The 10 Best Time Machines in Movies

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This month sees the release of yet another time-travel based film, Source Code, which Jake Gyllenhaal has been peddling up and down the airwaves. Though we haven’t seen it yet, it looks like another one of those shifty, what-exactly-is-happening mind-explosion time travel movies, and it got us thinking about all the different creative ways authors and directors have found to create time travel in films. The possibilities for time travel vehicles seem endless (though some of these push the limits of credulity), but we’ve decided to highlight the most ingenious of the bunch. Click through to see our list of the ten best time machines in movies, and let us know which of your favorites we’ve missed!

1. The Time Sled (The Time Machine)

H.G. Wells described the Time Sled in his 1895 novel The Time Machine as “a thing of brass, ebony, ivory, and translucent glimmering quartz,” but it wasn’t until the 1960 film version that we really got to see it. What a beauty! Santa would be jealous.