Movies like Time Machine
The best movies like Time Machine (1942) are Eaux fortes (2005), Les filles, l'âne et les boeufs (2002) and Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005). If Time Machine hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Time Machine
Quick picks
- Highest ratedKirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005)6.6/10 from 355 votes
- NewestHome Sweet Home (2019)Released 2019
- In FrenchEaux fortes (2005)Also in French
Eaux fortes (2005)
When the tsunami comes, he is strangely enough perfectly calm. In the boundary between life and death, the details become so important.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005)
Kirikou's grandfather thinks that the story of Kirikou and The Witch was too short, so he proceeds to explain more about Kirikou's accomplishments. We find out how the little boy became a gardener, a detective, a maker of pottery, a merchant, a traveler and a doctor.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLa vache qui voulait sauter par dessus l'église (1998)
A farmer has computerised his farm but hasn't counted on bugs in the system ... and the cow wants to jump over the church.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Home Sweet Home (2019)
An old lady’s house is full of boxes filled with memories. Every Wednesday, along with her cockroach friends, she tells her granddaughter wonderful stories. But as the little girl grows bigger, they start running out of space inside the house.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Inn (2012)
1862. A high altitude inn at the foot of a glacier in the Swiss Alps Each winter the snow isolates the inn rendering it totally inaccessible.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Mauvais temps (2006)
An unlucky driver gets a flat tire in a particularly bad neighborhood. No sooner had he stepped out of his car than he was approached by menacing strangers holding a knife to his nose. The man fled and took refuge in a building, blocking the front door. The siege of the building begins.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Le premier cigare (1897)
Since this is lost the content of the film can only be presumed but it was supposedly depicted a schoolboy smoking his first cigar.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Grandpa Walrus (2018)
On the windy and cloudy beach, Granny is praying, Mum is shouting, the sisters don’t care, Lucas is alone. Grandpa was a weird guy, now he's dead.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Man Who Slept (2009)
A young woman lives with her sleeping husband. Prisoner of her loneliness, she refuses to accept that this man is only a memory.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Asterix the Gaul (1967)
In the year 50 BC, Gaul is occupied by the Romans - nearly. But the small village of Asterix and his friends still resists the Roman legions with the aid of their druid's magic potion, which gives superhuman strength. Learning of this potion, a Roman centurion kidnaps the druid to get the secret formula out of him.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMe (2012)
Living in a strict and very regulated world, a man has to hide his homosexuality and dance, dance, until the moment he finds the strength to face these rules and reveal who he really is.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Time Machine?
The closest matches to Time Machine are Eaux fortes (2005), Les filles, l'âne et les boeufs (2002) and Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Time Machine?
Start with Eaux fortes (2005), the closest match to Time Machine.
What is the highest-rated movie like Time Machine?
Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005), rated 6.6/10 by 355 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Time Machine?
Home Sweet Home (2019) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Time Machine?
Yes: Eaux fortes (2005), Les filles, l'âne et les boeufs (2002) and Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005).
How are movies similar to Time Machine chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Time Machine, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.