Top 15 Movies Like The Butterfly Effect That You Can Watch!

If you love movies that belong category of sci-fi, technology, fantasy, and action and movies with unique mind-boggling concepts, then I am pretty sure you have come across the movie named ‘The Butterfly effect (2004)’. In this article, we will see 15 more movies that are similar to ‘The Butterfly effect.

Before seeing going to the list for those who haven’t seen the movie yet let me give you a brief plot of the movie. A college student Evan Treborn faces severe headaches and fainting problems during his classes, later he discovers a way of traveling to the past and altering the events which took place. But sometimes he finds himself in the middle of problems that were created due to his altering the past. Will he be able to solve the problems? Will he quit using his supernatural ability? Watch the movie to find out.

Top 15 Movies Like The Butterfly Effect

How many of you know the actual meaning of the ‘butterfly effect? well, it means that a small change in something will lead to a drastic change in the event linked to this process in the future. Now let us waste no more time and jump into the list.

Please note that this list is prepared only based on my opinion. There may be a more interesting movie that you like but is not on this list. And also the list has no order of all the movies are listed randomly.

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1] Predestination (2014)

This is a sci-fi, thriller action movie directed by  Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig. The movie has a rating of 7.4/10 on IMBD and an 84% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The cast of the movie has stars like Sarah Snook as The Unmarried Mother, Ethan Hawke as The Barkeep, Noah Taylor as Mr. Robertson, Elise Jansen as Nurse, Freya Stafford as Alice, Madeleine West as Mrs. Stapleton, Christopher Sommers As Mr. Miller, Arielle O’Neill as Nauseous Girl, Ben Prendergast as Dr, Clarke, Cate Wolfe As Beth Fetherage, Olivia Sprague As Jane 5yo, Monique Heath as Jane 10yo, Emily Coupe, Dick York as Darrin Stephens Bewitched, Jim Knobeloch as Dr. Belfor, Christopher Kirby As Agent Miles.

A Brief Of Predestination (2014)

In the story, the main character is a federal agent who is sent back in time to stop a Fizzle Bomber from planting a bomb that will kill thousands of people. The agent succeeds in stopping the bomber and returns to the future, but he was critically injured and had to undergo face and throat reconstruction. After recovering he is sent on his last mission to stop the Fizzle Bomber from bombing which will kill thousands of people in London. When he goes back in time he falls in love with someone From the past! Is that even possible? Will he stop the Bomber? Will he survive the mind-bending Journey? Watch the movie to find out.

2] Source Code (2011)

This is a sci-fi, thriller action movie directed by Duncan Jones and written by Ben Ripley. The movie has a rating of 7.5/10 on IMBD and a 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The cast of the movie is comprised of Jake Gyllenhaal as Colter Stevens, Michelle Monaghan As Christina Warren, James A. Woods as Aviator Glasses Guy, Brent Skagford as George Troxel, Scott Bakula as Colter’s Father, Gordon Masten as Conductor, Joe Cobden As Lab Technician, Anne Day-Jones as Office Manager, Susan Bain as Nurse, Kyle Allatt as Aide, Lincoln Ward as Minister Sudoku, Frédérick De Grandpré As Sean Fentress, Tom Tammi as CNN Anchor, Kyle Gatehouse as College Student, Jasson Finney As M.P, Paula Jean Hixson as Coffee Mug Lady, Albert Kwan as Soda Can Guy, Jeff Moffitt as Train Passenger, Matt Holland As Lock Tech.

A Brief Plot Of Source Code (2011)

In the story, the lead character Colter Stevens is part of a top-secret military operation code-named ‘Source Code. This is a program that lets Colter experience the last few minutes in the life of victims who died in some accidents. The main motto of the program is to find out the identity of the criminal and to prevent such tragedies from happening in the future. He is sent on one such mission as Sean Fentress, a man who died in a train explosion. Now Colter has to live the life of Sean and find out about the bomber. Will he succeed? Will he survive the source code? Watch the movie to find out.

 3] Déjà vu (2006)

This is a sci-fi, thriller action movie directed by Tony Scott. This was a very successful movie that made a collection of 18.06 crores USD at the Box Office. It has a rating of 7.1/10 on IMBD and a 56% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The cast of the movie is comprised of Denzel Washington as Agent Doug Carlin – ATF, Val Kilmer as Agent Paul Pryzwarra – FBI, Paula Patton as Claire Kuchever, Jim Caviezel As Carroll Oerstadt, Adam Goldberg As Dr. Alexander Denny, Bruce Greenwood as Agent Jack McCready – FBI, Elle Fanning as Abbey, Elden Henson as Gunnars, Erika Alexander as Shanti, Matt Craven As Agent Larry Minuti – ATF, Rich Hutchman as Agent Stalhuth, Brian Howe as Medical Examiner, Enrique Castillo as Claire’s Father, Shondrella Avery as Kathy and many more.

A Brief Plot Of Déjà vu (2006)

This movie had a similar storyline to the above-discussed Source code movie (well this was released way before the source code in 2006) anyhow, The lead of the story Doug who is an agent in the FBI tries to back in time to investigate a ferry explosion, he falls in love with a woman in the past and tries his best to save her, will he succeed? Will he be able to shatter the fabric of time and fate? Watch the movie to find out.

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4] Donnie Darko (2001)

This is a fiction, sci-fi, thriller action movie directed by Richard Kelly. The movie has a rating of 8.00 /10 on IMBD and an 87% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is available to watch on amazon prime videos. The cast of the movie includes Jake Gyllenhaal as Donnie Darko, Maggie Gyllenhaal as Elizabeth Darko, Drew Barrymore as Karen Pomeroy, Seth Rogen as Ricky Danforth, Jena Malone as Gretchen Ross, Patrick Swayze as Jim Cunningham, Noah Wyle as Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff, Mary McDonnell as Rose Darko, James Duval as Frank Anderson, Frank, Daveigh Chase as Samantha Darko, Katharine Ross as Dr. Lilian Thurman, Holmes Osborne as Eddie Dark and many other actors.

A Brief Plot Of Donnie Darko (2001)

The main lead of the movie Donnie Darko was a weird college boy, one day during the presidential election of 1988, He was sleepwalking in the night on the streets and suddenly he sees a giant demon-like rabbit named Frank! Which disappears after saying to him that the world will end in 28 days. Darko was shocked and confused at the same time, later he returns to the house where he finds a jet engine in his bedroom!! Darko goes insane after all these incidents, is he dreaming? Will the world end in 28 days? What is happening? Watch the movie to find out.

5] Looper (2012)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis star as present and future versions of the same man in Looper.

This is a fiction, Drama, sci-fi, thriller action movie directed by Rian Johnson. The movie has a rating of 7.4 /10 on IMBD and a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is available to watch on amazon prime videos. The cast of the movie includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Joe, Bruce Willis as Old Joe, Emily Blunt as Sara, Piper Perabo as Suzie, Paul Dano as Seth, Noah Segan as Kid Blue, Jeff Daniels as Abe, Pierce Gagnon as Cid, Garret Dillahunt as Jesse, Frank Brennan as Seth, Adam Boyer as Tye, Tracie Thoms as Beatrix and many other superstars.

A Brief Plot Of Looper (2012)

This is yet another mind-boggling fictional movie based on the concept of time travel. In this movie, the main lead Joe is a part or a member of the society in the black market which has the technology to time travel ( time machine) whenever someone wants to kill their enemy they give money to this society, and they send their men back in time to kill the target. These men are called Loopers. Joe is one such looper. Once due to some conflicts Joe’s bosses try to kill him. When he goes back in time they ‘close the loop’ and try to kill him in the past. What will happen to Joe? Will he survive? Watch the movie to find out.

6] Primer (2004)

This is a fiction, Drama, sci-fi, thriller movie directed by Shane Carruth. The movie has a rating of 6.8 /10 on IMBD and a 73% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is available to watch on amazon prime videos. This was one of the most successful movies of its time which were made with a budget of 7000 USD and it collected 8.42 lakhs USD at the box office. The cast of the movie includes Shane Carruth as Aaron, David Sullivan as Abe, John Carruth as Man as Couch #1, Chip Carruth as Thomas Granger, Anand Upadhyaya as Phillip, Keith Bradshaw as Clean Room Technician, Jon Cook as Will’s Cousin, Carrie Crawford as Kara, Ashok Upadhyaya as Laboratory Technician, Juan Tapia as Man On Couch #2, Casey Gooden as Robert, David Joyner as Rachel’s Date.

A Brief Plot Of Primer (2004)

The story is about four highly creative and crazy engineers Aaron, Abe, Robert, and Phillip. Who works for a corporation as full-time workers and part-time they work to build their creative projects in Aaron’s garage. Once after an argument among their friends Aron and Abe independently pursue work on a machine that was supposed to lower the weight of objects but instead they built a time machine. Later they go on to make money by predicting the results of casinos, gambling, etc. in secret without informing their fellow mates. Later they get addicted to using the machine to the point where they face side effects of the machine like stroke, brain damage, etc. what will they do next? Will they be able to go in time and reverse these adverse effects? Find out by watching the movie.

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7] 12 Monkeys (1995)

This is a Drama, sci-fi, thriller movie directed by Terry Gilliam. The movie has a rating of 8 /10 on IMBD and an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is available to watch on amazon prime videos, Apple TV, and youtube. The cast of the movie includes Bruce Willis as James Cole, Brad Pitt as Jeffrey Goines, Madeleine Stowe as Kathryn Railly, Joseph Melito as James Cole, Jon Seda as Jose, Chuck Jeffreys as Thug No. 2, Christopher Plummer as Dr. Goines, Carol Florence as Astrophysicist, Jones, Christopher Meloni as Lt. Halperin, Michael Chance as Scarface, Vernon Campbell as Tiny, David Morse as Dr. Peters and many more stars.

A Brief Plot Of 12 Monkeys (1995)

No No, don’t get tricked by the name, this movie is about 12 monkeys or as such. The movie starts as in timeline 2035. Where the main lead of the movie is a prisoner in 2035 and he volunteered for a scientific expedition to go back in time to 1996 and find the virus which has spread to the whole world in the present wiping out most of the human population and making them live in the underground in an agreement to lower his sentenced time. However, it is said that the virus was first released by a group of 12 known as The 12 Monkeys. Will he be able to find the Leader of the 12 Monkeys and stop them? Will he find a cure for the virus? How will he survive the past?  Watch the movie to find out.

8] Time Lapse (2014)

This is one more Sci-Fi Thriller mind-bending movie directed by Bradley King. The movie has a rating of 6.5/10 on IMBD and a 78% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The cast of the movie includes George Finn as Jasper, Danielle Panabaker as Callie, Matt O’Leary as Finn, Sharon Maughan as Dr. Heidecker, Mark C. Hanson as Race Announcer, Amin Joseph as Big Joe, Jason Spisak as Ivan John Rhys-Davies as Mr. Bezzerides, David Figlioli as Marcus, Judith Drake as Mrs. Anderson and other actors.

A Brief Plot Of Time Lapse (2014)

The movie revolves around three friends who accidentally find a machine that gives photos of 24 hours in the future. In the beginning, they see it as a boon and use it to make a profit in gambling, racing events, casino, etc. but later they find disturbing photos which turn them upside down. What will happen next? Watch the movie to find out.

9] Timecrimes (2007)

This is a fiction, Drama, sci-fi, thriller action movie directed by Nacho Vigalondo. This is a mind-blogging movie in the true sense, I can say that a high IQ is required to completely understand the movie. The movie has a rating of 7.1 /10 on IMBD and a 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The cast of the movie includes Nacho Vigalondo as El Joven, Candela Fernández as Clara, Bárbara Goenaga as La Chica, Juan Inciarte as Occasional Héctor, Karra Elejalde as Occasional Héctor, Miguel Angel Poo, Libby Brien as Clara, Philip Hersh, Nicole Dionne as La Chica, Nacho and others.

A Brief Plot Of Timecrimes (2007)

As I have mentioned above, it is not a movie that could be understood by reading about it, however, I will try to give a brief plot, The story circles around a middle-aged man named Hector, who resides in a Spanish Countryside with his wife. One day he sees a young girl undressing on his property, When he goes to investigate, he finds the young girl unconscious and naked laying down on the ground, suddenly a masked man attacks him with a knife, in fear Hector runs towards a lab of a scientist and hides inside an experimental time machine. Later he finds himself an hour in the past when he drove off in a car only to barely miss a cyclist and run off the road and cut his head. He then covers the wound with a cloth. It is kind of understandable till now well, the tricky part comes now. Cyclists come near him to check if he is alright to Hector’s surprise it is the same girl that he saw undressing an hour earlier. Upon the instruction of the scientist, he makes her undress in front of himself (another Hector from the original timeline referred to as Hector 1 to keep the events as they should happen! So at this point, we are seeing 2 Hectors 1 from the future, the other who is about to go to the past, and wait, we will have one more Hector – Hector 3! well what are you reading? I know at this point you are just in great confusion, well to clear all your doubts you need to watch this movie.

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10] The Back To The Future (1985)

This is a sci-fi, thriller, and comedy movie directed by Robert Zemeckis. The movie has a rating of 8 .5/10 on IMBD and a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is available to watch on amazon prime videos, Apple TV, and YouTube. This movie was the most successful movie of 1985. The budget of the movie was 1.9 crores USD and the movie managed to collect 38.88 crores USD at the box office. The cast of the movie includes Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Emmett Brown, Lea Thompson as Lorraine Baines McFly, Crispin Glover as George McFly, Thomas F. Wilson as Biff Tannen, Claudia Wells as Jennifer Parker, Eric Stoltz, James Tolkan as Mr. Strickland, Elisabeth Shue as Jennifer Parker, Wendie Jo Sperber as Linda McFly, J. J. Cohen as Skinhead, Marc McClure as Dave McFly and many more. The movie has two more parts that were not as successful as this one, but still are worth watching.

A Brief Plot Of The Back To The Future (1985)

The movie has a high school student Marty McFly and an eccentric scientist Dr. Emmett “Doc” Brown as main characters. Once Marty goes back in time to where he finds his parents in their childhood, now he must make sure they fall in love with each so that he could be in existence. The story is composed of many such twists and turns and also good comedy scenes, I would recommend you to watch this movie.

11] Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)

This is a sci-fi, thriller, and comedy movie directed by Steve Pink. . The movie has a rating of 6.4/10 on IMBD and a 64% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The cast of this movie is composed of Rob Corddry as Lou Dorchen, John Cusack as Adam, Clark Duke as Jacob, Craig Robinson as Nick Webber, Chevy Chase as Repairman, Lizzy Caplan as April, Collette Wolfe as Kelly, Crispin Glover as Phil, Sebastian Stan as Blaine, Lyndsy Fonseca as Jenny, Jessica Paré as Tara, Aliu Oyofo as Nick Webber and many others.

A Brief Plot Of Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)

The story starts with 3 depressed friends- Adam who was dumped by his girlfriend, Nick who had no respect in his family and was not happy with his wife and Lou a broke alcoholic. They plan to reunite to cheer Lou who was hospitalized a few days before because of carbon monoxide poisoning. They plan the meet up in a resort, They have alcohol, eat, talk, and enjoy, and after drinking alcohol in a tub of the resort they go out of the resort and find themself in 1986. To nullify the butterfly effect they have to re-do the things that they have done before, will they be able to do that or will they make a non-recoverable mess? Watch the movie to find out.

12] Frequency (2000)

This is a Drama, sci-fi, action thriller movie directed by Gregory Hoblit. The movie has a rating of 7.4/10 on IMBD and a 70% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The cast of the movie includes Dennis Quaid as Frank Sullivan, Jim Caviezel as John Sullivan, Elizabeth Mitchell as Julia ‘Jules’ Sullivan, Jack McCormack as Commander Butch O’Connell, Brian Smyj as Con Ed Worker #2, Terry Serpico as Con Ed Worker #1 Brigitte Kingsley as Serveuse au bar, Brian Greene, Andre Braugher as Satch DeLeon, Noah Emmerich as Gordo Hersch, Daniel Henson as John Sullivan, Shawn Doyle as Jack Shepard, Michael Cera as Gordy Jr., Melissa Errico as Samantha Thomas, Jordan Bridges as Graham ‘Gib’ Gibson, Stephen Joffe as Gordo Hersch and many others.

A Brief Plot Of Frequency (2000)

The main character of the movie is John Sullivan who is an NYPD, he has lost his father in a fire accident. One day he stumbled upon a radio and when he examined it he found out that he could communicate with his dead father 30 years back on time. Therefore he tries to warn him about the fire accident and thereby he saves his father by the fire accident. Now he suddenly has new memories of himself with his father but at the same time, he has lost his mother and is responsible for many other drastic changes because of the butterfly effect. How will he bring things back to normal? Watch the movie to find out.

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13] Mr. Nobody (2009)

This is a Drama, sci-fi movie directed by Jaco Van Dormael. The movie has a rating of 7.8/10 on IMBD and a 68% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The cast of the movie includes Jared Leto as Nemo, Diane Kruger as Anna, Sarah Polley as Elise, Rhys Ifans as Nemo’s Father, Juno Temple as Anna, Toby Regbo as Nemo, Linh Dan Pham as Jean, Natasha Little as Mother Nemo, Audrey Giacomini as Jean, Clare Stone as Elise, Laura Brumagne as Anna, Daniel Mays as a Young journalist and many others.

A Brief Plot Of Mr. Nobody (2009)

The movie takes you to the year 2092, The story shows the life of Nemo a 118-year-old man who is a mortal, The last mortal on earth. By 2092 humans have achieved the technique of controlling cell division and thereby the mortality of humankind. Nemo is interviewed in the movie, he appears as an old fragile human who has lost his memories and remembers only some parts of his life he also recollects some of the decisions he took in various parts of his life that made him reach this point and says that if he made some other choice he would not exist here at all. Also describes multiverse theory and the butterfly effect.

14] Vanilla Sky (2001)

This is a Drama, sci-fi movie directed by Cameron Crowe. The movie has a rating of 6.9/10 on IMBD and a 43% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The cast of the movie includes Tom Cruise as David Aames, Penélope Cruz as Sofia, Cameron Diaz as Julianna Gianni, Kurt Russell as McCabe, Jason Lee as Brian Shelby, Noah Taylor as Edmund Ventura, Tilda Swinton as Rebecca Dearborn, Johnny Galecki as Peter Brown, Timothy Spall as Thomas Tipp, Michael Shannon as Aaron and many others.

A Brief Plot Of Vanilla Sky (2001)

The main lead of the movie David Aames becomes a victim of a car accident due to which he had to undergo plastic surgery. This creates unexpected twists and turns in his life. He wonders what is the meaning of life and sets out on a journey to find his soul!

15] Minority Report (2002)

This is a fiction, sci-fi, thriller action movie directed by Steven Spielberg. The movie has a rating of 7.6/10 on IMBD and a 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is available to watch on amazon prime videos, Apple TV and Netflix. The cast of the movie includes Samantha Morton as Agatha, Tom Cruise as John Anderton, Colin Farrell as Danny Witwer, Kathryn Morris as Lara Clarke, Max von Sydow as Director Lamar Burgess, Neal McDonough as Fletcher, Peter Stormare as Dr. Solomon Eddie and many other actors.

A Brief Plot of Minority Report (2002)

The Tom Cruise starrer movie takes us into the future where police follow the “Precrime” policy which means they catch the criminal even before the crime is done thereby eliminating all the consequences of the crime. However, the main lead John Anderton finds himself the blame for a crime and sets out to prove his innocence. Will he be able to do it? Watch the movie to find out.

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