Best Time Travel TV Shows

2025 • Rating 8.7 • drama, sci-fi & fantasy

After time traveling to the Joseon era, a talented chef meets a tyrant king. Her modern dishes captivate his palate, but royal challenges await her.

Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Style: Mind Bending

Audience: Date Night, Teens

Plot: Based On Novel Or Book, Time Travel, Romcom, Miniseries, Chef, French Cuisine, Joseon Dynasty (1392–1910), Complex, Korean Cuisine, Intense

Time: Year 2025, 2020S, Time Travel Era, 2025-08-23

Place: South Korea, Korean, Mandarin, Korea

Cast: Yoona, Lee Chae-min, Kang Hanna, Choi Gwi-hwa, Oh Eui-sik, Seo Yi-sook

2013 • Rating 8.7 • animation, comedy, sci-fi & fantasy

Follows a sociopathic genius scientist who drags his inherently timid grandson on adventures across the universe.

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure

Style: Mind Bending

Audience: Family, Teens

Plot: Time Travel, Grandfather, Alcoholism, Alien, Dysfunctional Family, Mad Scientist, Scientist, Adult Animation, Father Figure, Machinist

Time: Year 2013, 2010S, Time Travel Era, 2013-12-02

Place: United States Of America, English, Space

Cast: Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer, Sarah Chalke, Ian Cardoni, Harry Belden

2012 • Rating 8.6 • animation, action & adventure, comedy

Twin brother and sister Dipper and Mabel Pines are in for an unexpected adventure when they spend the summer helping their great uncle Stan run a tourist trap in the mysterious town of Gravity Falls, Oregon.

Genre: Animation, Action & Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family

Style: Cerebral, Mind Bending, Surreal

Audience: Adult, Family, Teens

Plot: Small Town, Dreams, Symbolism, Oregon, Usa, Magic, Time Travel, Uncle, Alien, Coming Of Age, Summer

Time: Year 2012, 2010S, Time Travel Era, 2012-06-15

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Jason Ritter, Kristen Schaal, Alex Hirsch, Linda Cardellini

2010 • Rating 8.6 • animation, comedy, action & adventure

The surreal misadventures of two best friends - a blue jay and a raccoon - as they seek to liven up their mundane jobs as groundskeepers at the local park.

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Style: Mind Bending, Surreal

Audience: Family

Plot: Time Travel, Racoon, Slacker, Anthropomorphism, Park, High School Friends, The Surreal Misadventures Of Two Best Friends - A Blue Jay And A Raccoon - As They Seek To Liven Up Their Mundane Jobs As Groundskeepers At The Local Park

Time: Year 2010, 2010S, Time Travel Era, 2010-09-06

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: J.G. Quintel, William Salyers, Mark Hamill, Sam Marin, Minty Lewis, Matthew Mercer

2014 • Rating 8.2 • drama, sci-fi & fantasy

The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.

Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Style: Mind Bending

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Scotland, Based On Novel Or Book, Magic, Time Travel, Romance, 18Th Century, Love Story, The Story Of Claire Randall, A Married Combat Nurse From, Who Is Mysteriously Swept Back In Time To

Time: Year 2014, 2010S, Time Travel Era, 2014-08-09

Place: United Kingdom, United States Of America, French, Gaelic, English

Cast: Caitríona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin, John Bell, David Berry

2005 • Rating 8.1 • action & adventure, animation, comedy

Robotic cat Doraemon is sent back in time from the 22nd century to protect 10-year-old Noby, a lazy and uncoordinated boy who is destined to have a tragic future. Doraemon can create secret gadgets from a pocket on his stomach, but they usually cause more bad than good because of Noby's propensity to misuse them.

Genre: Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Kids, Family

Style: Futuristic, Mind Bending

Audience: Family

Plot: Gadget, Time Travel, Remake, Based On Manga, Anime, Animal Robot, Robotic Cat Doraemon Is Sent Back In Time From The, Nd Century To Protect, Year-Old Noby, A Lazy And Uncoordinated Boy Who Is Destined To Have A Tragic Future

Time: Year 2005, 2000S, Time Travel Era, 2005-04-22

Place: Japan, Japanese, Future City

Cast: Megumi Oohara, Wasabi Mizuta, Yumi Kakazu, Tomokazu Seki, Subaru Kimura, Chiaki

2016 • Rating 7.8 • animation, action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy

Natsuki Subaru, an ordinary high school student, is on his way home from the convenience store when he finds himself transported to another world. As he's lost and confused in a new world where he doesn't even know left from right, the only person to reach out to him was a beautiful girl with silver hair. Determined to repay her somehow for saving him from his own despair, Subaru agrees to help the girl find something she's looking for.

Genre: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery

Style: Cerebral, Mind Bending

Audience: Adult, Family, Teens

Plot: Magic, Trauma, Time Travel, Reincarnation, Supernatural, Gore, Tragedy, Time Loop, Fate, Parallel World

Time: Year 2016, 2010S, Time Travel Era, 2016-04-04

Place: Japan, Japanese

Cast: Yusuke Kobayashi, Rie Takahashi, Yumi Uchiyama, Chinatsu Akasaki, Yuichi Nakamura, Inori Minase