15. Time Bandits (1981)
The movie: In a contemporary, suburban English home, Kevin (Craig Warnock)'s sleep is interrupted when he's kidnapped by dwarves who appear out of his closet and borrow him to help them steal valuable artefacts from various po๊ints in time. Lucky for him, Kevin's a massive history nerd, who quite enjoys travelling around time meeting Robin Hood, Napoleon and Agamemnon.
Unresolved paradox: Does Kevin's time travelling cause his family to be🐬 killed, or was he simply dreaming?
14. La Jetee (1962)
The movie: One of the most influential science-fiction films ever made is a mere 29 minutes long and consists mostly of still photography. If it weren't for La Jetee, we wouldn't have The Terminator or Back 🐼to the Future. The plot follows an unnamed prisoner (Davos Hanich) living in the aftermath of the Third World War, who takes various trips to🃏 the pre-apocalyptic past of his childhood, and also into the future.
Unresolved paradox: Th꧟e man falls in love with a woman he first saw as a child who was witne♌ssing his own future death.
13. The Time Machine (1960)
The movie: George, aka H.G. Wells (Rod Taylor), decides to try out his prototype time machin꧂e in the year 1900, trotting off happily to 1917, 1940, 1966 and then... err... 802,701. Yeah, that's quite a ways forward, so it's not much of a surprise that human๊ity in the future is split into the primitive Eloi and the savage Morlocks.
Unresolved paradox: George tells his friend all about World Wars 1 & 2. They co♏uld've passed on the message.
12. Star Trek (2009)
The movie: JJ Abrams' Kelvin Timeline reboot of the beloved franchise wangles in a series of intriguing time travel elements. In the 23rd century, Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and Nero (Eric Banaꦍ) get caught in a black hole - but hey this is Star Trek! There's another timeline! In the 22nd century, Spock (Zachary🎃 Quinto) is young and only just starting out.
Unresolved paradox: Whether 'reboot' Spock is going to be permanently emailing old Spock to ask what was mean🅘t to happen in the original timeline.
11. Time Crimes (2007)
The movie: Nothing scarier than a figure in an overcoat and a bloodied towel over thei🥂r face, lurking in the bushes is there? Timecrimes has that AND time travel. The horror time-travel genre is alive and well! This Spanish flick follows Hector (Karra Elejalde) on a sun-dappled afternoon as he spies a naked woman in the woods behind his house... and a mysterious figure approaching her.
Unresolved paradox: Where does the time machine come from, anyway?
7. Looper (2012)
The movie: The one where Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a young Bruce Willis is... actually a damn fine time-travel film. In 🍃this world, time travel is outlawed, which means criminals love it and harness its capabilities for wrongdoings like murder. JGL's character Joe is one such lackey, a mobster in 2044 who kills whichever random person is sent back in time to him from 2074. As the movie starts, the person sent back is him...
Unresolved paradox: If the Rainmakꦿer is who we know he is, then it's Old Joe's actions w🎶hich lead to that. He can't off himself!
6. Back to The Future Part 2 (1989)
The movie: The direct sequel to Back to the Future kicks off in 1985 right as the first film ends, with Doc Brown rushing to Marty (Michael J. Fox)'s house to inform him that they've got to go.... yep, back to the future. They head to 2015, where the ignoramus Biff Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson) has completely revived H🌠ill Valley into his own image.
Unresolved Paradox: When Marty and Jennifer travel to 2015, surely they cease to exist in the🐓 🌳interim years. So how are they able to have kids?
