Movies like Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
The best movies like Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) are Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015) and Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009). If Hot Tub Time Machine hooked you with its science fiction and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedBack to the Future (1985)8.3/10 from 22,741 votes
- NewestNirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2026)Released 2026
- Same seriesHot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015)Hot Tub Time Machine
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, set out on a quest to make the ultimate school history report after being presented with a time machine.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015)
After their first adventure with the Hot Tub Time Machine, Lou and Nick are living very well off their ill-gotten gains, while Jacob still cannot rely on Lou to be a positive role model. When an unknown assailant breaks into Lou's mansion and shoots him, Nick and Jacob take him for another trip in the hot tub. They emerge in the year 2025, where they must figure out who shot Lou and prevent it from happening again.
Why it matches: Same series: Hot Tub Time Machine · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisFrequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)
Follows three social outcasts -- two geeks and a cynic -- as they attempt to navigate a time-travel conundrum in the middle of a British pub.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicates of the two lads to terminate and replace them. The robot doubles actually succeed in killing Bill and Ted, but the two are determined to escape the afterlife, challenging the Grim Reaper to a series of games in order to return to the land of the living.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBack to the Future Part II (1989)
Marty and Doc are at it again 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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBack to the Future (1985)
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & comedy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisSafety Not Guaranteed (2012)
Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPaul (2011)
For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing uncomfortably close, Paul escapes on the first RV that passes by his compound in Area 51. Fortunately, it contains the two earthlings who are most likely to rescue and harbor an alien on the run.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTime Travel Is Dangerous! (2025)
Best friends Ruth and Megan run a vintage shop in North London. One day, their lives are forever turned upside down when an abandoned time machine appears outside their shop. Mixing reality with fantasy, we explore the strange and outlandish world of The Unreason, as the girls traverse space and time sourcing items to sell.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & comedy
Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)
Two stoners wake up after a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisIdiocracy (2006)
To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average European-Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe 33D Invader (2011)
A young woman named Future is sent from the year 2046 to the year 2011 in Hong Kong. Future was sent by the United Nations in order to get pregnant, where she can then extract her genes and repopulate the earth as 99% of males have become infertile in the future due to attacks from Planet Xucker. Two assassins from Xuckler are sent after her to stop her. Future meets three University students: Felix, Dan-san and Sing. The men are obsessed with female students next door: Chin-chin, Chen-chen and Sai-sai. The students agree to help Future find a mate at the university.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & science fiction
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)
Former Nazi Klaus Abard survives to the 1990s by taking anti-ageing pills. He plans to use a time travel trip to return to Germany in 1944 and present Hitler with a hydrogen bomb, so that he can win the war. Unfortunately the pilot, woman-chasing Karel Bures, dies on the morning of the trip and his earnest twin brother Jan impersonates him, without knowing about the plot.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Adam Project (2022)
After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJust Visiting (2001)
A knight and his valet are plagued by a witch, and to repair the damage they make use of the services of a wizard. However, something goes wrong and they are transported from the 12th century to the year 2000. There the knight meets some of his family and slowly learns what this new century is like. However, he still needs to get back to the 12th century to deal with the witch, so he starts looking for a wizard. Remake of 1993 French film Les Visiteurs (The Visitors).
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisEscape from the 21st Century (2024)
Three friends discover that they have the power to travel back and forth 20 years with a sneeze. However, the future is not as good as they hope, and they need to take on the responsibility of saving the world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGalaxy Quest (1999)
For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector — Commander Peter Quincy Taggart, Lieutenant Tawny Madison, and Doctor Lazarus — set off on a thrilling and often dangerous mission in space... until their series was cancelled! Now, twenty years later, aliens under attack have mistaken the Galaxy Quest television transmissions for "historical documents" and beam up the crew of has-been actors to save the universe. With no script, no director, and no clue, the actors must turn in the performances of their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPalm Springs (2020)
When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
Yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the stakes are higher than ever for the now middle-aged Bill and Ted who set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns them that only their song can save life as we know it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMega Time Squad (2018)
A small-town criminal finds an ancient Chinese time-travel device that can help him pull off a heist and start a new life-but he may not survive the consequences of tampering with time. The Castle meets Looper, Mega Time Squad is a study in high-meets-low, combining elements of the sci-fi, the crime thriller and the comedy to make a comedy heist film with a time-traveling twist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisClick (2006)
A married workaholic, Michael Newman doesn't have time for his wife and children, not if he's to impress his ungrateful boss and earn a well-deserved promotion. So when he meets Morty, a loopy sales clerk, he gets the answer to his prayers: a magical remote that allows him to bypass life's little distractions with increasingly hysterical results.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like this(T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 (2004)
Hundreds of years after humans have settled on Mars, Regulator Rogul and Lord Jens Maul lead a force of Martians to Earth in order to conquer the planet. Queen Metaphor looks to the gay heroes aboard the Dreamship Surprise – Captain Kork, Mr. Spuck, and first engineer Schrotty – for help.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlack Knight (2001)
After nearly drowning, an employee working at a medieval amusement park awakens to find himself in 14th century England.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisAngry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014)
Based on the hit web series of the same name, a disgruntled gamer must overcome his fear of the worst video game of all time in order to save his fans. Hilarity ensues as a simple road trip becomes an extravagant pursuit of the unexpected.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisHappy Accidents (2000)
A comedy that pays tribute to the science fiction genre -- specifically, the sub-genre of time travel. But here the alternate reality is contemporary New York City where past and future experiences of trust, commitment and denial are cleverly put to the test. Just as Ruby is beginning to relish her first-ever healthy relationship, Sam begins muttering about being a time traveler from the year 2470.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Visitors (1993)
After a wizard's spell goes awry, 12th-century Gallic knight Godefroy de Papincourt, Count of Montmirail finds himself transported to 1993, along with his dimwitted servant, Jacquouille la Fripouille. Startled and perplexed by modern technology, the duo run amok, destroying cars and causing chaos until they meet Beatrice de Montmirail, an aristocratic descendant of the nobleman, who may be able to help them get back to 1123.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEnd of the World (2013)
In End of the World, the fate of humanity lies in the hands of two guys who run a video rental store and are “sci-fi obsessed” movie fans. And who better to save the world, than guys who have seen all the movies and all the “out there” ways to save it!?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisBack to the Future Part III (1990)
The final installment 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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2026)
When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & science fiction
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Hot Tub Time Machine?
The closest matches to Hot Tub Time Machine are Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015) and Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Hot Tub Time Machine?
People who watched Hot Tub Time Machine most often go on to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009) and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991).
What is the highest-rated movie like Hot Tub Time Machine?
Back to the Future (1985), rated 8.3/10 by 22,741 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Hot Tub Time Machine?
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Hot Tub Time Machine part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Hot Tub Time Machine, which includes Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015).
Are there English movies like Hot Tub Time Machine?
Yes: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015) and Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009).
How are movies similar to Hot Tub Time Machine chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Hot Tub Time Machine, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.