
Movies that feel likeBack to the Future (1985)
If you loved Back to the Future, the closest films we have are Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), Barbarella (1968) and Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973). All three share Back to the Future's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Used Cars (1980).
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If Back to the Future hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Back to the Future Part II (1989) · Back to the Future Part III (1990)

Grown men redoing the 80s and fumbling the butterfly effect
The difference: Raunchy and crude — nostalgia with a hangover, not heart

Epic and witty in the same breath
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

A tinkerer's time machine misfires into history with farcical fallout
The difference: Soviet-era farce — broad role-swap comedy, subtitles required

Affectionate genre comedy built by people who love the classics
The difference: An alien road trip running on references

Time travel as a machine for father-son reconciliation
The difference: Streaming-era gloss, the wonder secondhand

High-concept comedy where an ordinary guy bends his world's rules
The difference: Video-game reality instead of a time-traveling DeLorean

Zippy sci-fi comedy with perfect chemistry and gadgets
The difference: Buddy-cop aliens, no timeline to fix

Men wake up in a future gone wrong and scramble to set things right
The difference: A Polish dystopian satire — its gender politics have aged rough

Both land play and ideas at once
The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

Zemeckis before the gloss — same motor, cruder and meaner
The difference: Crass adult comedy with no warmth to fall back on

Crowd-pleasing spectacle that leads with jokes and heart
The difference: Cosmic superhero camp, no hometown stakes

Affectionate genre play where ordinary people rise to sci-fi heroics
The difference: Parody first — it spoofs the stars instead of chasing wonder
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