Ridiculous Methods of Time Travel in the Movies
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Ridiculous Methods of Time Travel in the Movies

They can't be serious. How would you rank these unbelievable cinematic time-travel devices?

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1 DeLorean, Back to the Future
Even Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) thinks Doc's contraption is ridiculous: "Are you telling me that you built a time machine...out of a DeLorean?" 148 228
2 Phone Booth, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) make good use of the mystical telephone booth given to them by a messenger from the future. 142 218
3 Runaway Train, Back to the Future Part III
Stuck in the Wild West, Marty McFly and Doc Brown must supercharge a locomotive to get back to the present. The fuel? Color-coded logs. 81 197
4 Pimp Mobile, Austin Powers in Goldmember
Needing to return to 1975, Powers (Mike Myers) hops into a bouncy Cadillac with a pink interior and gigantic die hanging from the mirror. 53 189
5 The Necronomicon, Army of Darkness
In this Evil Dead sequel, the evil book manages to send Ash to medieval England, where he must fight knights and night-walking demons. 31 153
6 The Time-Turner, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Dumbledore creates this convenient pendant for Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and Hermione (Emma Watson), and then it's never seen again. 13 161
7 Freakish Storm Vortex, The Final Countdown
A random storm sends Martin Sheen and Kirk Douglass back in time and magically reappears when it's time for them to go back to the future. -22 116
8 Medallion in a Moat, Black Knight
Martin Lawrence time-travels after fishing a shiny medallion out of a miniature moat at the Medieval World theme park. -27 131
9 Device in a Garage, Primer
Aaron (Carruth) and Abe (David Sullivan) accidentally construct a device made of parts found in a garage, sending them back in time. -36 106
10 Maser Velocity Accelerator, Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
Swann (Fred Ward) rides his dirt bike through a time-travel experiment that utilizes a device that manipulates microwaves. -43 99