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The Best Time Travel Comedies, Ranked
List Rules
Vote up your favorite time travel movies that are intentionally hilarious.
What year is it? Or better yet, what time is it? It's time to decide on the best time travel comedy movies. These are the funniest films to feature time travel. Not all of these time travel comedies use time machines like Groundhog Day and About Time. Other films on this list use unconventional time machines such as Back to the Future, Hot Tub Time Machine and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. But which of these funny movies deserves to be in the top spot. Also, keep in mind that these are purposefully hilarious time travel movies and not movies that are funny because they are so bad.
Vote up your favorite time travel comedies and vote down the films you hope get lost in the space-time continuum. If you don't see your favorite time travel comedy on the list, feel free to add it, then check back to see what other fans thought of your addition.
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Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover- Released: 1985
- Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
In this 1980s sci-fi classic, small-town California teen Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is thrown back into the '50s when an experiment by his eccentric scientist friend Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd)Â ...more - 2Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott
- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Harold Ramis
Phil (Bill Murray), a weatherman, is out to cover the annual emergence of the groundhog from its hole. He gets caught in a blizzard that he didn't predict and finds himself trapped in a time warp. He ...more - 3Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin
- Released: 1989
- Directed by: Stephen Herek
Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) are high school buddies starting a band. However, they are about to fail their history class, which means Ted would be sent to military school. They receive ...more - 4Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson
- Released: 1989
- Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
In this zany sequel, time-traveling duo Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) return from saving Marty's future son from disaster, only to discover their own time ...more - 5Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst
- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Joe Johnston
A magical board game unleashes a world of adventure on siblings Peter (Bradley Pierce) and Judy Shepherd (Kirsten Dunst). While exploring an old mansion, the youngsters find a curious, jungle-themed ...more - 6Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen
- Released: 1990
- Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
In this final chapter, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) obtains a 70-year-old message from the time-traveling Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd), in which he informs Marty that he has retired to a ...more - 7Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black
- Released: 2017
- Directed by: Jake Kasdan
Four high school kids discover an old video game console and are drawn into the game's jungle setting, literally becoming the adult avatars they chose. What they discover is that you don't just play ...more - 8John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson
- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Steve Pink
Four pals are stuck in a rut in adulthood: Adam (John Cusack) has just been dumped, Lou (Rob Corddry) is a hopeless party animal, Craig (Craig Robinson) is a henpecked husband, and Jacob (Clark Duke)Â ...more - 9Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard
- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Mike Judge
In 2005, average in every way private Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson) is selected to take part in a secret military experiment to put him in hibernation for a year along with a woman named Rita (Maya ...more - 10Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Gary Winick
A girl who's sick of the social strictures of junior high is transformed into a grownup overnight. In this feel-good fairy tale, teenager Jenna (Christa B. Allen) wants a boyfriend, and when she's ...more - 11Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin
- Released: 2012
- Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Even though agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) have been protecting the Earth from alien scum for many years, J still does not know much about his gruff partner. However, J soon gets an ...more - 12Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe
- Released: 1988
- Directed by: Richard Donner
In this modern take on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," Frank Cross (Bill Murray) is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love ...more - 13Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman
- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Dean Parisot
The stars of a 1970s sci-fi show - now scraping a living through re-runs and sci-fi conventions - are beamed aboard an alien spacecraft. Believing the cast's heroic on-screen dramas are historical ...more - 14Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen
- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Gary Ross
Impressed by high school student David's (Tobey Maguire) devotion to a 1950s family TV show, a mysterious television repairman (Don Knotts) provides him with a means to escape into the ...more - 15Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert
- Released: 1992
- Directed by: Sam Raimi
3rd Evil Dead movie. Ash (Bruce Campbell) finds himself trapped in medieval times. He must quest for the Necronomicon, a book of evil which can return him to his time. Unfortunately, he releases the ...more - 16Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler
- Released: 1991
- Directed by: Peter Hewitt
Amiable slackers Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos (Joss Ackland), a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicates of ...more - 17Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon
- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Burr Steers
Mike O'Donnell (Matthew Perry) was a high-school basketball star with a bright future, but he threw it all away to marry his girlfriend and raise their child. Almost 20 years later, Mike's marriage ...more - 18Nicolas Cage, Téa Leoni, Don Cheadle
- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Brett Ratner
Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate (Tea ...more - 19
Michael Caine, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire- Released: 1992
- Directed by: Brian Henson
The Muppets perform the classic Dickens holiday tale, with Kermit the Frog playing Bob Cratchit, the put-upon clerk of stingy Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine). Other Muppets -- Miss Piggy, Gonzo, ...more - 20Angela Bassett, Daniel Hansen, Tom Selleck
- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Stephen J. Anderson
Boy genius Lewis gives up hope of retrieving his latest invention, which was stolen by Bowler Hat Guy, then a young time-traveler named Wilbur Robinson arrives on the scene to whisk Lewis away in his ...more - 21Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken
- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Frank Coraci
Michael Newman (Adam Sandler) seems to have it all but his wife, Donna (Kate Beckinsale), is increasingly frustrated by the amount of time he has to spend at work. Michael cannot find time to be at ...more - 22John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall
- Released: 1981
- Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Young history buff Kevin (Craig Warnock) can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson), they've purloined a map ...more - 23Mark Hamill, Al Gore, Katey Sagal
- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Dwayne Carey-Hill
Futurama: Bender's Big Score is a 2007 American direct-to-video adult animated science fiction comedy-adventure film directed by Dwayne Carey-Hill, based on the animated series. Planet Express sees a ...more - 24Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy
- Released: 2013
- Directed by: Richard Curtis
When Tim Lake (Domhnall Gleeson) is 21, his father (Bill Nighy) tells him a secret: The men in their family can travel through time. Although he can't change history, Tim resolves to improve his life ...more - 25Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber
- Released: 2001
- Directed by: James Mangold
Kate McKay (Meg Ryan) is a modern day executive, a 21st century woman driven to succeed in the corporate world. Leopold, the third Duke of Albany, is a charming gent and bachelor of the late 18OOs. ...more
