The Time Traveler’s Wife
Ok, we had to include one movie that’s isn’t afraid to be extremely schmoopy and corny… though the very complicated relationship at its center is about as sci-fi as can be. Rachel McAdams plays the title character; Eric Bana plays the guy who zips through time, a genetic ability made way less awesome by the fact that he can’t actually control it whatsoever. He appears as randomly as he disappears, a rough life no matter how you look at it, but made even worse by his growing desire to just be able to, like, hang out with his beloved, a woman he’s been “visiting” since she was a little kid (though their romance doesn’t spark until it’s totally age-appropriate, of course).
The best-selling novel by Audrey Niffenegger also became an HBO series in 2022, but this film version of The Time Traveler’s Wife came out in 2009, which—fun fact—makes it the first of McAdams’ series of films (with later entries Midnight in Paris and About Time) in which her character is romantically involved with a time traveler. Apparently all that drama is worth it, when true love’s at stake. (Rent on Apple TV, Amazon, Google Play, YouTube, Vudu)
