Time travel movies have been a staple of cinema for decades. The popular sci-fi subgenre has inspired blockbuster filmmakers like Robert Zemeckis and Christopher Nolan, as well as rom-com auteurs like Richard Curtis, to produce their own takes on what it might look like to travel through time. It’s a concept that invites invention and ingenuity, which is likely why so few directors dare to go back to where the subgenre truly began.
