Movies Like The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006)

The Butterfly Effect 2 is a 2006 drama, science fiction, thriller film from John R. Leonetti with a MovieMagicScore of 5.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Butterfly Effect and The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations.

Drama Science Fiction Thriller

The Butterfly Effect

2004

A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences.

7.6

MagicScore

The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations

2009

The story revolves around a man trying to uncover the mysterious death of his girlfriend and save an innocent man from the death chamber in the process, by using his unique power to time travel. However in attempting to do this, he also frees a spiteful serial-killer.

5.5

MagicScore

Synchronic

2020

Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after encountering a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.

6.3

MagicScore

Looper

2012

In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.

6.9

MagicScore

Southland Tales

2007

Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.

5.2

MagicScore

Seobok

2021

Ex intelligence agent Ki-heon is tasked with safely transporting Seo Bok, the first ever human clone, who holds the secret of eternal life. Several forces try to take control of Seo Bok to serve their own agendas.

7.2

MagicScore

The Fountain

2006

Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.

6.9

MagicScore

Crisis

1950

An American doctor gets caught in the middle of a revolution when he's forced to operate on a South American dictator.

6.6

MagicScore

Phenomenon

1996

An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.

6.5

MagicScore

#10

Beautiful Joe

2000

A bad girl becomes a con artist, gets into trouble with the mob and taps a nice-guy florist for help.

5.2

MagicScore

#11

Alligator

1980

A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampage, pursued by a cop and a big-game hunter.

6.1

MagicScore

#12

Tangled

2001

A young man is found bruised, beaten and stumbling down a secluded road. As the police try to piece together what happened, the convoluted relationship between a young woman and her two suitors gradually emerges.

5.3

MagicScore

#13

Hollow Man II

2006

After the mysterious death of scientist Dr. Devin Villiers, Det. Frank Turner and his partner are assigned to protect Villiers' colleague, who revealed that a veteran soldier was subjected to an experiment with the objective of creating the ultimate national security weapon... an undetectable soldier. The experiment failed – with disastrous side effects.

4.9

MagicScore

#14

The Bucket List

2007

Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor.

7.2

MagicScore

#15

The Music Never Stopped

2011

Henry struggles to bond with his estranged son, Gabriel, who suffers from a brain tumor that prevents him from forming new memories. With Gabriel unable to shed the beliefs and interests that caused their physical and emotional distance, Henry must learn to embrace his son's choices and try to connect with him through music.

7.2

MagicScore

#16

Dark Victory

1939

Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele, Judith becomes distraught. After she decides to have surgery to remove the tumor, Judith realizes she is in love with Dr. Steele, but more troubling medical news may sabotage her new relationship, and her second chance at life.

7.0

MagicScore

#17

Turkish Delight

1973

Gifted but hot-headed sculptor Eric has a stormy, erotic, and star-crossed romance with a beautiful young woman named Olga.

6.8

MagicScore

#18

Saw III

2006

Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detectives scrambles to locate him, Doctor Lynn Denlon and Jeff Reinhart are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on his vicious chessboard.

6.4

MagicScore

#19

The Sea of Trees

2016

In Japan's Aokigahara Forest, a troubled teacher meets a mysterious lost stranger who takes him on a life-changing journey of love and redemption.

6.2

MagicScore

#20

Wah-Wah

2005

Set at the end of the 1960s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from United Kingdom, the film follows the young Ralph Compton, at 12, through his parents' traumatic separation, till he's 14.

5.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Butterfly Effect 2?

The top films similar to The Butterfly Effect 2 by MovieMagicScore are The Butterfly Effect (7.6), The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (5.5), Synchronic (6.3). Each shares drama/science fiction/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Butterfly Effect 2 worth watching?

The Butterfly Effect 2 holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.0/10 from 950 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Butterfly Effect 2?

The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006) is a drama, science fiction, thriller film directed by John R. Leonetti, starring Eric Lively, Erica Durance, Dustin Milligan.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Butterfly Effect 2?

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About movies like The Butterfly Effect 2

This ranked list pairs The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006), a drama and science fiction and thriller film from John R. Leonetti, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Eric Lively take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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