Film
The Infinite Man
A low-budget Australian sci-fi rom-com where a man's obsessive quest to engineer the perfect weekend spirals into temporal chaos. It's clever and funny, with real heart underneath the genre shenanigans. For people who love time-loop stories, romantic mishaps played seriously, and films that do wild things on a shoestring.
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Predestination2014
Time-travel narrative that rewards close attention, with spectacular plot architecture and genuine emotional stakes beneath the temporal mechanics. Dark and elegant.
But The twists are audacious enough that some will feel manipulated rather than delighted. Also brutally violent at points.
Safety Not Guaranteed2012
Indie charm, deadpan humour, and a time-travel premise that stays intimate and character-focused. Aubrey Plaza is brilliant. The tone is exactly right.
But Very quiet and understated. If you want spectacle or faster pacing, this will feel slight.
Primer2004
Time-travel sci-fi made on a micro-budget that demands to be figured out. Endlessly rewatchable, brilliantly constructed, utterly uncompromising. A genuine puzzle-box.
But Intentionally impenetrable dialogue, no hand-holding, no soundtrack. Some will find it exhausting rather than exhilarating.
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Twelve Monkeys1995
Both films trap characters in repetitive scenarios they cannot escape, but Gilliam inverts the tone entirely—where The Infinite Man finds romance in the loop, 12 Monkeys finds horror and helplessness.
Time travel as tragedy rather than comedy or romance. Terry Gilliam's fever dream about causality, fate, and whether you can change what's coming. Visually astonishing, emotionally devastating, endlessly layered.
But Deliberately fragmented, paranoid, and bleak. No comfort in the ending or the journey. Some will find it a slog.
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About Time2013
Time travel as a vehicle for family drama and romance. Genuinely moving, funny, and interested in what matters about the people repeating moments, not just the mechanics.
But Sentimental in a way that can tip into schmaltz. Some will find the genre machinery distracting from the emotional core.
Coherence2014
Eight people, one room, a comet, and a mystery that unfolds in real time. Intellectually playful, funny, increasingly unsettling. Improvised feel with meticulous construction.
But Claustrophobic and slow-burn. Payoff comes late and some viewers will lose patience before it arrives.
Happy Accidents2000
Rom-com that happens to have a time-travel premise, but never lets the sci-fi overwhelm the actual romance and emotional vulnerability. Charming and sincere.
But Dated feel in ways that aren't entirely charming. The time-travel element is more premise than story engine.
Rubber2010
Micro-budget sci-fi absurdist comedy that commits completely to its ridiculous premise. Genuinely original, darkly funny, you've literally never seen anything like it.
But The premise is a sentient killer tire. If you can't find that funny, nothing in the film will work for you. Also deliberately anarchic in structure.
The Adam Project2022
Action-comedy sci-fi that balances humour, emotion, and spectacle. Heart invested in family and second chances. Ryan Reynolds and Mark Ruffalo have real chemistry.
But Occasionally sentimental and narratively familiar. The time-travel logic doesn't hold up to scrutiny if you're thinking too hard.
Palm Springs2020
Time-loop romance with genuinely inventive twists. Funny, romantic, melancholy all at once. Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti are perfectly matched.
But Tonally uneven; some moments feel like it's reaching for profundity it hasn't earned. The middle sags a little.
La Jetée1962
Both are audacious time-travel love stories made for next to nothing. Where The Infinite Man uses cheap playfulness, La Jetée achieves transcendence through constraint and restraint.
A time-travel narrative told almost entirely through still photographs and narration. Hypnotic, poetic, heartbreaking. The emotional core is fiercer than films ten times its budget.
But Experimental form that feels glacially slow if you're not attuned to it. Monochrome photographs for 28 minutes will lose viewers expecting conventional cinema.
Russian Doll2019
Both stories trap their protagonist in repetitive scenarios where they must learn something essential about themselves and their desires. But Russian Doll expands the emotional vocabulary—grief, regret, connection—beyond romance.
Time-loop series that treats the repetition as a form of purgatory, then as a form of grace. Sharp, funny, achingly intimate, with visual and narrative invention that deepens rather than exhausts.
But First season is better than the second. Some viewers find the philosophical meandering less interesting than the initial mystery.
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Cast
Josh McConvilleDean
Hannah MarshallLana
Alex DimitriadesTerry
Directing
- Hugh SullivanDirector
- Drew BaileyFirst Assistant Director
- Benedict Paxton-CrickScript Supervisor
Writing
- Hugh SullivanWriter
Production
- Leigh PickfordCasting
- Cam RogersExecutive Producer
- Jonathan PageExecutive Producer
- Alexandra BluePost Production Producer
- Kate CroserProducer
- Sandy CameronProducer
- Vicki SugarsProducer's Assistant
- Mark KrausProduction Accountant
- Adam LemmeyProduction Assistant
- Brendan CainProduction Assistant
- Noemi RemeteProduction Assistant