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mangos_mango

I remember watching this movie maybe 9 or 10 years ago, I’ve looked up movies about time loops online and can’t find it anywhere.


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KnavishSprite

Russian Doll? [https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/russian-doll-deaths-list.html](https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/russian-doll-deaths-list.html) TV series, but there's a death by air con in ep 5.


mangos_mango

No, that came out too recently to be it, and I don’t recognize it. Also pretty confident the protagonist is a man


camsacto

There is a guy in this show who is a time loop and air conditioner falls on him


tragicallywhite

Sounds like the Supernatural episode "Mystery Spot"


anarchy753

Yeah I agree.


mangos_mango

Not supernatural, It was definitely a movie


vivamusulc

Are you sure it wasn't this? There is a death where Dean looks up and is crushed, as well as another scene at a crazy circus/funhouse place just as you described


paranormalbre

I was thinking the same thing! I read the post and automatically thought Changing Channels from Supernatural


OverDepreciated

Yep, came here to say this.


Zooooch

"These tocos taste funny to you?" 🎵Heeeat of the moment🎵


latecraigy

Those jump cuts to the next morning always kill me 😂😂😂


Zooooch

"Ohhhj, nice doggy!" 🎵Heeeeat of the moment🎵


latecraigy

“Sam give me the ax!” 🎵Heeeeat of the moment🎵


SparkyintheSnow

Rise and shine, Sammy!


StrawberryPotato

*dean dies randomly in the shower*


Fluffy_Fox_Kit

I was going to suggest that maybe this is what OP was looking for. Mystery Spot was one of the best episodes!


careater

I just watched that episode yesterday. Crazy.


DreadSkairipa

I'm going to have to agree with this one too. Especially the funhouse/mirror/mystery spot being involved.


ThesmoothGemminal94

I thought it was this too


calmingthechaos

Also the first thing I thought of. 🤣


Meshugugget

Boss Level had some ridiculous deaths in it. I don’t remember crushed by an AC, but maybe?


mangos_mango

No, that’s too recent, and I don’t remember it being much of a thriller


prayingforplagues

I was also thinking Boss Level


pitilira

Palm Springs? Run Lola Run?


mangos_mango

Not Palm Springs, that’s too recent. Not run Lola run, I’m pretty confident the main character was a man, and it wasn’t a thriller movie


theskiller1

Guessing it’s not “Naked” then


mangos_mango

It is most likely not naked, but I will give it a watch to check just in case


thelady1468

Groundhog Day?


mangos_mango

No, not Groundhog Day


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I haven't seen it, but 12:01 has a male lead in a time loop:https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0106188/


mangos_mango

Not 12:01, I don’t think it was overly sci-fi


pseydtonne

Good guess. You had a 37.1% chance.


SilentiDominus

It's not that. That is a pretty good movie though.


Nyu727

Oh man the air conditioner thing is ringing bells for me but I can’t put my finger on it


Nyu727

Was this SyFy channel movie by chance?


mangos_mango

I’ve never heard of SyFy, but it might’ve been. sorry if that’s not very helpful


sarcazm

You've never heard of SyFy? Is this an American movie?


Robobvious

SyFy was the American broadcast television science fiction channel. They would produce their own movies for television. They were simply called SciFi for a long time then rebranded to SyFy and everyone agreed it was stupid.


itsathrowawayduhhhhh

Same!!!


SpastikPenguin

It makes me think of The Good Place, but OP said it’s a movie.


Maygjee

Also my immediate first thought 😂


aNervousSheep

I'm so glad someone said it. Poor Chidi.


tincanphonehome

If only he’d made up his mind.


DrBeepers

Thank you for helping me remember this. Couldn’t put a finger on it.


SubtleAsARhino

The AC reminds me of Ghost Town.


_uswisomwagmohotm_

This is exactly what I was thinking. Greg Kinnear gets hit with the a/c and then runs into Ricky Gervais (comedian). Close on the premise, but only a 1-time thing. Hmmm...


OriginalIronDan

I keep thinking of Happy Gilmore, but that’s definitely not it.


tincanphonehome

You know the meesta meesta lady? I think I just killed her.


santaland

It’s not what OP is looking for, but Fargo season 3 has a death by air conditioner.


SilentiDominus

Same. I haven't seen the Supernatural episode and more than the funhouse there's something resonating with me. I can see that scene in my mind but I'd bet there are a few variations of it. Sounds like a Simpsons or Futurama quick gag. Maybe it's being combined with something else but I think that is a scene from something... John Quixote from Farscape comes to mind. I think it's a van that crushes someone in that though & gets kinda funhouse by the end.


SlowConsideration7

Happens in Fargo too


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Source code? Edge of tomorrow?


mangos_mango

I don’t think it’s either of those, it wasn’t really a sci-fi or thriller, just a comedy I think


irrational_treasures

Was the quality a tv movie type?


Rare_reddit_user

Not a movie but Get a Life?


yourremedy94

Not an answer, but [here is a list](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_time_loops) of evey movie that features a time loop


Dark-W0LF

I mean, it's technically correct


purplejilly

The best kind of correct.


tramplamps

Wow, this is a great resource. Also, OP, just Because you remember main character being a man or a certain gender, and maybe you are right, but even if they aren’t and they were one dying, he might be the one the female lead is trying to protect from getting killed, inadvertently. Thus she keeps having to restart timeline to keep him from dying, again.


Appropriate_Cat_1119

the butterfly effect?


mangos_mango

Not the butterfly effect, i don’t believe it’s a sci-fi or thriller


Federal-Durian-1484

Bedazzled?


mangos_mango

Not bedazzled


Andyman0110

Was it little Nicky?


mangos_mango

I don’t think so, but Adam Sandler is a familiar actor, I feel like he was in the movie I’m looking for but I couldn’t find anything.


Andyman0110

He definitely dies in a bunch of wacky ways and gets sent back to hell over and over.


gardnersnake

Would it be the movie Click (2006) with Adam Sandler?


CampInteresting3377

There’s only one movie with Adam sandler where there is an “air conditioner” directly involved in a scene that I can think of and that’s happy Gilmore but obviously the rest wouldn’t make sense..


FluffySyllabub1579

FARGO?


mangos_mango

No, it wasn’t a crime movie, and I don’t think it was a thriller


sargetlost

Since when does Fargo involve any kind of loop


FluffySyllabub1579

I didn’t claim it did. However there’s always a chance OP could have mixed thoughts from different things. Fargo has a lot of death, a bunch of different stories, but it’s the description of scene in Fargo- of a air conditioner crushing a man.


sargetlost

Which was from season 3 of the FX show from a couple years ago, so not a movie from the late 90s/2000s


Ayh17

Dick Johnson is Dead? I believe it was a Netflix movie, or at least available on Netflix.


mangos_mango

No, that’s too recent, and It was not a documentary


zerogirl0

Sounds very similar to Happy Death Day but the protagonist is a woman in that movie.


Ang156

The butterfly effect Another guess would be final destination


fridayfrank

Not fitting your description but throwing it out there due to the nature of the death described…. Dead Like Me?


pseydtonne

"You're Toilet Girl!" I loved Shelley Berman's episode.


AmityvilleName

Ugh. I have seen 70 trapped in a time loop movies and many of them feature "can't escape fate" death loops. And while much of what you describe sounds familiar, I can't narrow it down much. Some trope/keyword searches: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GroundhogDayLoop It is also possible it is one of several non-time-loop dying repeatedly movies though: https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=dying-repeatedly&title_type=movie https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ResurrectionDeathLoop


AmityvilleName

Here is what I've seen (some already mentioned obviously): * [12:01 (1993)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106188/reference) * [12:01 PM (1991) short](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098962/reference) * [6:45 (2021)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5696066/reference) * [A Day (2017)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6890376/reference) * [ARQ (2016)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5640450/reference) * [About Time (I) (2013)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2194499/reference) * [And Then Came Lola (2009)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1123894/reference) * [Atropa (2018)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8116200/reference) * [Before I Fall (2017)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1691916/reference) * [Blood Punch (2014)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2825230/reference) * [Boss Level (2020)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7638348/reference) * [Camp Slaughter aka Camp Daze (2005)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462220/reference) * [Circuit (2013) short](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3194596/reference) * [Edge of Tomorrow (2014)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1631867/reference) * [Exit Strategy (2019) short](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7307318/reference) * [Groundhog Day (1993)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/reference) * [Happy Death Day (2017)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5308322/reference) * [Happy Death Day 2U (2019)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8155288/reference) * [Haunter (2013)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2345567/reference) * [Hypnotic (2023)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8080204/reference) * [Koko-di Koko-da (2019)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9355200/reference) * [Love Wedding Repeat (2020)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5096470/reference) * [Love on Repeat (2019)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8130252/reference) * [Mega Time Squad (2018)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5758726/reference) * [Mine Games (2012)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1928337/reference) * [Mirror for a Hero (1987)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094371/reference) * [Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1935859/reference) * [Mouse-X (2014) short](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3575442/reference) * [Mr. X (2018) short](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7504546/reference) * [Naked (2017)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6048930/reference) * [Naken (2000)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0269604/reference) * [Nina of the Woods (2020)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6089744/reference) * [Palm Springs (2020)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9484998/reference) * [Premature (2014)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2182256/reference) * [Repeaters (2010)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1580426/reference) * [Reset (2017)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5342650/reference) * [Retroactive (1997)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117468/reference) * [Run Lola Run (1998)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130827/reference) * [Salvage (2006)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0492754/reference) * [See You Yesterday (2019)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8743064/reference) * [Slipstream (2005)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381601/reference) * [Source Code (2011)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0945513/reference) * [The Deaths of Ian Stone (2007)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810823/reference) * [The Endless (2017)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3986820/reference) * [The Fare (2018)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7293920/reference) * [The Final Girls (2015)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2118624/reference) * [The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808506/reference) * [The Infinite Man (2014)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2553424/reference) * [The Last Day of Summer (2007)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0859622/reference) * [The Little Girl Who Conquered Time (1983)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086456/reference) * [The Obituary of Tunde Johnson (2019)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8815382/reference) * [The Road (2011)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2063008/reference) * [The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452694/reference) * [Time Loop (2019)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8458534/reference) * [Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2010)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1614408/reference) * [Timecrimes (2007)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480669/reference) * [Triangle (2009)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1187064/reference) * [Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (1984)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088334/reference) * [When We First Met (2018)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5783956/reference) * [Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2020)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14500584/reference) * [Infinitum: Subject Unknown (2021)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12108622/reference) * [Jagged Mind (2023)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22496012/reference) * [Meet Cute (2022)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14900738/reference) * [One More Time (2023)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21216870/reference) * [Princess cursed in Time (2020)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10687740/reference) * [Re/Member (2022)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21250176/reference) * [Rise of the Mummy (2021)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12352250/reference) * [The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11080108/reference) * [Two Distant Strangers (2020) short](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13472984/reference) * [Zanox (2022)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15692408/reference) Edit: Did a quick refresher skim. Doesn't seem to be any of these that I can remember. Probably thinking of "The Good Place" as others mentioned earlier.


Beer_Is_So_Awesome

Go watch Primer! It’s a really novel take on the time-loop concept. It’s extremely low budget, sci-fi, and almost demands a second or third watch I order to unpack it.


AmityvilleName

I have seen that, I just don't consider it quite the same as "trapped in a time loop" since there are limited times it can be used in parallel. They mostly just repeat certain parts of the days (other than the main twist)


tramplamps

No one simply “watches” primer.


PuzzleheadedYam5996

IMHO i don't think you can just list off 40 movies hoping that OP will go check them all and it might be one lol...I'll actually check the plot for every one that i suggest and nearly always take a quick look at the movie/trailer. Just saying btw! Edit: at least a third you mentioned have a female protagonist. That's kinda what I'm getting at!


AmityvilleName

It is in retrospect (in theory at least) a way of eliminating possibilities. I don't think it was any of those.


prayingforplagues

Oooooo maybe mega time squad. I don’t necessarily remember the AC thing but there’s so much stuff in that movie it could definitely be that.


SiteEffective5245

Is it one of the Twilight zones from 2003


TheKillerSmiles

There’s an episode of The Good Place where Chidi is reliving his life in different instances and an air conditioner falls on him and kills him one time. [Is this it?](https://thegoodplace.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_10:_Chidi%27s_Choice)


ralphy_512

I reckon this is it. This is what I was trying to recall.


FFXIVpazudora

Came here to comment this. Probably a lot of people who are remembering this moment are thinking of this. Such a good show. Love that they ended it just right.


Erwin0912

I've seen this movie but for the live of me can't remember the title.... It might have been a Jim Carrey movie?


mrfakho

Truman show?


Erwin0912

Nah that's a whole different movieplot. But good movie :)


bingobr0nson

Ghost Town (2008)?


againstflea

I think Good Place is what they’re thinking of but this was my thought also!


the_scarlett_ning

I freaking love that movie. When Kristen Wiig is trying to cover up/explain what happened, I damn near died. I’m sorry that more people haven’t seen this one.


DesWatashiwa

Monkeybone 2001?


cocoxuan

12 Days of Christmas Eve? I watched this as a kid and also had a lot of trouble finding it again until recently. ​ https://letterboxd.com/film/12-days-of-christmas-eve/


irrational_treasures

This is what i was thinking of but op never answered if it was a tv movie. With Steven Weber from Wings and Molly Shannon.


roaminfinite

i miss disney 90 type movies, they dont make them like that.


Busy_Butterscotch447

A Fish Called Wanda? Character nearly dies/is injured over and over in very funny ways.


AdamWestsButtDouble

It’s a character’s dog. It finally gets killed by an air conditioner.


cornerdweler

I know in deadpool 2 he keeps trying to die different ways. (Not a time loop movie) but was somewhat a comedy, and contained time travel.


DrFunkensteinberg

Guy with Ryan Reynolds or 1000 ways to die in the west


fluffy415

Little nicki?


EowynIsNoMan

The Last Day of Summer (2007)?


No-Success-5770

Free Guy (2021) the Ryan Reynolds video game movie??


Corvus_Antipodum

I think I saw a clip from this movie. The protagonist was a guy who looked similar the actor that played Hawkeye in the Avengers. He was getting killed by assassins and when he’d finally figure out how to kill one then another would get him.


jrf_1973

Yours sounds like Boss Level. The OP sounds like an episode of Supernatural. All the bits fit except OP insists it was a movie.


merkou

Here’s a list of time loop movies on Wikipedia: [Time-Loop Movies](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_time_loops) I think the only one that sounds similar but hasn’t been mentioned is Christmas Do-Over (2006)


Thescorpionking16

. I wanna know what this movie might be if anyone finds it


RealDeweyFinn

Premature? Bizarre one , from 2014 but looks like it’s a little older


countryqueent32

Was it Dick Johnson is dead? There is a scene where a window ac unit falls on him.!


kendrahawk

was it doctor strange?? he sticks dormamu in a time loop and I'm sure he might've gotten killed with an ac at one point lol


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olivebuttercup

Down to earth?


Porkkanakakku

The Deaths Of Ian Stone This probably isn't it, as the main character is a hockey player and not a comedian, but he does repeatedly die in crazy ways, so...


Baphomet1313666

God, I totally forgot about this movie! So good!


Porkkanakakku

Yeah, it's been a long time since I saw it, but I remember it being pretty unique and fun! Unfortunately it's probably not what the OP is looking for, but I figured it was worth a shot.


Baphomet1313666

Probably not, but thanks for rekindling the memory!


Porkkanakakku

Thanks yourself! :D


Apollo_T_Yorp

Time Crimes? I don't think he dies in the movie but he keeps injuring himself in stupid ways.


majorleehigh

It's the ABC's of Death.


Consistent_Heron_166

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel? or 41?


Agile-Hat-9467

was it in english? did it air on tv? if so, you could check tv histories on the web for that channel. maybe its 'Stay Tuned' no time loop though


lawn19

There was a weird psychological thrillers about 10+ year ago with weird repeated deaths. I think it was called Triangle?


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Drop Dead Fred?


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hsa85

Why does this feel like it rings a bell… Does he keep waking up at the same time each new return from the dead?


mattrat88

Movie name -BRAZIL Actor - Jonathan price ? https://youtu.be/rtX79lg2354


Rare-Independent5750

Is it called Looper?


lesbian_grandpa

Bruce Almighty with Jim Carrey?


ToppisYT

maybe it is A Night at the Roxbury 1998


hellogoodvibes

The Wave? with justin long


FamiliarMenu3232

Omg! OMG! I have been looking for this movie too, for years! You described the exact details that I also remember vividly, and yes the MC is definitely a man, and it's also for sure an older movie (90s-early 2000 like you said!) It's been driving me crazy as I'm usually REALLY good at finding whatever source I'm looking for, but this one is just gone 🙃 I hope someone figures it out on this thread 🌸


BonnieOverkill

Maybe Blood Punch? [Blood Punch](https://youtu.be/mfjnmlzYI4E)


quirkybitch

High Fidelity w/ John Cusack? Not a time loop but a fantasy scene involving an air conditioner and Tim Robbins.


Lamppost97

Not really the same, but Memento?


WW1-Ace-Pilot

Stranger than Fiction (2006) - Starring Will Ferrell? A very underrated movie too, not a typical Will Ferrell film at all. Would recommend to watch, film was surprisingly deep.