Movies like Timeline
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Timeline (2003)
69K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A group of archaeological students become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their professor. The group must survive in 14th century France long enough to be rescued.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, period piece, captivating, sincere, suspense, fairy tale, mind bending, thought provoking, intellectual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
time travel, knight, time machine, archaeology, medieval, changing the past or future, danger, siege, twists and turns, parallel universe, time, immortal, time paradox, sword and shield, father son relationship, excavation, getting home, disorder, hopes, riddles and clues, sorcery, time loop, kingdom, archery, sword and sorcery ...
Time:
medieval times, future, year 2003, middle ages, 20th century, 14th century, 21st century ...
Place:
europe, france
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Most similar movies to Timeline
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, serious, entertaining and cult classic films with plots about chase, danger, time travel, catastrophe, destiny, dialogue and mentor mostly in Action, Adventure and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Timeline: The Final Countdown (1980), Outlander (2008), John Carter (2012), The Butterfly Effect (2004), Assassin's Creed (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In 1980, the US Navy's most powerful warship, the USS Nimitz, is caught in a storm during routine manoeuvres in the Pacific. Enveloped by a strange green light, the ship passes through a vortex and when they emerge, their communications have ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly, kids
Plot:
time travel, world war two, changing the past or future, military, military life, time loop, aircraft carrier, heroic mission, catastrophe, battles, twists and turns, airplane ...
Time:
1940s, 70s, 80s, year 1941, year 1980 ...
Place:
pearl harbor, japan, pacific ocean, hawaii
Similarity:
100%
81K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Czech Republic, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
During the reign of the Vikings, a man from another world crash-lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator. The man must fuse his advanced technology with the weaponry of the vikings to fight the monster.
Style:
cult classic, exciting, epic, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
monster, alien invasion, alien, viking, alien creature, vengeance, norse mythology, spacecraft, ancient, alien encounter, sword, human versus alien ...
Time:
middle ages, year 2008, 2000s, medieval times, 8th century ...
Place:
europe
Similarity:
100%
298K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and ...
Style:
exciting, epic, entertaining, futuristic, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, family outing, teens
Plot:
mars, alien, superhuman powers, space opera, heroic mission, monster, space travel, mysterious planet, distant planet, imaginary kingdom, space adventure, warrior ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, future, 1880s, 19th century ...
Place:
virginia, arizona, new york, space western, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
psychological, mind bending, suspense, philosophical, reflective ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
time travel, twists and turns, memory, time loop, butterfly effect, psychology, mind control, alternate reality, changing the past or future, destiny, memory loss, time ...
Time:
year 2004, 2010s, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Through unlocked genetic memories that allow him to relive the adventures of his ancestor in 15th century Spain, Callum Lynch discovers he's a descendant of the secret 'Assassins' society. After gaining incredible knowledge and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, intense, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
assassin, chase, assassination, time travel, brotherhood, betrayal, changing the past or future, secret society, secret identity, imaginary, warrior, one against many ...
Time:
middle ages, 15th century, 2010s, year 2016, near future ...
Place:
spain, london, texas, madrid
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
International Flight 42 is on course, when all of a sudden a massive and weird storm crops up around the plane. This sends the plane back in time to the year 1940- smack dab in the middle of WWII! Now, the crew and passengers must not only find a ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, suspense, tense, supernatural thriller ...
Plot:
time travel, back in time, airplane, warplane, battles, luftwaffe, air disaster, surrealism, bomb, wartime, struggle for survival, sent to the past ...
Time:
year 1940, 1940s, 2010s, year 2015
Place:
france, dunkirk, berlin germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
When the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham murders Robin's father, the legendary archer vows vengeance. To accomplish his mission, Robin joins forces with a band of exiled villagers (and comely Maid Marian), and together they battle to end the ...
Style:
period piece, epic, entertaining, exciting, scenic ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night, teens ...
Plot:
knight, robin hood, good versus evil, archer, sword fight, chase, swashbuckler, justice, medieval, folk hero, courage, sword and shield ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 19th century, 12th century
Place:
england, britain, europe, israel, jerusalem ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A medieval cult travels to the 20th centrury and kills people, in an attempt to bring about the end of the world. The policeman Michael Nostrand must stop them, but what does his fate truly hold?
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, informative ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
time travel, time machine, changing the past or future, reluctant partners, police investigation, supernatural, police detective, danger, serial killer, murder, oracle, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
medieval times, 20th century, 90s
Place:
minnesota, france
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Lara Croft ventures to an underwater temple in search of the mythological Pandora's Box but, after securing it, it is promptly stolen by the villainous leader of a Chinese crime syndicate. Lara must recover the box before the syndicate's ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, sexy, action packed, saga ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
treasure hunt, archaeology, archaeologist, treasure map, monster, kick-butt women, female protagonist, adventurer, woman with a gun, fantasy world, female martial artist, archeological dig ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s
Place:
greece, africa, shanghai, europe, asia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Based on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into the future to 1984.
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, suspense ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
time travel, chase, world war two, conspiracy, experiment, experiment gone awry, justice, laboratory, chases and races, danger, heroic mission, heroes ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 1940s, 80s, year 1943 ...
Place:
california, philadelphia, nevada, usa, arizona ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Martin Lawrence plays Jamal, an employee in Medieval World amusement park. After sustaining a blow to the head, he awakens to find himself in 14th century England.
Style:
humorous, feel good, funny, parody, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
medieval, time travel, fish out of water, time warp, sent to the past, african american, knight, castle, destiny, time jump, back in time, time traveler ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 20th century, year 2001, 2000s ...
Place:
england, europe, usa, connecticut, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
49K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A group of students become trapped inside a mysterious cave where they discover time passes differently underground than on the surface.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, mindfuck, lovecraft ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, time dilation, cave, friendship, time loop, twists and turns, college professor, youth, danger, time portal, investigation, legend ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
William Thatcher, a peasant, is sent to apprentice with a Knight named Hector as a young boy. Urged by his father to "change his Stars", he assumes Sir Hector's place in a tournament when Hector dies in the middle of it. He wins. With ...
Style:
feel good, period piece, inspirational, romantic, costume drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, date night, family outing, teens ...
Plot:
medieval, knight, sword fight, jousting, love and romance, love story, sword duel, against the odds, love, swords and armor, writers, fall in love ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, year 2001, ancient times, 14th century ...
Place:
england, europe, london, france, paris france
Similarity:
67%
182K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, ...
Style:
exciting, period piece, costume drama, epic, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
king arthur, knight, medieval, king, arthurian legend, sword fight, military, combat, battles, sword and shield, roman empire, swords and armor ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 5th century, ancient times, year 2004 ...
Place:
britain, scotland, england, europe, rome italy ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether ...
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, intense, serious, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyborgs, apocalypse, robot, cyberpunk, future war, androids and robots, time travel, man versus machine, post apocalypse, dystopian future, terminator, dystopic future ...
Time:
future, year 2009, near future, 2010s, year 2003 ...
Place:
los angeles, san francisco, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has ...
Style:
exciting, apocalyptic, suspenseful, suspense, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, kids, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, terminator, time travel, robot, man versus machine, cyborgs, dystopia, apocalypse, androids and robots, cyberpunk, chase, time traveler ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, near future, year 1997 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, persia, america, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.
Style:
serious, offbeat, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
time travel, sword fight, battles, military, samurai sword, rape, female nudity, helicopter, tank, heroes, soldier, self defense ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 16th century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period drama. Arthur is reluctant to hand the crown to Lancelot, and Guinevere is torn between her loyalty to her husband and her growing love for his rival. ...
Style:
romantic, fairy tale, sentimental, period piece, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
knight, king arthur, medieval, love triangle, sword fight, ancient, arthurian legend, betrayal, love, camelot, beauty, love story ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 90s, 1900s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
20 years after a set of events, the Time Enforcement Commission (TEC), is still going strong. Now Brandon Miller a TEC operative, believes that they have a responsibility to change history hoping that the world will be better but Ryan Chan another ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, fast
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, time machine, alternate timeline, heroes, martial arts, chase, superhero, heroic mission, undercover, danger, psychopath, changing the past or future ...
Time:
year 1988, 19th century, 80s, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place:
germany, europe, california, texas, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During the alien invasion of 2022, one man flees through a wormhole to 1992, where attempt after attempt is made to catch and kill him.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, changing the past or future, time loop, time machine, terminator, soldier, danger, imaginary, heroic mission, escapades, rescue, alien invasion ...
Time:
future, year 1993, 90s, 20th century, year 1992 ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, seattle
Similarity:
100%
732K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, psychotronic, exciting, epic ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
superhero, strong female character, superheroine, world war one, strong female lead, fight scenes, female warrior, mythology, good versus evil, tough girl, supernatural power, super powers ...
Time:
1910s, year 1918, year 2017, future, 2010s ...
Place:
london, ancient greece, belgium, big ben london, fictional island ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Immortals Connor and Duncan Macleod join forces against a man from Connor's distant past in the highlands of Scotland, Kell, an immensely powerful immortal who leads an army of equally powerful and deadly immortal swordsmen and assassins. No ...
Style:
exciting, melancholic, suspenseful, serious, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
sword fight, immortality, immortal, sword and sorcery, good versus evil, vengeance, supernatural, supernatural ability, mythology, mentor, gory, heroic mission ...
Time:
middle ages, 17th century, 18th century, 2000s, y2k ...
Place:
scotland, ireland, new york, europe, italy ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
As the English and French soldiers battle for control of the American colonies in the 18th century, the settlers and native Americans are forced to take sides. Cora and her sister Alice unwittingly walk into trouble but are reluctantly saved by ...
Style:
epic, sexy, period piece, costume drama, visually stunning ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
native american, american indian, war, freedom, colonial america, indians, wilderness, revenge, forest, historical epic, medieval, american history ...
Time:
18th century, middle ages, ancient times, georgian era, 20th century ...
Place:
persia, usa, england
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led ...
Style:
futuristic, twist ending, bad ending, suspense, saga ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, dystopia, ape, survival, astronaut, space adventure, genetics, dystopian future, alien planet, space travel, planet of the apes, distopia ...
Time:
future, year 2001, near future, 20th century, 2020s ...
Place:
washington d.c., north america
Similarity:
100%
51K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is an unexpected team: a scientist, a soldier and a history professor, who must use the ...
Style:
romantic, light, exciting, surprise ending, spiritual ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
time travel, time machine, alternate reality, female scientist, fighting crime, alternate timeline, mother daughter relationship, shooting, murder, conspiracy, gang of outlaws, fantasy life ...
Time:
80s, 1940s, 19th century, 20th century, 1910s ...
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
100%
218K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
Style:
futuristic, visually stunning, entertaining, exciting, visual ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space travel, archaeology, space opera, alien, slavery, pyramid, creature, stargate, archaeologist, teleportation, alien planet, ancient egypt ...
Time:
future, 90s, near future, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
egypt, colorado, space western, middle east, africa ...
Similarity:
60%
66K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The series centers on the conflict between a group of rebels from the year 2077 who time-travel to Vancouver, BC, in 2012, and a police officer who accidentally accompanies them. In spite of being many years early, the rebel group decides to ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, apocalyptic, spooky, cyber ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, heroine, time machine, getting home, terrorist group, existence paradox, policewoman, changing the past or future, sent to the past, hopes, fish out of water, computer genius ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, vancouver, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.
Style:
futuristic, atmospheric, serious, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, time machine, steampunk, dystopic future, apocalypse, escapades, changing the past or future, utopia, destiny, chase, time warp, post apocalypse ...
Time:
future, distant future, 2030s, victorian era, near future ...
Place:
usa, new york, egypt
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A man named Farmer sets out to rescue his kidnapped wife and avenge the death of his son -- two acts committed by the Krugs, a race of animal-warriors who are controlled by the evil Gallian.
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, serious, epic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
medieval, dragon, imaginary kingdom, magic, vengeance, good versus evil, monster, sword and sorcery, female warrior, revenge, villain, mentor ...
Time:
medieval times, year 2007
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
22%
105K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In an ancient time when majestic fire-breathers soared through the skies, a knight named Bowen comes face to face and heart to heart with the last dragon on Earth, Draco. Taking up arms to suppress a tyrant king, Bowen soon realizes his task will be ...
Style:
fairy tale, humorous, entertaining, cult classic, epic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
dragon, knight, medieval, good versus evil, friendship, sword fight, sorcery, immortality, evil king, sword and sorcery, battles, society ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 10th century, 90s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
21%
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