9 Time Travel Movies on Netflix for a Couple’s Movie Night

Some movie nights call for an easy romance. Others are better with a serial killer, a time loop, or a trip several thousand years into the future.

These time travel movies on Netflix cover all of those moods. There are cozy comedies, fast-moving adventures, thoughtful dramas, and a few darker choices for couples who like trying to figure out the ending before the characters do.

Romantic and Funny Time Travel Movies

1. Our Times

Best for: Romance with something to talk about afterward

Nora and Héctor are married scientists living in 1966. After making a major breakthrough, they travel to 2025 and quickly discover that the future treats them very differently.

Nora finds opportunities that were largely closed to her in the 1960s, while Héctor has a much harder time adjusting. That imbalance puts pressure on their marriage and turns the movie into more than a simple story about people being confused by modern technology.

Our Times is funny in places, but it also has plenty to say about ambition, insecurity, and what happens when one person in a relationship starts thriving in a new environment.

2. When We First Met

Best for: A light and easy romantic comedy

Noah has spent years wishing that his friendship with Avery had turned into something more. Then he discovers that an old photo booth can send him back to the night they first met.

Naturally, he starts trying to rewrite that evening. He changes his clothes, his attitude, and nearly everything else he can think of, hoping that one perfect first impression will give him the future he wants.

Things rarely go according to plan, which is where most of the fun comes from. The movie stays playful while quietly making the point that relationships are not puzzles you can solve by pressing the right buttons.

3. The Knight Before Christmas

Best for: A cozy holiday date night

A 14th-century knight is magically transported to modern-day Ohio, where he meets Brooke, a science teacher who has more or less given up on finding love.

He is baffled by cars, technology, and modern customs, but approaches all of it with complete sincerity. Brooke, meanwhile, tries to help him understand why he has been sent to her time in the first place.

The story is sweet, simple, and not especially concerned with complicated time-travel rules. Put it on when you want Christmas lights, warm drinks, and a romance that does not demand too much concentration.

Action and Adventure Through Time

4. The Adam Project

Best for: Couples who want action without heavy science fiction

Adam Reed is a fighter pilot from the future who accidentally crashes into 2022. There, he comes face to face with his 12-year-old self.

The two Adams are very different, but they have to work together to protect their family and stop the future from going badly wrong. Their constant arguing gives the movie plenty of humor, especially when adult Adam is forced to confront the person he used to be.

There are futuristic weapons and big action scenes, but the story is just as interested in family, grief, and old regrets. It is a good middle-ground choice when one person wants an adventure and the other wants something with a little heart.

5. The Time Machine

Best for: A classic science-fiction adventure

In this 2002 adaptation of the H. G. Wells novel, an inventor becomes determined to prove that traveling through time is possible. Once his machine works, it takes him much farther into the future than he ever expected.

This is not a story about repeating the same day or fixing one awkward date. It races across huge stretches of history and imagines how humanity—and the world itself—might change over thousands of years.

The movie has the feel of an old-fashioned adventure, complete with strange new societies, dangerous discoveries, and an inventor whose creation quickly grows beyond his control.

6. ARQ

Best for: A tense movie in a small setting

A couple wakes up in a laboratory moments before masked attackers break in. The encounter ends badly, but instead of staying dead, they wake up and experience it all over again.

Each loop gives them another chance to escape and another piece of information about what is really happening. Unfortunately, it also reveals new reasons for them to question each other.

ARQ keeps most of the action inside one building, which makes everything feel cramped and urgent. It is a sharp change of pace from the romantic movies above and a solid pick when you want suspense without committing to a long, sprawling story.

Darker and More Mind-Bending Choices

7. Time Cut

Best for: Horror with early-2000s nostalgia

Lucy lives in 2024, but a strange discovery sends her back to 2003. She arrives only days before a masked killer murders the sister she never had the chance to know.

Stopping the crime seems like the obvious thing to do. The problem is that changing her sister’s fate could also erase the life Lucy has waiting for her in the present.

The slasher story comes with flip phones, low-rise jeans, old computers, and plenty of reminders that 2003 now counts as the past. It is an entertaining choice when you want a little nostalgia mixed with your time-travel trouble.

8. See You Yesterday

Best for: Thoughtful science fiction with real-world weight

C.J. and Sebastian are brilliant teenagers who manage to build working time machines. At first, their invention feels like an exciting scientific achievement. Then C.J.’s brother is killed in a police shooting, and traveling into the past becomes deeply personal.

C.J. believes she can return to that day and stop the tragedy. However, every attempt changes something else, and knowing what is about to happen does not make controlling the outcome any easier.

See You Yesterday moves quickly, but it deals with grief and injustice more seriously than the average teen adventure. It is one of the heavier films here, so save it for a night when you are in the mood for a story that may stay with you after it ends.

9. In the Shadow of the Moon

Best for: Mystery fans who enjoy piecing together clues

A Philadelphia police officer becomes involved in a series of strange deaths linked to a mysterious woman. Nine years later, the same type of crimes begins again—and the suspect does not appear to have aged.

The case follows him through different stages of his life, becoming less like an investigation and more like an obsession. The time-travel explanation arrives gradually, so the movie spends much of its running time feeling like a dark police thriller.

This is a good one to watch when both of you enjoy trading theories during the movie. Just be prepared to pay attention, because seemingly small details become more important as the timeline unfolds.

Turn the Movie Into a Time-Travel Date Night

You do not need to transform the living room into a different century. One small detail is enough to make the movie night feel more fun.

For Time Cut, build a playlist with songs you both remember from the early 2000s. Pair The Knight Before Christmas with hot chocolate and Christmas snacks, or serve something with a retro feel before watching Our Times.

You could also choose one period you would visit together. To make the question harder, agree that you have to stay for a full week, cannot change a famous historical event, and can bring only one item from the present.

Then there is the bigger question that nearly every movie on this list raises: How much of your current life would you risk to change the past? You may not agree on the answer, but that is part of what makes a time-travel movie such a good conversation starter.