Do the hair-raising plots of time travel movies fascinate you? Did the incidents of the future, and travel back to the past ever captivate you? Yes, millions like you love watching time travel movies on-screen but scratch their head while understanding the complex storylines and astonishing plot twists of sci fi movies.
Nowadays, countless science fiction movies move their characters back and forth in time. But which are the 5 greatest time travel movies that changed the course of film-making by inspiring generations of audiences and future filmmakers?
Top 5 Time Travel Sci Fi Movies of All Time
1. A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court (1949)
This movie is one of the earliest known time-travel movies. The screenplay of the movie was adapted from the science fiction novel of the same name, written by American author Mark Twain. Twain wrote this fictional story in 1889.
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
This movie brought much-needed momentum to the sci fi genre. It was released at the height of the cold war in the late 1960s. It lightly touches upon the rivalry of space travel missions which was competitive between the United States of America and erstwhile Soviet nations at that time. Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke wrote the screenplay of the movie. Arthur C. Clarke’s short story ‘The Sentinel’ inspired the inception of the film’s primary idea.
3. Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope (1977)
The first Star Wars franchise movie was released in 1977. It reached a global audience and made time travel movies an instant hit. The Star Wars franchise made the sci fi genre very popular and consolidated a loyal fan base for time travel movies. Although the movie hit the theater as Star Wars in 1977, later, it was renamed as ‘Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope.’
‘Back To The Future’ hit the theater in 1985 and became instantly popular among the audience. As time went by, the popularity of these sci fi movies grew. Many critics consider this movie to rank among the greatest time travel movies. Robert Zemeckis directed the movie. Zemeckis and Bob Gale wrote the screenplay.
The two main characters of the movie are Marty McFly and Doc Brown. The setting of the movie is 1985. Marty McFly is a teenager. At the beginning of the movie, Doc Brown conducts some eccentric scientific experiments. Thus, he sends Marty to the past with the time-traveling machine. Marty realizes it is 1955.
5. Avatar (2009)
Avatar is a groundbreaking epic science fiction movie. James Cameron directed the film whereas Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang acted in the movie. Although the director had been working on this film throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, he could not start shooting because of the requirements of necessary technologies.
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