Timecrimes (Los cronocrímenes) (2007)

Thriller, Sci-Fi

Director: Nacho Vigalondo
Writer: Nacho Vigalondo
Starring: Karra Elejalde, Candela Fernández, Bárbara Goenaga, Nacho Vigalondo

This underseen low-budget gem is truly one of the most creative and original time travel films of the past decade, that no science fiction fan should miss.

After recently moving to a new house in the countryside with his wife, Hector spots an attractive woman strangely undressing in the woods, while surveying the surounding area with a pair of binoculars. When he goes in to take a closer look and investigate, he finds her unconscious, sitting upright against a boulder, and he is suddenly attacked with a pair of scissors by a man wearing pink bandages around his head, and runs off into the woods seeking help from a scientist he encounters at a nearby research facility.

Without using any CGI or flashy special effects, writer and director Nacho Vigalodo (who also plays the scientist in the film) successfully blends elements of thriller and horror with science fiction to create a fascinating, fast-paced, plot twist-filled time loop story.

Plot summary from IMDb: Hector is an ordinary man who's moving to a new house with his wife. One evening, while he's looking through his binoculars, he sees a naked girl in the woods. He decides to go there just to find that same girl laying on a rock. Suddenly, a man with a pink bandage covering his face, stabs Hector in his arm with scissors...

Awards: 9 wins & 6 nominations.
Runtime: 92 min
R