If you are trying to escape from reality I think you should try to watch some tv series.
During my free times or free days, I try to watch some of these shows which completely takes me out of the real world even for quite some time.
Saving the world and being a secret spy is one of my dreams.
Chuck is about a computer geek working in a store when all of the government secrets was placed into his brain, he then worked with the CIA and save the world. This one is my personal favorite and I'm still waiting for the season 3.
If you are interested on stories about aliens, try searching for
Roswell although this was shown long ago, but I like it, I'm actually not yet finished watching the whole series but i've already seen the ending. But if you are interested about great powers and extraordinary things, try
Heroes. Although you need to keep focus on watching 'cause you might get lost.
Gossip Girl is more on socializing or whatever, and
Big Bang Theory is a comedy thing about geeks and a girl. No more info cause there are still so many shows to watch. You can also try animated cartoons although I'm not a big fan of anime, I just recently finished
Avatar - the last Air Bender and it really took me out of the world.
But try to check out also
Proposal Daisakusen, a Japanese series about a guy who time traveled just to correct things in life and to be with the one he love, something like that... The soundtrack is also nice...
Btw, these are just some of my personal favorites because there are plenty out there to choose from.
Till here! Ciao :D