An earnest English teacher travels back in time, finding romance and melancholy while changing history.
Suspenseful and romantic. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix.
Moderate sex and nudity, and strong violence, about what a TV-MA should carry.
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An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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Outlander (2014)Romantic · date night · strong violence · emotionally heavyA 1940s nurse is swept to 1743 Scotland, igniting a passionate, dangerous romance across centuries.
Silo (2023)Suspenseful · late-night trip · strong violence · emotionally heavyUnderground survivors cling to a bleak existence, but one engineer unearths a truth that shatters their world.
Interstellar (2014)Epic · full attention · emotionally devastating · measuredExplorers traverse a wormhole, confronting vast distances and the melancholy of a dying Earth.
Legacies (2018)Full attention · strong violence · emotionally heavy · measuredYoung witches, vampires, and werewolves navigate impulses and destiny at a supernatural boarding school.
FROM (2022)Properly scary · graphic gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyTrapped residents in a nightmarish town fight for normalcy and survival against terrifying nocturnal forest creatures.
Supernatural (2005)Properly scary · light gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyTwo brothers hunt down dark, demonic forces across America with gritty, suspenseful, and witty encounters.
Travelers (2016)Suspenseful · full attention · strong violence · emotionally heavyHuman consciousness travels to the past, inhabiting new lives to complete gritty, intimate missions and save humanity.11.22.63 is on our Time travel, Limited series, Sci-fi on Netflix and Fantasy on Netflix lists.
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