Alternate world movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant alternate world movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, exciting, suspense, entertaining, weird and surprise ending films and TV shows about / with alternate world, violence, alternate reality, chase, parallel universe, supernatural, fantasy world, fight, magic and monster plots mostly in Fantasy, Adventure and Sci-Fi genres shot in USA, Japan, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as alternate world: What Happened to Monday (2017), We Were Tomorrow (2024), Doctor Strange (2016), Bright (2017), Severance (2022), La Brea (2021), Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005), If I Hadn't Met You (2018), A Minecraft Movie (2025), Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018).
Best films
List of alternate world movies
Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA, Belgium
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the government and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological thriller, tense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
overpopulation, distopia, dystopia, sisters, hiding place, chase, dystopic future, death of sister, politics, tough girl, investigation, betrayal ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2017, 2010s, distant future
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Australia
TV show
Story:
How many lifetimes will alter tomorrow? In attempt to salvage humanity, alchemists relocate a small group to an alternative world and grant them three lifetimes to restart the population. Now, after only a few centuries, those in the new world face ...
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
fight, survival, end of the world, justice, violence, rescue, evacuation, equality, chase, alternate world, vestiges of humanity, civilization ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
australia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Nepal
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
entertaining, visually stunning, witty, breathtaking, saga ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
superhero, magic, parallel universe, wizard, sorcerer, fantasy world, time, good versus evil, time loop, multiverse, mentor, neurosurgeon ...
Time:
year 2016, future, year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, hong kong, london, north america, nepal ...
Is relevant?
209K
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Australia, Mexico, India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In an alternate present-day where magical creatures live among us, two L.A. cops become embroiled in a prophesied turf battle.
Style:
light, tense, suspense, mystic, exciting ...
Plot:
buddy cop, police, interracial couple, supernatural power, alternate world, elf, police partner, chase, magical, magic, bodyguard, creature ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
los angeles, north america
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, China, Belgium, Germany, United Arab Emirates, USA, Canada, Qatar, Monaco, South Korea, Bahrain, Albania, Japan, UK, India, Taiwan, Russia, Australia, Hong Kong, Poland, Singapore, Thailand, Greece, South Africa, Netherlands, Israel, Italy, Ukraine, Denmark, Indonesia, Sweden, Iceland, Malaysia, Finland, Norway, Vietnam, Czech Republic, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Austria, Malta, Lithuania, Latvia, Serbia, Hungary, Chile, Egypt, Bulgaria
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, exciting, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly, teen fantasy
Plot:
alien, space travel, alien planet, outer space, government agent, space station, space adventure, marriage proposal, creature, alien race, space pirate, spacecraft ...
Time:
future, year 2017, 2010s, year 1975, 70s ...
Place:
space western
Is relevant?
375K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
Style:
tense, existential, breathtaking, captivating, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
office, memory, distopia, alternate world, mind control, satire, memory loss, conspiracy, colleague, double life, dystopian society, split personality ...
Time:
2020s, future
Is relevant?
21K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
An epic adventure begins when a massive sinkhole opens in the middle of Los Angeles, pulling hundreds of people and buildings into its depths. Those who fell in find themselves in a mysterious and dangerous primeval land, where they have no choice ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, futuristic, disturbing ...
Plot:
struggle for survival, alternate dimension, cocaine, alternate reality, amputee, parallel world, earthquake, stoner, drug dealer, puzzle, alternate world, family relations ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, ...
Style:
exciting, intense, semi serious, epic, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
robot, space travel, brother brother relationship, board game, game, child, sibling rivalry, childhood, human in outer space, alien, outer space, alternate world ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Eduard, a husband and father who loses his family in a tragic accident, travels to parallel universes to seek a better fate for his beloved wife.
Style:
exciting, tense, touching, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
parallel universe, alternate universe, alternate reality, parallel world, alternate world, alternate timeline, death, family tragedy, time travel, love, hopes, loss of loved one ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Sweden, New Zealand, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The malevolent Ender Dragon sets out on a path of destruction, prompting a young girl and her group of unlikely adventurers to set out to save the Overworld.
Style:
epic fantasy, slapstick comedy, psychotronic, surprise ending, hilarious ...
Audience:
kids, preschool
Plot:
zombie, surrealism, fantasy world, portal, lava, skeleton, alternate world, animal, miner, survival, wolf, mine ...
Time:
year 1985, 2020s, 80s, year 1989
Place:
idaho, north america
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA, Singapore
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Taking place six years following the events of the first film, the story will center on Ralph's adventures in the Internet data space when a Wi-Fi router gets plugged into the arcade as he must find a replacement part to fix Sugar Rush.
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, 3d animation, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
internet, giant, princess, child, alternate world, little girl, pop culture, friendship, computer, raccoon, save the day, deadly virus ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
california
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
Style:
suspense, lovecraft, apocalyptic, rough, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
trapped in space, space station, alternate reality, alternate dimension, scientist, alien, astronaut, giant monster, parallel world, parallel universe, multiverse, alternate world ...
Time:
near future, 2000s, 2010s, future, 2020s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O’Dim, also known as the Man in Black, determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower, which holds the universe together. With the fate of the worlds at ...
Style:
suspense, horrifying, disturbing, exciting, epic ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
one against many, stephen king, humanity in peril, gunslinger, alternate dimension, literary, gun fu, brutality, murder, boy, supernatural, portal ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, future
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.
Style:
visually appealing, captivating, christian film, fairy tale, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
fantasy world, imaginary kingdom, obsessive quest, alternate world, parallel universe, female warrior, witch, dragon, magic, christian, good versus evil, princess ...
Time:
year 2010, 20th century, 2010s
Place:
england
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. A TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel.
Style:
psychological, rough, melancholic, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
sexism, rape, dystopia, surrogate mother, infertility, protest, tyranny, belief, women's rights, religion, totalitarianism, kidnapping ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
syria
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After finding himself in a world known as the Mushroom Kingdom, A Brooklyn plumber Mario must travel through this world with a princess named Peach and a mushroom named Toad to find his brother Luigi and save the world from a ruthless fire-breathing ...
Style:
3d animation, anime, humorous, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
evil king, princess, evil, mushroom, canceled wedding, plumber, villain, fictional kingdom, alternate world, rainbow, magical power, turtle ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Welcome to Yamauchi, a world inhabited by the Yatagarasu, a race of three-legged ravens who shapeshift into humans. The land is divided into four regions—North, South, East, and West—each ruled by a noble family. Yukiya, the son of a leader in ...
Style:
anime, epic fantasy, captivating, psychological, political
Plot:
conspiracy, crow, shapeshifting, shapeshifter, clan, alternate world, raven, aristocracy, japanese mythology, alternate reality, royalty, bird ...
Is relevant?
199K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and ...
Style:
visually stunning, visually appealing, exciting, captivating, teen ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
utopia, youth, time travel, destiny, apocalypse, androids and robots, young heroes, heroes, artificial intelligence, alternate dimension, boy genius, alternate world ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2015, 60s
Place:
florida, new york, houston texas, paris france, africa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
If you could live your life time and again, would you ever get it right? Ursula dies and is reborn, living through turbulent times - but what is it she needs to stay alive for?
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense, historical drama ...
Plot:
abusive husband, survival, alternate reality, alternate world, alternate timeline, alternate dimension, magic realism, rebirth, destiny, female protagonist, second chance, life ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1920s, edwardian era
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
The first astronaut in human history was a vampire girl.
Following the end of World War II, the world-dividing superpowers, Federal Republic of Zirnitra in the East and United Kingdom of Arnack in the West, turned their territorial ambitions toward ...
Style:
anime, disturbing, entertaining, captivating, tsundere
Plot:
female astronaut, space mission, alternate world, space race, astronaut, cosmonaut, space program, space exploration, space adventure, competitor, alternate universe, alternate timeline ...
Time:
60s, year 1960, year 1961
Is relevant?
297K
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, ...
Style:
gothic, surreal, dark fantasy, dark, scary ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot:
stop motion, children, monster, parallel world, alternate reality, fantasy world, secret place, heroine, imagination, doll, danger, young heroes ...
Time:
year 2009, y2k, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
oregon, michigan, usa, north america, texas
Is relevant?
958K
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Against his father Odin's will, The Mighty Thor - a powerful but arrogant warrior god - recklessly reignites an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a ...
Style:
entertaining, epic, sexy, exciting, visually stunning ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, kids, boys' night ...
Plot:
superhero, mythology, superhuman powers, legends and myths, immortality, imaginary kingdom, warrior, redemption, viking, norse mythology, super powers, vigilante ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 10th century, medieval times, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, scandinavia, usa, north america, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story:
Grade-schooler Jason meets a Mecanimal, a transforming minicar from the alternate world of Triforce, named Evan. Jason and Evan are both searching for missing family members, and team up to help each other. Together, they meet more Mecanimals as ...
Style:
mecha, light, feel good, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
battles, friendship, car, monster, child protagonist, game, card playing, friend, tournament, animal, warrior, alien ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, Japan
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
A high-octane adventure where the fate of a strange new multiverse rests in Sonic's gloved hands. But it’s more than a race to save the universe, it’s a journey of self-discovery and redemption.
Style:
3d animation, fast, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
sonic the hedgehog, hedgehog, confrontation, fight, evil scientist, friendship, alternate reality, friends, save the world, speed, superpower, heroes ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Doctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary.
Style:
dark fantasy, saga, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
superhero, alternate universe, magical power, multiverse, fear, interdimensional travel, villain, giant snake, spell, sorcerer, parallel universe, magic ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Armed with a powerful amulet, a teenage guardian is tasked with protecting her little sister -- and all of Elvendale. Based on the popular web series.
Style:
entertaining, touching, captivating, sweet, colorful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
sister sister relationship, female protagonist, elf, alternate world, imaginary, youth, young heroes, beast, struggle for survival, supernatural, friendship, enemy ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 44 min.
Story:
The story follows Sunset Shimmer, who (using her powers) finds out that her friends' memories of her have been mysteriously erased, resulting in them getting amnesia. Determined to set things straight, she'll need Princess Twilight's ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, light
Plot:
my little pony, memories, implanted memory, friendship, alternate world, teenager, magic, erased memory, memory, memory loss, group of friends, friends ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
Two years have passed since the catastrophic event known as the "Continent's Dropping" from the first OAV episode. Yumemi still has not forgotten her ability to see the world above, but now she's in the last years of middle ...
Style:
anime, captivating, psychological, mystical, emotional ...
Plot:
save the world, teamwork, fight, alternate world, supernatural power, battles, kingdom, protector, adventure hero, fantasy world, dream world, save the kingdom ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
Akuto, the main source of energy is running low and the Heavens, a world of islands, hidden beyond time, floating above ours, has united against the Magical Kingdom whom uses the most energy. To save both the Magical Kingdom and the Heavens and ...
Style:
anime, semi serious, captivating
Plot:
magic, battles, supernatural power, save the world, teamwork, alternate world, wizards and magicians, magical, search and rescue, secret, wizard, dream world ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
When Clary Fray's mother has disappeared, Clary joins a band of Shadowhunters; demon killing hunters, and gets caught up in a plan to save the world.
Style:
captivating, tense, dark fantasy, sexy, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen fantasy, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
supernatural, vampire, demon, magic, supernatural being, female protagonist, werewolf, supernatural power, good versus evil, vampire human love, lgbt, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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