Movies like Source Code
If Source Code's mix of race against time, bomb and virtual reality stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Source Code's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Frequency
2000 · Directed by Gregory Hoblit · 118 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: race against time, investigation, time travel · Also science fiction and thriller
When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death.
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The Thirteenth Floor
1999 · Directed by Josef Rusnak · 100 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: virtual reality, surrealism · Also thriller and science fiction
In Los Angeles, a wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a desperate message for a friend of his in the most unexpected place.
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Mercy
2026 · Directed by Timur Bekmambetov · 100 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: race against time, bomb · Also science fiction and thriller
In the near future, a detective stands on trial accused of murdering his wife. He has ninety minutes to prove his innocence to the advanced AI Judge he once championed, before it determines his fate.
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Interstellar
2014 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 169 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: race against time, time travel · From the same decade (2010s)
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
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Back to the Future
1985 · Directed by Robert Zemeckis · 116 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: race against time, time travel
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest.
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Tenet
2020 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 150 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: time travel · Also thriller and science fiction
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real…
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Prisoners
2013 · Directed by Denis Villeneuve · 153 min8.1
Why you'll like itWith Jake Gyllenhaal · Shares: investigation · From the same decade (2010s)
After his six-year-old daughter is abducted, a desperate father takes justice into his own hands when he loses faith in the detective leading the investigation, setting both men on a collision course as the search…
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1917
2019 · Directed by Sam Mendes · 119 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: race against time, soldier · From the same decade (2010s)
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.
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Déjà Vu
2006 · Directed by Tony Scott · 126 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: time travel · Also thriller and science fiction
Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a…
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Project Almanac
2015 · Directed by Dean Israelite · 106 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: time travel · Also science fiction and thriller · From the same decade (2010s)
A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.
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Primer
2004 · Directed by Shane Carruth · 77 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: time travel · Also science fiction and thriller
A group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention start to catch up with them.
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Time Lapse
2014 · Directed by Bradley King · 104 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: time travel · Also thriller and science fiction · From the same decade (2010s)
Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures 24 hours into the future and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.