Movies like The Butterfly Effect

Key Features:: Time travel, Changing the past, Unintended consequences, Psychological thriller, Childhood trauma, Alternate realities, Cause and effect, Memory, Regret, Nudity-moderate, Violence-moderate, Existentialism, Dark fantasy
Tone:: serious, suspense-driven, dramatic
Target Audience:: Sci-fi thriller fans, Viewers interested in time travel paradoxes, Fans of psychological dramas, Those who enjoy dark and suspenseful stories
Emotional Arc:: Intrigue → Dread → Despair

The Butterfly Effect

2004-01-17

A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences.

Genres

Science Fiction, Thriller

Cast

Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Melora Walters, Elden Henson, William Lee Scott, Eric Stoltz, Ethan Suplee, Logan Lerman, John Patrick Amedori, Irina Gorovaia

Crew

Eric Bress, Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber, J. Mackye Gruber

Rating

★7.571(7916 votes)