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Movies that feel likeThe Time Machine (2002)

Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th-century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds mankind divided into two warring races.

If you loved The Time Machine, the closest films we have are Ra.One (2011), Superman Returns (2006) and Blue Beetle (2023). All three share The Time Machine's cerebral and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Thunderbolts* (2025).

πŸ… 28% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Simon Wellscerebralepickinetic
11 of 12 streaming nowHBO Max Β· Amazon Prime Video Β· Hulu

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Ra.One
2011 Β· dir. Anubhav Sinha
πŸ… 62%β˜… 5adventure Β· action Β· science fiction

Cerebral where it counts, epic underneath

The difference: Reviewed even better

When the titular antagonist of an action game takes on physical form, it's up to the game's less powerful protagonist to save the world.

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Superman Returns
2006 Β· dir. Bryan Singer
πŸ… 72%β˜… 6.1science fiction Β· action Β· adventureMax

Science fiction with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

Superman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest to felt abandoned and have moved on. Luthor plots his ultimate revenge that could see millions killed and change the face of the planet forever, as well as ridding himself of the Man of Steel.

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Blue Beetle
2023 · dir. Ángel Manuel Soto
πŸ… 78%β˜… 5.9action Β· science fiction Β· adventureMax

Both lean on ideas more than on adventure

The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab.

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Ender's Game
2013 Β· dir. Gavin Hood
πŸ… 63%β˜… 6.6science fiction Β· action Β· adventure

Epic action in both cases

Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.

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The Flash
2023 Β· dir. Andy Muschietti
πŸ… 63%β˜… 6.6action Β· science fiction Β· adventureMax

The same preoccupation in both: time travel

When his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry Allen becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned and there are no Super Heroes to turn to. In order to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry's only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?

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Thunderbolts*
2025 Β· dir. Jake Schreier
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.1action Β· science fiction Β· adventureDisney+

The same city underneath both: New York City

After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, seven disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.

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Dune
1984 Β· dir. David Lynch
πŸ… 36%β˜… 6.2action Β· science fiction Β· adventure

Both are built on the same subject: the future

In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.

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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
2012 Β· dir. Brad Peyton
πŸ… 44%β˜… 5.7adventure Β· action Β· science fiction

Science fiction built on momentum, twice over

Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.

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Hardcore Henry
2015 Β· dir. Ilya Naishuller
πŸ… 52%β˜… 6.7action Β· adventure Β· science fiction

Cerebral adventure, and it commits to that

Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through the day. Hardcore Henry takes place over the course of one day, in Moscow, Russia.

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Coma
2020 Β· dir. Nikita Argunov
β˜… 6.3science fiction Β· adventure Β· actionPrime Video

Epic action, and it commits to that

A young and talented architect comes to his senses after a horrific accident only to find himself in the odd dystopian world. A world that is filled with the memories of all current coma patients. Just like a human memory this world is fragmental, chaotic and unstable. This is COMA: icecaps, rivers and cities can all exist in a space of a single room and laws of physics are no longer laws as they can be bent.

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65
2023 Β· dir. Scott Beck
πŸ… 35%β˜… 5.4action Β· adventure Β· science fictionHulu

From the 2020s, and it lands the same way

65 million years ago, the only 2 survivors of a spaceship from Somaris that crash-landed on Earth, must fend off dinosaurs to reach the escape vessel in time before an imminent asteroid strike threatens to destroy the planet.

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πŸ… 38%β˜… 5.6science fiction Β· adventure Β· actionDisney+

Adventure approached the same way

The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is not what it seems and there are old and new enemies that pose a greater threat than the intrepid superheroes realize.

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