5 time loop movies to watch on Groundhog Day
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Groundhog Day is here, which means one thing beyond weather predictions: watching the same day repeat on screen. Here are five time loop movies worth binging.
Palm Springs
Andy Samberg's character, Nyles, has already been reliving the same Palm Springs wedding when the movie begins.
- Cristin Milioti plays Sarah, who also gets pulled into the loop after following him into a desert cave. Suddenly, the loop involves two people, resentment and actual consequences.
Happy Death Day
A college student relives her birthday, which ends with her murder by a masked killer. Each reset lets her rule out suspects, change choices and survive a little longer.
- ðŸ’Abbey's thought bubble: Horror is my thing, and this movie nails the balance between ridiculous and unsettling.
Looper
In the future, criminals send victims back in time to be killed by hired hitmen. Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a hitman until his target turns out to be his older self, played by Bruce Willis. The movie folds cause and effect into a knot.
- Also, it is set in Kansas.
The Terminator
It counts! A soldier travels back in time to protect Sarah Connor from a killer robot so she can give birth to the man who sent him back. The entire plot exists inside a closed loop that never untangles.
Groundhog Day
We can't talk about time-loop movies without mentioning the OG. Bill Murray plays a TV weatherman sent to Punxsutawney to cover Groundhog Day
- Murray wakes up on Feb. 2 again and again with no explanation and no escape. Everyone else resets. He doesn't.
- The movie turns one small town assignment into a slow spiral of boredom, chaos and reluctant self-awareness.