A Glean movie guide
Beyond Groundhog Day
Wake up. Repeat. Survive.
The best time loop movies where every day is a do-over.
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The movie list
- 01
Palm Springs
A sharp, existential romantic comedy that perfectly captures the Groundhog Day spirit for a new generation.
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.
- 02
Edge of Tomorrow
Tom Cruise masters the art of the alien-invasion reset in this high-octane and surprisingly funny action spectacle.
Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.
- 03
Source Code
A pulse-pounding thriller where a soldier has only eight minutes to stop a disaster before the clock resets.
When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.
- 04
Happy Death Day
A clever and fun slasher that uses the time loop mechanic to help a college student solve her own murder.
Caught in a bizarre and terrifying time warp, college student Tree finds herself repeatedly reliving the day of her murder, ultimately realizing that she must identify the killer and the reason for her death before her chances of survival run out.
- 05
Run Lola Run
A high-energy classic that explores how tiny choices change everything across three frantic iterations of the same event.
Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.
- 06
Timecrimes
A low-budget, high-concept Spanish masterpiece that weaves an incredibly tight and satisfying causal loop.
A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.
- 07
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes
A charming, single-shot Japanese comedy about a cafe owner who discovers a two-minute window into the future.
A cafe owner discovers that the TV in his cafe suddenly shows images from the future, but only two minutes into the future.
- 08
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
A heartfelt teen romance that finds beauty in the small, overlooked moments of a never-ending day.
Two teenagers trapped in an endless time loop set out to find all the tiny things that make that one day perfect.
- 09
Boss Level
A retired special forces agent fights his way through a colorful, video-game-inspired loop of eccentric assassins.
A former special forces agent is trapped in a time loop and relives his death over and over again. To escape the terrible situation, he must track down those responsible and stop them.
- 10
Triangle
A dark and mind-bending horror film that traps its characters in a recursive nightmare aboard a ghost ship.
When Jess sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong.
- 11
Before I Fall
A thoughtful drama about a popular teen who must relive her final day to fix her past mistakes and find redemption.
Samantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her life really was.
- 12
Meet Cute
A quirky romantic comedy that explores the dark side of using time travel to manufacture the perfect first date.
A wildly inventive deconstruction of the romantic comedy built around the question: What would you do if you could travel to your loved ones’ past, heal their traumas, fix their problems, and change them into the perfect partner?