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Based on the novel by Frank Herbert, set in Arrakis
Dune (2021)
Directed by Steven Spielberg, a boy becomes friends with an extraterrestrial
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Film franchise starting in 1966 starring William Shatner exploring space
Star Trek
Based on the book written by Douglas Adams, Earth is destroyed to make a space bypass
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Jake Gyllenhaal plays a boy who has visions of a man in a rabbit costume
Donnie Darko
1984 comedy where four guys start a supernatural business in New York
Ghostbusters (1984)
Based on the Japanese manga, this 2017 film is set in a future where humans and cyborgs coexist
Ghost in the Shell
2021 animated film about a family surviving a robot apocalypse during a road trip
The Mitchells vs the Machines
Arnold Schwarzenegger film selected for preservation by the National Film Registry
Terminator (1984)
2013 film where a man falls in love with an AI virtual assistant voiced by Scarlet Johansson
Her
The highest grossing film of 1985, where a teenager goes back to 1955
Back to the Future
2023 film where a soldier is tasked to hunt down a weapon with the power to end the war between humans and AI
The Creator
2017 film starring Ryan Gosling, who plays a character named K
Blade Runner 2049
Will Smith plays an agent who investigates extraterrestrials living on earth
Men in Black
The most awarded film at the 2023 Academy Awards, staring Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Alex Garland film following a programmer who tests the intelligence of a robot
Ex Machina
Any minor changes Evan Treborn makes in the past has a major effect on the future
The Butterfly Effect
1996 Tim Burton film where Martians take over Earth
Mars Attacks
Japanese film series about a group of teenagers piloting mechs to fight Angels
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Scientist creates an AI doll to bond with her niece after her parents are killed in a car accident
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