Time loop movies are such a wild ride — that feeling when the day just keeps resetting and the characters have to figure it out. I’ve been watching a bunch recently, from classics like Groundhog Day and Edge of Tomorrow to some underrated gems like Palm Springs and Happy Death Day.
What’s your favorite time loop movie? Or one you think everyone should watch but doesn’t talk about enough?
Would love to swap recommendations and see what’s out there!
Update: You all seriously delivered! 🌀
I went in looking for a few underrated time loop movies… and came out with enough to loop through multiple lifetimes. Here's a running list of everything folks have recommended so far — across movies, anime, TV, even games:
🎬 Movies
- Run Lola Run
- 12 Monkeys
- Primer
- Triangle
- Timecrimes (aka Time Crimes, Spanish)
- 12:01
- Source Code
- Coherence
- Omni Loop
- Looper
- Predestination
- Project Almanac
- Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
- The Endless
- ARQ
- The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
- Donnie Darko
- Before I Fall
- Boss Level
- Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes
- River (2023)
- Time Lapse
- About Time
- Memento (or Momento as someone wrote 😅)
- Maanadu (Tamil)
- Deja Vu
- Tenet
- Re/Member
- Until Dawn
- Room 0
- Timechasers
- The Infinite Man
- Premonition
- Arrival
- The Butterfly Effect
- Round and Round
- Resolution
- Flashback (2020)
- Caddo Lake
- Hot Tub Time Machine
- 1994: A.P.E.X.
- Two Distant Strangers
- Happy Monday(s)
- Detention
- The Final Countdown
- Peggy Sue Got Married
- Doctor Strange
- The Time Traveler’s Wife
- Fetching Cody
- Things Will Be Different
- Inside Llewyn Davis
- In the Tall Grass
- Dead of Night (1945)
- Mulholland Drive
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
- The Father
📺 TV Shows / Episodes
- Russian Doll
- Dark
- Lost
- Bodies
- X-Files – “Monday” (S6E14)
- Window of Opportunity – Stargate SG-1
- Twin Peaks: The Return
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
🎌 Anime
- Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
- Re/Member
🎮 Games
- Outer Wilds
Let me know what I missed — I’m still working my way through replies. Some of these blur the line between time loop and time travel, but hey, if it bends time and breaks your brain, it counts in my book.
Massive thanks again to everyone who dropped a rec 🙌
This list’s a goldmine.