: Jeffrey Reiner | Stars: Aaron Stanford, Amanda Schull, Kirk Acevedo, Noah Bean

Votes: 2,233

30. The Flash (2014–2023)
Episode: Fast Enough (2015)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

With the Particle Accelerator back online, Barry can go back in time to stop Eobard Thawne on the night of his mother's murder fifteen years ago.

Director: Dermott Downs | Stars: Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Rick Cosnett

Votes: 13,220