12 Monkeys

Movie • 1995

5mo

If La Jetée is the blueprint, this trippy Gilliam remix is the full-color fever dream—paradoxes, pathogens, and Bruce Willis wrestling with pre-apocalypse headaches. Time loops and mental loops included.

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Wild causality loops and unreliable protagonists collide in this philosophical stunner. Time travel’s paradoxes are both enthralling and disturbing; perfect for fans of narrative complexity and existential quandaries.

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A mind-bending tale of time travel and apocalyptic visions.

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In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.