Altering History
"altering history" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Twelve Monkeys
Synopsis:
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient…
Starring:
Christopher Plummer,
Brad Pitt,
Bruce Willis
Plot:
time travel,
virus,
plague,
underground,
epidemic,
psychiatrist,
future,
ecoterrorism,
psychiatric hospital,
bald man
...
#2
The Time Machine
Synopsis:
A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.
Starring:
Rod Taylor,
Sebastian Cabot,
Whit Bissell
Plot:
post apocalypse,
dystopia,
future,
distant future,
morlock,
london england,
time travel,
based on novel,
time machine,
utopia
...
#3
The Time Machine
Synopsis:
Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds mankind divided into two warring races.
Starring:
Jeremy Irons,
Guy Pearce,
Sienna Guillory
#4
The Butterfly Effect
Synopsis:
A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences.
Starring:
Eric Stoltz,
Amy Smart,
Logan Lerman
#5
Planet of the Apes
Synopsis:
After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by Ruthless General Thade.
Starring:
Mark Wahlberg,
Helena Bonham Carter,
Michael Clarke Duncan
#6
Kate & Leopold
Synopsis:
When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time Kate spends with Leopold, the harder she falls for him. But if he doesn't return to his own time, his absence will forever alter history.
Starring:
Natasha Lyonne,
Meg Ryan,
Hugh Jackman
#7
Jumanji
Synopsis:
When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for freedom is to finish the game, which proves risky as all three find themselves running from giant rhinoceroses, evil monkeys and other terrifying creatures.
Starring:
Robin Williams,
Jonathan Hyde,
Kirsten Dunst
Plot:
board game,
adventurer,
fight,
game,
year 1995,
drumbeat,
jumanji,
franchise,
first of series,
first part
...
#8
Frequency
Synopsis:
When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal murders he and his father must find a way to fix the consequences of altering time.
Starring:
Dennis Quaid,
Jim Caviezel,
Michael Cera
#9
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Synopsis:
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.
Starring:
Bradford Dillman,
Kim Hunter,
Roddy McDowall
Plot:
ape,
planet of the apes,
future,
fear,
spaceship,
spacecraft,
chimpanzee,
year 1973,
outer space,
cornelius character
...
#10
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Synopsis:
Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them co…
Starring:
Keanu Reeves,
George Carlin,
Terry Camilleri
#11
Back to the Future Part II
Synopsis:
Marty and Doc are at it again in this wacky sequel to the 1985 blockbuster as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.
Starring:
Christopher Lloyd,
Michael J. Fox,
Lea Thompson
#12
Back to the Future Part III
Synopsis:
The final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and Marty tangles with Buford Tannen.
Starring:
Christopher Lloyd,
Michael J. Fox,
Lea Thompson
#13
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Synopsis:
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.
Starring:
Michael Fassbender,
Ian McKellen,
James McAvoy
#14
The Terminator
Synopsis:
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?
Starring:
Michael Biehn,
Lance Henriksen,
Linda Hamilton
Plot:
robotics,
time travel,
cyborg,
loss of loved one,
future war,
2020s,
action hero,
hero,
parking garage,
tech noir
...
#15
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Synopsis:
It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 started. Good thing Connor's former nemesis, the Terminator, is back to aid the now-adult Connor … just like he promised.
Starring:
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
David Andrews,
Kristanna Loken
#16
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Synopsis:
Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah.
Starring:
Jenette Goldstein,
Edward Furlong,
Linda Hamilton
#17
Source Code
Synopsis:
When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.
Starring:
Vera Farmiga,
Jake Gyllenhaal,
Michael Arden
Plot:
train,
time loop,
bomber,
memory,
suspense,
psycho thriller,
surprise ending,
woman in jeopardy,
bomb,
time
...
#18
Project Almanac
Synopsis:
A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.
Starring:
Virginia Gardner,
Amy Landecker,
Gary Weeks
#19
Men in Black 3
Synopsis:
Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets…
Starring:
Tommy Lee Jones,
Will Smith,
Michael Stuhlbarg
#20
Donnie Darko
Synopsis:
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Starring:
Jena Malone,
Drew Barrymore,
Jake Gyllenhaal