Time After Time

Time After Time (1979) is a sci-fi thriller you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Nicholas Meyer. The premise is gloriously audacious: H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) has actually built a working time machine — and Jack the Ripper (David Warner) steals it to flee the police, landing in 1979 San Francisco. Wells follows, convinced the future must be a utopia. It is not.

Stranded in a city full of television violence and fast food, the idealistic Victorian author has to hunt a killer who feels perfectly at home in the modern world. A chance encounter with bank clerk Amy (Mary Steenburgen) gives him an unlikely ally — and the chase quietly shifts into a romance that neither character expects.

Meyer balances sharp wit about Victorian naivety against a genuinely tense cat-and-mouse thriller. Steenburgen's warmth anchors the whole film and earned her a Golden Globe for the role. Stream Time After Time (1979) online on iFILM.