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A Christmas Carol
Subtle use of time travel: the specters of the past, present, and future. Used to change Scrooges stingy and evil manner. -
The Time Machine (Novel)
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The Time Machine (Film)
Traveling in the future at first to see simple changes like fashion fads, etc. Flash forward to a war. Flash forward to a post-apocalyptic world. -
Doctor Who
Focuses on the immortal aspect. The Doctor is a time lord who travels through and manipulates time. However, Recent releases in the 2000s focuses a little more on the individuals in a certain time period. -
Back to the Future
Marty accidentally stops his parents from meeting by accident. Marty has to fix this with Doc Brown's help. Comedic, began topic of time travel. $390 million dollars box office. -
Groundhog Day
Started the trope of reliving the same event over and over again. The insanity of no one remembering, the lack of long term consequences, and the power of knowledge, and the solitude of time travel. $70 million dollars box office. -
Steins;Gate
Covers anything from the butterfly effect to time loops. The film heavily relies on the Novikov self-consistency principle. Everything he tries to fix is already destined to fail which drives him insane. -
Flashpoint
The Flash tries to stop the murder of his mother, but it leads to unsuspecting consequences that result in the end of the world. A great example of the butterfly effect. -
Bioshock Infinite
The third game in a trilogy. It shows that your actions in the game ultimately lead to the start of the first game in an endless time loop. It also shows past and future versions of oneself causing different events at the same time. -
Life Is Strange
You decide to save a person using your time travel ability then you make friends with them over many months while saving their lives countless times. However, you are forced to choose between the life of your best friend and the lives of an entire village of people. Butterfly effect at its peak. More than 3 million copies sold. -
ERASED
Solve the mystery that led to the deaths of your dead classmates to save them from their fates. Simple concept, intense and heart-warming movie. -
Happy Death Day
Comical spin on the concept of Groundhog Day. Relive the day, your birthday, you get killed to try to stop the murder from happening.
