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Time travel

Time travel TV Series

Time manipulation as a core mechanic.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 76 series

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76 series Taste tags cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

Dark

★ 8.7
551K 26 2017–2020
Time travel · Puzzle plot
10/10

Doctor Who

★ 8.5
263K 175 2005–2022
Time travel · Wonder & awe
10/10

Steins; Gate

★ 8.8
94K 26 2011–2015
Time travel · Anime · Mystery box
10/10

Travelers

★ 8.0
73K 34 2016–2018
Time travel · Serialized
10/10

Continuum

★ 7.6
67K 42 2012–2015
Time travel · Serialized
10/10

12 Monkeys

★ 7.7
54K 47 2015–2018
Time travel · Puzzle plot
10/10

Timeless

★ 7.6
51K 27 2016–2018
Time travel · Real history
10/10

Doctor Who

★ 8.4
41K 695 1963–1989
Time travel · Long-runner
10/10

Steins;Gate 0

★ 8.4
15K 24 2018–2018
Time travel · Anime · Serialized
10/10

Quantum Leap

★ 6.3
15K 31 2022–2024
Time travel · Hopeful · Episodic
10/10

The Lazarus Project

★ 7.3
13K 16 2022–2023
Time travel · Serialized
10/10

Journeyman

★ 8.0
10K 13 2007–2007
Time travel · Mystery box
10/10

Gyaarah Gyaarah

★ 8.1
8K 8 2024–present
Time travel · Indian TV
10/10

The Ministry of Time

★ 8.2
6K 43 2015–2020
Time travel · Real history
10/10

The Time Tunnel

★ 7.5
5K 30 1966–1967
Time travel · Episodic
10/10

Seven Days

★ 7.2
4K 66 1998–2001
Time travel · Procedural
10/10

Loki

★ 8.2
476K 12 2021–2023
Time travel · Redemption
9/10

11.22.63

★ 8.0
124K 8 2016–2016
Time travel · Event miniseries
9/10

Legends of Tomorrow

★ 6.7
115K 110 2016–2022
Time travel · Campy
9/10

Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World

★ 8.2
73K 110 2016–present
Anime · Time travel
9/10

Bodies

★ 7.3
69K 8 2023–2023
Time travel · Puzzle plot
9/10

Quantum Leap

★ 8.2
40K 97 1989–1993
Time travel · Hopeful · Episodic
9/10

Life on Mars

★ 8.3
35K 16 2006–2007
Time travel · Mystery box
9/10

Future Man

★ 7.6
34K 34 2017–2020
Time travel · Raunchy · Absurdist
9/10