literature:

• Far Centaurus by A.E. van Vogt
• Tower of Glass by Robert Silverberg

films:

• Akira 1988
• Alien 1979
• Alien: Covenant 2017
• Alien Invasion: S.U.M.1 2016
• Arrival 2016
• Contact 1997
• The Creator 2023
• Dune: Part Two 2024
• The Fifth Element 1997
• Gattaca 1997
• Ghost in the Shell 1995
• Judge Dredd 1995
• The Martian 2015
• The Matrix 1999
• Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth 1997
• Pacific Rim 2013
• Prometheus 2012
• 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968

television series & subsequent films:

• Ahsoka 2023–
• The Mandalorian 2019–
• Star Trek: Picard 2020