Timecrimes (2007)

Timecrimes (Los cronocrímenes) — 2007 Genres: Mystery / Sci‑Fi / Thriller Overview: When Hector, an ordinary man settling into a new home, spies a naked woman in the nearby woods, his curiosity draws him into a night of escalating terror. An impulsive investigation leads to a bizarre attack and, before he knows it, Hector stumbles into a time machine and is hurled roughly an hour into the past. What begins as a single, seemingly solvable mistake unfurls into a tightly wound, increasingly claustrophobic chain of events with unforeseen—and unsettling—consequences. What you’ll experience: This lean Spanish thriller blends tense, Hitchcockian suspense with clever time‑travel paradoxes. Viewers should expect a slow-burn opening that ratchets into relentless, puzzlelike tension: small choices ripple into larger moral and physical dangers, coincidences reveal darker logic, and the film repeatedly upends your assumptions. The mood is intimate and unnerving rather than effects‑driven, pairing grim humor and human fallibility with mounting dread. If you enjoy cerebral, twisty sci‑fi that keeps you guessing and rewards close attention, Timecrimes delivers a compact, disturbing ride.

Actors: Karra Elejalde, Candela Fernández, Bárbara Goenaga

Director: Nacho Vigalondo

Runtime: 92 min

Genres: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

68 /100 7.1 /10 7.0 /10