The time machine 2002 the time machine pg 13 1h 36min action adventure sci fi 8 march 2002 usa 031 trailer 3 videos 140 images hoping to alter the events of the past a 19th century inventor instead travels 800000 years into the future where he finds humankind divided into two warring races. The time machine 1960 the time machine g 1h 43min adventure romance sci fi 25 august 1960 canada 232 trailer 2 videos 125 images a mans vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society. The time machine is a 2002 american science fiction film loosely adapted from the 1895 novel of the same name by h g wells and the screenplay of the 1960 film of the same name by david duncan arnold leibovit served as executive producer and simon wells the great grandson of the original author served as director the film stars guy pearce orlando jones samantha mumba mark addy and jeremy irons and includes a cameo by alan young who also appeared in the 1960 film adaptation the film i. Detail the time machine h g wellss first novel is a scientific romance that inverts the nineteenth century belief in evolution as progress the story follows a victorian scientist who claims that he has invented a device that enables him to travel through time and has visited the future arriving in the year 802701 in what had once been london