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Picture the scene: you're at the end of a perfect evening, with your perfect date and you go and spoil it by saying something stupid like "What? You've never seen Die Hard?" Alright, well maybe that's just me. You might kick yourself. But in a movie you'd be legging it towards🃏 your time machine double quick. Boil 'em down and most time travel movies share one major thing in common: the "what-if?" factor. What if I'd not said that idiotic thing? What if I had invented post-its? What if I'd spent my teenage ༒years learning to play chess better than anyone else in the world? Luckily cinema is far more imaginative than me, with movies ranging from a simple jaunt into Medieval times to more complex and paradoxical adventures. Here's 25 of the best. 

25. Flight of the Navigator (1986)

The movie: It's 1978 and 12-year-old David Freeman (Joey Cramer) is chilling at home when all of a sudden he's been kidnapped by aliens. Bummer, right? Not really. This gaggle of extraterrestrials have a sweet ride they let David captain and he gets to do it all blastin' his favourite tunes. They drop him home but as they were travelling faster-than-light Joey doesn't realise he's been away... it's now 1986.🤪 

Unresolved paradox: David is allowed to return to 1978, presumably in time to take out shares in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft. 

24. Army of Darkness: The Medieval Dead (1992)

The movie: The third Evil Dead flick finds doltish hero, Ash (Bruce Campbell) whisked away from the present-day by the Necronomicon only to arrive in Meඣdieval England. Greeted by a load of stuffy Medieval folk and a horde of Deadites, it's naturally up to Ash to appease one group and slay the other. Gimme some sugar, baby! 

Unresolved paradox: Ash defeats the🥀 Army of the Dead using modern-day textbooks frꦰom the boot of his car. 

23. Time After Time (1979)

The movie: In 1893, H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) realises his best friend (David Warner) is Jack The 🌠Ripper. Wellsᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ chases the Ripper to 1979 in his time machine. Present day London isn't quite the utopia Wells was expecting, but its great for a killer like Jack. 

Unresolved paradox: Wells takes love interest Amy (Mary Steenburgen) in𓄧to a future where she has become a victim of the Ripper. 

17. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1988)

The movie: In 1988 slackers and future world leaders Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) are about to flunk their history exam when the most excellent Rufus (George Carlin) saves their proverbial bacon. The pair are gifted a time-traveling phone booth in order to learn all about the past. Open the history book; pick a page. These guys need the help of Napoleon, Billy The Kid, Abe Lincoln and So-crates - and so they find them. Wo🔜ah. 

Unresolved paradox: The film's central premise. Bill and Ted only rule the worldﷺ through their music, because their older selves convince them to do so. 

16. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

The movie: Arguably the most sci-fiey Potter flick involves the use of a genius time-travel🍃ling device. It's just another fun-filled day at Hogwarts for Harry and Hermione, as the pair go back in time three hours previously. Interesting that considering all the other horrible incidents that happen - no spoilers here - nobody ever uses the time-turner again in the films. 

Unresolved paradox: Harry saves himself by throwing a Patronus charm, which he only knew he could do b✅ecause he realises it was himself who💫 threw it. 

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