 | The Lathe of Heaven
Buy new: $21.99 / Used from: $10.93 This is probably the ultimate alternate reality story. The world changes with one man's every dream. Holds true to the book. The PBS version with Bruce Davidson is a solid offering, much better than the 2002 remake.
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 | The Butterfly Effect (Infinifilm Edition)
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $0.01 Wanna change the past but don't have a time machine? No problem but the present will never be the same. A very dark film with a creepy feel to it.
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 | Run Lola Run
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.29 Great film. The main character gets the chance to set things right, over and over again.
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 | Second Time Around
Buy new: $22.49 / Used from: $7.20 A reality replay film where the main characters are reliving the same events.
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 | Groundhog Day (Special Edition)
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.92 Ever have the feeling that you're living the same day over and over and over. A must see.
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 | 12:01
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $7.15 Similar theme to Groundhog Day. This one uses a science fiction plot device.
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 | Memento (Widescreen Two-Disc Limited Edition)
Buy used from: $3.87 Not as much as reality altering as it is reality perception.
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 | The Matrix
Buy used from: $0.01 Welcome to the real world.
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 | Jacob's Ladder
Buy new: $6.49 / Used from: $2.00 One of the best alternative multi-reality films I've seen. What is the reality and how does the ending really end?
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 | Donnie Darko - The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $4.97 Love the idea of a demonic looking six foot tall Harvey-the-Rabbit type character giving guidance.
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 | Sliding Doors
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.96 It is amazing how much impact a simple sliding door can have on a person's life.
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 | Dreamscape
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $3.22 Stepping in and out of someone else's dreams. Similar plot device as The Cell but done many years before.
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 | The Cell (New Line Platinum Series)
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.55 Excellent delivery with brilliant special effects.
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 | Open Your Eyes
Buy new: $6.49 / Used from: $2.28 Original version of Vanilla Sky and a nicer delivery.
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 | Cashback
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $8.09 Can sleep deprivation really help you learn how to control reality? A pleasant film with good action, a good story, and a good sense of humor.
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 | The Thirteenth Floor
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $2.00 Virtual or meta-reality?
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 | Virtuosity
Buy used from: $1.16 Virtual reality is suppose to go only one way.
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 | What Dreams May Come
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.21 Wonderful film on life, death and life after death.
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 | A Sound of Thunder (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $1.40 Ray Bradbury story. Time travel where the buttery effect really comes to play.
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 | Retroactive
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $1.43 Belushi plays a menacing psycho in this time looping thriller.
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 | The One (Special Edition)
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $0.01 Multi-dimension realities presented with a master of the universe wish.
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 | eXistenZ
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $3.60 Virtual reality presented from the gamer's view.
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 | Videodrome - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $31.49 / Used from: $19.00 Interesting film with a strong cyber-punk feel.
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 | Primer
Buy new: $20.99 / Used from: $8.47 A time altering film, but not what you'd expect. Coders might pick up on it quicker than the rest: recursive and self-referencing. Very complicated, very confusing, very fun.
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 | Stay
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $1.87 Nicely done story with appropriate special effects. The plot is telegraphed all of the way through but it doesnt hurt the ending.
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 | The Nines (Special Edition)
Buy new: $14.94 / Used from: $1.97 A movie with multiple realities that lead to the true reality.
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 | Next
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $1.98 Great quote from the movie, 'Here is the thing about the future, every time you look at it changes because you looked at and that changes everything else.' Can anyone say Heisenberg.
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 | Deja Vu
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $1.31 Cool space-time folding scifi plot device. Asks the question, "Does altering a past event change the outcome?"
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 | Paycheck (Special Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $0.01 An interesting Phillip K. Dick story.
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 | The Terminator (Special Edition)
Buy used from: $2.29 Can't have a time alter thread without Arnold.
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 | Dark City (New Line Platinum Series)
Buy used from: $0.66 Interesting fantasy flix. Do memories define the soul?
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 | The Fountain (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $2.50 Touching film about eternal love. Reality isn't really altered but it is a nice offering of interplay between reality and fantasy.
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 | Flatliners
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $2.40 Interesting story. What really happens to you at the moment of death.
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 | Solaris - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $30.99 / Used from: $19.95 What is reality and what is it doing to me. The original film is better than the remake.
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 | The Lawnmower Man (New Line Platinum Series)
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $0.24 Where the world meets virtual reality.
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 | Nirvana
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $2.99 Another virtual reality delivery via gaming interaction.
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 | Returner
Buy used from: $0.98 If you go to the past with a mission, make sure you shoot straight.
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 | Avalon
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $3.44 Virtual reality game war. Very nicely done.
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 | Altered States
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $1.86 A take on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde using primal memories.
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 | What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $5.69 Tired of hearing about it and want a how to. This is an inspirational film that helps you control your reality through perception. Have you ever seen yourself through the eyes of the ultimate observer?
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