
Movies that feel likeBack to the Future Part II (1989)
If you loved Back to the Future Part II, the closest films we have are Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), Paul (2011) and The Adam Project (2022). All three share Back to the Future Part II's epic and witty 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 Part II hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Back to the Future (1985) · Back to the Future Part III (1990)

Time travel as comic mischief — rewriting your own past, 80s nostalgia and all
The difference: Raunchy and self-aware — sloppier plotting, adult jokes throughout

Affectionate eighties geekery worn openly on its sleeve
The difference: Raunchy road comedy, with no clockwork story to admire

Time travel used to force a person to face their own family
The difference: Sentimental and streamlined, with none of the plot machinery

Epic where it counts, witty underneath
The difference: 21 years apart, and the 1960s show

An ordinary guy discovering the world runs on rules he can break
The difference: Video-game satire — no intricate timeline to keep straight

Deadpan invention and gadgets tossed off like they are routine
The difference: Episodic buddy comedy with no escalating timeline stakes

Playful and cerebral in the same breath
The difference: Reviewed even better

An inventor's time machine swaps eras with farcical ripple effects
The difference: A Soviet comedy classic — subtitles and 70s stagecraft, no spectacle

Men flung into a warped future they have to scheme their way out of
The difference: A Polish cult satire — broader, stranger and politically barbed

Early Zemeckis — the same breakneck comic scheming, minus the DeLorean
The difference: No sci-fi at all — a cynical, raunchy con-artist farce

A rare crowd-pleaser where clockwork plotting is the engine of the jokes
The difference: Spoofs space-opera fandom, not time travel — warmer, less intricate

Candy-colored chaos with jokes stacked on top of spectacle
The difference: Cosmic superhero brawl — no nostalgia, no timeline puzzle
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