Back to the future

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows back to the future

poster The Return
The Return
86mn - Mystery, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Two young children and an adult in a small town have an encounter with an alien spaceship. 25 years later the children are reunited as adults in the same town which is now beset by strange cattle mutilati…
poster Beyond Tomorrow
Beyond Tomorrow
(3.3/5)
84mn - Fantasy, Drama, Romance
The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple whom they initially brought together.
poster Terminus
Terminus
115mn - Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
An established dystopian sport has drivers of a computerized truck driving cross-country to a terminus. The lead truck, created by a boy genius, is driven by a woman. When the computer guidance system fai…
poster Reunion
Reunion
(2.9/5)
94mn - Drama
A bittersweet and heartfelt story about going back. In the twenty-four hours before their 20th high school reunion, five friends, a younger brother and a mysterious photojournalist are reunited by determi…
poster Spaceballs
Spaceballs
(3.6/5)
96mn - Comedy, Sci-Fi
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogur…
poster Escape 2120
Escape 2120
107mn - Sci-Fi
A detached orphan teen escapes to the future in suspended animation, but when he arrives at a natural utopia, he must evade a lynch mob convinced that he's the prophesied Devil's Child.
poster The Return of Superfly
The Return of Superfly
95mn - Drama, Action, Crime
In this third entry in the Superfly films, Priest returns to New York from Paris to find who is responsible for his friend's murder. With a couple of new friends, he attempts to bring the killers to justi…
poster The Last Starfighter
The Last Starfighter
(3.4/5)
101mn - Adventure, Sci-Fi, Action
Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering the video game The Last Starfighter, only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of bes…
poster Tempting Fate
Tempting Fate
(2.9/5)
96mn - Sci-Fi, Short
A man who is still mourning the death of the woman he loves, meets a man who says he created a machine that can bring anyone to a parallel world. He goes and sees the woman he loves is still alive in that…
poster For All Time
For All Time
(3.5/5)
84mn - Short, Sci-Fi, Drama
A man facing middle-age and a failing marriage finds a time slip that can take him back to the end of the nineteenth century.
poster The Phantom Planet
The Phantom Planet
82mn - Sci-Fi
After an asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom planet's exotic atmosphere.
poster The Meeksville Ghost
The Meeksville Ghost
(2.7/5)
95mn - Adventure, Fantasy
A cowboy ghost, one young man, a mother and son separated at his birth by a disapproving father, dream / time travel, a big fiery accident, a small town in need of saving by the power of love.
poster Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die
Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die
100mn - Western
A determined debt collector arrives in Tucson to collect his 10% commission after retrieving $100,000 for a corrupt bank president. When the banker refuses to pay and frames him for a crime, the collector…
poster Flight World War II
Flight World War II
85mn - Action, Sci-Fi, War
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, th…
poster Liquid Bridge
Liquid Bridge
98mn - Drama, Action
Nick McCallum is mechanic who trades in his wrench for a surfboard, going against the wishes of his father– a former surfing legend who lost his ability to walk after a horrible accident on the water.
poster Dreams Don't Die
Dreams Don't Die
(3.3/5)
100mn - Drama, Thriller, Short
Two young kids in love, one young graffiti artist and the other a foster-child, find trouble on the mean streets on the other side of the river in New York City. Officer Charles Banks finds young Danny ta…
poster One Dark Night
One Dark Night
(2.8/5)
89mn - Horror
A strange man named Karl Rhamarevich dies shortly after discovering a way to become even more powerful in death through telekinesis. On the night of his burial in a crypt, Julie is to spend the night ther…
poster The Yesterday Machine
The Yesterday Machine
(5/5)
85mn - Sci-Fi, Horror
A Nazi scientist invents a time machine enabling him to go back to alter the events of WWII.
poster Destination Earth
Destination Earth
14mn - Animation
A Martian explorer discovers the secrets behind the USA's prosperity — oil and free enterprise.
poster Kung Fu Traveler 2
Kung Fu Traveler 2
96mn - Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
After Southern Style Kung Fu fails to defeat invading aliens, General Chen must travel back in time to the late Qing Dynasty to find a Northern Style Kung Fu master. But when time travel erases his memory…
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