6 Best Parallel Universe Movies

By Vlad Zakh · May 9, 2026

Alternate versions of our own lives make for dizzying, emotional science fiction. Everything Everywhere All at Once has a laundromat owner connecting with parallel selves, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse teams up Spider-People from other dimensions, and Coherence turns a dinner party into overlapping realities. Mr. Nobody, Another Earth and Sliding Doors round out the six.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

IMDb ★ 8.4 RT 97% Metacritic 87

A teenager from an alternate dimension teams up with several other Spider-People to stop a threat to the multiverse.

Directed by Bob Persichetti & Peter Ramsey · 1h 57m · Rated PG

Won 1 Oscar85 wins & 60 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

IMDb ★ 7.7 RT 93% Metacritic 81

Genre chaos plus one of the best portraits of a long marriage ever put on screen.

Directed by Daniel Scheinert & Daniel Kwan · 2h 20m · Rated R

Won 7 Oscars408 wins & 382 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Hulu · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Coherence (2014)

TMDB ★ 7.0

A dinner party descends into chaos when a passing comet begins splitting reality into overlapping parallel versions.

Directed by James Ward Byrkit · 1h 29m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Philo, Night Flight Plus, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Mr. Nobody (2009)

TMDB ★ 7.8

A dying man's memories reveal the many different lives he could have lived based on a single childhood choice.

Directed by Jaco Van Dormael · 2h 21m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Monsters and Nightmares Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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Another Earth (2011)

TMDB ★ 6.7

The sudden appearance of a mirror-image planet gives a woman a chance to face a devastating mistake.

Directed by Mike Cahill · 1h 32m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Sliding Doors (1998)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A woman's life splits into two parallel realities depending on whether she catches a single train.

Directed by Peter Howitt · 1h 39m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Sundance Now, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Streaming availability data from JustWatch, via TMDB. Availability changes often, so check the service before you plan a movie night.

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Parallel Universe Movies

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Coherence (2014)

Mr. Nobody (2009)

Another Earth (2011)

Sliding Doors (1998)

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