Escape from reality. Top 7 movies about parallel worlds

7. "Another Earth"

• 2011
• USA
• Fantasy, drama, melodrama, detective
• Director: Mike Cahill
• Starring: Brit Marling, William Mapother, Robin Lord Taylor, Jordan Baker, Flint Beverage
• IMDb Rating: 7.0

Scientists have discovered a new astronomical body — an exact replica of Earth. Young student Rhoda (Brit Marling) gazes into the sky and gets into a car accident, causing the death of a family with children. After serving time in prison, the girl is released and tries to pass a competitive screening to get to another Earth and find out how her life and the lives of those around her would have turned out without the tragic accident.

The film was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Screenplay and Best Actress (Brit Marling), and even before its release, "Another Earth" won the Alfred P. Sloan Award as well as the Sundance Film Festival's Special Jury Prize.

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6. "Mirage" / Durante la tormenta

• 2018
• Spain
• Thriller, drama, sci-fi, detective
• Director: Oriol Paolo
• Starring: Adriana Ugarte, Chino Darín, Javier Gutiérrez, Álvaro Morte, Nora Navas
• IMDb Rating: 7.4

A happy woman Vera (Adriana Ugarte) moves into a new house with her husband and young daughter. There, time layers shift, and as a result, the woman tries to save a boy who lived there 25 years ago from death. After a while, Vera wakes up in an alternative reality, where her own daughter was not born, and her husband is not even familiar with her. She has to find that key moment in the past, which so strongly influenced her present.

The film features references to Robert Zemeckis' "Back to the Future" franchise (1985, 1989, 1990) and features plot and set design elements similar to those of the legendary trilogy, including a clock tower, lightning strikes, clothing, and more.

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5. "Happy as Lazzaro" / Lazzaro felice

• 2018
• Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany
• Fantasy, drama, detective
• Director: Alice Rohrwacher
• Starring: Adriano Tardiolo, Alba Rohrwacher, Luca Chikovani, Tommaso Ragno, Sergi Lopez, Nicoletta Braschi
• IMDb Rating: 7.5

In a remote Tuscan village, fifty people live cut off from the outside world because the only bridge has long been destroyed. The quiet and peaceful peasants work uncomplainingly for the mistress of the estate, the Marquise de Luna (Nicoletta Braschi). Among them lives Lazzaro (Adriano Tardiolo), the village do-gooder who helps everyone who asks. One day the police show up at the estate and explain to the locals that this is the 21st century and slavery was abolished long ago. Helpless peasants in the hope of better conditions move to the big city, for which they are completely unprepared.

In addition to the Best Screenplay Award at Cannes, the film was named one of the five best foreign language films by National Board of Review Awards and received a special award from the European Film Academy.

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4. "The Florida Project"  

• 2017
• USA
• Drama
• Director: Sean Baker
• Starring: Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Valeria Cotto, Christopher Rivera, Willem Dafoe
• IMDb Rating: 7.6

6-year-old Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) lives with her mom Halley (Bria Vinaite) in a small Florida town near Disneyland. They are too poor to enter the fairy tale world of cartoon characters and rent a room in a cheap hotel run by manager Bobby (Willem Dafoe). Despite the miserable reality, the cheerful girl has a good imagination, so even the real slums can turn into a magical land.

Willem Dafoe was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars, Golden Globes, and BAFTAs for his role as hotel manager Bobby Hicks, who takes care of a company of children in need.

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3. "Interstate 60"

• 2002
• Canada, USA
• Adventure, detective, comedy, drama, fantasy
• Director: Bob Gale
• Starring: James Marsden, Gary Oldman, Amy Smart, Kurt Russell, Christopher Lloyd
• IMDb Rating: 7.6

Neal Oliver (James Marsden) is a young artist and his father doesn't like his son's life choices. Everything is turned upside down after Neal meets O.W. Grant (Gary Oldman), who is able to fulfill one of his fondest wishes. In return, Neal must travel to a nonexistent city along Interstate 60, which is not on any map. A lot of crazy encounters and events await him ahead.

"Awesome movie, makes you think, but also a great uplifting movie", — ilmscw.

"My favorite movie. I re-watch it every few years and every time I find something completely new to me", — nadele24.

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2. "Mr. Nobody"

• 2009
• Belgium, Germany, Canada, France, Great Britain, Luxembourg, USA
• Drama, fantasy, melodrama
• Director: Jaco van Dormael
• Starring: Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Pham Linh Dan, Rhys Ifans
• IMDb Rating: 7.7

The distant future. Humans, who not so long ago gained immortality, watch with interest the life of the last mortal man, Nemo Nobody (Jared Leto). The decrepit old man decides to share his story with a curious journalist for the last time. Nemo recounts three major periods of his life: childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. His stories have a confusing feature: he talks about himself as completely different people. And each of them is a person who may have come into being depending on how he chose to act at the very beginning of his life's journey.

"Re-watched it 5 times!" — dex_cuse.

"My favorite movie, endless number of times rewatched", — kiprian_zhurov.

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1. "Star Trek"

• 2009
• USA, Germany
• Fantasy, action, adventure
• Director: J. J. Abrams
• Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Eric Bana
• IMDb Rating: 7.9

Somewhere in the depths of the universe there is an incredible, beautiful galaxy Star Trek. And its inhabitants are only dreaming of peace: they face another danger, because from the future comes Nero (Eric Bana) from the planet Romulus. He wants to stage a coup and destroy the Federation. To save the galaxy, sworn enemies and rivals Spock (Zachary Quinto) and Kirk (Chris Pine) are ready to sacrifice their own interests and unite.

The movie was a resounding success: 110 nominations at various film festivals around the world, including 32 wins, including Oscars and Grammys. Worldwide box office receipts totaled more than $385 million.

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