Multiple Multiverse Movies Not in the Marvel Universe
The MCU is hopping from one plane to another on the regular. They’re not the only ones – check out these multiverse movies.
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
The multiverse is collapsing, and only one person can save us all: Evelyn Wang. The mother and small business owner is the one Evelyn that must navigate all of the memories and acquire the skills of all of the versions of herself to keep everything from imploding. A deserving winner of a giant pile of awards.
The One (2001)
This movie takes the ‘only one’ concept from The Highlander to a multiverse where inter-dimensional travel is possible. Gabe Law (Jet Li )is an LA sheriff’s department cop that starts to have weird powers like super strength and healing. He discovers that he’s part of a rogue multiverse agent’s (Gabriel Yulaw – also Jet Li) plan to become a mythical super-being – The One. To achieve this, Yulaw has to kill all other versions of himself. Gabe and a pair of multiverse agents must stop Yulaw before he succeeds.
Coherence (2013)
A group of friends meets for a dinner party, but things don’t go the expected way thanks to the influence of a passing comet. I can’t get into the plot beyond that without spoiling it. This movie was filmed in the director’s home with a group of improv actors who had never worked together. They were provided a basic outline of their characters, motivations, and major plot points. They had to fill in the rest. It is the definition of less is more filmmaking.
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Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
The sequel to the dark comedy Happy Death Day has a twist and more laughs. College student Tree Gelban wakes up in a parallel universe where her friends and fellow students are totally different versions of themselves. She discovers that her boyfriend’s roommate has been altering time, which brings back the bobble-headed masked killer in multiples. Tree has to die over and over again to stop the killer and save everyone.
Star Trek (2009)
The timeline splits into two universes in this Star Trek reboot from J.J. Abrams.
Aboard the USS Enterprise, the most-sophisticated starship ever built, a novice crew embarks on its maiden voyage. Their path takes them on a collision course with Nero (Eric Bana), a Romulan commander whose mission of vengeance threatens all mankind. If humanity would survive, a rebellious young officer named James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and a coolly logical Vulcan named Spock (Zachary Quinto) must move beyond their rivalry and find a way to defeat Nero before it is too late.
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Source Code (2011)
A commuter train near Chicago is blown up by terrorists. In order to stop it from happening again, Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) must enter the mind of passenger Sean Fentress in his last moments and ID the bomber. He uses an artificial alternate universe to gather clues and figure out the mystery from inside the crime scene.
Parallel (2018)
Playing with a multiverse can end badly.
A group of friends stumble upon a mirror that serves as a portal to a multiverse, but soon discover that importing knowledge from the other side in order to better their lives brings increasingly dangerous consequences.
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Multiverse Shows
If you want long form, these shows play with multiverses and parallel universes.
– His Dark Materials (HBOMax)
– Fringe (Amazon & HBOMax)
– Counterpart (Amazon)
– Sliders (Peacock)
– The Man in the High Castle (Amazon)
– The Good Place (Netflix)
– Infinity Train (YouTube)
