Top Alternative World Movies & TV Shows

The Animatrix (2003)

7.2 1.8K votes

Genre: Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan, United States of America

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of the Matrix universe and the conflict between man and machines. The shorts include Final Flight of the Osiris, The Second Renaissance, Kid's Story, Program, World Record, Beyond, A Detective Story and Matriculated.

Plot: martial arts, artificial intelligence (a.i.), hacker, virtual reality, dystopia, post-apocalyptic future, anthology, cyberpunk, ...

Cast

Emily Baldoni

Maury Sterling

Nicholas Brendon

Lorene Scafaria

Coherence (2014)

7.2 3.5K votes

Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 89 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Four couples gather for dinner the night a mysterious and powerful comet passes overhead.

Plot: clone, paranoia, time travel, comet, alter ego, reunion, friends, psychological thriller, ...

Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Adventure Into the Underworld - The Seven Magic Users

Cast

Wasabi Mizuta

Megumi Oohara

Yumi Kakazu

Subaru Kimura

Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Adventure Into the Underworld - The Seven Magic Users (2007)

7.2 92 votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family

Country: Japan

Duration: 112 min.

Story: Nobita wishes the world into a magic-reliant one with Doraemon's Moshimo-Box, and, along with his friends, must stop an asteroid from hitting the planet with help from a sorcerer-in-training.

Plot: friendship, time travel, remake, alternative reality, wizard, anime, magic world, family bonds, ...

Cast

Noomi Rapace

Glenn Close

Willem Dafoe

Marwan Kenzari

What Happened to Monday (2017)

7.1 6.5K votes

Genre: Action, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: Belgium, France

Duration: 123 min.

Audience: R

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

Plot: chase, dystopia, investigation, fake identity, overpopulation, betrayal, conspiracy, execution, ...

Time: 2070s

Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension

Cast

Vincent Martella

Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Dee Bradley Baker

Ashley French

Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011)

7.1 611 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation

Country: United States of America

Duration: 78 min.

Audience: G

Story: Phineas and Ferb get trapped in an alternate dimension where the evil Doofenshmirtz rules the tri-state area. They must find a way back home with the help of their pet platypus named Perry, who they discover is a secret agent.

Plot: monster, sibling relationship, one-sided love, secret agent, mad scientist, alternate dimension, growing up, dating, ...

Cast

Sathish Ninasam

Sruthi Hariharan

Achyuth Kumar

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Hardika Shetty

Lucia (2013)

7.1 59 votes

Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 136 min.

Story: A man suffering from insomnia is tricked into buying a drug, Lucia, that makes his desires come true in his dreams, blurring the line between fantasy and reality.

Plot: hallucination, insomnia, lucid dreaming, psychological thriller, unreliable narrator, alternative reality, kannada, film within a film, ...

Cast

Henrik Mestad

Eldar Skar

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Selome Emnetu

Occupied (2015) TV Show

7.1 128 votes

Genre: Drama, War

Country: France, Norway

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 24

Audience: TV-MA

Story: In the near future, Norway is occupied by Russia on behalf of the European Union, due to the fact that the newly elected environmental friendly Norwegian government has stopped the all important oil- and gas-production in the North Sea.

Plot: alternate history, alternative reality, occupation, russian occupation

Place: norway

Cast

Rica Matsumoto

Ikue Otani

Megumi Hayashibara

Shin-ichiro Miki

Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! (2017)

7.1 682 votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family

Country: Japan

Duration: 98 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Ash Ketchum wakes up late one morning after having broken his alarm clock in his sleep. He eventually makes it to Professor Oak's lab, but is told that the three starter List of Pokémon (Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander) have already been taken by Trainers who were on time. However, Oak reveals that he has one more Pokémon, an Electric-type named Pikachu. Despite its volatile and feisty personality, as well as its refusal to get inside a Poké Ball, Ash happily takes Pikachu for his journey.

Plot: travel, based on video game, reboot, adventurer, anime, alternate universe

Cast

Craig Bierko

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Gretchen Mol

Vincent D'Onofrio

The Thirteenth Floor (1999)

7.1 1.6K votes

Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: R

Story: In Los Angeles, a wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a desperate message for a friend of his in the most unexpected place.

Plot: artificial intelligence (a.i.), based on novel or book, computer program, virtual reality, dystopia, simulation, surrealism, computer simulation, ...

Time: 1990s, 1930s

Awake (2012) TV Show

7.1 197 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 13

Audience: TV-14

Story: Michael lives in two separate realities after a car accident. In one reality, his wife Hannah survives the accident; in the other reality, his son Rex survives. Michael does not know which reality is "real", and uses the wristbands to differentiate the two. He sees two therapists: Dr. Jonathan Lee in the "red reality" and Dr. Judith Evans in the "green reality". At work, Michael's erratic behavior triggers clashes with his team; they do not know about Michael's uncanny ability to solve crimes using details from both realities.

Plot: detective, double life, car accident, alternative reality

Cast

Lewis Tan

Jessica McNamee

Mehcad Brooks

Josh Lawson

Mortal Kombat (2021)

7.1 6.9K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: R

Story: Washed-up MMA fighter Cole Young, unaware of his heritage, and hunted by Emperor Shang Tsung's best warrior, Sub-Zero, seeks out and trains with Earth's greatest champions as he prepares to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.

Plot: martial arts, saving the world, magic, ninja fighter, gore, god, alternate dimension, shaolin monk, ...

K (2012) TV Show

7.0 98 votes

Genre: Action, Animation

Country: Japan

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 26

Audience: TV-14

Story: Shiro is an easygoing teenager content with just being a student—until his seemingly perfect life is halted when a bloodthirsty clan, glowing red with fire, attempts to kill him in the streets. Unbeknownst to Shiro, he is suspected of murdering a member of their clan and will need a miracle to escape their vengeance. Miraculously, a young man named Kurou Yatogami swings in and aids Shiro in his getaway, only to reveal he's also after Shiro's life. Now a hunted man, Shiro will have to evade the clans of seven powerful kings and desperately try to prove his innocence—before it’s too late!

Plot: swordplay, amnesia, rivalry, gang, bromance, based on manga, super power, alternative present, ...

Spice Up Our Love (2024) TV Show

7.0 50 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 2

Story: The R-rated web novel author, Nam Ja-yeon finds herself magically swapped with the female protagonist of her own novel! An unpredictable romance fantasy unfolds between the forever-alone author and the male lead of her romance novel, Kang Ha-jun.

Plot: miniseries, alternative reality, web series, company president

Cast

Pedro Pascal

Vanessa Kirby

Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Joseph Quinn

The Fantastic 4: First Steps (2025)

7.0 3.5K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 115 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel's First Family is forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, while defending Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer.

Style: romantic

Plot: strong woman, saving the world, superhero, based on comic, end of the world, super power, superhero team, alternative reality, ...

Time: 1960s

Cast

Shailene Woodley

Theo James

Ashley Judd

Jai Courtney

Divergent (2014)

6.9 13.6K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 140 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.

Style: philosophical

Plot: mind control, based on novel or book, dystopia, injection, futuristic, transhumanism, individuality, alternative reality, ...

Time: future

Cast

Paul Rudd

Evangeline Lilly

Michael Douglas

Hannah John-Kamen

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

6.9 14.3K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Just when his time under house arrest is about to end, Scott Lang once again puts his freedom at risk to help Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym dive into the quantum realm and try to accomplish, against time and any chance of success, a very dangerous rescue mission.

Plot: van, dreams, insect, flying, chase, fight, superhero, ant, ...

Cast

Josh Brolin

Imogen Poots

Lili Taylor

Tom Pelphrey

Outer Range (2022) TV Show

6.9 409 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 15

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A rancher fighting for his land and family stumbles upon an unfathomable mystery at the edge of Wyoming’s wilderness, forcing a confrontation with the Unknown in ways both intimate and cosmic in the untamable American West.

Plot: wyoming, usa, wilderness, time travel, time hole, time loop, multiple time frames, family feud, ...

Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise

Cast

Leo Morimoto

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Mitsuki Yayoi

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Aya Murata

Kazuyuki Sogabe

Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise (1987)

6.9 155 votes

Genre: Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Duration: 121 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: On a future Earth, war between the Kingdom of Honneamise and its rival, The Republic, is inevitable. As evolving technology creates new ways to wage war, a small group seeks to propel mankind into space in their world’s first spaceflight program. For astronaut candidate Shirotsugh Lhadatt, it’s a personal odyssey as he grows from an aimless young man into a leader willing to put everything on the line in order to move the human race forward and away from the brink of Armageddon.

Plot: space, parallel world, political intrigue , alternative reality, anime

Cast

Gaten Matarazzo

Tony Revolori

Marsai Martin

Bobby Moynihan

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy (2024) TV Show

6.8 35 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 4

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: The entire Star Wars galaxy gets completely mixed up when an ordinary nerf-herder, Sig Greebling, unearths a powerful artifact from a hidden Jedi temple. He finds himself thrust into adventure in a new, wondrously wild and twisted version of the galaxy where good guys are bad, bad guys are good, and the fate of all depends on Sig becoming the hero who can put all the pieces back together.

Plot: miniseries, space adventure, lego, alternate universe, building

Wonder Egg Priority (2021) TV Show

6.8 119 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-14

Story: Ai, a young girl with shut-in tendencies, who tries not to interact with others. She keeps one of her eyes hidden behind her hair. One day, she happens to stop by a deserted arcade, where she meets "Aka." Spinning the gacha at their urging, she acquires a "Wonder Egg," and from that moment, her fate begins to change...

Style: psychological

Plot: suicide, depression, trauma, illusion, friendship, bullying, romance, slice of life, ...

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