# The Butterfly Effect (2004)

> A traumatized young man rewrites his past through forgotten diary entries, only to find that every rescue attempt reshapes the future into a new nightmare.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/1321

## Facts

- Runtime: 113 min
- Genres: Science Fiction, Thriller
- Director: J. Mackye Gruber, Eric Bress
- Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Melora Walters, Elden Henson, William Lee Scott, Eric Stoltz, Ethan Suplee, Logan Lerman
- TMDB rating: 7.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289879/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: foreboding, disturbing, paranoid, late night thriller viewing, dark sci fi marathon

## Synopsis

A mind-bending journey through time and memory leads to unexpected consequences.

## Movies like The Butterfly Effect

- [Premonition (2007)](https://ember.film/movie/5088)
- [12:01 (1993)](https://ember.film/movie/10702)
- [Cypher (2002)](https://ember.film/movie/5246)
- [The Jacket (2005)](https://ember.film/movie/4839)
- [The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (2009)](https://ember.film/movie/9825)
- [+1 (2013)](https://ember.film/movie/105322)
- [Extracted (2012)](https://ember.film/movie/66925)
- [The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006)](https://ember.film/movie/8668)
- [Enter Nowhere (2015)](https://ember.film/movie/67405)
- [The Penitent Man (2010)](https://ember.film/movie/91291)

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