10 Best Multiverse Movies Ever

You won't often hear it referred to as a multiverse movie, but Arnold Schwarzenegger's gonzo cult classic action satire Last Action Hero is totally a multiverse film.

The movie revolves around a teenage boy, Danny Madigan (Austin O'Brien), who courtesy of a magic cinema ticket is inadvertently transported into the world of his favourite action hero, Jack Slater (Schwarzenegger).

What follows is one of the most riotous, adventurous, and downright clever action film of the 1990s, albeit one that was apparently too forward-thinking to be appreciated in its own time.

Beyond the fun conceit of Danny hanging out with Slater in Slater's own over-the-top action movie world, Last Action Hero indulges in some outrageous snake-swallowing-its-own-tail meta-ness, such as revealing that, in Slater's world, Sylvester Stallone played the lead role in Terminator 2.

Then back in Danny's world - the Prime universe, if you will - Slater ends up crossing paths with Arnold Schwarzenegger himself, and the film's villain Benedict (Charles Dance) then uses the magic ticket to summon Death from Ingmar Bergman's classic The Seventh Seal (played here by Ian McKellen).

Benedict also suggests he'll use the ticket to bring the likes of Dracula, King Kong, Freddy Krueger, Adolf Hitler, Hannibal Lecter, and Satan out of various movies, though sadly he's stopped before we're able to witness it.

As a film where every movie ever made is effectively its own universe, Last Action Hero was a truly original and ahead-of-its-time take on the multiverse.