Top Parallel World Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Marina Inoue

Kumiko Watanabe

Minami Takayama

Kanae Oki

Digimon Fusion (2010) TV Show

8.1 51 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 79

Audience: TV-PG

Story: Digimon Fusion, known in Japan as Digimon Xros Wars and in Malaysia as Digimon Fusion Battles, is the sixth anime children television series in the Digimon franchise by Akiyoshi Hongō, produced by Toei Animation. It follows a boy named Taiki Kudō who utilizes the power of joining together Digimon in order to save the Digital World. The series was broadcast on TV Asahi and Asahi Broadcasting Corporation between July 6, 2010 and March 25, 2012, divided into three seasons, titled Xros Wars, The Evil Death Generals and the Seven Kingdoms, and The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time respectively.

Plot: fusion, creature, parallel world, anime, isekai, proxy battle

Digimon: Digital Monsters (1999) TV Show

8.1 934 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 104

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: While at summer camp, seven kids come across seven Digivices and are transported to a strange digital world. In this new world they make friends with creatures that call themselves Digimon who were born to defend their world from various evil forces.

Plot: creature, parallel world, shounen, anime, isekai, proxy battle, adventure

Cast

Junko Takeuchi

Hiroshi Kamiya

Sawa Ishige

Michael Shitanda

Digimon Frontier (2002) TV Show

8.0 165 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 50

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: Five children receive strange messages on their cell phones that lead them to a train that takes them to the Digital World, a strange world filled with bizarre creatures called Digimon. These children have been sent there to stop an evil Digimon named Cherubimon from completely annihilating the planet of all its inhabitants. In order to accomplish this, the five children must locate their "spirits", which will evolve them into the Legendary Warrior Digimon. Unfortunately for them Cherubimon has ordered his servants to stop the kids from finishing the mission; eventually the children will have to fight Cherubimon's forces in order to save the planet.

Plot: train, creature, parallel world, anime, isekai

Cast

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Ai Kayano

Yoko Hikasa

Yuka Iguchi

No Game No Life (2014) TV Show

8.0 759 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-14

Story: Bored with life and considering the real world to be just a “crappy game,” savvy sibling shut-ins Sora and Shiro have withdrawn into their own fantasy world filled with video games. However, one day they find themselves summoned to another world by a boy who calls himself “God,” their abilities are about to be put to the ultimate test! Now not only their fates — but the fate of all of humanity — will be decided by a series of games that may just be the hardest these super-geniuses have ever faced!

Plot: gambling, elves, fairy, supernatural, parody, gamer, game, parallel world, ...

Cast

Letizia Ciampa

Perla Liberatori

Ilaria Latini

Gemma Donati

Winx Club (2004) TV Show

8.0 546 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Family

Country: Italy, United States of America

Seasons: 8

Episodes: 208

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: In a magical universe, witches, warriors begin fighting in the name of good .vs. evil! At a magic school, five teenage girls are selected to defend the universe with their magic.

Plot: magic, fairy, friendship, female protagonist, parallel world, magical girl, fantasy

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-

Cast

Yusuke Kobayashi

Rie Takahashi

Yumi Uchiyama

Rie Murakawa

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (2016) TV Show

8.0 711 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Drama

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 85

Audience: TV-14

Story: Natsuki Subaru, an ordinary high school student, is on his way home from the convenience store when he finds himself transported to another world. As he's lost and confused in a new world where he doesn't even know left from right, the only person to reach out to him was a beautiful girl with silver hair. Determined to repay her somehow for saving him from his own despair, Subaru agrees to help the girl find something she's looking for.

Plot: magic, trauma, time travel, reincarnation, supernatural, gore, tragedy, time loop, ...

Time: medieval

Cast

Dakota Fanning

Teri Hatcher

Jennifer Saunders

Dawn French

Coraline (2009)

7.9 9.1K votes

Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.

Plot: friendship, dreams, based on novel or book, eye, stuffed animal, stop motion, parallel world, button, ...

Cast

Mirai Shida

Natsuki Hanae

Koichi Yamadera

Hiroaki Ogi

A Whisker Away (2020)

7.9 1.5K votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Country: Japan

Duration: 104 min.

Audience: PG

Story: A peculiar girl transforms into a cat to catch her crush's attention. But before she realizes it, the line between human and animal starts to blur.

Plot: mask, secret love, magic, cat, shapeshifting, supernatural, bullying, anthropomorphism, ...

Rosario + Vampire (2008) TV Show

7.9 295 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 26

Audience: TV-MA

Story: An ordinary high school boy fails to get into any private academy except one — which happens to be populated by supernatural creatures disguised as humans. To survive, he has to pretend that he is one of them and blend in.

Plot: vampire, supernatural, harem, school, breaking the fourth wall, based on manga, split personality, fantasy world, ...

Cast

John Goodman

Billy Crystal

Mary Gibbs

Steve Buscemi

Monsters, Inc. (2001)

7.9 19.9K votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: G

Story: Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. When a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, it's the monsters who are scared silly, and it's up to Sulley and Mike to keep her out of sight and get her back home.

Plot: monster, panic, cheating, kidnapping, door, infant, villain, portal, ...

Cast

Dafne Keen

Amir Wilson

Ruth Wilson

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

His Dark Materials (2019) TV Show

7.8 1.9K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 23

Audience: TV-14

Story: Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Her search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children and turns into a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. She is later joined on her journey by Will, a boy who possesses a knife that can cut windows between worlds. As she learns the truth about her parents and her prophesied destiny, the two young people are caught up in a war against celestial powers that ranges across many worlds.

Plot: witch, magic, airship, orphan, child kidnapping, alternative reality, dark fantasy, parallel universe, ...

Cast

Megumi Hayashibara

Tohru Emori

Katsunosuke Hori

Toru Furuya

Paprika (2006)

7.8 2.9K votes

Genre: Animation, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: Japan

Duration: 90 min.

Audience: R

Story: Dr. Atsuko Chiba is a research psychologist who uses a device called the DC Mini to enter her patients' dreams, wherein she adopts the alter-ego "Paprika". When the device is stolen, she must stop rogue elements from merging the dream and waking worlds.

Style: witty

Plot: research, dreams, based on novel or book, procession, psychoanalysis, mad scientist, dream girl, parallel world, ...

Place: japan

Digimon Data Squad (2006) TV Show

7.8 125 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 48

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: Masaru, is a second year Junior High student, and is undefeated in battle, He meets the Digital Monster Agumon, who has escaped from DATS, a secret government organization. Despite terrible first impressions, the two become best friends by talking with their "fists". With others, Masaru and Agumon work to investigate various incidents involving the Digital World and Digital Monsters, to try and get to the bottom of things.

Plot: creature, parallel world, anime, proxy battle, punching

Stranger Things: Tales from '85 (2026) TV Show

7.6 93 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Mystery

Country: United States of America, Australia

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 10

Audience: TV-PG

Story: Winter. Hawkins. 1985. Welcome back to a town crawling with secrets, where beloved heroes are facing fresh mysteries... and an all-new breed of strange.

Style: nostalgic

Plot: monster, small town, indiana, usa, experiment, supernatural, coming of age, parallel world, ...

Time: 1980s

Cast

Yuko Sanpei

Chika Sakamoto

Daisuke Namikawa

Ryoko Shiraishi

Digimon Adventure: (2020) TV Show

7.6 633 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Family

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 67

Audience: TV-PG

Story: It's the year 2020. The Network has become something humans can no longer do without in their daily lives. But what humans don't know is that on the other side of the Network is the Digital World, a realm of light and darkness. Nor are they aware of the Digimon who live there. Fifth grader Taichi Yagami's mother and little sister Hikari went to Shibuya, and now they're aboard a runaway train. Taichi hurries to Shibuya to save his mother and sister, but the instant he heads toward the station platform... a strange phenomenon befalls the DigiDestined, and Taichi goes to the Digital World!

Plot: monster, tournament, creature, combat, parallel world, evolution, reboot, anime, ...

Gate (2015) TV Show

7.5 193 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 24

Audience: TV-14

Story: On August 20XX, a gate suddenly appears in Tokyo's Ginza district, unleashing a portal where monsters, medieval knights and other fantasy beings come from another world and wreak havoc on Tokyo. The Japanese Defense Force take action against these monsters and push them back into the "Gate". Third Reconnaissance Team is dispatched to the "Special Region" lead by officer (and otaku) Youji Itami. On their travels, they are joined by a beautiful elf girl who is a survivor from the dragon's rampage and guide the group across the dangerous new world.

Plot: elves, kidnapping, magic, air force, politics, conspiracy, disaster, gunfight, ...

Cast

Ethan Hawke

Julie Delpy

Wiley Wiggins

Bill Wise

Waking Life (2001)

7.5 960 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: R

Story: Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.

Plot: dreams, philosophy, parallel world, existence, adult animation

Counterpart (2017) TV Show

7.5 440 votes

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 20

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Howard Silk is a lowly cog in a bureaucratic UN agency who is turning the last corner of a life filled with regret when he discovers the agency he works for is guarding a secret: a crossing to a parallel dimension.

Plot: spy, united nations, parallel world

Cast

Soma Santoki

Masaki Suda

Ko Shibasaki

Aimyon

The Boy and the Heron (2023)

7.4 2.7K votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Country: Japan

Duration: 124 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."

Style: suspenseful

Plot: loss of loved one, supernatural, education, coming of age, spirituality, poverty, teenage boy, parallel world, ...

Time: world war ii, 1940s