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Movies that feel like Timecrimes (2007)

If you loved Timecrimes, the closest films we have are The Butterfly Effect (2004), Predestination (2014) and Knowing (2009). All three share Timecrimes's cerebral and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Howdy Amazon Channel, fuboTV and Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 90% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.1 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Nacho Vigalondocerebraltensedreamlike

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If Timecrimes hit the spot, these will too

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The Butterfly Effect
2004 Β· dir. Eric Bress
πŸ… 34%β˜… 7.6science fiction Β· thriller

Time travel is the engine of both

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences.

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Predestination
2014 Β· dir. Michael Spierig
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.4science fiction Β· thriller

Both built around time travel

The difference: Not nearly as dreamlike as Timecrimes

Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time and prevent a devastating attack in which thousands of lives will be lost.

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Knowing
2009 Β· dir. Alex Proyas
πŸ… 35%β˜… 6.2science fiction Β· thriller

Both land ideas and tension at once

A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.

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Source Code
2011 Β· dir. Duncan Jones
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5thriller Β· science fiction Β· mystery

Surrealism sits at the heart of each

The difference: Leans mystery where Timecrimes does not

When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.

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The Happening
2008 Β· dir. M. Night Shyamalan
πŸ… 17%β˜… 5thriller Β· science fiction

Cerebral science fiction in both cases

When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliot Moore and his wife Alma flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it terrorism, the accidental release of some toxic military bio weapon -- or something even more sinister?

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

Thriller with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

The difference: Plays it as animation more than Timecrimes does

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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Brainstorm
1983 Β· dir. Douglas Trumbull
πŸ… 57%β˜… 6.4science fiction Β· thriller

Tense science fiction, and it commits to that

The difference: 24 years apart, and the 1980s show

Two brilliant research scientists have invented a device capable of recording and playing back sensory experiences only to have devastating results when one of them records their own death.

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Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970 Β· dir. Joseph Sargent
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.1science fiction Β· thriller

The same preoccupation in both: scientist

The U.S. has handed over control of its nuclear defense system to the Colossus supercomputer designed by scientist Dr. Charles Forbin. It soon becomes clear, that the now-sentient Colossus is far more intelligent than its creator realizedβ€”with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.

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Sunshine
2007 Β· dir. Danny Boyle
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.2science fiction Β· thriller

Both trade on ideas more than on being thriller

Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun β€” but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
2003 Β· dir. Stephen Norrington
πŸ… 17%β˜… 5.8fantasy Β· action Β· thriller

Science fiction built on dream logic, twice over

To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.

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Coherence
2014 Β· dir. James Ward Byrkit
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.2thriller Β· science fiction

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

Four couples gather for dinner the night a mysterious and powerful comet passes overhead.

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The Matrix Reloaded
2003 Β· dir. Lana Wachowski
πŸ… 74%β˜… 7.2adventure Β· action Β· thriller

Both work the same dream logic

The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion. Neo discovers his superpowers, including the ability to see the code inside the Matrix. With machine sentinels digging to Zion in 72 hours, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity must find the Keymaker to ultimately reach the Source.

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