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TV Shows & Series: Best "alternate reality" TV Shows/Series

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The Handmaid's Tale(2017-)

TV-MA
| 50min per episode | Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
4.1/5 (with 1,271 votes)

Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. A TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel.

With Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Alexis Bledel, Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd, ...
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Black Mirror(2011-)

TV-MA
| Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
4.2/5 (with 2,309 votes)

Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a monitor; a smartphone - a black mirror of our 21st Century existence.

Directed by Otto Bathurst, Euros Lyn, Brian Welsh, Owen Harris, Carl Tibbetts, Bryn Higgins, ... - With Daniel Lapaine, Hannah John-Kamen, Michaela Coel, Daniel Kaluuya, Toby Kebbell, Rory Kinnear, ...
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The Man in the High Castle(2015-2019)

TV-MA
| 1h per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama
3.8/5 (with 573 votes)

Explore what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States. Based on Philip K. Dick's award-winning novel.

With Alexa Davalos, Rupert Evans, Luke Kleintank, DJ Qualls, Joel de la Fuente, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, ...

Sword Art Online(2012-2020)

TV-MA
| 24min per episode | Animation, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
4.1/5 (with 837 votes)

In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now...

Directed by Tomohiko Itō, Manabu Ono

KONOSUBA – God's blessing on this wonderful world!!(2016-)

TV-14
| 24min per episode | Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
4.3/5 (with 587 votes)

After a traffic accident, Kazuma Sato’s disappointingly brief life was supposed to be over, but he wakes up to see a beautiful girl before him. She claims to be a goddess, Aqua, and asks if he would like to go to another world and bring only one thing with him. Kazuma decides to bring the goddess herself, and they are transported to a fantasy world filled with adventure, ruled by a demon king. Now Kazuma only wants to live in peace, but Aqua wants to solve many of this world’s problems, and the demon king will only turn a blind eye for so long…

Log Horizon(2013-2021)

TV-14
| 25min per episode | Animation, Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
3.9/5 (with 71 votes)

One day, while playing the online game Elder Tales, 30,000 players suddenly find themselves trapped in another world. There, eight-year veteran gamer Shiroe also gets left behind. The trapped players are still alive, but they remain in combat with the monsters. The players don't understand what has happened to them, and they flee to Akiba, the largest city in Tokyo, where they are thrown into chaos. Once proud of his loner lifestyle, Shiroe forms a guild called Log Horizon with his old friend Naotsugu, female assassin Akatsuki and others.

[C] The Money of Soul and Possibility Control(2011)

TV-14
| 22min per episode | Animation, Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.9/5 (with 37 votes)

Kimimaro works two jobs to make ends meet. He could go from pauper to prince in a parallel world called the Financial District—if he’ll invest his future as collateral in a dangerous game. Winning gets you more wealth, but losing could erase you from existence. When the destructive forces at play compel Kimimaro to confront the most powerful player, can he save the real world from total collapse?

Directed by Kenji Nakamura

Nowhere Boys(2013-2018)

TV-Y
| 30min per episode | Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
3.5/5 (with 30 votes)

Four teenage boys get lost in the forest and discover, when they return home, that they are in an alternate world identical to theirs except for one startling difference - they were never born.

Directed by Rachel Griffiths - With Michala Banas, Dougie Baldwin, Joel Lok, Rahart Adams, Matt Testro, Kamil Ellis, ...

Dark Matter(2024-)

TV-MA
| Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy

Jason Dessen is abducted into an alternate version of his life. To get back to his true family, he embarks on a harrowing journey to save them from the most terrifying foe imaginable: himself.

With Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly

Occupied(2015-2019)

TV-MA
| 45min per episode | Drama, War & Politics
3.7/5 (with 46 votes)

In the near future, Norway is occupied by Russia on behalf of the European Union, due to the fact that the newly elected environmental friendly Norwegian government has stopped the all important oil- and gas-production in the North Sea.

Directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg, John Andreas Andersen, Pål Sletaune, Erik Richter Strand - With Ane Dahl Torp, Henrik Mestad, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Hippolyte Girardot, Veslemøy Mørkrid, Øystein Røger, ...
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Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale(2024-)

TV-MA
| 45min per episode | Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.2/5 (with 9 votes)

Set in a contemporary world where witchcraft is real, the story takes place in the idyllic English town of Sanctuary, where for hundreds of years witches have lived peacefully, as valued members of society. Until now…

The Last Empress(2018-2019)

35min per episode | Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery
2.9/5 (with 11 votes)

In an alternate-reality South Korea, where a constitutional monarchical system prevails, Oh Sunny, a musical actress, becomes the empress of the country. Thus begins a dispute for power in the royal palace. Nothing is what it seems, and Oh Sunny is ready to fight until the end to uncover a mysterious homicide within the royal palace, fighting to protect those she loves the most and obtain happiness.

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Awake(2012)

TV-14
| Drama, Mystery, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.5/5 (with 85 votes)

Michael lives in two separate realities after a car accident. In one reality, his wife Hannah survives the accident; in the other reality, his son Rex survives. Michael does not know which reality is "real", and uses the wristbands to differentiate the two. He sees two therapists: Dr. Jonathan Lee in the "red reality" and Dr. Judith Evans in the "green reality". At work, Michael's erratic behavior triggers clashes with his team; they do not know about Michael's uncanny ability to solve crimes using details from both realities.

Directed by David Slade - With Jason Isaacs, Dylan Minnette, Laura Allen, BD Wong, Cherry Jones

Kings(2009)

TV-14
| 1h per episode | Drama
3.8/5 (with 28 votes)

A riveting drama about a modern day monarchy, a contemporary re-telling of the timeless tale of David and Goliath. This series is an epic story of greed and power, war and romance, forbidden loves and secret alliances -- and a young hero who rises to power in a modern-day kingdom.

With Ian McShane, Chris Egan, Susanna Thompson, Allison Miller, Eamonn Walker, Sebastian Stan, ...

Zapped(2016-2018)

30min per episode | Comedy, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.2/5 (with 13 votes)

Brian Weaver, an online data marketing assistant (even he doesn't know what that is), finds himself abruptly transported to a parallel world, a place of bizarre creatures, magical forces and psychopathic fairies.

Click Your Heart(2016)

13min per episode | Comedy
2.8/5 (with 4 votes)

Starring AOA's Min Ah as an endearing outcast who turns the heads of Da Won, Ro Woon, Cha Ni and Ju Ho, this interactive choose-your-own-adventure series unites AOA and Neoz trainees in a sweet string of high school romances.

Confederate(2024-)

Drama

In an alternate reality in which the Confederate States successfully seceded from the Union and the institution of slavery thrives, American inches towards a Third Civil War.