Great Scott!

Time travel is a storytelling device that has been used in countless pieces of fiction, pop culture, movies, and more that has always added an extra wrinkle to a story for better or worse. Who among us hasn’t wished they could turn back the clock, face off with a dark gritty version of our future self, ride in the DeLorean, or be stuck in a time loop for all eternity until we learned a valuable lesson?! So join Tuong La and Future Cassie Pyatt, Present Gill Manchee, and Past Justin Otto as they get take a trip through time to rank Top 5 Time Travels!

Ground Rules

• We are ranking Top 5 Time Travels not specifically Top 5 Time Travel devices
• Any story that has to do with the manipulation of time in some form or fashion counts
• We are ranking our favourites (like always) but are considering factors such as how they describe time travel, what devices they use (if any), how the story is impacted by time travel, etc.
• Can pull from any story in fiction (movies, games, tv, etc.) that have to do with time travel

**Spoilers below is our Group Top 5 as well our unordered honourable mentions**

Group Top 5

5. Back to the Future (1985)

4. A Christmas Carol (Any of them)

3. Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)

2. About Time (2013)

1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Tuong’s List

• Avengers: Endgame (2019)
• Click (2006)
• Back to the Future (1985)
• Dragon Ball Z: Future Trunks/Android Saga
• Heroes (2006)
• Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
• Palm Springs (2020)
• Groundhog Day (1993)
• Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (Video Game)
• Prince of Perisa: The Sands of Time (Video game)
• Chrono Trigger (Video Game)
• Flashpoint (DC Comics)
• Days of Future Past (Marvel Comics)
• Justice League: Rock of Ages (DC Comics)
• Interstellar (2014)

Cassie’s List

• Terminator 2: Judgement day (1991)
• Time Traveler’s Wife (2009)
• Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
• Deadpool 2 (the very end)
• Dark Matter (Apple TV series)
• Click (2006)

Gill’s List

• Clockstoppers (2002)
• Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
• A Christmas Carol (Any of them)
• The Lake House (2006)
• Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
• Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Arc (1981)
• Palm Springs (2020)
• Doctor Who

Justin’s List

• Jumanji (1995)
• About Time (2013)
• Midnight in Paris (2011)
• Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
• 11/22/63 (Novel)
• Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
• Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
• Field of Dreams (1989)
• It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)