included · Causal Loop

Doctor Strange

Scott Derrickson · 115 minutes

After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.

Fantasy, Action, Adventure

Before you choose

What kind of time-travel story is this?

Time travel supports the story or a substantial sequence.

Meets the archive’s time-travel criteria. The mechanism is classified as Causal Loop.

Why the archive makes this assessment (spoilers)

The Time Stone's manipulation and climactic Dormammu loop are decisive but occupy a limited part of Strange's origin story.

Strange traps himself and Dormammu in a repeating interval; the loop takes priority over its magical cause.

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An editorial assessment based on the archive’s documented plot research.

Scale, legacy & time

The scores

Titan35.3

Weighted archive score

Time-travel significance3/10

high confidence

Quality consensus7.3/10

Aggregate source ratings

How Titan works

Titan combines the archive’s quality, audience and legacy base with the significance of time travel. It is an index, not a score out of 100, and is distinct from the FMV archive’s scoring model.

Titan = base × [0.20 + 0.80 × (time-travel score ÷ 10)²]

This film: 129.62 base × 27.2% weighting.

Partial inputs flag incomplete source metadata. Provisional weighting flags a time-travel assessment that remains uncertain; it receives no additional confidence penalty.

The evidence

Research & sources

Research notes may reveal plot details.

These sources support the plot facts and catalog research. The numerical scores are the archive’s judgments, not ratings supplied by these sources.

Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, Mads Mikkelsen

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Releases & formats

25 cataloged editions. Narrow by format, then check region, audio and subtitles. Missing specifications mean unknown, not absent.

These listings do not establish a best edition. Use the specifications to shortlist compatible releases, then follow the source to verify details and availability.

4K UHD

Doctor Strange 4K (2016)

Compare this edition’s specifications

Release date: Oct 01, 2019
Studio: Disney / Buena Vista
Resolution: Upscaled 4K (2160p)
Region / playback: 4K Blu-ray: Region free | 2K Blu-ray: Region free
Discs: 4K Ultra HD | Blu-ray Disc | Two-disc set (1 BD-66, 1 BD-50)
Audio: Audio descriptive

Doctor Strange

What kind of time-travel story is this?

The scores

Research & sources

Releases & formats

Doctor Strange 4K (2016)

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The Infinity Saga Collector's Edition 4K (2008-2019)

Doctor Strange 3D (2016)

Doctor Strange 3D (2016)

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Doctor Strange 2-Movie Collection (2016-2022)

Doctor Strange (2016)

Doctor Strange 2-Movie Collection (2016-2022)

Doctor Strange 2D/3D (2016)

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Doctor Strange 3D (2016)

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Marvel Studios Cinematic Universe 23 Movie Collection (2008-2019)