History & culture70s CinemaBefore Back to the Future: 10 Forgotten Time-Travel Movies of the 1970s

Before Back to the Future: 10 Forgotten Time-Travel Movies of the 1970s

Long-form17:48People & BlogsPublished Sep 7, 2026, 3:05 PM · 6w ago
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Before Back to the Future made time travel a pop-culture phenomenon, filmmakers in the 1970s were already sending people into the past, throwing them into the future, rewriting history, and getting them trapped in the wrong century. In this video, I dug up 10 forgotten and overlooked time-travel movies from the 1970s — from strange European sci-fi and dystopian experiments to classic time machines, temporal accidents, and one very unfortunate visit from Jack the Ripper. Featured films: I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970) Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) Idaho Transfer (1973) Ivan Vasilievich Changes His Profession (1973) Time Travelers (1976) Tomorrow I’ll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977) The Time Machine (1978) The Day Time Ended (1979) Time After Time (1979) If you enjoy forgotten sci-fi, cult cinema, strange 70s movies, and hidden corners of film history, subscribe to The Raw Archive. time travel movies, 1970s sci fi, forgotten movies, hidden gems, obscure sci fi, time travel films, 70s movies, science fiction movies, cult sci fi, forgotten sci fi, before back to the future, back to the future, Time After Time 1979, Idaho Transfer, Slaughterhouse Five, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, The Time Machine 1978, Time Travelers 1976, 1970s cinema, cult movies, vintage sci fi, The Raw Archive #TimeTravel #1970sMovies #SciFiMovies #ForgottenMovies #CultCinema #FilmHistory #TheRawArchive

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