Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "altering-the-future"

1. Avengers: Endgame (2019)

PG-13 | 181 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to reverse Thanos' actions and restore balance to the universe.

Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth

Votes: 1,270,467 | Gross: $858.37M

2. 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: 594,840 | Gross: $58.46M

3. 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: 387,273 | Gross: $15.32M

4. 11.22.63 (2016– )

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

Jake Epping, a teacher, gets a chance to travel back in time to avert the death of John F. Kennedy. However, history's aversion to alteration and his love for the era and a woman endanger him.

Stars: James Franco, Sarah Gadon, George MacKay, Chris Cooper

Votes: 99,823

5. Tomorrowland (2015)

PG | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Bound by a shared destiny, a teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor embark on a mission to unearth the secrets of a place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory.

Director: Brad Bird | Stars: George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie, Raffey Cassidy

Votes: 191,642 | Gross: $93.44M

6. Back to the Future Part II (1989)

PG | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Tom Wilson

Votes: 573,992 | Gross: $118.50M

7. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–2009)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Set after the events in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Sarah Connor and her son, John, try to stay under-the-radar from the government, as they plot to destroy the computer network, Skynet, in hopes of preventing Armageddon.

Stars: Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau, Richard T. Jones

Votes: 62,915

8. Push (2009)

PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Two young Americans with special abilities must race to find a girl in Hong Kong before a shadowy government organization called Division does.

Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Camilla Belle, Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Colin Ford

Votes: 115,697 | Gross: $31.81M

9. Pleasantville (1998)

PG-13 | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Two 1990s teenage siblings find themselves transported to a 1950s sitcom where their influence begins to profoundly change that colorless, complacent world.

Director: Gary Ross | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy

Votes: 136,532 | Gross: $40.57M

10. Next (2007)

PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A Las Vegas magician who can see into the future is pursued by FBI agents seeking to use his abilities to prevent a nuclear terrorist attack.

Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel, Thomas Kretschmann

Votes: 166,632 | Gross: $18.21M

11. The Dead Zone (1983)

R | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability to foresee future events.

Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom

Votes: 77,535 | Gross: $20.77M

12. Solace (II) (2015)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Psychic John Clancy (Sir Anthony Hopkins) works with the F.B.I. in order to hunt down a serial killer.

Director: Afonso Poyart | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Abbie Cornish, Colin Farrell

Votes: 69,025

13. Jason X (2001)

R | 92 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Jason Voorhees is cryogenically frozen at the beginning of the 21st century, and is discovered in the 25th century and taken to space. He gets thawed, and begins stalking and killing the crew of the spaceship that's transporting him.

Director: James Isaac | Stars: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Jeff Geddis, David Cronenberg

Votes: 61,637 | Gross: $13.12M

14. A Returner's Magic Should Be Special (2023– )

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Just when he thinks it's the end, Desir wakes up 13 years in the past. Can he make the changes needed to save the world from destruction?

Stars: Mari Hino, Yasuhiro Mamiya, James Larabee, Yuki Ishikari

Votes: 806

15. 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: 593

16. TimeSplitters 2 (2002 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Mystery

In 2401, humanity is at war with relentless aliens, TimeSplitters. Space marines Cortez and Hart travel through time to stop the aliens in various spots, including Wild West, zombie-infested Gothic church and Blade Runner-esque future.

Directors: David Doak, Stephen Ellis | Stars: Heidi Andrews, June Andrews, Kevin Bullock, Michelle Bullock

Votes: 847

17. Singularity (2010 Video Game)

M | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A U.S. Marine captain unravels a mysterious conspiracy while investigating a time anomaly on a remote island in former Soviet Union.

Director: Michael McCormick | Stars: Nolan North, Steve Blum, Kari Wahlgren, Graham McTavish

Votes: 948

18. The Watch (I) (2015)

23 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi

A college student "Amy" finds an old wrist watch in her back garden. She soon discovers she can time travel with the watch but will changing events in her past and future have consequences to come.

Director: Andrew Bury | Stars: Chiarina Woodall, Pippa Winslow, Dean Kilbey, Ryan W. Berry

Votes: 14

19. Darkroom (1981–1982)
Episode: Stay Tuned, We'll Be Right Back (1981)

Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Charlie Miller discovers that his crystal radio is in contact with the German U-boat that sunk the ship his father died on during World War II 30 years ago. Should he change the course of history and save his father?

Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: James Coburn, Lawrence Pressman, Joanna Miles, Shane Butterworth

Votes: 57

20. Science! (2019)
Episode: Time Ex-Machina (2019)

Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

When Linda finds Holmstead and Felicia in a "compromising position" she literally bends space and time to prevent a relationship from budding.

Director: Neal Holman | Stars: Cree Summer, Betsy Sodaro, Jeremy Bent, Hollie Harper

21. No Ordinary Family (2010–2011)
Episode: No Ordinary Future (2011)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

The Trilsettum injection that saved Stephanie's life grants her the power of time travel, revealing to her a grievous future of full-out persecution for her family and stiff prison sentences for loyal friends.

Director: Milan Cheylov | Stars: Michael Chiklis, Julie Benz, Kay Panabaker, Jimmy Bennett

Votes: 145

22. The Flash (2014–2023)
Episode: Failure Is an Orphan (2019)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

With the meta-cure ready to use, Barry and the team figure out a way to convince Cicada to take it; Killer Frost steps in to help with the plan; Joe eases back into work.

Director: Viet Nguyen | Stars: Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes

Votes: 2,194

23. The Flash (2014–2023)
Episode: Legacy (2019)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Barry faces off with his oldest, and most formidable nemesis, Reverse Flash.

Director: Gregory Smith | Stars: Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes

Votes: 2,922