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Movies that feel likeThe Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to 'leap' backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.

If you loved The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, the closest films we have are Summer Wars (2009), Mr. Nobody (2009) and Melancholia (2011). All three share The Girl Who Leapt Through Time's cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Timecrimes (2007).

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Summer Wars
2009 Β· dir. Mamoru Hosoda
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.4animation Β· science fictionMax

Both are Mamoru Hosoda's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Goes its own way on the dream logic

Teenage math whiz Kenji Koiso agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natsuki. When he arrives, he finds that her family have reunited to celebrate the 90th birthday of their matriarch. His job: pretend to be Natsuki's fiancΓ©. Meanwhile, his attempt to solve a mathematical equation causes a parallel world's collision with Earth.

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Mr. Nobody
2009 Β· dir. Jaco Van Dormael
πŸ… 64%β˜… 7.7science fiction Β· drama Β· romancePrime VideoHulu

Common ground in both: time travel and surrealism

The difference: Played as romance first

Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.

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Melancholia
2011 Β· dir. Lars von Trier
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.1drama Β· science fiction

One thread runs through both: surrealism

Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.

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Paprika
2006 Β· dir. Satoshi Kon
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.7animation Β· science fiction Β· thrillerRent or buy

Both are built on the same subject: anime

The difference: Lighter on stillness

Dr. Atsuko Chiba is a research psychologist who uses a device called the DC Mini to enter her patients' dreams, wherein she adopts the alter-ego "Paprika". When the device is stolen, she must stop rogue elements from merging the dream and waking worlds.

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Timecrimes
2007 Β· dir. Nacho Vigalondo
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.1science fiction Β· thriller

The same preoccupation in both: time travel

A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.

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I Am Dragon
2015 Β· dir. Indar Dzhendubaev
β˜… 6.8fantasy Β· romancePrime Video

The same mix in both: dream logic, then romance

In the midst of the wedding princess Miroslava is kidnapped by a dragon and carried away into his castle on the remote island. Mira left everything behind in the past - family, friends and groom. Now the only things she had were a stone cage and a mysterious young man named Arman ... but who is he and what is he doing on that island? Miroslava will know the truth too late: loving a dragon will reveal the bitter truth - love is scary.

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Upside Down
2012 Β· dir. Juan Diego Solanas
πŸ… 29%β˜… 6.3romance Β· science fiction Β· dramaPrime Video

Contemplative and cerebral in the same breath

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure that poses the question: what if love was stronger than gravity?

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Beauty and the Beast
2014 Β· dir. Christophe Gans
πŸ… 41%β˜… 6.4fantasy Β· romancePrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: love

Forced to face the cruel side of life, a devastated, bankrupt merchant chances upon the enchanted castle of a hideous creature, the mere sight of it chills the bone to the marrow. There, a fate worse than death awaits the poor father-of-six, who, after plucking a sweet-scented rose from the repulsive master's verdant garden, must do the impossible: permit his compassionate daughter, Belle, to take his place and pay for the sins of her parent. Now, an impenetrable mystery shrouds the haunted mansion, and, as repugnance gradually turns into affection, only true love could break the spell.

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Ruby Red
2013 Β· dir. Felix Fuchssteiner
β˜… 6fantasy Β· drama Β· romance

Common ground: teenage romance

On her 16th birthday, Gwendolyn Shepherd finds out that instead of her cousin, she has inherited a rare gene that allows her to travel through time.

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The Man from the Future
2011 Β· dir. ClΓ‘udio Torres
β˜… 7comedy Β· fantasy Β· science fiction

Fantasy with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

Zero is a brilliant scientist. However, 20 years ago, he was publicly humiliated when he lost Helena, the love of his life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions causes him to travel back in time to 1991. Having taken the opportunity to change history, Zero returns to own time to find totally changed.

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 Β· dir. Michel Gondry
πŸ… 93%β˜… 8.3science fiction Β· drama Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: love

Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.

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Vanilla Sky
2001 Β· dir. Cameron Crowe
πŸ… 41%β˜… 6.9mystery Β· romance Β· science fictionParamount+Peacock

Science fiction built on ideas, twice over

David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are blurred.

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