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As Mark Duplasss forlorn character says inSafety Not Guaranteed, The mission has to do with regret.

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In any case, the time-travel stories deemed worthy of Hollywood budgets arent always straightforward in their mechanics.

What these films all do have in common is a fascination with changing the way time works.

So lets get to it.

25.Galaxy Quest(1999)

DoesGalaxy Questreally count as a time-travel movie?

Galaxy Questis available to rent onAmazon.

(Its also quite funny.)

Happy Death Dayis available to rent onAmazon.

See You Yesterdayis streaming onNetflix.

21.Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure(1989)

Bill & Teds Excellent Adventureis streaming onHBO Max.

Source Codeis available to rent onAmazon.

Which, like at leastone other movie on this list, speaks to the present moment, or whatever.

12 Monkeysis available to rent onAmazon.

Run Lola Runis available to rent onAmazon.

Perhaps the best case in point isEdge of Tomorrow, sometimes known asLive.

Repeat.after its original tagline.

Its the kind of physically grueling movie only an actor as genuinely unhinged as Tom Cruise could pull off.

Edge of Tomorrowis streaming onFubo TV.

Star Trekis available to rent onAmazon.

Still, the originalGirl Who Leapt Through Timedeserves mention here.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Timeis available to rent onAmazon.

Safety Not Guaranteedis streaming onTubi.

La Jeteeis streaming on theCriterion Channel.

Planet of the Apesis available to rent onAmazon.

Groundhog Dayis streaming onStarz.

10.Predestination(2014)

Predestinationis streaming onTubi.

8.Donnie Darko(2001)

Donnie Darkois a bit of a genre mash-up.

Donnie Darkois streaming onHBO Max.

Palm Springsis streaming onHulu.

Tenetis streaming onHBO Max.

The Terminatoris streaming onAmazon Prime Video.

Of course, Cassandra never had access to any firepower stored in underground desert arsenals.

Terminator 2: Judgment Dayis streaming onNetflix.

1.Arrival(2016)

Its fair to wonder whetherArrivalreally is, in fact, a time-travel movie.

Partly, thats simply a question of the source material.

Chiang is arguably the most talented (and possibly the most decorated) American sci-fi writer of his generation.

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