Alternate Timeline
"alternate timeline" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham
Synopsis:
Explorer Bruce Wayne accidentally unleashes an ancient evil, and returns to Gotham after being away for two decades. There, Batman battles Lovecraftian supernatural forces and encounters allies and enemies such as Green Arrow, Ra's al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc, Two-Face and James Gordon.
Starring:
Navid Negahban,
David Dastmalchian,
John DiMaggio
#2
Twelve Monkeys
Synopsis:
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient…
Starring:
Christopher Plummer,
Brad Pitt,
Bruce Willis
Plot:
time travel,
virus,
plague,
underground,
epidemic,
psychiatrist,
future,
ecoterrorism,
psychiatric hospital,
bald man
...
#3
The Time Machine
Synopsis:
A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.
Starring:
Rod Taylor,
Sebastian Cabot,
Whit Bissell
Plot:
post apocalypse,
dystopia,
future,
distant future,
morlock,
london england,
time travel,
based on novel,
time machine,
utopia
...
#4
The Family Man
Synopsis:
Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his career, and to the horrifying discovery that his former life no longer exists. As he stumbles through this alternate suburban universe, Jack finds himself a…
Starring:
Nicolas Cage,
Don Cheadle,
Téa Leoni
Plot:
christmas,
parallel universe,
career man,
reflection,
crisis of conscience,
angel,
choice,
lost love,
businessman,
midlife crisis
...
#5
Star Trek: First Contact
Synopsis:
The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.
Starring:
Alfre Woodard,
James Cromwell,
Patrick Stewart
#6
Love Me If You Dare
Synopsis:
As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might be a way to avoid the fact that they are truly meant for one another.
Starring:
Marion Cotillard,
Gilles Lellouche,
Guillaume Canet
Plot:
game,
dare,
music box,
dark comedy,
best friends in love,
competition,
buried in cement,
friendship,
friends in love,
challenge
...
#7
Jumanji
Synopsis:
When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for freedom is to finish the game, which proves risky as all three find themselves running from giant rhinoceroses, evil monkeys and other terrifying creatures.
Starring:
Robin Williams,
Jonathan Hyde,
Kirsten Dunst
Plot:
board game,
adventurer,
fight,
game,
year 1995,
drumbeat,
jumanji,
franchise,
first of series,
first part
...
#8
Groundhog Day
Synopsis:
A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.
Starring:
Rick Overton,
Stephen Tobolowsky,
Bill Murray
#9
Frequency
Synopsis:
When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal murders he and his father must find a way to fix the consequences of altering time.
Starring:
Dennis Quaid,
Jim Caviezel,
Michael Cera
#10
Back to the Future Part II
Synopsis:
Marty and Doc are at it again in this wacky sequel to the 1985 blockbuster as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.
Starring:
Christopher Lloyd,
Michael J. Fox,
Lea Thompson
#11
A Boy and His Dog
Synopsis:
Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War IV, where survivors must battle for food and shelter in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats.
Starring:
Don Johnson,
Susanne Benton,
Jason Robards
#12
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Synopsis:
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
Starring:
James Hong,
Jenny Slate,
Jamie Lee Curtis
#13
What If...?
Synopsis:
Taking inspiration from the comic books of the same name, each episode explores a pivotal moment from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and turns it on its head, leading the audience into uncharted territory.
Starring:
Jeffrey Wright
#14
Loki
Synopsis:
After stealing the Tesseract during the events of “Avengers: Endgame,” an alternate version of Loki is brought to the mysterious Time Variance Authority, a bureaucratic organization that exists outside of time and space and monitors the timeline. They give Loki a choice: face being erased from existence due to being a “time variant” or help fix the timeline and stop a greater threat.
Starring:
Owen Wilson,
Tom Hiddleston,
Wunmi Mosaku
#15
Watchmen
Synopsis:
In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
Starring:
Stephen McHattie,
Billy Crudup,
Jackie Earle Haley
#16
The Flash
Synopsis:
When his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry Allen becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned and there are no Super Heroes to turn to. In order to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry's only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?
Starring:
Kiersey Clemons,
Ben Affleck,
Michael Keaton
#17
Terminator Salvation
Synopsis:
All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe.
Starring:
Bryce Dallas Howard,
Helena Bonham Carter,
Common
#18
Terminator Genisys
Synopsis:
The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.
Starring:
Jai Courtney,
J.K. Simmons,
Lee Byung-hun
#19
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Synopsis:
Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah.
Starring:
Jenette Goldstein,
Edward Furlong,
Linda Hamilton
#20
Tenet
Synopsis:
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.
Starring:
Kenneth Branagh,
Aaron Taylor-Johnson,
Michael Caine