what-movies An Almanac of What to Watch · MMXXVI

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Back to the Future

Time machines, second chances, and the strange physics of cause and effect. Like Back to the Future, these treat time travel as an adventure — playful, paradoxical, and built on heart.

A clean-content film companion — curated picks of what to watch next.

12 films · Curated · Clean-content · Updated 2026


Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a 2004 fantasy film directed by Alfonso Cuarón from a screenplay by Steve Kloves. It is based on the 1999 novel Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Your Name

Your Name is a 2016 Japanese animated romantic fantasy film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, produced by CoMix Wave Films, and distributed by Toho.

Your Name

12 Monkeys

12 Monkeys is a 1995 American science fiction thriller film directed by Terry Gilliam from a screenplay by David Peoples and Janet Peoples, based on Chris Marker's 1962 short film La Jetée. It stars Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, and Christopher Plummer.

12 Monkeys
12 Monkeys

Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris is a 2011 fantasy comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen. Set in Paris, the film follows Gil Pender, a screenwriter and aspiring novelist, who is forced to confront the shortcomings of his relationship with his materialistic fiancée and their divergent…

Midnight in Paris

Jumanji

Jumanji is a 1995 American fantasy adventure film directed by Joe Johnston from a screenplay by Jonathan Hensleigh, Greg Taylor, and Jim Strain, based on the 1981 children's picture book by Chris Van Allsburg.

Jumanji

Meet the Robinsons

Meet the Robinsons is a 2007 American animated science fiction comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, based on the 1990 children's book A Day with Wilbur Robinson by William Joyce.

Meet the Robinsons

Star Trek

Star Trek is a 2009 American science fiction action film directed by J. J. Abrams, and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. It is the 11th film in the Star Trek franchise, and is also a reboot that features the main characters of the original Star Trek television series…

Star Trek

Shrek Forever After

Shrek Forever After is a 2010 American animated fantasy comedy film loosely based on the 1990 children's picture book Shrek! by William Steig. Directed by Mike Mitchell, and written by Josh Klausner and Darren Lemke, it is the sequel to Shrek the Third (2007) and the fourth…

Shrek Forever After

Tenet

Tenet is a 2020 science fiction action thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who also produced it with his wife Emma Thomas. It stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine, and Kenneth Branagh.

Tenet

Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes is a 1968 American science-fiction film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from a screenplay by Michael Wilson and Rod Serling, loosely based on the 1963 novel by Pierre Boulle.

Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a 2010 action fantasy film based on the video game series Prince of Persia created by Jordan Mechner. It was directed by Mike Newell from a screenplay by Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro, and Carlo Bernard, based on a story by Mechner.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Men in Black 3

Men in Black 3 is a 2012 American science fiction action comedy film based on the Men in Black comic book series. It is the third installment in the Men in Black film series, a sequel to Men in Black II (2002), and the final installment of the original trilogy.

Men in Black 3
Men in Black 3

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