5 sci-fi movies to watch if you enjoyed Ryan Reynolds’ time-travel story, The Adam Project

‘Heart-warming and hilarious’ (words also applicable to Ryan Reynolds) is an apt description for Netflix’s latest sci-fi release, The Adam Project. If the movie made you feel warm and fuzzy, and the time travel didn’t go over your head, then the gems on this list are perfect for you.

1. Back to the Future (Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Hungama Play, Google Play Movies, Apple iTunes, YouTube)

No list of sci-fi movies is complete without mentioning Back to the Future. Just like The Adam Project, this classic also features a young man who time travels to fix things. The movie follows high school student Marty McFly who, along with scientist Doc Brown, uses a time machine to travel back and fix his parents’ romance. With a cast and writing that is still talked about, there’s a reason this movie is the mother of all time travel films.

1. Synchronic (Netflix)

From an easy-breezy watch to a gritty and thought-provoking one, time travel comes in various packages. If you enjoyed how The Adam Project used time travel as a tool to tell a human story, then catch Synchronic next. The film revolves around two paramedics who, while investigating gruesome deaths, come across a drug that upends everything they know about time, space, and reality. Watch this one, and you’ll learn a thing or two.

1. Looper (MX Player, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Apple iTunes)

Mix mafia noir with time travel, and you get the dark and twisted Looper. Sounds intriguing, right? The movie, along the same vein as The Adam Project, takes on and untangles the moral dilemmas of time travel. It features hit-man Joe, who travels back to the past to kill the mob’s enemies only to find out that he’s also a target. Grungy and action-packed, the film is an unforgettable ride.

1. See You Yesterday (Netflix)

There’s something about high school students time travelling that just makes for the best movies. What made The Adam Project, so moving was its emphasis on one’s love for family. See You Yesterday does the same by following a young prodigy who invents a time machine to go back in time and save her brother from being killed by a cop. Using time travel to comment on socially relevant issues, this film will touch your heart.

1. Twelve Monkeys  (YouTube, Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies)

Set in the year 2035, Twelve Monkeys follows convict James Coles (Bruce Willis) who reluctantly agrees to travel back in time to 1996 to discover a mutant virus that wiped off humanity, save for a few survivors. An error causes Cole to be set to 1990. Now, he's locked up in a mental hospital where he meets the son of a virus expert Jeffrey Goine (Brad Pitt) who may know about a mysterious rogue group - the army of twelve monkeys, responsible for unleashing the virus.

Once you’re done bingeing, these sci-fi films will make you wish you could travel back in time and re-watch them!