Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "parallel-worlds"

1. Coraline (2009)

PG | 100 min | Animation, Drama, Family

Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, an 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.

Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman, Jennifer Saunders

Votes: 264,036 | Gross: $75.29M

2. The Lego Movie (2014)

PG | 100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

An ordinary LEGO construction worker, thought to be the prophesied as "special", is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the LEGO universe into eternal stasis.

Directors: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller | Stars: Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett

Votes: 388,582 | Gross: $257.76M

3. Sliders (1995–2000)

TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

A boy genius and his comrades travel to different parallel universes, trying to find their way back home.

Stars: Jerry O'Connell, Sabrina Lloyd, John Rhys-Davies, Cleavant Derricks

Votes: 20,409

4. The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)

PG | 107 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing the huge new threat of Lego Duplo, invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.

Director: Mike Mitchell | Stars: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Tiffany Haddish

Votes: 76,749 | Gross: $105.81M

5. The Science of Sleep (2006)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is love-struck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Miou-Miou, Alain Chabat

Votes: 70,905 | Gross: $4.66M

6. Awake (2012)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

After a car accident takes the life of a family member, a police detective lives two alternating parallel lives, one with his wife and one with his son. Is one of his "realities" merely a dream?

Stars: Jason Isaacs, Laura Allen, Steve Harris, Dylan Minnette

Votes: 21,498

7. Alice (1988)

Not Rated | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

A surrealistic revision of Alice in Wonderland.

Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Kristýna Kohoutová, Camilla Power

Votes: 14,000

8. Possession (2002)

PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A pair of literary sleuths unearth the amorous secret of two Victorian poets only to find themselves falling under a passionate spell.

Director: Neil LaBute | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, Jennifer Ehle

Votes: 13,720 | Gross: $10.10M

9. Spellbinder (1995–1997)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

When a prank at a school camp goes drastically wrong, 15-year-old Paul Reynolds is blasted into an alternative reality and has to try to find a way home.

Stars: Zbych Trofimiuk, Gosia Piotrowska, Brian Rooney, Michela Noonan

Votes: 2,359

10. Coraline (2009 Video Game)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A little girl finds a hidden door in her house and magically finds her dream life come true, but doesn't realize the horrors that her 'dream life' had hidden from her.

Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Keith David, Robert Bailey Jr., Kath Soucie

Votes: 2,194

11. Magic in the Mirror (1996)

G | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A little girl's imaginary friends come to life when she goes through her great-grandmother's antique mirror, a la Alice, after she sees it glowing.

Director: Ted Nicolaou | Stars: Jamie Renée Smith, Kevin Wixted, Saxon Trainor, David Brooks

Votes: 254

12. Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord (1997)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Kathy is on a camping trip when she finds a bamboo boat belonging to Mek, a scientist who has discovered a way of travelling between parallel worlds. Kathy meddles with the controls, sending herself and Mek to the world of Spellbinders.

Stars: Lauren Hewett, Ryan Kwanten, Leonard Fung, Anthony Brandon Wong

Votes: 1,229

13. Dust (I) (2001)

R | 127 min | Drama, Romance, Western

A New York thief, a tough-as-nails hundred-year-old woman, two brothers from the Wild West, a Macedonian revolutionary and a beautiful pregnant woman, all cross paths in a tale that spans two continents and three centuries.

Director: Milcho Manchevski | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, David Wenham, Adrian Lester, Anne Brochet

Votes: 2,404

14. Omniscient Reader (2025)

Action, Adventure, Drama | Filming

Dokja's favorite novel comes ominously true; using his intricate knowledge of the impending apocalyptic story, the office worker changes destiny.

Director: Byung-woo Kim | Stars: Lee Min-ho, Ahn Hyo-seop, Im Jin-Ah, Kim Jisoo

15. Arabela (1980–1981)

30 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Princess Arabela, the daughter of the King of the fairy tale world escapes before the revenge of a cunning and deceitful magician Rumburak and leaves the world of fairy tales. She meets ... See full summary »

Stars: Vladimír Mensík, Stella Zázvorková, Jana Nagyová, Veronika Tyblová

Votes: 1,487

16. Kamen Rider Decade (2009)

TV-PG | 25 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Nine universes of the previous Kamen Riders merging into one that would destroy all the worlds. Tsukasa Kadoya transforms into Kamen Rider Decade and travels to all of the Another Rider's worlds and eliminate the anomalies in those worlds.

Stars: Sarah Hauser, Michael C. Pizzuto, Ryôta Murai, Masahiro Inoue

Votes: 574

17. Riven: The Sequel to Myst (1997 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery

After the events of Myst (1993), the Stranger travels to Riven to help Atrus by rescuing his wife Catherine, trapping his father Gehn and saving the Rivenese before their world collapses.

Directors: Robyn C. Miller, Richard Vander Wende, Tim Greenberg | Stars: John Keston, Sheila Goold, Rand Miller, Christine Steel

Votes: 532

18. Charlie Jade (2005)

45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A missing persons detective finds himself caught between three parallel universes.

Stars: Jeffrey Pierce, Michael Filipowich, Michele Burgers, Tyrone Benskin

Votes: 1,203

19. Arabela se vrací (1993–1994)

30 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

The series is the continuation of the series Die Märchenbraut.

Stars: Vladimír Dlouhý, Alena Karesová, Jirí Lábus, Ondrej Kepka

Votes: 413

20. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991 Video Game)

E | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The wizard Agahnim has abducted seven maidens, intent on using their power to open a portal to the Dark World. Armed with a trusty sword and shield, Link begins a great and treacherous journey.

Directors: Takashi Tezuka, Hidemaro Fujibayashi | Star: Fujiko Takimoto

Votes: 3,842

21. Shining for One Thing (2022)

40 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Zhang Wansen's sweet secret love for Lin Beixing that even his life could afford to give for his eternal love, Lin Beixing was unlucky after his fiance broke up with him as he was as back in the past where he was a high school student.

Stars: Jianing Zhang, Chuxiao Qu, Caesar Wu, Jing Fu

Votes: 100

22. Tempting Fate (1998 TV Movie)

96 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Sport

A brain surgeon lost his chance to be with his dream girl and opts for a friend's invention bringing him to a parallel world, where the dream girl is "his" widow.

Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Tate Donovan, Abraham Benrubi, Matt Craven, Philip Baker Hall

Votes: 261

23. Quest for Love (1971)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

After a scientific experiment goes horribly wrong during a demonstration, a scientist finds himself trapped in an alternative reality that bears some similarities to our own, but also has ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Joan Collins, Tom Bell, Denholm Elliott, Laurence Naismith

Votes: 579

24. Psychedelic Involvement

Comedy, Crime, Drama | Post-production

After his local drug dealer introduces him to the underworld of Sheffield, Adam becomes embroiled in a get rich quick scheme under the influence of LSD.

Director: Joshua Morrison | Stars: Harry Crawford, Lee Westwick, Jo Barker, Steve Shinners

25. Rumburak (1985)

90 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Wizarding criminal Rumburak, exiled to the Mortal Realm, uses a supercomputer to recreate his lost spell formulas. His software falls into the hands of humans, chaos ensues, and Rumburak suddenly finds himself on the side of good.

Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Jirí Lábus, Jirina Bohdalová, Vlastimil Hasek, Eva Jenickova

Votes: 285

26. Nightmare Street (1998 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 83 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

After a woman jumps in front of a truck to save her daughter's life, she wakes up in the hospital in a seemingly alternate reality where everyone and everything in her life are different, including her own name.

Director: Colin Bucksey | Stars: Sherilyn Fenn, Rena Sofer, Steve Harris, Matthew Walker

Votes: 423

27. A Portrait of Jianghu: Reincarnated Disciple (2023)

TV-PG | 45 min | Fantasy

Nian Yang Xiao, came from the Yuan World to save his true love Kong Ling Hui, crossed the border to the Yi World in search of the killer who assassinated his love.

Stars: Xia Nan, Xiao Xuan Qin, Chen Tao, Wang Yiting

28. Myst IV: Revelation (2004 Video Game)

T | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery

Ten years after the events of Myst III: Exile (2001), Atrus calls the Stranger to Tomahna to request his friend's assistance on a crucial decision about his two sons, Sirrus and Achenar, still prisoners in two prison Ages.

Directors: Patrick Fortier, Michel Poulette | Stars: Rand Miller, Kira Clavell, Angèle Coutu, Juliette Gosselin

Votes: 231

29. The Fraulein and the Sandman (2011)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

One fine morning, Benno finds sand in his bed. While he tries to ignore this at first, he soon must realize that he himself is loosing the sand. Day after day the sand increases and soon ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Luisi | Stars: Fabian Krüger, Irene Brügger, Beat Schlatter, Florine Elena Deplazes

Votes: 744

30. Manuel on the Island of Wonders (1984)

130 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Manuel's fantasy travel through Time goes from Long Ago (Episode 1 - O jardim proibido / Le Jardin interdit) through Now (Episode 2 - O pique-nique dos sonhos / Le Pique-nique des rêves), ... See full summary »

Stars: Ruben de Freitas, Teresa Madruga, Fernando Heitor, Marco Paulo de Freitas

Votes: 259

31. Myst V: End of Ages (2005 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery

The player must complete The Quest and explore four new Ages to free the Bahro tablet and decide the fate of the D'ni civilization.

Director: Rand Miller | Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Rengin Altay, Rand Miller, Jessica Hoogendyke

Votes: 128

32. Atlanta (2004)

120 min | Drama

A psychological character study of three people fighting a common past of deceit, addiction, and violence. As introduced in the prologue, elements of the story are inspired by the Philadelphia Center City Rapist scandal of the late 1990s.

Director: Brian J. Martin | Stars: Matt Lorenz, David Ishler, Alice Whitley, Steve Moulton

Votes: 49

33. Reminiscence: The Beginning (2014)

Not Rated | 100 min | Horror, Romance, Thriller

There are worlds, there are humans and there are Others. But there is only one Time which is the border between worlds. What if time breaks down?

Director: Akçay Karaazmak | Stars: Özlem Begtas, Fatih Güler, Sefika Karaaslan, Serhat Karaaslan

Votes: 1,606

34. Sotto il ristorante cinese (1987)

94 min | Comedy, Fantasy

A robbery witness hiding in a Chinese eatery opens a door to an exotic beach and encounters a lovely native girl and her bizarre inventor father.

Director: Bruno Bozzetto | Stars: Claudio Botosso, Amanda Sandrelli, Claudia Lawrence, Nancy Brilli

Votes: 102

35. 15 Till Midnight (2010)

R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Parallel worlds collide as a secret society policing this phenomena track a man whose wife has seemingly disappeared.

Director: Wolfgang Meyer | Stars: Brandon Slagle, Dee Martin, Devanny Pinn, Andrew Roth

Votes: 311

36. Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016 Video Game)

E | Action, Adventure, Family

Mario is on a quest to retrieve the Big Paint Stars and rescue Princess Peach from Bowser.

Directors: Naohiko Aoyama, Taro Kudo | Stars: Charles Martinet, Samantha Kelly, Nate Bihldorff, Kenny James

Votes: 157

37. Once Upon a Time (1987)

TV-PG | Adventure, Comedy, Family

The "Tikbalang" Puga searches for the magic crystal which will restore peace in his land. His dangerous quest leads him to earth where he meets three young men.

Directors: Peque Gallaga, Lore Reyes | Stars: Dolphy, Gloria Romero, Richard Gomez, Janice De Belen

Votes: 24

38. Uru: To D'ni (2003 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery

In New Mexico near the Cleft, a deep fissure in the ground near the entrance to the D'ni caverns, a man named Zandi stumbles upon a hologram of a woman, Yeesha, who tells the story of the D'ni and requests help to rebuild the civilization.

Director: Rand Miller | Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Rengin Altay, Rand Miller, Pilar Santigosa

Votes: 108

39. Little from the Fish Shop (2015)

72 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Everyone's familiar with Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, the story of a love capable of forgiving even the greatest betrayal. In Jan Balej's film - a work filled with ... See full summary »

Director: Jan Balej | Stars: Oldrich Kaiser, Anezka Kubátová, Petr Forman, Ivana Chýlková

Votes: 113

40. Many Worlds (2018)

Short, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A professor of Quantum Physics starts receiving "visions" of future events which he eventually interprets as information markers that he must do anything he can to stop a catastrophic global virus from occurring.

Director: Nathan J Kress | Stars: Nathan J Kress, David Lee Anderson, Emily Bertels, Olivia Reid

Votes: 12

41. Bird and Fish (2013)

12 min | Animation, Short, Drama

When two boys cross their societal boundaries and fall in love, they change each other, and eventually, their divided world.

Directors: Ann Mendenhall, Stephanie Son | Stars: Neil Morrissey, Parker Murff, Taos Myers, Victoria Terrell

Votes: 6

42. Worldlines II (2020)

15 min | Short, Thriller

A teenager oscillates between melancholy and happiness until both states unfold in two parallel worlds. Someone has planned to murder her.

Director: Karlos Alastruey | Stars: Angela Lopez, Paula Boneta, Javi Alaiza, Beatriz Catalán

43. Zaderzhi dykhanie (2014)

Short, Comedy, Fantasy

Silent touching story about a boy first trying to do ice skating

Director: Aleksey Krasovskiy | Stars: Alesya Dmitrieva, Igor Skripko

Votes: 10

44. Kermchaleh (2019)

15 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy

Subjective experiences of a woman who encounters a betrayal. What should she do? Infinite possibilities arise from her decision. . Nobody knows that whether all the events are occurring in her story or in the reality.

Director: Vahid Davoodi Pooya | Stars: Mina Vahid, Mohammad Mehdi Hosseini, Mahtab Amin, Azadeh Seifi

45. Border Queen (2014 TV Movie)

35 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller

A lonely TV charlatan, a young mother and a homeless teenager join forces to open a passage towards a parallel world that lies beyond dreaming: The Border.

Directors: Stefano Nurra, Fabio Paladini | Stars: James Bryce, Zoe Kate Hunter, Alan MacLean, Rosie MacPherson

46. Dichotomized (2021)

4 min | Short, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A horrible car crash divides a family of four. The father is faced with a dilemma: whether to follow his deceased wife and first daughter into the unknown, or to stay alive and be with his younger daughter.

Director: Teodor Brkovic Gajin | Stars: Radisa Brkovic, Gordana Gajin, Lara Stevanovic, Elena Stevanovic

Votes: 11

47. 28 Slices Later (2007 Video)

Not Rated | 24 min | Short, Sci-Fi

Lazarus builds a Parallel Universe machine out of a toaster, but his friends don't believe him. When Gwen abuses it like an ordinary toaster it sends her on her way into another world, a ... See full summary »

Director: Rob Shan Lone | Stars: Dan Bolton, Thor Knai, Joelle Jane Marshall

Votes: 18

48. Malicia en el país de las maravillas (2004)

Short, Fantasy, Comedy

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Director: Gaizka Urresti | Stars: Luis Callejo, Carlos Sobera, Melani Olivares, Chete Lera

Votes: 8

49. Mork & Mindy (1978–1982)
Episode: Mork in Wonderland: Part 2 (1979)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

Mork winds up in a parallel universe where Exidor has become a tyrannical king.

Director: Howard Storm | Stars: Robin Williams, Pam Dawber, Tom Poston, Robert Donner

Votes: 130

50. Girl Gun Lady (2021)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2021)

Action

There is a blast gun up for grabs. It offers more power and range and every team wants it. Unorthodox plans are put into place in order to own the coveted weapon at the expense of bases, ... See full summary »

Director: Yûsuke Taki | Stars: Sei Shiraishi, Anna Ishii, Sakura Ando, Shun Aoi