20 best movies like Back to the Future (1985)


List of the best movies like Back to the Future (1985): Interstellar, Gatchaman, Meet the Robinsons, The Time Machine, Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, Free Birds, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, My Science Project, The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising, Tomorrowland.

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Markimdb: 8.6
Genrefantastic, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
Duration02:49

    Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama
    CountryJapan
    Duration01:53

    By the year 2050 AD, a mysterious organization called Galactor has occupied half of the Earth and threatens to exterminate the human race. Around the same time, the International Science Organization had uncovered mysterious stones that bear unusual powers. It is said that one person out of approximately eight million is able to harness the power of the stones; they are known as a "Receptor". Dr. Kozaburo Nambu gathers a team of these five lucky Receptors together. Known as the "Gatchaman" team, it is their mission to defeat Galactor.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantastic, comedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    In this animated adventure, brilliant preteen inventor Lewis creates a memory scanner to retrieve his earliest recollections and find out why his mother gave him up for adoption. But when the villainous Bowler Hat Guy steals the machine, Lewis is ready to give up on his quest until the mysterious Wilbur Robinson shows up on the scene, whisking Lewis to the future to find the scanner and his mom.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
    CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
    Duration01:36

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

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrefantastic, comedy
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:23

      Three men walk into a bar; two geeks and a cynic. They are three ordinary blokes who all have dreams and hopes for an exciting and better future

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:31

      Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history—and get turkey off the holiday menu for good.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Belgium, Canada
      Duration02:44

      A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      Michael and Ellie break into a military junkyard to find a science project for Michael's class, and discover a strange glowing orb which absorbs electricity. When the orb begins to blend past, present, and future, its up to Michael and Ellie to stop the orb and save mankind.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:39

      A boy's life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the dark.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrefantastic, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, Spain, France, Canada, United Kingdom
      Duration02:22

      Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland."

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:59

      After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by Ruthless General Thade.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:55

      A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time – gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

      Markimdb: 3.3
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
      CountryAustralia
      Duration01:25

      In 1943, five US soldiers are recruited by the OSS for a time travel mission to save the world from the tyranny of Hitler's 25th Reich.

      Markimdb: 8.3
      Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, adventure, crime
      CountrySoviet Union
      Duration01:28

      Shurik Timofeev builds a working model of a time machine. By accident, Ivan Bunsha, an apartment complex manager, and George Miloslavsky, a petty burglar, are transferred to 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible goes into the year 1973.

      Markimdb: 4.2
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:25

      After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, crime
      CountryRepublic of Ireland
      Duration01:29

      Two teenage boys cycle 160 km on stolen bikes pursued by police to find a missing bale of cocaine worth 7 million euro. Set around the real event of Ireland's biggest cocaine seizure in 2007 of 440 million euro.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      Stillman, a heartbroken physics student, builds a time machine when his girlfriend breaks up with him. Going back in time, he attempts to save their relationship by fixing every mistake he made—while dragging his best friend along in the process.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA, China
      Duration01:58

      In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, adventure
      CountryUSA

      Just because a journey leads you somewhere you didn't expect, doesn't mean you ended up in the wrong place.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:30

      Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genrefantastic, drama
      CountryAustralia

      A lowly utility worker is called to the future by a mysterious radio signal, he must leave his dying wife to embark on a journey that will force him to face his deepest fears in an attempt to change the fabric of reality and save humankind from its greatest environmental crisis yet.

      Markimdb: 4.2
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Germany
      Duration01:41

        When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways.

        Markimdb: 4.8
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:41

        Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Number 53 - the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own - puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family
        CountryUSA

        When three high-school friends invent a time-machine, they decide to use it to go back in time and prevent other youngsters from making humiliating mistakes.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure, cartoon, detective, anime
        CountryJapan
        Duration02:36

        It is mid-december, and SOS Brigade chief Haruhi Suzumiya announces that the Brigade is going to hold a Christmas party in their clubroom, with Japanese hotpot for dinner. The brigade members Kyon, Yuki Nagato, Mikuru Asahina and Itsuki Koizumi start preparing everything for the party, such as costumes and decorations. But a couple of days later, Kyon arrives at school only to find that Haruhi is missing. Not only that, but Mikuru claims she has never known Kyon before, Koizumi is also missing, and Yuki has become the sole member of the literature club. The SOS Brigade seems to have never existed, nor has Haruhi Suzumiya. No one in the school has ever heard about her… except for Kyon.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:17

        Friends and fledgling entrepreneurs invent a device in their garage which reduces the apparent mass of any object placed inside it, but they discover that it has some highly unexpected capabilities - ones that could enable them to do and to have seemingly anything they want. Taking advantage of this unique opportunity is the first challenge they face. Dealing with the consequences is the next.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration02:13

        Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrefantastic, action, adventure, military
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:56

        A group of archaeological students become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their professor. The group must survive in 14th century France long enough to be rescued.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:09

        In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient Jeffrey Goines, the son of a famous virus expert, who may hold the key to the mysterious rogue group, the Army of the 12 Monkeys, thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:59

          Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a three-year job, he's told he isn't getting a paycheck and instead receives a mysterious envelope. In it are clues he must piece together to find out why he wasn't paid – and why he's now in hot water.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:49

          Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genreaction, comedy, adventure
          CountryItaly, USA
          Duration01:47

          After Mason picks up hitchhiking Rosco with his truck, they are mistaken for two bank robbers by the traffic police. They manage to escape only to be confused for two secret agents while trying to take a flight at the airport.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
          CountryUnited Kingdom

          In the late eighties, the USSR government enlists Tomas, a devoted member of the Communist Party, to travel back in time to future London and document how Socialism has thrived.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genrefantastic, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:21

          In this mind-bending 'Sci-Fi Noir' a daring physicist folds time to travel into the past, trying to stop a mysterious woman from stealing his invention. But once there, he uncovers a surprising truth about the machine, the woman, and his own fractured reality.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrefantastic, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:29

          In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet's ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft. When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and destroyed so that the spacecraft can be reused for commercial purposes, most of the crew of the Valley Forge rejoice at the prospect of going home. Not so for botanist Freeman Lowell who loves the forest and its creatures, so decides to take matters into his own hands to protect what he loves.

          Markimdb: 5
          Genrehorror, thriller, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:32

            When a group of college students take part in a clinical drug trial, an unexpected side effect of the experimental medicine gives them terrifying visions of their own deaths...which begin to come true. As they scramble to escape their fate, they discover that the killer is among them and shares their ability to see the future - only he seems to be one step ahead of their efforts to survive.

            Markimdb: 2.6
            Genrefantastic, action, melodrama, drama, musical, adventure
            CountryAustralia, India

            Tells the story about Karan, a young, spirited, sporty boy who lives life off the rules and Sana, a young petite, shy girl who lives life by the rules. This develops into a magical love story. Karan's uncle, Dr. Yatinder Khanna's much developed time machine finally works. Sana expresses her wish to travel ahead in time to Mumbai in the future. We land in Mumbai 2050 in the time machine... along with Uncle Yatinder, Rahul, and Thea (Sana's younger brother and sister). Flying cars, 200-story buildings, robots and sky rails have changed the very face of Mumbai. Through a series of twists and turns, the time traveler Karan finds himself separating from his love. QT, a friendly femme robot, and Boo, a small robotic teddy bear play their distinct roles in bringing their love story together but soon find themselves under the threat of the demi-god of the future, Dr. Hoshi. Will Karan be able to overcome the threat of Dr. Hoshi and win his love and travel back in time?

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genrecomedy, adventure, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration03:39

            A professor creates a device that allows him and his colleague to change the course of events from the past in order to improve their current life.

            Markimdb: 5.1
            Genrecomedy, adventure, cartoon
            CountryCanada
            Duration01:54

            Quebec, 1956. The impulsive and headstrong Nelly Maloye, a novice private eye, joins the methodical and pragmatic Simon Picard, a research scientist in a dubious quest to prove the existence of the elusive Yeti. The brave-hearted heroes come face-to-face with countless dangers during their trek through the heart of the Himalayas.

            Markimdb: 5.3
            Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, India
            Duration01:23

            A lowly stable elf finds that he is the only one who can stop an invasion of the North Pole by using the secret of Santa's Sleigh, a TimeGlobe, to travel back in time to Save Santa - twice.

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, drama, adventure, family, cartoon, detective
            CountryFrance, Canada, Belgium

            France asleep in the nineteenth century, governed by steam and Napoleon VI, where scientists vanish mysteriously, a girl, Avril, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.

            Markimdb: 5.6
            Genrefantasy, adventure, cartoon, anime
            CountryJapan
            Duration01:34

            A spectacular journey of an unwilling young hero thrust into a mysterious past full of monsters, dragons, and strange hidden powers. Through a series of out of this world battles and adventures, Jun, a shy middle school boy, is transformed into a hero destined to battle evil and ensure harmony and tranquility in the world.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genrefantastic, action, adventure
            CountryUSA, Canada
            Duration02:11

            When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
            CountryHong Kong, China
            Duration01:57

            When a fellow scientist asks for Jack's help in locating the mausoleum of China's first emperor, the past collides violently with the present as Jack discovers his amazing visions are based in fact.

            Markimdb: 5.8
            Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure
            CountryFrance
            Duration01:35

            Two contempo Frenchmen of Antillean descent visit their ancestor's time as well as their land in the slavery-themed French era.

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure, family, music
            CountryArgentina, Spain, Italy
            Duration00:52

            Shot in Spanish and localized for markets around the world, “Tini – El Gran Cambio de Violetta” is set to thrill fans with everything they loved about the worldwide Violetta phenomenon including strong musical elements with new and original tracks, exciting choreography, compelling storylines, and intriguing characters. All made bigger and better for the big screen. The film shows how taking the role in the TV series was a pivotal moment for Tini leading to a personal ‘coming of age story’ about the young actress. In a story that reflects the teen star’s own real life, Tini will leave behind the world depicted in Violetta, striking out alone and embarking on a brand new adventure over one endless summer that will define her as a person and see her emerge as a new artist.

            Markimdb: 5.3
            Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:42

            On his latest expedition, Dr. Rick Marshall is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his research assistant and a redneck survivalist. In this alternate universe, the trio make friends with a primate named Chaka, their only ally in a world full of dinosaurs and other fantastic creatures.

            Markimdb: 4.7
            Genrefantastic, adventure
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration01:42

            Slipstream is a 1989 post-apocalyptic science fiction adventure film. The plot has an emphasis on aviation and contains many common science-fiction themes, such as taking place in a dystopian future in which the landscape of the Earth itself has been changed and is windswept by storms of great power. There are also numerous sub-plots, such as free will and humanity amongst artificial intelligence.

            Markimdb: 7.5
            Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:43

            A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.

            Markimdb: 7.9
            Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
            CountryUSA, Canada
            Duration01:53

              Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.




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