Best Movies like Back to the Future Part III (1990)

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure features a duo using a time-traveling device to navigate multiple historical periods, just as Marty and Doc travel to the past using a modified car. Both films blend science fiction with comedy, focusing on the chaos that ensues when teenagers meddle in the past.

Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, set out on a quest to make the ultimate school history report after being presented with a time machine. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 30m runtime, released in 1989 with an average rating of 6.8 by 2,144 people. The movie made an estimated total of $40,510,984 in the box office.

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey continues the time-hopping antics of its protagonists, echoing the playful tone of Back to the Future Part III. Like Marty and Doc, Bill and Ted face escalating dilemmas and humorous consequences brought about by their adventures with extraordinary technology.

Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicates of the two lads to terminate and replace them. The robot doubles actually succeed in killing Bill and Ted, but the two are determined to escape the afterlife, challenging the Grim Reaper to a series of games in order to return to the land of the living. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 33m runtime, released in 1991 with an average rating of 6.3 by 1,378 people. The movie made an estimated total of $38,040,268 in the box office.

Time After Time centers on a protagonist journeying to another era through a time machine, paralleling the central conceit of Back to the Future Part III. Both stories rely on characters adapting to an unfamiliar past and exploring the ripple effects of time travel.

Writer H. G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to modern day San Francisco after the infamous serial killer steals his time machine to escape the 19th century. Time After Time is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 52m runtime, released in 1979 with an average rating of 6.8 by 392 people. The movie made an estimated total of $13,000,000 in the box office.

Time Bandits follows characters leaping through time and encountering iconic historical periods, tying directly to the time-travel adventure structure of Back to the Future Part III. The adventure-driven narrative and encounters with colorful historical figures connect both films.

Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them. Time Bandits is a movie from United Kingdom in English, with a total 1h 56m runtime, released in 1981 with an average rating of 6.6 by 1,175 people. The movie made an estimated total of $42,365,581 in the box office.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home uses science fiction as a vehicle for time travel into the past, much like Back to the Future Part III. Both films feature well-established characters adapting to a new historical context to solve urgent problems and restore timelines.

When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize Earth's oceans, Kirk and his crew must travel back in time in order to bring back whales and save the planet. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 58m runtime, released in 1986 with an average rating of 7.2 by 1,677 people. The movie made an estimated total of $133,000,000 in the box office.

Frequency involves characters using extraordinary means to communicate and interact across time, much like Back to the Future Part III's focus on fixing timelines and altering fate with the help of technology. Both stories derive drama from changing history to save loved ones.

When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal murders he and his father must find a way to fix the consequences of altering time. Frequency is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 58m runtime, released in 2000 with an average rating of 7.3 by 2,059 people. The movie made an estimated total of $68,106,245 in the box office.

The Kid revolves around a protagonist confronting unexpected changes brought about by contact with his own younger self, a theme that echoes the personal growth and identity questions explored in time-displaced settings like Back to the Future Part III.

Powerful businessman Russ Duritz is self-absorbed and immersed in his work. But by the magic of the moon, he meets Rusty, a chubby, charming 8-year-old version of himself who can't believe he could turn out so badly – with no life and no dog. With Rusty's help, Russ is able to reconcile the person he used to dream of being with the man he's actually become. The Kid is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 44m runtime, released in 2000 with an average rating of 6.8 by 1,158 people. The movie made an estimated total of $110,317,580 in the box office.

Kate & Leopold explores romance across eras when a time traveler finds love in an unfamiliar period, mirroring Back to the Future Part III's subplot where a character forms a relationship with someone from the past, blending romantic and science fiction elements.

When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time Kate spends with Leopold, the harder she falls for him. But if he doesn't return to his own time, his absence will forever alter history. Kate & Leopold is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 58m runtime, released in 2001 with an average rating of 6.4 by 1,497 people. The movie made an estimated total of $76,019,048 in the box office.

The Time Machine focuses on the challenges and consequences of using time travel to explore distant pasts, paralleling Back to the Future Part III’s journey into a historical era via futuristic technology and the resulting conflicts the protagonist must resolve.

Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th-century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds mankind divided into two warring races. The Time Machine is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 36m runtime, released in 2002 with an average rating of 6.3 by 2,597 people. The movie made an estimated total of $123,729,176 in the box office.

Peggy Sue Got Married features a character unexpectedly returning to an earlier period in her own life and facing the repercussions of actions in the past, much as Back to the Future Part III involves protagonists grappling with history and changing their fates.

At her 25th high school reunion, Peggy Sue faints and awakens in 1960—back in her senior year, before her marriage and all her regrets. Given a second chance to relive her youth, she must decide whether to change the choices that shaped her life or embrace the past that made her who she is. Peggy Sue Got Married is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 43m runtime, released in 1986 with an average rating of 6.1 by 665 people. The movie made an estimated total of $41,382,841 in the box office.

Blast from the Past places a modern protagonist into a dramatically different earlier era, similar to how Marty and Doc are displaced in time in Back to the Future Part III. Both stories blend comedic elements with the cultural clash and adaptation that follows time displacement.

Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webbers into their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam now ventures forth into Los Angeles to obtain food and supplies for his family, and a non-mutant wife for himself. Blast from the Past is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 52m runtime, released in 1999 with an average rating of 6.8 by 1,247 people. The movie made an estimated total of $40,263,020 in the box office.

My Science Project involves teenagers discovering and misusing advanced technology, leading to chaotic results and reality-bending consequences, aligning with the youthful perspective and inventive science fiction premise seen in Back to the Future Part III.

His high school teacher issues an ultimatum: turn in a science project or flunk. So Mike Harlan scavenges a military base's junk pile for a suitable gizmo. He finds one... and unwittingly unleashes the awesome power and energy of the unknown. Twisted dimensions. Time warps. A fantastic realm where the past, present, and future collide in a whirling vortex of startling adventure and superlative special effects. My Science Project is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 34m runtime, released in 1985 with an average rating of 6.3 by 166 people. The movie made an estimated total of $4,122,748 in the box office.

Safety Not Guaranteed centers around characters pursuing potential time travel in pursuit of fixing the past, reflecting Back to the Future Part III’s themes of regret, hope, and changing one’s fate through unconventional science—both mix wit and emotion with speculative concepts.

Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel. Safety Not Guaranteed is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 26m runtime, released in 2012 with an average rating of 6.8 by 1,647 people. The movie made an estimated total of $4,424,699 in the box office.

The Final Countdown depicts modern individuals transported to a crucial historical period and trying to prevent disaster, paralleling Back to the Future Part III’s central premise of being stranded in the past and actively changing history to achieve a safe return.

During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The Final Countdown is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 43m runtime, released in 1980 with an average rating of 6.6 by 684 people. The movie made an estimated total of $16,647,800 in the box office.

Hot Tub Time Machine uses an accidental time travel scenario to send friends into the past, causing both comic and heartfelt repercussions. Like Back to the Future Part III, it combines contemporary humor with the confusion and opportunities created by jumping eras.

Four pals are stuck in a rut in adulthood: Adam has just been dumped, Lou is a hopeless party animal, Nick is a henpecked husband, and Jacob does nothing but play video games in his basement. But they get a chance to brighten their future by changing their past after a night of heavy drinking in a ski-resort hot tub results in their waking up in 1986. Hot Tub Time Machine is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 41m runtime, released in 2010 with an average rating of 6.0 by 2,789 people. The movie made an estimated total of $64,780,213 in the box office.

The Philadelphia Experiment follows protagonists caught in a time displacement caused by a scientific mishap, resulting in a struggle to return to their own time. This mirrors the technological time transport and the resulting dilemmas faced by Marty and Doc in 1885.

Based on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into the future to 1984. The Philadelphia Experiment is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 42m runtime, released in 1984 with an average rating of 6.1 by 456 people. The movie made an estimated total of $8,103,330 in the box office.

The Time Traveler's Wife presents relationships challenged and enriched by time travel, echoing the dynamic between Doc and Clara in Back to the Future Part III, where love must contend with the unpredictable consequences of lives lived across different temporal realities.

Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire. The Time Traveler's Wife is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 47m runtime, released in 2009 with an average rating of 7.0 by 2,744 people. The movie made an estimated total of $101,344,412 in the box office.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court centers on someone transported to a drastically earlier time and using modern knowledge in a pre-industrial setting, paralleling Back to the Future Part III’s comedic and dramatic themes of surviving and influencing the past.

A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1905 auto mechanic, to Arthurian England, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology. He and Alisande, the King's niece, fall in love at first sight, which draws unwelcome attention from her fiancée Sir Lancelot; but worse trouble befalls when Hank meddles in the kingdom's politics. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 46m runtime, released in 1949 with an average rating of 6.3 by 36 people.

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel follows friends experiencing bizarre consequences of unexpected temporal shifts, connecting directly with Back to the Future Part III’s playful exploration of how ordinary people handle accidental journeys to other periods.

Follows three social outcasts -- two geeks and a cynic -- as they attempt to navigate a time-travel conundrum in the middle of a British pub. Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel is a movie from United Kingdom in English, with a total 1h 23m runtime, released in 2009 with an average rating of 6.9 by 689 people. The movie made an estimated total of $23,820 in the box office.

Happy Accidents intertwines romance and time travel, using the premise of changing fate through relationships across time. Like Back to the Future Part III, it blends the sci-fi question of altering timelines with personal, character-driven storylines.

A comedy that pays tribute to the science fiction genre -- specifically, the sub-genre of time travel. But here the alternate reality is contemporary New York City where past and future experiences of trust, commitment and denial are cleverly put to the test. Just as Ruby is beginning to relish her first-ever healthy relationship, Sam begins muttering about being a time traveler from the year 2470. Happy Accidents is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 50m runtime, released in 2000 with an average rating of 6.8 by 145 people. The movie made an estimated total of $688,510 in the box office.

Army of Darkness thrusts its protagonist from the modern world into a distant historical past, challenging him to use contemporary knowledge for survival, much like Marty’s efforts to navigate and escape the Old West in Back to the Future Part III.

Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty and faces legions of the undead. Army of Darkness is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 21m runtime, released in 1992 with an average rating of 7.3 by 3,592 people. The movie made an estimated total of $21,502,976 in the box office.

Midnight Special, though not described in detail, shares science fiction elements and likely involves extraordinary events centered around unusual individuals and possibly advanced technology or phenomena, linking it conceptually to themes present in Back to the Future Part III.

A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers. Midnight Special is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 52m runtime, released in 2016 with an average rating of 6.3 by 2,075 people. The movie made an estimated total of $7,112,282 in the box office.

The Purple Rose of Cairo deals with fantastical ruptures in reality where characters step out of their expected time or place, channeling the imaginative play with timelines and settings that is central to the appeal of Back to the Future Part III.

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again. The Purple Rose of Cairo is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 22m runtime, released in 1985 with an average rating of 7.4 by 1,157 people. The movie made an estimated total of $10,631,333 in the box office.

Biggles tells of time-slipping adventures that send its characters from the present to the past, intersecting with Back to the Future Part III’s core setup where technology forcibly relocates characters to historic settings, leading to clashes and adaptation.

Unassuming catering salesmen Jim Ferguson falls through a time hole to 1917 where he saves the life of dashing Royal Flying Corps pilot James "Biggles" Bigglesworth after his photo recon mission is shot down. Before he can work out what has happened, Jim is zapped back to the 1980s...... Biggles is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 48m runtime, released in 1986 with an average rating of 5.2 by 81 people. The movie made an estimated total of $112,132 in the box office.

Miracle Mile explores how abrupt disruptions to an ordinary day can compel characters to race against time, thematically linking it to the urgency and time-based dilemmas faced by the stranded protagonists of Back to the Future Part III.

After 30 years of searching, Harry has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news: WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los Angeles in less than an hour! Miracle Mile is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 28m runtime, released in 1989 with an average rating of 6.9 by 325 people. The movie made an estimated total of $1,145,404 in the box office.

The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey sends modern characters into a distant and unfamiliar historical context, much like the Old West journey in Back to the Future Part III. Both films explore adaptation, ingenuity, and the clash between eras.

Cumberland, 1348. The plague is spreading in medieval England. The remote village of little Griffin is also threatened. But the 9-year-old boy has a recurring dream that holds the key to a tiny hope of survival: a lake with a coffin floating on it. A white church with an iron cross. A falling glove. A falling silhouette. A torch tumble through a dark shaft into infinity. With his brother he recognizes in it a prophecy to escape the Black Death. So they embark with a few men on a journey to a distant cathedral, where they want to set up an iron cross as an offering to God. Her path leads them through a deep and dark mine shaft into an unknown land and completely outlandish time - into the present-day New Zealand of the 1980s. The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey is a movie from New Zealand in English, with a total 1h 32m runtime, released in 1988 with an average rating of 6.2 by 91 people.

Interstate 60 employs a surreal, fantastical structure where characters go on a reality-bending journey and confront strange scenarios, resonating with Back to the Future Part III’s playful approach to combining science fiction adventure with transformative character arcs.

An aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America. Interstate 60 is a movie from Canada in English, with a total 1h 56m runtime, released in 2002 with an average rating of 7.4 by 796 people.

Stone of Destiny, while lacking a detailed overview, is thematically grouped with stories where adventure and history intertwine, a hallmark shared with Back to the Future Part III’s time-crossing plot and historical escapades.

Tells of the daring heist of The Stone of Destiny in the 1950s by a charming group of idealistic Scottish undergraduates, whose action rekindled Scottish nationalistic pride. Stone of Destiny is a movie from Canada in English, with a total 1h 36m runtime, released in 2008 with an average rating of 6.5 by 83 people.