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The Time Machine

1960 film by George Pal
Movie film Q1217787
The Time Machine
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Facts

48 properties
Instance of
film
Award received
Academy Award for Best Special Effects[1]
Director
George Pal[2]
Genre
science fiction film, dystopian film, time-travel film[5][6][7]
Publication date
1960, May 25, 1960, August 17, 1960, August 25, 1960, September 2, 1960[30][31][32][33][34]
Followed by
Time Machine: The Journey Back[9]
Screenwriter
David Duncan[3]
Based on
The Time Machine[8]
Producer
George Pal[22]
Nominated for
Academy Award for Best Special Effects[40]
Duration
+99
After a work by
H. G. Wells[45]
Aspect ratio (W:H)
1.85:1
Assessment
Bechdel test
Australian Classification
PG
BBFC rating
PG certificate
Box office
+2610000, +1610000
CNC film rating (France)
no age restriction
Capital cost
+829000
Cast member
Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot, Whit Bissell, Tom Helmore, Sabine Eggerth, Alfred Balthoff, Curt Ackermann, Kurt Waitzmann, Peter Schiff, Doris Lloyd[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
Color
color[28]
Composer
Russell Garcia[4]
Country of origin
United States[29]
Derivative work
Sherlock Holmes and the Time machine
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Director of photography
Paul Vogel[23]
Distributed by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Netflix[35][36]
Distribution format
video on demand[25]
EIRIN film rating
G
FSK film rating
FSK 12
Film editor
George Tomasini[39]
Has characteristic
story set in a then future date that is now the past, film based on a literary work[42][43]
Kijkwijzer rating
Kijkwijzer 6
MPA film rating
G[44]
Main subject
time travel[38]
Medierådet rating
For ages 12 and up
Narrative location
England[37]
Original film format
35 mm film
Original language of film or TV show
English[24]
P14449
3959
P14671
19392
P14724
10155713
P14821
54387
Plot expanded in
Sherlock Holmes and the Time machine
RCQ classification
G
Review score
67/100, 77%[26][27]
Set during recurring event
New Year
Set in period
1900, 1917, 1966, far future
Title
The Time Machine[41]
🏷️ Also known as
en 1960 The Time Machine en 1960 Time Machine en The Time Machine en Time Machine ar آلة الزمن da Rædselsrejsen de Die Zeitmaschine es La máquina del tiempo (1960) es El tiempo en sus manos es La maquina del tiempo (1960) es The Time Machine (1960) es The Time Machine (pelicula 1960) es The Time Machine (pelicula de 1960) fa ماشین زمان (فیلم ۱۹۶۰) fi Aikakone fr La Machine à explorer le temps fr Machine à explorer le temps he מכונת הזמן (סרט, 1960) it Uomo che visse nel futuro it L'uomo che visse nel futuro
🔖 Identifiers · 81
Library of Congress authority ID
no98024699
AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID
53322
AMPAS collections film ID
W062748
Academy Awards Database film ID
125
AllMovie title ID
v50002
Allcinema film ID
13849
AlloCiné film ID
22399
Amazon Standard Identification Number
B000LJAVUO
Apple TV movie ID
umc.cmc.4oygzh960q6vvui7sj4p6lnd9
Bechdel Test Movie List ID
9338
Blu-ray.com film ID
170748
Cine.gr film ID (archived)
710980
Show all 81 identifiers +69
CineMagia title ID
2788
Cinema Context ID
F018700
Cinema.de ID
1320831
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID
2153
ClassInd audiovisual work ID
442
DNF film ID
33349
Daum movie ID
31166
Decine21 film ID
7262
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID
3723
Does the Dog Die? media ID
12982
Douban film ID
1297569
Dvdcompare.net film ID
1044, 28051
EDb film ID
t0002036
EIDR content ID
10.5240/53E9-C9E1-EA2E-5231-40FA-L
ElCinema film ID
2017872
ElFilm film ID
54286
Elonet movie ID
156613
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID
time_machine_the
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/The-Time-Machine-film-1960
Exploitation mark number
24049
Fandango at Home video ID (formerly Vudu video ID)
9400
FandangoNow ID (deprecated scheme)
1MVd4b953eb25a87aaabf593f549203d7bf
Fandom article ID
movies:The_Time_Machine_(1960)
Fernsehserien.de ID
filme/die-zeitmaschine
FilmAffinity film ID
194894
FilmVandaag ID
film/9811
Filmarks ID
movies/31935
Filmfront film ID (archived)
2371
Filmová databáze film ID
28116
Filmweb.no film ID
46674
Filmweb.pl film ID
31886
Freebase ID
/m/084wwx
IMDb ID
tt0054387
ISAN
0000-0000-6C8D-0000-A-0000-0000-7
ITunes movie ID
302453009
KINENOTE film ID
7062
Kinobox film ID
32475
Kinopoisk film ID
80881
LUMIERE film ID
27480
LdiF ID
12171
Letterboxd film ID
the-time-machine
MUBI film ID
10815
MYmovies audiovisual work ID
26580
Metacritic ID
movie/the-time-machine-1969
Movie Review Query Engine ID
the-time-machine-m100031012
Movie Walker Press film ID
mv7048
MovieMeter film ID
1008
Moviepilot.de film ID
die-zeitmaschine
NFSA title ID
32626
Netflix ID
60002364
OFDb film ID
9451
OMDb film ID
2134
PORT film ID
42707
Plex media key
5d77682a961905001eb9210b
Rotten Tomatoes ID
m/1021500, m/1021500-time_machine
Schnittberichte.com title ID
6422
SensCritique work ID
381291
Swedish Film Database ID
9467
TCM Movie Database film ID
93370
TMDB movie ID
2134
TV Guide show ID (former scheme)
120662
TV Tropes ID
Film/TheTimeMachine1960
TV.com ID
movies/the-time-machine-1960
The Numbers movie ID
Time-Machine-The-(1960)
TheTVDB movie ID
6927
Trakt.tv ID
movies/the-time-machine-1960
Trakt.tv film ID
1477
YouTube video ID
9X4We0k7mPA
ČSFD film ID
36763

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🔗 Connections
Cast member 11
Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot, Whit Bissell, Doris Lloyd, Tom Helmore, Curt Ackermann +3 more
Set in period 3
1917, 1966, 1900
Distributed by 2
Netflix, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
← Inspired by 2
Space Pilot 3000, The Late Philip J. Fry
After a work by 1
H. G. Wells
Assessment 1
Bechdel test
Based on 1
The Time Machine
Composer 1
Russell Garcia
Country of origin 1
United States
Director 1
George Pal
Director of photography 1
Paul Vogel
Distribution format 1
video on demand
Film editor 1
George Tomasini
Genre 1
science fiction film
Instance of 1
film
Main subject 1
time travel
Narrative location 1
England
Original language of film or TV show 1
English
Producer 1
George Pal
Screenwriter 1
David Duncan
Set during recurring event 1
New Year
← Derivative work 1
The Time Machine
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FAQs

What awards did The Time Machine receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Special Effects[1].

Related Entities

Alan Young England film H. G. Wells Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Netflix Rod Taylor The Time Machine United States

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  1. 24d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 7w ago · MrRobertman · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 11w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film ID → 28116
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  8. 26w ago · Joao4669 · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1960-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1960-05-25T00:00:00Z, +1960-08-17T00:00:00Z +2
    Derivative work → Sherlock Holmes and the Time machine
    Set during recurring event → New Year
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