Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "butterfly-effect"

1. Dark (2017–2020)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families.

Stars: Louis Hofmann, Karoline Eichhorn, Lisa Vicari, Maja Schöne

Votes: 444,748

2. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

PG-13 | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

When Jacob (Asa Butterfield) discovers clues to a mystery that stretches across time, he finds Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. But the danger deepens after he gets to know the residents and learns about their special powers.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Judi Dench

Votes: 188,689 | Gross: $87.24M

3. The Flash (I) (2023)

PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Barry Allen uses his super speed to change the past, but his attempt to save his family creates a world without super heroes, forcing him to race for his life in order to save the future.

Director: Andy Muschietti | Stars: Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon

Votes: 210,723

4. The Lazarus Project (2022–2023)

TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Is a top secret organization dedicated to preventing mass extinction events and with the ability to make time go backwards.

Stars: Paapa Essiedu, Anjli Mohindra, Rudi Dharmalingam, Caroline Quentin

Votes: 8,386

5. Tenet (2020)

PG-13 | 150 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Armed with only the word "Tenet," and fighting for the survival of the entire world, CIA operative, The Protagonist, journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a global mission that unfolds beyond real time.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Juhan Ulfsak

Votes: 593,147 | Gross: $58.46M

6. About Time (I) (2013)

R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

At the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think.

Director: Richard Curtis | Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Lydia Wilson

Votes: 386,128 | Gross: $15.32M

7. The Butterfly Effect (2004)

R | 113 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Evan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal.

Directors: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Melora Walters, Elden Henson

Votes: 521,393 | Gross: $57.94M

8. Marry My Husband (2024)

13+ | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A story about Ji-won who after being killed by her husband who had an affair with her best friend, goes back 10 years in the past and has a chance to change her fate.

Stars: Park Min-Young, Na In-woo, Lee Yi-kyeong, Song Ha-yoon

Votes: 4,947

9. Run Lola Run (1998)

R | 80 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.

Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri

Votes: 207,078 | Gross: $7.27M

10. Russian Doll (2019–2022)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

A cynical young woman in New York City keeps dying and returning to the party that's being thrown in her honor on that same evening. She tries to find a way out of this strange time loop.

Stars: Natasha Lyonne, Charlie Barnett, Greta Lee, Elizabeth Ashley

Votes: 107,176

11. Mr. Nobody (2009)

R | 141 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A boy stands on a station platform as a train is about to leave. Should he go with his mother or stay with his father? Infinite possibilities arise from this decision. As long as he doesn't choose, anything is possible.

Director: Jaco Van Dormael | Stars: Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh-Dan Pham

Votes: 245,910 | Gross: $0.00M

12. Life of Brian (1979)

R | 94 min | Comedy

Born on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.

Director: Terry Jones | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam

Votes: 421,943 | Gross: $20.05M

13. Jumper (2008)

PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A young man with teleportation abilities suddenly finds himself in the middle of an ancient war between those like him and their sworn annihilators.

Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Bell, Rachel Bilson

Votes: 323,707 | Gross: $80.17M

14. Babel (I) (2006)

R | 143 min | Drama

Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, which jump starts an interlocking story involving four different families.

Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Mohamed Akhzam

Votes: 317,209 | Gross: $34.30M

15. Frequency (2000)

PG-13 | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An accidental cross-time radio link connects father and son across 30 years. The son tries to save his father's life, but then must fix the consequences.

Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, Shawn Doyle, Elizabeth Mitchell

Votes: 115,794 | Gross: $45.01M

16. Erased (2016)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Crime, Drama

29-year-old Satoru Fujinuma is sent back in time 18 years to prevent the events leading to his mother's death, which began with a series of kidnappings while he was in 5th grade.

Stars: Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Tao Tsuchiya, Minami Takayama, Ben Diskin

Votes: 58,299

17. Mirage (2018)

TV-MA | 128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Two storms separated by 25 years. A woman murdered. A daughter missed. Only 72 hours to discover the truth.

Director: Oriol Paulo | Stars: Adriana Ugarte, Chino Darín, Javier Gutiérrez, Álvaro Morte

Votes: 64,280

18. Sliding Doors (1998)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

After personal and professional setbacks, a woman experiences an alternate reality.

Director: Peter Howitt | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorn

Votes: 71,510 | Gross: $11.88M

19. Project Almanac (2015)

PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A group of teens discovers secret plans for a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.

Director: Dean Israelite | Stars: Amy Landecker, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Virginia Gardner, Jonny Weston

Votes: 84,266 | Gross: $22.35M

20. Slacker (1990)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

A day in the life of Austin, Texas as the camera roams from place to place and provides a brief look at the overeducated, the social misfits, the outcasts and the oddballs.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Richard Linklater, Rudy Basquez, Jean Caffeine, Jan Hockey

Votes: 23,488 | Gross: $1.23M

21. The Jacket (2005)

R | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A Gulf war veteran is wrongly sent to a mental institution for insane criminals, where he becomes the object of a doctor's experiments, and his life is completely affected by them.

Director: John Maybury | Stars: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig, Kris Kristofferson

Votes: 119,317 | Gross: $6.30M

22. Invader ZIM (2001–2006)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

An alien named Zim from the planet Irk is sent on a secret mission to conquer Earth, not realising that his leaders were just trying to get rid of him and hoped that he would die. Once there, Zim manages to disguise himself as a human child, but one boy named Dib sees through his disguise.

Stars: Andy Berman, Richard Steven Horvitz, Rikki Simons, Melissa Fahn

Votes: 22,610

23. Signal (2016)

80 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A cold-case profiler in 2015 and a detective in 1989 work together to solve a series of related murders spanning three decades using a special walkie-talkie to communicate with each other.

Stars: Lee Jehoon, Kim Hye-su, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Won-hae

Votes: 9,205

24. Elevator to the Gallows (1958)

Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin

Votes: 28,661 | Gross: $0.11M

25. Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2009 Video)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

George's been dead and working as grim reaper 5 years. She and her 3 colleagues get a new, chaotic boss. George looks different to the living e.g. her mom and sister.

Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Ellen Muth, Callum Blue, Sarah Wynter, Jasmine Guy

Votes: 13,862

26. Collision (2009)

TV-PG | 40 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The story of a major road accident and a group of people who have never met, but who all share one single defining moment that will change their lives.

Stars: Douglas Henshall, Dean Lennox Kelly, Lucy Griffiths, Phil Davis

Votes: 2,545

27. The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006)

R | 92 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Nick Larson discovers a supernatural way to alter his life and travel back in time to key moments in his life by looking at photographs.

Director: John R. Leonetti | Stars: Eric Lively, Erica Durance, Dustin Milligan, Gina Holden

Votes: 37,331

28. The Tesseract (2003)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A psychologist, an Englishman, a bellboy and a wounded female assassin have their fates crossed at a sleazy Bangkok hotel.

Director: Oxide Chun Pang | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Saskia Reeves, Alexander Rendell, Carlo Nanni

Votes: 1,332

29. The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (2009)

R | 90 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Sam Reide uses his power to time travel to solve the mystery of his girlfriend's death.

Director: Seth Grossman | Stars: Chris Carmack, Rachel Miner, Melissa Jones, Kevin Yon

Votes: 20,703

30. A Sound of Thunder (2005)

PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

A single mistake in the past, by a time travel company in the future, has devastating and unforeseen consequences.

Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Edward Burns, Ben Kingsley, Catherine McCormack, Armin Rohde

Votes: 20,503 | Gross: $1.89M

31. Enter Nowhere (2011)

R | 90 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Three strangers arrive one by one at a mysterious cabin in the middle of nowhere only to learn they've been brought together for a reason.

Director: Jack Heller | Stars: Katherine Waterston, Scott Eastwood, Sara Paxton, Shaun Sipos

Votes: 12,646

32. Rebooting (2023)

55 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A comedy focusing on Kondo Asami, a 33-year-old single woman who lives with her parents and works at the local city hall, and suddenly finds herself starting her life over from scratch.

Stars: Sakura Andô, Kaho, Haruka Kinami, Shôta Sometani

Votes: 981

33. All the Real Girls (2003)

R | 108 min | Drama, Romance

Small-town love story of a young man with a reputation for womanizing and his best friend's sister.

Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Zooey Deschanel, Paul Schneider, Patricia Clarkson, Shea Whigham

Votes: 11,034 | Gross: $0.55M

34. Frozen Land (2005)

130 min | Drama

One bad event begins a chain reaction of misery as problems transfer from one person to another. It starts when a schoolteacher is fired and projects his issues onto his teenage son.

Director: Aku Louhimies | Stars: Jasper Pääkkönen, Mikko Leppilampi, Pamela Tola, Petteri Summanen

Votes: 6,344

35. Nine: Nine Time Travels (2013)

52 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Romance

A TV anchorman discovers that a mysterious bundle of incense has the power to send him back in time, where he has the opportunity to alter the past.

Stars: Lee Jin-wook, Jo Yun-hie, Jeon No-min, Hie-ryeong Kim

Votes: 592

36. Todome no seppun (2018)

Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A man's past has made him detest love and human relationships. He has become single-mindedly materialistic and greedy for power. This jerk is faced with a woman who literally possesses a ... See full summary »

Stars: Kento Yamazaki, Mackenyu, Masaki Suda, Jun Shison

Votes: 706

37. Böse Zellen (2003)

120 min | Drama, Romance

A young Austrian survives the crash of a commercial airliner. Six years later, she's a clerk, a mother, and happy. Then she dies in a car accident. Over the next year, her daughter goes ... See full summary »

Director: Barbara Albert | Stars: Kathrin Resetarits, Ursula Strauss, Georg Friedrich, Marion Mitterhammer

Votes: 559 | Gross: $0.00M

38. The Butterfly Effect (1995)

110 min | Comedy, Romance

A young Spanish student travels to London; where he falls in love with his Aunt. This has repercussions for the relationships of those around him.

Director: Fernando Colomo | Stars: Coque Malla, María Barranco, Rosa Maria Sardà, Peter Sullivan

Votes: 443

39. I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970)

95 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

This futuristic science fiction comedy features an atomic bomb blast that causes women to grow beards and lose the ability to have children. A summit meeting is held at the United Nations, ... See full summary »

Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Jirí Sovák, Jana Brejchová, Lubomír Lipský, Iva Janzurová

Votes: 574

40. October 22 (1998)

R | 94 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

An almost typical day in the lives of several Los Angeles residents, with their moments and experiences intersecting in many different ways in stories involving love, desperation, obsession... See full summary »

Director: Richard Schenkman | Stars: Mark Boone Junior, Michael Paré, Ernie Hudson, Amanda Plummer

Votes: 384

41. Happenstance (2000)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

How, thanks to what's known as the "Butterfly theory" (a random series of unlinked events), can a young woman and a young man meet ?

Director: Laurent Firode | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Faudel, Eric Savin, Nathalie Besançon

Votes: 3,949 | Gross: $0.13M

42. The Chronic Adventure Story (2022 TV Movie)

Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Caught in the middle of a plagiarism lawsuit, author Samuel Gibson discovers his story can go multiple ways- but can he maintain control over the characters in his life? The cards are in your favor.

Director: Eric Bergquist | Stars: Dave Bresnahan, Justin S Blackburn, Dana Stern, Christopher Bethune

43. The Inpatient (2018 Video Game)

M | Horror, Thriller

You're in a sanatorium and you can't remember who you are. Explore and discover where you are and make choices that will drastically effect your story and your ending. Set on Blackwood Mountain, 60 years before the events of Until Dawn.

Director: Nik Bowen | Stars: Matthew Gallenstein, Erika Walter, Michael Weaver, Bruce Gray

Votes: 107

44. The Caterpillar Effect (2018)

195 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

The Story revolves around a guy UDAY TRIVEDI, an Introvert who is always confused about the choices he has to make in life. His life takes a drastic turn, when he joins CA course without interest, which finally leads to his demise.

Stars: Ajosh Mora, Vikhyath Koundinya, Shreya Cormaty, Harsha Thippani

Votes: 789

45. The Inevitable Collapse of the U.S. Dollar: Prepare Yourself (2018 Video)

31 min | Short, News

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Star: Stefan Molyneux

46. Tinseltown Comes Tumbling Down (2017 Video)

12 min | Short, News

Mister Metokur reports on the tidal wave of sexual abuse allegations rising out of Hollywood against many of its biggest players, such as Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey.

Star: Mister Metokur

Votes: 8

47. Kermchaleh (2019)

15 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy

Subjective experiences of a woman who encounters a betrayal. What should she do? Infinite possibilities arise from her decision. . Nobody knows that whether all the events are occurring in her story or in the reality.

Director: Vahid Davoodi Pooya | Stars: Mina Vahid, Mohammad Mehdi Hosseini, Mahtab Amin, Azadeh Seifi

48. Butterfly's Effect (2013)

9 min | Animation, Short, Drama

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Director: Anssi Kasitonni | Stars: Tanja Vuorinen, Kusti Vuorinen, Viljo Vuorinen

Votes: 5

49. Cezary Jurkiewicz: Dran (2022 TV Special)

42 min | Comedy

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Director: Cezary Jurkiewicz | Star: Cezary Jurkiewicz

50. That Other Rusty and Masquerade Movie (2007 Video)

19 min | Short, Action, Comedy

A young man is betrayed by his friend and is befriended by an anthropomorphic walrus.

Director: Phill Skokos | Stars: Kenny Farino, Phill Skokos, Max Dweck, Cam Stewart

Votes: 8