Existence paradox movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant existence paradox movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, mind bending, clever, exciting, interesting and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with existence paradox, time travel, imaginary, time, alternate timeline, time machine, parallel universe, paradox, changing the past or future and destiny plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Drama and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as existence paradox: Source Code (2011), Continuum (2012), Terra Nova (2011), Predestination (2014), Nowhere Boys (2013), 12 Monkeys (2015), The Zero Theorem (2013), Travelers (2016), +1 (2013), The Time Traveler's Wife (2009).
Best films
New films
| +1 (2013) | 5.5 | |
| Continuum (2012) | 7.6 | |
| Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) | 6.4 | |
| 12 Monkeys (2015) | 7.7 | |
| Back in Crime (2013) | 6.5 |
List of existence paradox movies
579K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, discovering he's involved in a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. He learns he's part of a top-secret experimental program that enables ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, mind bending, clever, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
time loop, time travel, train, alternate reality, parallel universe, twists and turns, memory, save the day, changing the past or future, destiny, terrorism, time ...
Time:
future, year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, somalia, afghanistan, illinois
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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
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Terra Nova follows an ordinary family on an incredible journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a small part of a daring experiment to save the human race. In the year 2149, the world is dying. The planet is overdeveloped and overcrowded, with ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, apocalyptic, epic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
time travel, dinosaur, survival, human existence, post apocalypse, danger, changing the past or future, extinction, research, dangerous animal, fate of humanity, sent to the past ...
Time:
prehistoric times, near future, jurassic, prehistory, 22nd century
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
surprise ending, philosophical, confusing, clever, mind bending ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
time travel, time loop, plot twist, time machine, time paradox, twists and turns, parallel universe, gender, destiny, existentialism, changing the past or future, loner ...
Time:
year 1975, future, 2010s, 1940s, year 2014 ...
Place:
usa, new york, peru, cleveland ohio
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story:
Four teenage boys get lost in the forest and discover, when they return home, that they are in an alternate world identical to theirs except for one startling difference - they were never born.
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, serious, teen horror ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
young heroes, friendship, youth, parallel world, good versus evil, supernatural ability, teenage boy, foe turned friend, lost, supernatural, friends, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
The provocative story of Cole, a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested method of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
time travel, epidemic, dystopian future, changing the past or future, sent to the past, existence paradox, time machine, post apocalypse, virus, paradox, apocalypse, plague ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Romania, France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.
Style:
surreal, philosophical, thought provoking, offbeat, psychedelic ...
Plot:
loneliness, computers and web, society, computer, computer system, virtual reality, escape from reality, computer genius, dystopian future, uncover truth, hacker, distopia ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2013, distant future
Is relevant?
71K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Hundreds of years from now, the last surviving humans discover the means of sending consciousness back through time, directly into people in the 21st century. These "travelers" assume the lives of seemingly random people, while secretly ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
time travel, time machine, time traveler, undercover, consciousness, artificial intelligence, time paradox, sent to the past, hopes, police detective, changing the future, post apocalypse ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
north america
Is relevant?
9K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Three college friends go to the biggest party of the year, each looking for something different: love, sex and a simple human connection. When a supernatural phenomenon disrupts the party, it lights a fuse on what will become the strangest night ...
Style:
mind bending, sexy, disturbing, surreal, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
time loop, college, bare chested male, blackout, party, rough sex, breakup, survival, teenage life, manipulation, friendship, existence paradox ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Three men walk into a bar; two geeks and a cynic. They are three ordinary blokes who all have dreams and hopes for an exciting and better future
Style:
horror comedy, entertaining, humorous, tricky, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, sent to the future, time machine, alternate reality, time, time loop, friendship, existence paradox, pub, underdog, disorder, atheism ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 2009, distant future, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.
Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, sweet, sad ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
time travel, time, love story, love and romance, time traveler, time loop, love affair, true love, time paradox, couple relations, fall in love, impossible love ...
Time:
future, year 2009, 20th century, year 1995, 90s ...
Place:
chicago, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Brazil
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Zero (Wagner Moura) is a brilliant scientist, but unfortunate because 20 years ago was publicly humiliated and lost in college Helena (Alinne Moraes) the love of his life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions makes him travel ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, apocalyptic, feel good, romantic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, existence paradox, destiny, hopes, inventions and discoveries, disorder, love and romance, true love, changing the past or future, sent to the past, passion, neuroscience ...
Time:
2010s, 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, latin america
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626K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, thought provoking, neo noir, cerebral ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
time travel, time loop, distopia, hitman, time paradox, cyberpunk, time, self sacrifice, assassin, changing the past or future, organized crime, revenge ...
Time:
future, 2040s, near future, distant future, year 2012 ...
Place:
shanghai, kansas, seattle, usa
Is relevant?
665K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
Style:
exciting, psychological, atmospheric, enigmatic, mind bending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, island, stranded, mysterious place, desert island, stranded on an island, lost, human nature, death, plane crash, destiny, air disaster ...
Time:
y2k, 70s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
fictional island, hawaii, pacific ocean
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our ...
Style:
philosophical, spiritual, psychedelic, surreal, cerebral ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
philosophy, existentialism, dream, surrealism, alternate reality, trippy, consciousness, bohemian life, sleeping, meaning of life, life philosophy, imagination ...
Time:
20th century, year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, tibet
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When three high-school friends invent a time-machine, they decide to use it to go back in time and prevent other youngsters from making humiliating mistakes.
Style:
humorous, teen, scenic, romantic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
time travel, time machine, high school, save the world, friendship, adventurer, partner, escapades, existence paradox, youth, teenager, teenage girl ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
One year after the events of the anime, Rintarou begins to feel the repercussions of extensive time travel, and eventually completely fades from reality. Kurisu, being the only companion to remember him, now must find a way to bring him back.
Style:
anime, mind bending, psychological, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
time travel, time machine, impossible love, sent to the past, mad scientist, existence paradox, love and romance, love affair, tragic love, parallel world, imaginary, changing the past or future ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Animation
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
God, the Devil and Bob is an animated sitcom which premiered on NBC on March 9, 2000 and ended on March 28, 2000, leaving nine episodes unaired. It was created by Matthew Carlson. It is currently broadcast on the Philippine channel Maxxx. The entire ...
Style:
adult animation, sitcom, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
god, good versus evil, disorder, supernatural, bet, chosen one, moral dilemma, existence paradox, deity, temptation, mature, good deed ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, detroit
Is relevant?
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The major sub-plot circles around the youngest Griffin, Stewie, who has a near-death experience at a pool when a lifeguard chair falls on him, but he survives. After having a vision of being in Hell, he decides to change his ways, but this ...
Style:
humorous, adult animation, funny, talky, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
dark humor, stereotypes, twists and turns, storytelling, family relations, time travel, family life, disorder, friends, self discovery, existence paradox, parents and children ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 2005, 2000s, 2040s ...
Place:
usa, rhode island, new jersey, san francisco
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Alcatraz. 1937. A young prison guard working the night shift experiences a string of chilling disturbances culminating in the bizarre death of an inmate at the most famous prison in the world
Style:
captivating, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
prison, supernatural power, alcatraz, supernatural, ghost, paranormal activity, imaginary, confined, murder mystery, danger, secret, macabre ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In the late eighties, the USSR government enlists Tomas, a devoted member of the Communist Party, to travel back in time to future London and document how Socialism has thrived.
Style:
not serious, humorous, light, mumblecore, absurd
Plot:
time travel, changing the past or future, time paradox, bully, culture clash, danger, sent to the future, existence paradox, future shock, fish out of water, destiny, confrontation ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
soviet union, united kingdom, ussr
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The dark untold story of Steins;Gate that leads with the eccentric mad scientist Okabe, struggling to recover from a failed attempt at rescuing Kurisu. He decides to give up and abandons his lively scientist alter ego, in pursuit to forget the past. ...
Style:
anime, exciting, mind bending, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
time travel, time machine, secret organization, time loop, experiment, characters in danger, research, inventions and discoveries, escapades, rivalry, hopes, existence paradox ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
69K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.
Style:
suspense, futuristic, stylized, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
time travel, time machine, martial arts, changing the past or future, heroic mission, back in time, time loop, violence, danger, murder, alternate timeline, time jump ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 19th century ...
Place:
washington d.c., canada
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A malfunctioning time machine at a ski resort takes a man back to 1986 with his two friends and nephew, where they must relive a fateful night and not change anything to make sure the nephew is born.
Style:
funny, feel good, cult classic, hilarious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
time travel, time machine, party, friendship, stupidity, changing the past or future, time loop, casual sex, ski resort, sex in a hot tub, sex scene, foul language ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, year 2010, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place:
usa, chernobyl, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Crime drama series featuring Life On Mars' DCI Gene Hunt. After being shot in 2008, DI Alex Drake lands in 1981, where she finds herself in familiar company.
Style:
surreal, serious, tense, mind bending, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, police detective, time travel, reluctant partners, female detective, power relations, uncover truth, fighting crime, female protagonist, tough law enforcer, confined, coma ...
Time:
80s, future, 20th century, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place:
london, england, europe, east end london
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Life on Mars is a science fiction crime drama television series which originally aired on ABC from October 9, 2008 to April 1, 2009. It is an adaptation of the BAFTA-winning original UK series of the same name produced by the BBC. The series was ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, surreal, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, fish out of water, power relations, disorder, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, fighting crime, uncover truth, police station, police brutality, danger, partner ...
Time:
70s, future, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
usa, canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. ...
Style:
light, saga, futuristic, sentimental, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
time travel, time machine, mad scientist, changing the past or future, old west, sent to the past, time, time loop, inventor, alternate timeline, time paradox, duel ...
Time:
19th century, 1950s, future, 90s, 80s ...
Place:
space western, los angeles, north america, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Marty and Doc are at it again in this wacky sequel to the 1985 blockbuster as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, clever, light, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
time travel, time machine, alternate reality, changing the past or future, inventor, time, sent to the past, alternate timeline, travel, time paradox, time loop, mad scientist ...
Time:
future, year 2015, 1950s, 20th century, 2010s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, north america
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his ...
Style:
feel good, exciting, funny, light, cult classic ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
time travel, time machine, mad scientist, time, time loop, destiny, teenager, scientist, changing the past or future, inventor, fish out of water, high school ...
Time:
future, 80s, 1950s, year 1985, 20th century ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, north america
Is relevant?
504
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Alex, a shy and introverted, is a film director trying to finish writing his latest script. Decided to leave a few days of his wife and children to go to the Pyrenees and find there the peace and inspiration. In the town where he is met Monica, a ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, atmospheric, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
introspection, creative block, love affair, infidelity, midlife crisis, solitude, countryside, human nature, family relations, road not taken, mountain village, isolated house ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, barcelona, catalonia
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