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1. Dark City (1998)
R | 100 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.
Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt
Votes: 212,438 | Gross: $14.38M
2. Shallow Hal (2001)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A shallow man falls in love with a 300-pound woman because of her inner beauty.
Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly | Stars: Jack Black, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jason Alexander, Joe Viterelli
Votes: 144,864 | Gross: $70.84M
3. Inland Empire (2006)
R | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Grace Zabriskie, Laura Dern
Votes: 62,465 | Gross: $0.75M
4. Blood Drive (2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In a dystopian alternate 1999, a former cop is forced to take part in a death race in which cars run on human blood as fuel.
Stars: Alan Ritchson, Christina Ochoa, Thomas Dominique, Marama Corlett
Votes: 6,840
5. Motherland: Fort Salem (2020–2022)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A trio of witches are trained to become powerful weapons for the American military.
Stars: Taylor Hickson, Amalia Holm, Demetria McKinney, Jessica Sutton
Votes: 18,777
6. The Plot Against America (2020)
TV-MA | 62 min | Drama, Thriller
Characters live in an alternative history in which Franklin D. Roosevelt was defeated in the U.S. presidential election of 1940 by Charles Lindbergh.
Stars: Winona Ryder, Anthony Boyle, Zoe Kazan, Morgan Spector
Votes: 11,257
7. The Discovery (I) (2017)
TV-MA | 102 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Two years after the afterlife is scientifically proven, a man attempts to help a young woman break away from her dark past.
Director: Charlie McDowell | Stars: Robert Redford, Mary Steenburgen, Brian McCarthy, Jason Segel
Votes: 37,474
8. Life or Something Like It (2002)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
A reporter interviews a psychic, who tells her that she's going to die and her life is meaningless.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Tony Shalhoub, Christian Kane
Votes: 28,123 | Gross: $14.45M
9. HyperNormalisation (2016)
166 min | Documentary
Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.
Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Victor Gotbaum
Votes: 7,383
10. Seven in Heaven (2018)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Teenagers Jude and June spend seven minutes in a locked closet and emerge in a hostile and dangerous alternate world.
Director: Chris Eigeman | Stars: Travis Tope, Haley Ramm, Dylan Everett, Jake Manley
Votes: 2,938
11. Smolensk (2016)
120 min | Drama, Thriller
An inspired story of people affected by the 2010 crash of Polish Air Force Flight 101 in Smolensk, Russia. Fiery reporter Nina won't accept the story she's been given and is determined to find the truth.
Director: Antoni Krauze | Stars: Beata Fido, Maciej Póltorak, Aldona Struzik, Lech Lotocki
Votes: 40,176
12. Shuang Shi Chong Fei (2017– )
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
When two sides of the same woman fall in love with two different princes, can either find true love?
Stars: Zhaolin Xing, Jie Liang, Ruichang Wang, Yi Ning Sun
Votes: 458
13. Lady Blue Shanghai (2010)
16 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
A nameless woman enters her Shanghai hotel room to find a vintage record playing and a blue Dior purse that seems to come from nowhere.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Clark Gong, Emily Stofle, Cheng Hong
Votes: 1,971
14. Honky Holocaust (2014)
96 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
A few times each century, humanity dodges an apocalyptic bullet and in 1969 that bullet was Charles Manson. But in Honky Holocaust's alternate universe, the Manson Family succeeds in ... See full summary »
Director: Paul McAroni | Stars: Maria Natapov, LaNecia Edmonds, Lucas Fleming, Aurora Grabill
Votes: 160
15. El Hazard: The Magnificent World (1995–1996)
TV-PG | 235 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Thrown into another dimensional world, a teenage boy must save a kingdom by impersonating a missing princess.
Stars: Tetsuya Iwanaga, Ryôtarô Okiayu, Rio Natsuki, Kôji Ishii
Votes: 437
16. Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure (1999)
TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A boy who sees visions of giant robot battles in modern Japan is accidentally transported to the parallel dimension in which the fighting is taking place.
Stars: Joshua Seth, Michelle Ruff, Sherry Lynn, Wendee Lee
Votes: 169
17. RWD (2015)
TV-MA | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Two men went searching for ghosts, but they found themselves instead...
Director: Matt Stuertz | Stars: Adam Hartley, Matt Stuertz, Aj Meadows
Votes: 509
18. Fragmentary (2019)
90 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A man believes he can travel to an alternate reality under the influence of alcohol, to see the love of his life, who was murdered in his reality two years before.
Director: Jace Pickard | Stars: Jace Pickard, Jacinta Moses, Debbie Neilson, Renee Lim
Votes: 1,216
19. Destiny to Order (1989)
R | 127 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A novelist must come to terms with his characters in this changing reality comedy.
Director: Jim Purdy | Stars: Stephen Ouimette, Alberta Watson, Victoria Snow, Michael Ironside
Votes: 109
20. Dark Seed II (1995 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Horror, Mystery
Accused of murdering his librarian girlfriend, small town horror novelist Mike Dawson must catch the shape shifting alien serial killer that did it to help a monstrous alien invader from an alien parallel dimension enter Mike's world.
Director: Michael Hiebert | Stars: Chris Gilbert, Michael Hiebert, Richard Bradbury, Sarah Stone
Votes: 68
21. Lazare (2020)
108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
A team of French-Brazilian actors goes to Bucharest to shoot a film at a lower cost. But the Romanian technical team secretly shoot their own film.
Director: Philippe Chalem | Stars: Emine Meyrem, Milena Straube, Lionel Rousselot, Stanislas Siwiorek
Votes: 11
22. El-Hazard: The Wanderers (1995–1996)
25 min | Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Thrown into another world, a group of high school friends look for a way home while helping the people they meet there.
Stars: Steve Blum, Randy McPherson, Heidi Lenhart, Eddie Frierson
Votes: 168
23. Shadow Hearts: Covenant (2004 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
During World War I, a German army officer and her companions try to thwart the plans of a secret society.
Director: Matsuzo Machida | Stars: Joe Cappelletti, Kari Wahlgren, Ellyn Stern, Bob Papenbrook
Votes: 190
24. El-Hazard 2: The Magnificent World (1997– )
30 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
While Makoto and his friends search for a missing friend, his enemies find a new super-weapon who is not what she seems to be.
Stars: Eddie Frierson, Lia Sargent, Michael Sorich, R. Martin Klein
Votes: 144
25. Fortuna (2020)
108 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Fortuna is a little girl who lives with her mother in an unidentified and anonymous suburb. There's something else that makes this place even darker: an unspeakable secret that shadows the lives of Fortuna and her best friends.
Director: Nicolangelo Gelormini | Stars: Valeria Golino, Pina Turco, Libero De Rienzo, Cristina Magnotti
Votes: 198
26. Psychedelic Pink (1968)
G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Pink Panther discovers a door with an hypnotic eye that takes him on a mind trip in a psychedelic book shop adorned by huge letters of the alphabet and managed by a short, pointy-nosed ... See full summary »
Director: Hawley Pratt
Votes: 325
27. El Hazard: The Alternative World (1998–2002)
25 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Makoto and the others are mysteriously transported from El Hazard to yet another world where they face dangers, both old and new.
Stars: Bridget Hoffman, Eddie Frierson, Lia Sargent, Michael Sorich
Votes: 173
28. The 7th Portal (2000– )
5 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
A group of international teenage internet enthusiasts are pulled into another dimension and become superheroes.
Stars: Gordon Michael Woolvett, Jovanni Sy, Christina Gordon, Carlos Diaz
Votes: 25
29. Le portefeuille (2003)
10 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A story of a simple man whom his each different decision facing an incident opens several dimentions in the future.
Director: Vincent Bierrewaerts
Votes: 64
30. Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (2000 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Sumaru City, Japan, the year 2000. The Grand Cross, a famous convergence of the planets, has passed without incident. The latest urban legend among high schoolers is that of the "Joker ... See full summary »
Director: Keith Arem | Stars: Takehito Koyasu, Akiko Yajima, Noriko Kaneko, Jôji Nakata
Votes: 158
31. Stefano Quantestorie (1993)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
What would it have happened if...? Italian director Maurizio Nichetti replies to this question in this humorous film, where he plays six different roles who meet one another in a way or another during a night.
Director: Maurizio Nichetti | Stars: Maurizio Nichetti, Elena Sofia Ricci, Amanda Sandrelli, Caterina Sylos Labini
Votes: 167
32. The Mirror (I) (2019)
13 min | Short, Thriller
Fearing she's losing her best friends to their prestigious universities, Olivia tries to hide from them on prom night, taking refuge in a creepy old house.
Director: Nessa Aref | Stars: Parmiss Sehat, Anisha Cheema, Maude Green
Votes: 37
33. Hexen: Beyond Heretic (1995 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
While you were battling the evil forces of D'Sparil, the other Serpent Riders were busy sowing the seeds of destruction in other dimensions.
Star: Timothy Moore
Votes: 303
34. Run Leia Run (2003)
16 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In this animated parody crossing Star Wars with Lola rennt (Run Lola Run), Princess Leia has twenty minutes to raise 100,000 credits to save Han Solo from being frozen in carbonite.
Director: Adam Bertocci | Stars: Rachel Chadderdon, Will Butler, Ben Fletcher, Darren Scales
Votes: 124
35. Hexen II (1997 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After Heretic and Hexen, the third and final Serpent Rider, Eidolon, besieges the world of Thyrion. Only four brave souls; a Paladin, a Crusader, an Assassin and a Necromancer can face him and the Four Horsemen of the apocalypse.
Votes: 149
36. Vedro (2013– )
30 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A sketch comedy with a recurring serious segment (usually of horror genre) which evolves around people from the local TV station in the city of Donetsk trying to came of with something to ... See full summary »
Stars: Yaroslav Kozak, Mikhail Bondarev, Leonid Syplyi, Kirill Mieliekiestsev
Votes: 48
37. Oneverse
Sci-Fi | Announced
James Faulkner, a workaholic scientist, loses his wife in a car accident and uses his knowledge of quantum physics to travel to parallel universes to find the closest thing to his lost love... See full summary »
38. Lucid (2006 Video)
Not Rated | 100 min
LUCID is the story of four friends that experiment with lucidity. After a few tries at this experiment, the two couple's subconscious desires begin to take on a life of their own and become a driving force of the passion and rage that follow when the line between reality and the dream world blurs.
Director: Candice Archie | Stars: Benjamin S. Davis, Angela Curry, Pierre Dixie, April DeVaughn
39. The Modern Things (2003)
75 min | Horror, Thriller
Five friends spend a winter weekend at a rustic cottage. When one of them is found dead, the remaining four create their own disturbed reality in a desperate attempt to control the ... See full summary »
Director: Istvan Dugalin | Stars: Christina Kostoff, Kelly Hope Taylor, Kyle Bradley, Geoffrey Dolman
Votes: 27
40. El funeral de los dedos (2000)
7 min | Short, Drama
One woman that is dead and doesn't know it has a final encounter with her beloved one.
Director: David Josué Delgado | Stars: Diana Danés, Carlos Acosta, Dulce Gutiérrez, Roberto Estrada
Votes: 18
41. Whispers of Carcosa
Short, Horror, Mystery | Pre-production
Following mysterious voices who beckon him, a traveler finds himself lost in a seaside town. Upon calling out to a stranger, he discovers some questions best left unanswered.
Director: Pete Yagmin
42. Imagining 'Heavy Metal' (1999 Video)
36 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz | Stars: John Bruno, John Candy, Carole Desbiens, Kevin Eastman
Votes: 72
43. Az idökirály birodalma (2007 TV Movie)
Adventure, Family
Director: Lajos Fazekas | Stars: Bence Penke, Edit Balázsovits, Laura Gyorivanyi, Péter Haumann
44. Dym (2007)
8 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
The story of the person who became the captive of surrealistic madness.
Director: Grzegorz Cisiecki | Stars: Katarzyna Dalek, Grzegorz Golaszewski, Hubert Jarczak, Malgorzata Kocik
Votes: 164
45. Heretic II (1998 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A medieval action game that follows the story of Heretic.
Stars: Daniel Riordan, Wally Wingert, Rebecca Kyler Downs, Kay E. Kuter
Votes: 111
46. Hollow (IV) (2020)
85 min | Mystery
The author Jake Summers has a writer's block for several month. In an attempt to free himself from his blockade, Jake goes on holidays in small village far off from his hometown, but instead he revisits his worst nightmares.
Director: Aaron Townsend | Star: Nik Trifino
47. Artscape (1984– )
Family
Two kids have adventures in another world that illustrate various concepts of the visual arts.
Stars: Tom Rivers, Diane Douglass, Chris Todman
48. Concert for a Rat (1995)
110 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
The rat lives in a cage that stands in the room of a large communal apartment in which the poet lives. The apartment is in the house, house is in the yard-well, the courtyard is in the city... See full summary »
Director: Oleg Kovalov | Stars: Yelena Savina, Fyodor Konovalov, Pyotr Zaychenko, Katya Tomnitskaya
Votes: 41
49. Square Claire (2005)
15 min | Fantasy, Short
Director: Brad Bartlett | Stars: Deanna Maurice, Trin Blakely, Buddy Farler, Brian Hull
50. Infokrieger - Die neuen rechten Medienmacher (2019 TV Movie)
63 min | Documentary
The Internet is an important medium for disseminating information and maintaining interpersonal relationships. But who determines the political discourse that takes place in social networks... See full summary »
Directors: Anna Breithausen, Dennis Leiffels, Marvin Milatz, Alexander Tieg, Uwe Wichert | Stars: Dennis Leiffels, Uwe Wichert, Alexander Tieg, Marvin Milatz
Votes: 11