Movies and TV shows like Sliders
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Sliders (1995)
22K
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In his basement in San Francisco, boy-genius Quinn Mallory unlocks the doorway to an infinite number of Earths. During a test run, Quinn invites co-worker Wade Wells and his teacher Professor Maximillian Arturo to see his new invention. But an increase in power and an early departure leave all three, plus a washed-up soul singer named Rembrandt "Crying Man" Brown, lost in a parallel world. Now they must "slide" from world to world, not only adapting to their changing surroundings, but also trying to get back to their world. Will they ever make it home?
Style:
atmospheric, clever, exciting, suspenseful, serious, retro, intellectual, epic, thrilling, fast ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
alien invasion, parallel world, alternate reality, alternate dimension, danger, escapades, multiverse, alternate timeline, getting home, portal, life changing experience, time travel, hopes, friendship, experiment gone awry, culture clash, time portal, group of friends, survival, supernatural, race against time, space opera, friends, society, imaginary ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
san francisco, bay area, california, usa
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Most similar movies to Sliders
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, serious, suspenseful and stylized films and TV series with plots about escapades, imaginary, danger, time travel, heroes, parallel universe and live action mostly in Sci-Fi, Adventure and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Sliders: Quantum Leap (1989), Spellbinder (1995), The Lost Room (2006), Journeyman (2007), Stargate SG-1 (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown ...
Style:
witty, exciting, stylized, captivating, touching ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
time travel, time machine, changing the past or future, getting home, hopes, sent to the past, fish out of water, altering history, body swapping, experiment gone awry, alternate timeline, partner ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, Poland
Duration: 24 min.
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Story:
Spellbinder is a fantasy teen drama/science fiction television series, produced by Film Australia & Telewizja Polska in association with the Australian Children's Television Foundation.
The series is a 1995 serial of 26 episodes, ...
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, semi serious, dramatic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, teen fantasy
Plot:
parallel world, danger, teenager, technology, young heroes, youth, imaginary, friendship, getting home, escapades, disorder, time travel ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
A detective investigates a mysterious motel room, which acts as a portal to an alternate universe.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, suspenseful, stylized, serious ...
Plot:
time travel, escapades, alternate dimension, supernatural, peril, heroic mission, riddles and clues, mistrust, obsessive quest, investigator, imaginary, scheme ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
This mystery-drama revolves around a newspaper reporter named Dan Vasser who suddenly begins to travel through time to change the lives of those around him. When his travels reunite him with his long-lost fiancée Livia, life with his present-day ...
Style:
captivating, atmospheric, suspense, psychological, sweet ...
Plot:
time travel, sent to the past, changing the past or future, reporter, save the day, couple relations, righting the wronged, escapades, hopes, investigation, love, supernatural ability ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
100%
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107K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets. SG-1 is an ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, retro, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space travel, time travel, space and aliens, parallel universe, parallel world, alien planet, alien race, save the world, ancient mystery, space opera, stargate, escapades ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, near future, 21st century
Similarity:
60%
15K
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the spirit of L. Frank Baum's classic, the "Tin Man" follows the adventures of DG, a waitress and part-time student, as she travels through the mystical world of "The O. Z. (Outer Zone)", discovering her hidden past. ...
Style:
atmospheric, intense, fairy tale, exciting, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
fantasy world, wizards and magicians, wizard of oz, magical, good versus evil, witch, imaginary, journey, curses spells and rituals, childhood, young heroes, youth ...
Place:
kansas
Similarity:
50%
43K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.
Style:
futuristic, serious, exciting, bleak, funny ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
space travel, spacecraft, alien, space adventure, outer space, space wars, escapades, female alien, space, female warrior, astronaut, space opera ...
Time:
future, 90s, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
memphis
Similarity:
67%
665K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
Style:
exciting, psychological, atmospheric, enigmatic, mind bending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, island, stranded, mysterious place, desert island, stranded on an island, lost, human nature, death, plane crash, destiny, air disaster ...
Time:
y2k, 70s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
fictional island, hawaii, pacific ocean
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his ...
Style:
feel good, exciting, funny, light, cult classic ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
time travel, time machine, mad scientist, time, time loop, destiny, teenager, scientist, changing the past or future, inventor, fish out of water, high school ...
Time:
future, 80s, 1950s, year 1985, 20th century ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, north america
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 46 min.
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Story:
Terra Nova follows an ordinary family on an incredible journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a small part of a daring experiment to save the human race. In the year 2149, the world is dying. The planet is overdeveloped and overcrowded, with ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, apocalyptic, epic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
time travel, dinosaur, survival, human existence, post apocalypse, danger, changing the past or future, extinction, research, dangerous animal, fate of humanity, sent to the past ...
Time:
prehistoric times, near future, jurassic, prehistory, 22nd century
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ba'al travels back in time and prevents the Stargate program from being started. SG-1 must somehow restore history.
Style:
entertaining, futuristic, suspenseful, exciting, saga ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, space travel, changing the past or future, space and aliens, good versus evil, stargate, space, space opera, parallel universe, heroic mission, escapades, imaginary ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 2000s, 1930s, year 1939 ...
Place:
russia, atlantic ocean, egypt, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Earth 2 is an American science fiction television series which aired on NBC from November 6, 1994 to June 4, 1995. The show was canceled after one season of 22 episodes. It follows the journey and settlement of a small expeditionary group called the ...
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
space colony, apocalypse, post apocalypse, space opera, spaceship, space and aliens, outer space, dystopia, planet, alien invasion, epidemic, distopia ...
Time:
future, 90s, 22nd century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
With the Ancients' city of Atlantis discovered in the Pegasus Galaxy by Stargate Command, Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Major Sheppard lead a scientific expedition to the ancient abandoned city. Once there, the team not only find themselves unable to ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, saga, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space travel, outer space, fate of humanity, space opera, space adventure, good versus evil, danger, alien planet, technology, spacecraft, ancient mystery, parallel world ...
Time:
2000s, future
Place:
space western
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story:
Under Paul ‘Muad'Dib’ Atreides' rule as Emperor, the planet Arrakis has enjoyed a renaissance. However, the revolution that Muad'dib inspired has transformed into a brutal jihad that has plunged all of humanity into a bitter, ...
Style:
atmospheric, futuristic, epic, intense, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, desert, space opera, heroic mission, space travel, space and aliens, imaginary, escapades, leadership, political unrest, fantasy world ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 59 min.
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Story:
The great sorcerer Merlin has returned to Camelot, a kingdom now vulnerable to ill fates and war since the theft of the Holy Grail, its greatest gift and protection. With the help of Jack, an irascible young beggar-thief imbued with his own unruly ...
Style:
atmospheric, semi serious, humorous, arthurian, costume drama ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
camelot, magic, wizards and magicians, arthurian legend, holy grail, true love, curses spells and rituals, apprentice, heroic mission, sword and sorcery, imaginary kingdom, heroes ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages, 5th century, 6th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
On his latest expedition, Dr. Rick Marshall is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his research assistant and a redneck survivalist. In this alternate universe, the trio make friends with a primate named Chaka, their only ally in a world full ...
Style:
funny, humorous, spoof, parody, not serious ...
Audience:
date night, kids
Plot:
time travel, dinosaur, paleontologist, lost world, chase, fantasy world, survival, satire, escapades, partner, danger, beast ...
Time:
prehistory, year 2009, 2000s, stone age
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
The Fantastic Journey was an American science fiction television series that was originally aired on NBC from February 3 through June 17, 1977.
Style:
spooky
Audience:
kids
Plot:
bermuda triangle, portal, military dictatorship, castaway, paradox, utopia, parallel universe, island, survival, time portal, shipwreck, computer ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story:
An experiment gone wrong causes everyone over the age of 15 to disappear from planet Earth.
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
parallel world, survival, dystopia, supernatural ability, danger, teenage life, save the world, heroes, escapades, grownups, young heroes, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
My Secret Identity was a Canadian television series starring Jerry O'Connell and Derek McGrath. Originally broadcast from October 9, 1988 – May 25, 1991 on CTV in Canada, the series also aired in syndication in the United States. The series ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, high school student, high school, missing person, radiation, family relations, disorder, escapades, heroes, young heroes, undercover ...
Time:
year 1989, 90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1991 ...
Place:
north dakota, usa, canada
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
The Time Tunnel is a 1966–1967 U.S. color science fiction TV series, written around a theme of time travel adventure. The show was creator-producer Irwin Allen's third science fiction television series, released by 20th Century Fox and ...
Style:
homoerotic, psychotronic, serious, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
time travel, time machine, fish out of water, time, portal, top secret, super computer, senator, alien, secret government organization, secret project, dinosaur ...
Time:
year 1968, near future, 20th century, 1910s, 60s
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Otherworld is an American science fiction series that aired for only eight episodes from January 26 to March 16, 1985 on CBS. It was created by Roderick Taylor as a sort of Lost in Space on Earth. Taylor gave himself a cameo role in each episode.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, offbeat, serious
Plot:
alternate dimension, survival, alien planet, alternate reality, lost in space, missing person, planet, parallel universe, distopia, paranoia, young adult, fish out of water ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Marty and Doc are at it again in this wacky sequel to the 1985 blockbuster as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, clever, light, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
time travel, time machine, alternate reality, changing the past or future, inventor, time, sent to the past, alternate timeline, travel, time paradox, time loop, mad scientist ...
Time:
future, year 2015, 1950s, 20th century, 2010s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, north america
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Galactica 1980 is a science fiction television series, and a spin-off from the original Battlestar Galactica television series. It was first broadcast on the ABC network in the United States from January 27 to May 4, 1980. It was later shown in ...
Style:
saga, epic, serious, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
battlestar galactica, space battle, cyborgs, space opera, time travel, time dilation, star wars, alien invasion, intergalactic, space and aliens, androids and robots, distopia ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Similarity:
50%
Movie in collections
299K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Firefly is set in the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship. The ensemble cast portrays the nine characters who live on Serenity.
Style:
exciting, witty, captivating, futuristic, clever ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
outer space, space travel, space opera, spacecraft, space adventure, danger, escapades, survival, captain, space and aliens, friendship, smuggling ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
space western
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
The Girl from Tomorrow is an Australian children's television series created by Film Australia. The series is based around Alana, a girl from the year 3000. At the start of the series, she is kidnapped by Silverthorn, a criminal from the year ...
Style:
apocalyptic, clever, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
sent to the past, time machine, time travel, female alien, friendship, young heroes, fish out of water, female protagonist, children, computers and web, teenage life, danger ...
Time:
future, 90s, year 1990, 20th century
Place:
australia, sydney australia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Story:
On the other side of every mirror on Earth lies the parallel dimension of Ventara - a world destroyed by the evil alien, General Xaviax. The Kamen Riders were warriors from Ventara who fought Xaviax with armor and abilities powered by their Advent ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, captivating, futuristic, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
superhero, kamen rider, parallel world, good versus evil, escapades, heroes, danger, rivalry, superpower, master villain, evil alien, fight ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Rick Marshall and his children Will and Holly were on a weekend expedition rafting trough a river when an enormous earthquake diverts them to an eclectic alien world inhabited by dinosaurs, chimpanzee-like cavemen called Pakuni, and aggressive, ...
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, humorous, stylized, epic fantasy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
dinosaur, tyrannosaurus rex, lost civilization, uncle niece relationship, caveman, lizard, time portal, raft, waterfall, civilization, temple, cave ...
Time:
prehistory, prehistoric times, 70s
Similarity:
15%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
When the 12 Colonies of Man are wiped out by a cybernetic race called the Cylons, Commander Adama and the crew of the battlestar Galactica lead a ragtag fleet of human survivors in search of a "mythical planet" called Earth.
Style:
exciting, serious, atmospheric, stylized, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
space opera, battlestar galactica, robot, brother sister relationship, space, ambition, space travel, man versus machine, danger, rivalry, against the odds, space wars ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Kung Lao has triumphed in the Mortal Kombat tournament, defeating Shang Tsung and saving Earth Realm. Now, he must train a new generation of warriors for the next tournament. Meanwhile, an exiled Shang Tsung attempts to thwart Lao's efforts ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, suspenseful, serious, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kickboxer, master warrior, supernatural, contests and competitions, imaginary, save the world, danger, good versus evil, mortal combat, magic, vengeance ...
Time:
19th century, 90s
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Short, Action, Adventure, History, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 10 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow Catherine Langford, the young woman who witnessed her father uncover the Stargate in Giza in 1928, as she embarks on an unexpected adventure to unlock the mystery of what lies beyond the Stargate in order to save Earth from unimaginable ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
alien planet, stargate, alien civilization, space opera, teleportation, changing the past or future, save the world, save the planet, rescue mission, space, physicist, mission ...
Similarity:
28%
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