Movies Like Transience
If you liked Transience (2023), a movie directed by Joel Mikola, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
★ 5.9/10The ultimate weapon, claimed to be safe for mankind, produces global side-effects including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817 in…
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Click (2006)
★ 6.3/10A married workaholic, Michael Newman doesn't have time for his wife and children, not if he's to impress his ungrateful boss and earn a well-deserved promotion. So when he meets Morty, a loopy sales clerk, he gets the…
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Omni Loop (2024)
★ 6/10Diagnosed with a black hole growing inside her chest and stuck in a loop reliving the last five days of her life, a 55-year-old wife and mother from Miami, Florida decides to solve time travel in order to go back and…
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The Life of Chuck (2025)
★ 7.3/10In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.
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Source Code (2011)
★ 7.3/10When 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.
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Boss Level (2021)
★ 6.9/10A 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.
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12:01 (1993)
★ 6.2/10Office employee Barry Thomas is caught in a "time bounce" caused by a glitch in the company's secret project. Now the same day occurs again and again - and Barry's the only one who can do anything about it, including…
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The Jacket (2005)
★ 6.9/10A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.
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Frequency (2000)
★ 7.3/10When 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…
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Time Travel Mater (2012)
★ 6.1/10When a clock lands on Mater's engine, he travels back in time to 1909 where he meets Stanley, an ambitious young car on his way to California. With the help of Lightning McQueen, Mater alters history by convincing…
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Two Distant Strangers (2020)
★ 7/10A man trying to get home to his dog becomes stuck in a time loop that forces him to relive a deadly run-in with a cop.
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Time Freak (2018)
★ 6.7/10Stillman, a heartbroken physics student, builds a time machine when his girlfriend breaks up with him. Going back in time, he attempts to save their relationship by fixing every mistake he made—while dragging his best…
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Smoke (1995)
★ 7.2/10Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate…
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Time Lapse (2014)
★ 6.5/10Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures 24 hours into the future and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.
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13 Going on 30 (2004)
★ 6.8/10After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. Thanks to some magic wishing dust, Jenna's prayer has been answered. With a knockout body, a fabulous…
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Curve (2016)
★ 6.9/10Clinging to a smooth, curved surface high above a sentient abyss, a woman tries to cover the few feet back to safety without losing purchase and falling to her death.
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Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
★ 6.8/10Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.
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Code 3 (2025)
★ 7.1/10A burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.
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Project Almanac (2015)
★ 6.8/10A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.
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The Invisible (2007)
★ 6.4/10After an attack leaves him in limbo -- invisible to the living and also near death -- a teenager discovers the only person who might be able help him is his attacker.