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Theme: Time and Space Warps


Time and Space Warps refer to strange perturbations of time and space. In these, a person might be inexplicably transplanted from one temporal era or a position in space to another. Frequently these serve more as plot devices to transport the protagonist(s) from one place to another.


2:22 (2017)

22 September 201722 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Past Events Replay Themselves in the Present

Director: Paul Currie
Actors: Michiel Huisman, Teresa Palmer, Sam Reid, Richard Davies, …
Category: Fantasy

2001 Maniacs (2005)

3 November 200713 May 2025

Rating: ★★★

Splatter/Southern Town of Maniacs

Director: Tim Sullivan
Actors: Robert Englund, Lin Shaye, Jay Gillespie, Giuseppe Andrews, …
Category: Horror

2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (2010)

3 September 20144 October 2019

Rating: ★

Splatter/Southern Town of Maniacs

Director: Tim Sullivan
Actors: Bill Moseley, Lin Shaye, Alex Luria, Katy Johnson, …
Category: Horror

The 7 Adventures of Sinbad (2010)

27 January 201322 February 2024

Rating: ★½

Modernised Arabian Nights Adventure/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: Ben Hayflick, Adam Silver
Actors: Patrick Muldoon, Bo Svenson, Dylan Jones, Berne Velazquez
Category: Fantasy

Artemis Fowl (2020)

20 June 202030 April 2021

Rating: ★★½

Young Adult/Child Genius vs the Magical Underworld

Director: Kenneth Branagh
Actors: Ferdia Shaw, Lara McDonnell, Josh Gad, Judi Dench, …
Category: Fantasy

Atlantic Rim (2013)

5 August 20157 August 2024

Rating: ★★½

Asylum Mockbuster/Giant Robots vs Giant Monsters

Director: Jared Cohn
Actors: David Chokachi, Graham Greene, Treach, Jackie Moore, …
Category: Science Fiction

Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)

7 March 200521 June 2024

Rating: ★★

Time Travel to Post-Holocaust Future

Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Actors: Robert Clarke, Vladimir Sokoloff
Category: Science Fiction

Biggles (1986)

9 August 200011 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Time Travelling WWI Flying Ace

Director: John Hough
Actors: Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde-White, Peter Cushing, William Hootkins
Category: Fantasy

Brigadoon (1954)

6 September 19999 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Musical/Timeslipped Village

Director: Vincente Minelli
Actors: Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Van Johnson, Barry Jones, …
Category: Fantasy

The Caller (2011)

10 August 201622 November 2024

Rating: ★★★

Phone Calls Across Time

Director: Matthew Parkhill
Actors: Rachelle Lefevre, Stephen Moyer, Lorna Raver, Luis Guzman, …
Category: Fantasy

Clown Motel (2019)

2 September 20215 August 2024

Rating: ★½

Killer Clowns

Director: Joseph P. Kelly
Actors: Elinor Price, Amanda Kott, Steven Vogel, Angeline Mirenda, …
Category: Horror

The Crazy Ray (1925)

25 August 200222 November 2023

Rating: ★★★

Paris Frozen in Time

Director: Rene Clair
Category: Science Fiction

The Day Time Ended (1980)

19 October 200327 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Mysterious Extraterrestrial Phenomena

Director: John 'Bud' Cardos
Actors: Jim Davis, Chris Mitchum, Dorothy Malone, Marcy Lafferty, …
Category: Science Fiction

Defcon 2012 (2010)

20 May 201121 November 2023

Rating: ★

After an Alien Invasion/Mayan End of the World

Director: R. Christian Anderson
Actors: Ryken Zane, Dan Gruenberg
Category: Science Fiction

Doctor Strange (2016)

19 November 201616 December 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Marvel Comics Magician Superhero

Director: Scott Derrickson
Actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, …
Category: Fantasy

Donnie Darko (2001)

28 October 200130 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Troubled Teen’s Precognitive Visions

Director: Richard Kelly
Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mary McDonnell, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, …
Category: Fantasy

The Endless (2017)

19 November 201816 March 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Strange Cult/Backwoods Reality Bendings

Director: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
Actors: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, Tate Ellington, Callie Hernandez, …
Category: Horror

The Final Countdown (1980)

29 July 200226 January 2023

Rating: ★★

Aircraft Carrier Time-Travels Back to Pearl Harbor

Director: Don Taylor
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, James Farentino, Charles Durning, …
Category: Science Fiction

Freaks (2018)

15 December 201918 May 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Psychic Powers

Director: Zach Lipovsky, Adam Stein
Actors: Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Grace Park, Amanda Crew, …
Category: Science Fiction

Frequency (2000)

30 April 200029 December 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Cross-Time Radio Communication

Director: Gregory Hoblit
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, Andre Braugher, Shawn Doyle, …
Category: Science Fiction

From Beyond the Grave (1974)

14 September 200217 June 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Horror Anthology

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Peter Cushing, David Warner, Donald Pleasence, Ian Bannen, …
Category: Horror

The Ghoul (2016)

17 September 20179 May 2021

Rating: ★★★

Reality Bender

Director: Gareth Tunley
Actors: Tom Meeten, Geoff McGivern, Rufus Jones, Alice Lowe, …
Category: Fantasy

The Ice Pirates (1984)

1 April 200325 September 2021

Rating: ★★

Space Opera

Director: Stewart Raffill
Actors: Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts, John Matuszak, …
Category: Science Fiction

In the Tall Grass (2019)

18 October 201920 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

Trapped in a Sea of Grass/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Vincenzo Natali
Actors: Patrick Wilson, Harrison Gilbertson, Laysla De Oliveira, Avery Whitted, …
Category: Horror

Interstellar (2014)

8 November 201417 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★½

Space Expedition

Director: Christopher Nolan
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Matt Damon, …
Category: Science Fiction

Kate & Leopold (2001)

28 December 20017 September 2023

Rating: ★★½

Time Travel Romance

Director: James Mangold
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Meg Ryan, Liev Schreiber, Breckin Meyer, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Land That Time Forgot (2009)

18 August 201021 April 2024

Rating: ★★

Prehistoric Lost World

Director: C. Thomas Howell
Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Timothy Bottoms, David H. Stevens, Anya Benton
Category: Science Fiction

The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time (2018)

14 December 201814 June 2021

Rating: ★★

Storm of Sharks/Deliberately Bad Film

Director: Anthony C. Ferrante
Actors: Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Cassandra Scerbo, Judah Friedlander, …
Category: Horror

The Midnight After (2014)

8 October 201411 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Last People on Earth

Director: Fruit Chan
Actors: Simon Yam, Lam Suet, Kara Hui, Ronny Yuen
Category: Science Fiction

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

29 October 201617 October 2024

Rating: ★★½

Secret Home for “Gifted” Youths

Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Asa Butterfield, Eva Green, Ella Purnell, Samuel L. Jackson, …
Category: Fantasy

Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)

15 March 20148 January 2025

Rating: ★★

Animation/Time-Travelling Dog Genius and His Son

Director: Rob Minkoff
Actors: Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Ariel Winter, Allison Janney, …
Category: Science Fiction

My Science Project (1985)

6 January 200615 January 2025

Rating: ★★

Teenagers Activate Time Vortex Device

Director: Jonathan R. Betuel
Actors: John Stockwell, Fisher Stevens, Dennis Hopper, Rafael Sbarge, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Mysterious Island (2012)

29 December 20138 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Desert Island Survival/Time Warp

Director: Mark Sheppard
Actors: Lochlyn Munro, Gina Holden, W. Morgan Sheppard, Edrick Browne, …
Category: Science Fiction

Palm Springs (2020)

18 July 202015 June 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Timeloop Comedy

Director: Max Barbakow
Actors: Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, J.K. Simmons, Meredith Hagner, …
Category: Fantasy

The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)

2 July 20015 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Time Travel Experiment Amok

Director: Stewart Raffill
Actors: Michael ParĂ©, Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Eric Christmas, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Philadelphia Experiment (2012)

4 June 201324 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Time Travel Experiment Amok

Director: Paul Ziller
Actors: Nicholas Lea, Gina Holden, Emilie Ullerup, Ryan Robbins, …
Category: Science Fiction

Planet of the Apes (2001)

27 June 200110 February 2025

Rating: ★★½

Planet of Talking Apes

Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Roth, Estella Warren, …
Category: Science Fiction

S. Darko (2009)

3 April 20102 March 2021

Rating: ★

Donnie Darko Sequel

Director: Chris Fisher
Actors: Daveigh Chase, Briana Evigan, Ed Westwick, Jackson Rathbone, …
Category: Fantasy

Slave Girls (1967)

12 March 20139 July 2020

Rating: ★★½

Prehistoric Women-Ruled World/Hammer Film

Director: Michael Carreras
Actors: Martine Beswick, Edina Ronay, Sydney Bromley, Carol White, …
Category: Fantasy

Southland Tales (2006)

4 May 200830 June 2025

Rating: ★★★

Near-Future L.A.

Director: Richard Kelly
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Cheri Oteri, …
Category: Science Fiction

Space Cop (2016)

7 February 201829 January 2023

Rating: ★★

Cop from the Future Comedy

Director: Jay Bauman, Mike Stoklasa
Actors: Rich Evans, Mike Stoklasa, Jocelyn Ridgely, Chike Johnson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Time Slip (1981)

9 June 200316 April 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Soldiers Thrown Back in Time to Feudal Japan

Director: Kosei Saito
Actors: Sonny Chiba
Category: Science Fiction

Time Under Fire (1997)

9 June 20032 September 2022

Rating: ★

Time Travel/Action

Director: Scott Levy
Actors: Jeff Fahey, Jack Coleman, Brian Cranston, Linda Hoffman, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Triangle (2005)

10 December 20143 May 2024

Rating: ★★★

Solving the Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle

Director: Craig R. Baxley
Actors: Eric Stoltz, Bruce Davison, Catherine Bell, Lou Diamond Phillips, …
Category: Science Fiction

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

16 December 200031 August 2022

Rating: ★★

Fantasy Anthology/TV Series Remake

Director: John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, George Miller
Actors: John Lithgow, Vic Morrow, Kathleen Quinlan, Burgess Meredith, …
Category: Fantasy

Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964)

16 May 20019 May 2024

Rating: ★★★

Splatter/Southern Town of Maniacs

Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis
Actors: William Kerwin, Connie Mason, Ben Moore
Category: Horror

Ultramarines (2010)

10 July 201114 May 2025

Rating: ★★

Animation/Wargame Adaptation/Space Marines vs Demonic Forces

Director: Martyn Pick
Actors: Terence Stamp, Sean Pertwee, John Hurt, Steven Waddington, …
Category: Science Fiction

YatterMan (2009)

19 May 201129 March 2023

Rating: ★★★

Anime TV Series in Live-Action/Gonzo Giant Robot Heroics

Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Sho Sakurai, Kyoko Fukada, Saki Fukuda, Sadao Abe, …
Category: Science Fiction

Your Name. (2016)

17 April 201727 December 2023

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Cross-Time Bodyswap

Director: Makoto Shinkai
Category: Fantasy

Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

27 January 20062 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Space Opera Boardgame

Director: Jon Favreau
Actors: Josh Hutcherson, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart, Tim Robbins
Category: Science Fiction

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