Steven Spielberg

writer, director
TV Series

Amazing Stories

Steven Spielberg brought Amazing Stories to TV in two seasons of an anthology format. At least one time-travel story—Jack Finney’s venerable “Such Interesting Neighbors”—appeared in the second season (20 Mar 1987).

Janet and I bought our first color TV for these episodes, a Sony of course.
Oh, Randy, neighbors are always strange; those are the rules.
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  • Eloi Honorable Mention
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Cartoon

Pinky and the Brain

In their quest for world domination, the pair of gene-spliced lab mice traveled through time multiple times, both in their role as an Animaniacs guest feature and in their own series. Their jaunts include a visit to H.G. Wells and his time machine.

As with the Warners in other Animaniacs episodes, it’s not always clear whether Pinky and the Brain are traveling through time or merely acting out a drama set in a different time period. Such is life within four walls.
Greetings from a post-apocalyptic future. We have traveled back through time to bring you the answer to all of your problems. We are your future selves.
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  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Feature Film

Minority Report

Police use precognition (but no clear-cut time travel) to fight crime. —Michael Main
I have no idea! I’ve never heard of him! But I’m supposed to kill him in less than thirty-six hours.
Gruff Tom Cruise (as Chief John Anderson) races by a seal of the Department of Precrime.
  • Science Fiction
  • Debatable Time Travel