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Blade Runner
Concerns about what it means to be human and the ethical implications of creating life.
The Matrix
Challenges the nature of reality and the possibility of skeptical scenarios where our perceptions are deceived.
Black Mirror - 'San Junipero'
Examines the concept of personal identity and existence beyond death in digital paradises.
Her
Explores the nature of consciousness and the possibility of artificial intelligence having emotions and relationships.
Ex Machina
Questions about free will, the nature of consciousness, and the ethics of AI creation.
Ghost in the Shell
Discusses the boundaries between human and machine, and what constitutes a sense of self.
Dune
Addresses issues of prophecy, determinism, and the consequences of governance influenced by religious and metaphysical beliefs.
Star Trek: The Next Generation - 'The Measure of a Man'
Debates what it means to be sentient and the rights of synthetic life forms.
The Leftovers
Explores themes of existentialism, purpose, and the unknowability of divine plans in the aftermath of unexplainable events.
Interstellar
Investigates the nature of time, love as a dimension, and the possibility of transcendence through space-time anomalies.
Westworld
Contemplates the nature of free will, the construction of reality, and the moral status of artificial beings.
Solaris
Explores the limitations of human understanding and the nature of identity and personal attachment.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Challenges the notion of memory and identity, and the ethics of erasing painful memories.
Gattaca
Raises questions about eugenics, predestination, and the value of human diversity.
Neuromancer
Deals with the nature of consciousness and the consequences of the melding of human minds with cyberspace.
The Terminator
Discusses predestination, the inevitability (or not) of a technological apocalypse, and the human relationship with their creations.
Altered Carbon
Explores themes of identity, morality, and the value of human life when bodies are interchangeable.
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
Considers the impact of time travel on the nature of social evolution and the fixedness of the future.
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