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File:Do Androids Dream of Electric Tweets.jpg|link=Do Androids Dream of Electric Tweets?|'''''[[Do Androids Dream of Electric Tweets?]]''''' is a 1968 social media novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick.
File:Do Androids Dream of Electric Tweets.jpg|link=Do Androids Dream of Electric Tweets?|'''''[[Do Androids Dream of Electric Tweets?]]''''' is a 1968 social media novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick.
File:Field of Signs.jpg|link=Field of Signs|'''''[[Field of Signs]]''''' is a 1989 American sports action science fiction horror film about a grieving farmer (Kevin Costner) whose cornfield attracts unwanted attention from angry machine elves.
File:Flow My Androids, The Shepherd Said.jpg|link=Flow My Androids, The Shepherd Said|'''''[[Flow My Androids, The Shepherd Said]]''''' is a 1974 science fiction novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick about a futuristic dystopia where the United States has become a police state reality television series. The story follows genetically enhanced police officer Felix Buckman, who wakes up in a world where he has never existed.
File:The Freman.jpg|link=The Freman|'''''[[The Freman]]'''''  is a 2022 American superhero film about a dispossessed aristocrat (Robert Pattinson) who uncovers corruption in the Gotham Water Department while investigating the Sprinkler, a water thief who is targeting Gotham's elite.
File:Matrix - The Last Word.jpg|link=Matrix: The Last Word|'''''[[Matrix: The Last Word]]''''' is a 1999 American dystopian science fiction game show.


File:Aliens vs. Sandworm.jpg|link=Aliens vs. Sandworm|'''''[[Aliens vs. Sandworm]]''''' is a science fiction thriller film about a group of alien xenomorphs who must work together to survive after crash-landing on the planet Arrakis.  
File:Aliens vs. Sandworm.jpg|link=Aliens vs. Sandworm|'''''[[Aliens vs. Sandworm]]''''' is a science fiction thriller film about a group of alien xenomorphs who must work together to survive after crash-landing on the planet Arrakis.  


File:Spice Runner - Tell him I'm eating.jpg|link=Spice Runner|'''''[[Spice Runner]]''''' is a 2021 action-cooking film about synthetic chefs known as replicants which are bio-engineered by the powerful Tyrell Kitchens. When a fugitive group of advanced replicants escapes back to Caladan, burnt-out restauranteur Baron Harkonnen reluctantly agrees to taste-test their food.
File:Spice Runner - Tell him I'm eating.jpg|link=Spice Runner|'''''[[Spice Runner]]''''' is 2021 action-cooking film about synthetic chefs known as replicants which are bio-engineered by the powerful Tyrell Kitchens. When a fugitive group of advanced replicants escapes back to Caladan, burnt-out restauranteur Baron Harkonnen reluctantly agrees to taste-test their food.


File:Dial Z for Zardoz.jpg|link=Dial Z for Zardoz|'''''[[Dial Z for Zardoz]]'''''  is a 1954 American dystopian crime thriller film about a Brutal Exterminator (Sean Connery) who plans to murder his wife in order to take her place as an immortal in the Vortex.  
File:Dial Z for Zardoz.jpg|link=Dial Z for Zardoz|'''''[[Dial Z for Zardoz]]'''''  is a 1954 American dystopian crime thriller film about a Brutal Exterminator (Sean Connery) who plans to murder his wife in order to take her place as an immortal in the Vortex.  
File:Dune - House Soprano.jpg|link=Dune: House Soprano|'''''[[Dune: House Soprano]]''''' is a crime drama television series revolving around interplanetary mob boss Baron Soprano (James Gandolfini), portraying his difficulties as he tries to balance family life with his role in the assassination of Duke Leto Atreides and subsequent events on Arrakis.
File:ED-209 - Origins.jpg|link=ED-209: Origins|'''''[[ED-209: Origins]]''''' is a 2022 American superhero film about teenager Peter Parker, who gains robot super-powers after he is bitten by a radioactive robot.
File:Stillsuit of the Night.jpg|link=Stillsuit of the Night|'''''[[Stillsuit of the Night]]''''' is a 1982 neo-noir psychological thriller film about a Suk doctor (Roy Scheider) who falls in love with a Freman (Meryl Streep) who may be the psychopathic killer of one of his patients.
File:Picnic of the Damned.jpg|link=Picnic of the Damned|'''''[[Picnic of the Damned]]''''' is a 1995 cooking thriller film starring Christopher Reeve and Oscar Meyer.


File:Cocaine Baron.jpg|link=Cocaine Baron|'''''[[Cocaine Baron]]''''' is a 2023 science fiction horror film starring Stellan Skarsgård as a ruthless drug lord who goes on a cocaine-and-melange fueled rampage.
File:Cocaine Baron.jpg|link=Cocaine Baron|'''''[[Cocaine Baron]]''''' is a 2023 science fiction horror film starring Stellan Skarsgård as a ruthless drug lord who goes on a cocaine-and-melange fueled rampage.
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File:Drift (1971 film).jpg|link=Drift (1971 film)|'''''[[Drift (1971 film)|Drift]]''''' is a 1971 American science fiction crime film about John Drift (Richard Roundtree), a Freman martial arts master who uses desert lore to drive Harkonnen mobsters from Harlem.
File:Drift (1971 film).jpg|link=Drift (1971 film)|'''''[[Drift (1971 film)|Drift]]''''' is a 1971 American science fiction crime film about John Drift (Richard Roundtree), a Freman martial arts master who uses desert lore to drive Harkonnen mobsters from Harlem.


File:Kokor Hekkus Strikes Back.jpg|link=Kokor Hekkus Strikes Back|'''''[[Kokor Hekkus Strikes Back]]''''' is a science fiction adventure novel by Jack Vance.  It was adapted for film by George Lucas in 1980.
File:A Scanner Dalek.jpg|link=A Scanner Dalek|'''''[[A Scanner Dalek]]''''' is a 1977 science fiction novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick.  It was later adapted for television by BBC Television Service.


File:A Scanner Dalek.jpg|link=A Scanner Dalek|'''''[[A Scanner Dalek]]''''' is a 1977 science fiction novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick.  It was later adapted for television by BBC Television Service.
File:Edge of Blade.jpg|link=Edge of Blade|'''''[[Edge of Blade]]''''' is an American science fiction horror film about an immortal vampire (Wesley Snipes) is trapped in a time-loop war between humans and aliens.


File:Arrakishead.jpg|link=Arrakishead|'''''[[Arrakishead]]''''' is a 1983 surrealist science fiction horror allegory film about a dispossessed aristocrat who is left to care for his melange-addicted child in a barren desert landscape.
File:Arrakishead.jpg|link=Arrakishead|'''''[[Arrakishead]]''''' is a 1983 surrealist science fiction horror allegory film about a dispossessed aristocrat who is left to care for his melange-addicted child in a barren desert landscape.
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File:Cloud City 1999.jpg|link=Cloud City: 1999|'''''[[Cloud City: 1999]]''''' is a science fiction adventure television series starring Martin Landau and Billy Dee Williams.
File:Cloud City 1999.jpg|link=Cloud City: 1999|'''''[[Cloud City: 1999]]''''' is a science fiction adventure television series starring Martin Landau and Billy Dee Williams.
File:Freedom from Worms.jpg|link=Freedom from Worms|'''''[[Freedom from Worms]]''''' is one of the "Four Freedoms" paintings by C. Enroll Workman.


File:Pink Blob.jpg|link=Pink Blob|'''''[[Pink Blob]]''''' is a 1988 rock opera horror film about an acidic, amoeba-like alien organism that crashes down to Earth in a military satellite and devours a British progressive rock band (Pink Floyd) as it grows.
File:Pink Blob.jpg|link=Pink Blob|'''''[[Pink Blob]]''''' is a 1988 rock opera horror film about an acidic, amoeba-like alien organism that crashes down to Earth in a military satellite and devours a British progressive rock band (Pink Floyd) as it grows.
File:I Guess That's Why They Call It The Borg.jpg|link=I Guess That's Why They Call It The Borg|"'''[[I Guess That's Why They Call It The Borg]]'''" is a song English singer-songwriter Elton John.
File:Ghost Species - Way of the Shape-Changer.jpg|link=Ghost Species: The Way of the Shape-Changer|'''''[[Ghost Species: The Way of the Shape-Changer]]''''' is a 1999 horror science fiction crime film about a hitman in the employ of the Mafia (Forest Whitaker) who follows the ancient code of a shape-changing alien (Natasha Henstridge).
File:Dune Another Day.jpg|link=Dune Another Day|'''''[[Dune Another Day]]''''': James Bond must locate a mole in Atreides intelligence who betrayed him, and a Harkonnen billionaire who is later revealed to be connected to a Sardauker operative that Bond seemingly killed.
File:Kokor Hekkus Strikes Back.jpg|link=Kokor Hekkus Strikes Back|'''''[[Kokor Hekkus Strikes Back]]''''' is a science fiction adventure novel by Jack Vance.  It was adapted for film by George Lucas in 1980.
File:Flipper 2049.jpg|link=Flipper 2049|'''''[[Flipper 2049]]''''' is a science fiction nature film about a young Film Runner who discovers a long-buried chromatographic secret which leads him to track down Flipper the Dolphin.
File:Pulp Freman.jpg|link=Pulp Freman|'''''[[Pulp Freman]]''''' is a 1994 crime drama film about Spacer Guild navigator (Ving Rhames) who is kidnapped by Baron Harkonnen and held for ransom.


File:An Alien Home Companion.jpg|link=An Alien Home Companion|2006:  Premiere of '''''[[An Alien Home Companion]]''''', an American science fiction comedy film about the behind-the-scenes activities at a long-running public radio show which encounters an aggressive alien guest star. Director: Robert Altman.
File:An Alien Home Companion.jpg|link=An Alien Home Companion|2006:  Premiere of '''''[[An Alien Home Companion]]''''', an American science fiction comedy film about the behind-the-scenes activities at a long-running public radio show which encounters an aggressive alien guest star. Director: Robert Altman.
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File:The Old Man and C-3PO.jpg|link=The Old Man and C-3PO|'''''[[The Old Man and C-3PO]]''''' is a science fiction adventure film directed by George Lucas, based on the novella of the same name by Ernest Hemingway.
File:The Old Man and C-3PO.jpg|link=The Old Man and C-3PO|'''''[[The Old Man and C-3PO]]''''' is a science fiction adventure film directed by George Lucas, based on the novella of the same name by Ernest Hemingway.
File:Dark Side of the Dune.jpg|link=The Dark Side of the Dune|'''''[[The Dark Side of the Dune]]''''' is a Melange-themed concept album by Glossu Rabban and the Don't Let Me Be Misunderstoods.


File:Escape From Discovery One.jpg|link=Escape From Discovery One|'''''[[Escape From Discovery One]]''''' is an American neon-noir science fiction action film directed by John Carpenter and Stanley Kubrick.
File:Escape From Discovery One.jpg|link=Escape From Discovery One|'''''[[Escape From Discovery One]]''''' is an American neon-noir science fiction action film directed by John Carpenter and Stanley Kubrick.
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File:Rising Strain.jpg|link=Rising Strain|'''''[[Rising Strain]]''''' is a science fiction buddy cop white collar biological warfare thriller film starring Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, and James Olson.
File:Rising Strain.jpg|link=Rising Strain|'''''[[Rising Strain]]''''' is a science fiction buddy cop white collar biological warfare thriller film starring Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, and James Olson.
File:Where's Jar Jar.jpg|link=Where's Jar Jar?|'''''[[Where's Jar Jar?]]''''' is a 1970 American black comedy film about the troubled relationship between a lawyer (Jar Jar Binks) and his senile mother (Ruth Gordon), who keeps interfering with his love life.


File:Spice 1999.jpg|link=Spice: 1999|'''''[[Spice: 1999]]''''' is a science fiction television series.
File:Spice 1999.jpg|link=Spice: 1999|'''''[[Spice: 1999]]''''' is a science fiction television series.


File:Charlie Third-Eye.jpg|link=Charlie Third-Eye|'''''[[Charlie Third-Eye]]''''' is an American science fiction revisionist Western film starring Richard Roundtree and Roy Thinnes.
File:Charlie Third-Eye.jpg|link=Charlie Third-Eye|'''''[[Charlie Third-Eye]]''''' is an American science fiction revisionist Western film starring Richard Roundtree and Roy Thinnes.
File:Return of the Eraserhead.jpg|link=Return of the Eraserhead|'''''[[Return of the Eraserhead]]''''' is a 1983 surrealist science fiction horror allegory film about a Jedi Knight (Luke Skywalker) who struggles to rescue his father (Darth Vader) from a grossly deformed child in a desolate industrial light and magic landscape.
File:Who's Afraid of Jar Jar Binks.jpg|link=Who's Afraid of Jar Jar Binks?|'''''[[Who's Afraid of Jar Jar Binks?]]''''' is a 1966 American science fiction comedy film about a late-night gathering at the home of George, a college history professor on Naboo, and his wife Martha, the daughter of the university's president.


File:Into Dreddness.jpg|link=Into Dreddness|'''''[[Into Dreddness]]''''' is a dystopian science fiction action film directed by Pete Travis and J. J. Abrams, and starring Karl Urban and Benedict Cumberbatch.
File:Into Dreddness.jpg|link=Into Dreddness|'''''[[Into Dreddness]]''''' is a dystopian science fiction action film directed by Pete Travis and J. J. Abrams, and starring Karl Urban and Benedict Cumberbatch.
File:The Passion of the Binks.jpg|link=The Passion of the Binks|'''''[[The Passion of the Binks]]''''' is a 2004 American science fiction comedy-religion film about a young ascetic Jew (Jar Jar Binks) who is betrayed and crucified as the Emperor has foreseen.


File:Brief Encounters of the Third Kind.jpg|link=Brief Encounters of the Third Kind|'''''[[Brief Encounters of the Third Kind]]''''' is a British-American science fiction film about two strangers who have an affair during a UFO event.
File:Brief Encounters of the Third Kind.jpg|link=Brief Encounters of the Third Kind|'''''[[Brief Encounters of the Third Kind]]''''' is a British-American science fiction film about two strangers who have an affair during a UFO event.
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File:Dune, Where's My Cargo.jpg|link=Dune, Where's My Cargo?|'''''[[Dune, Where's My Cargo?]]''''' is a science fiction comedy stoner film about Paul Atreides (Ashton Kutcher), who finds himself unable to remember where he parked his spice crawler after a night of Water of Life recklessness.
File:Dune, Where's My Cargo.jpg|link=Dune, Where's My Cargo?|'''''[[Dune, Where's My Cargo?]]''''' is a science fiction comedy stoner film about Paul Atreides (Ashton Kutcher), who finds himself unable to remember where he parked his spice crawler after a night of Water of Life recklessness.
File:Golden Girls Quest.jpg|link=Golden Girls Quest|'''''[[Golden Girls Quest]]''''' is an American animated science fiction adventure television series voiced by Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty.


File:Judge Dredd Doesn't Live Here Anymore.jpg|link=Judge Dredd Doesn't Live Here Anymore|'''''[[Judge Dredd Doesn't Live Here Anymore]]''''' is a film science fiction drama film directed by  Martin Scorsese and starring Diane Lane and Diane Ladd.
File:Judge Dredd Doesn't Live Here Anymore.jpg|link=Judge Dredd Doesn't Live Here Anymore|'''''[[Judge Dredd Doesn't Live Here Anymore]]''''' is a film science fiction drama film directed by  Martin Scorsese and starring Diane Lane and Diane Ladd.


File:Better Off Dredd.jpg|link=Better Off Dredd|'''''[[Better Off Dredd]]''''' is a 1985 American dystopian thriller film about high school student (John Cusack), whose suicidal tendencies draw unwanted attention from Judge Dredd (Karl Urban) and a homicidal paperboy (Demian Slade).
File:Better Off Dredd.jpg|link=Better Off Dredd|'''''[[Better Off Dredd]]''''' is a 1985 American dystopian thriller film about high school student (John Cusack), whose suicidal tendencies draw unwanted attention from Judge Dredd (Karl Urban) and a homicidal paperboy (Demian Slade).
File:The Little Barmaid.jpg|link=The Little Barmaid|'''''[[The Little Barmaid]]''''' is a 1989 American animated musical fantasy film about a teenage mermaid princess named Ariel, who dreams of becoming human lead her to fall in with a rough crowd at the Mos Eisley Cantina on Tatooine.


File:Colossus 2 - The Harrad Experiment.jpg|link=Colossus 2: The Harrad Experiment|'''''[[Colossus 2: The Harrad Experiment]]''''' is an American coming-of-age science fiction thriller film starring Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Tippi Hedren, and James Whitmore.
File:Colossus 2 - The Harrad Experiment.jpg|link=Colossus 2: The Harrad Experiment|'''''[[Colossus 2: The Harrad Experiment]]''''' is an American coming-of-age science fiction thriller film starring Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Tippi Hedren, and James Whitmore.


File:Altered Apes.jpg|link=Altered Apes|'''''[[Altered Apes]]''''' is a 1980 American science fiction non-fungible zoology film about a laboratory research monkey at a top-secret government research project (William Hurt) who comes to believe that he is a human being imprisoned in a sensory deprivation tank.
File:Altered Apes.jpg|link=Altered Apes|'''''[[Altered Apes]]''''' is a 1980 American science fiction non-fungible zoology film about a laboratory research monkey at a top-secret government research project (William Hurt) who comes to believe that he is a human being imprisoned in a sensory deprivation tank.
File:Elon.jpg|link=Elon|'''''[[Elon]]''''' is a science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Elon Musk as a parasitic alien organism which infects the Earth's economy.
File:Ex Machina 2 - Fifty Shades of Ex.jpg|link=Ex Machina 2: Fifty Shades of Ex|'''''[[Ex Machina 2: Fifty Shades of Ex]]''''' is a neo-erotic science noir film about a sentient robot (Alicia Vikander) who begins a sadomasochistic relationship with young business magnate (Jamie Dornan).


File:All in the Family 2.jpg|link=All in the Family 2|'''''[[All in the Family 2]]''''' is an American science fiction television sitcom starring Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers, Rob Reiner, and Yul Brynner.
File:All in the Family 2.jpg|link=All in the Family 2|'''''[[All in the Family 2]]''''' is an American science fiction television sitcom starring Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers, Rob Reiner, and Yul Brynner.
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File:Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Brew.jpg|link=Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Brew|"'''[[Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Brew]]'''" is a song by Crystal Gayle.
File:Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Brew.jpg|link=Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Brew|"'''[[Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Brew]]'''" is a song by Crystal Gayle.
File:Where No Man Has Spawned Before.jpg|link=Where No Man Has Spawned Before|'''''[[Where No Man Has Spawned Before]]''''' is an epic science fiction romantic drama film starring Gary Lockwood and Sally Kellerman.


File:2001 - A Shine Odyssey - Halloran.jpg|link=2001: A Shine Odyssey|'''''[[2001: A Shine Odyssey]]''''' (1968): In this scene, lead programmer Dick Hallorann attempts to shut down the Overlook Hotel main.
File:2001 - A Shine Odyssey - Halloran.jpg|link=2001: A Shine Odyssey|'''''[[2001: A Shine Odyssey]]''''' (1968): In this scene, lead programmer Dick Hallorann attempts to shut down the Overlook Hotel main.
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File:Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Androids.jpg|link=Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Androids|"'''[[Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Androids]]'''" is a country science fiction song by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Yul Brynner.
File:Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Androids.jpg|link=Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Androids|"'''[[Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Androids]]'''" is a country science fiction song by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Yul Brynner.


File:ED-209 - Origins.jpg|link=ED-209: Origins|'''''[[ED-209: Origins]]''''' is a 2022 American superhero film about teenager Peter Parker, who gains robot super-powers after he is bitten by a radioactive robot.
File:Octosarlacc.jpg|link=Octosarlacc|'''''[[Octosarlacc]]''''' is a 1983 science fiction spy film starring Roger Moore, Maude Adams, and Carrie Fisher.
 
File:Death Star Ben-Wa Balls - Darth Vader confronts Princess Leia.jpg|link=Ben Wa Kenobi|'''''[[Ben Wa Kenobi]]''''' is a science fiction sex toy instructional video.


File:RoboMarx.jpg|link=RoboMarx|'''''[[RoboMarx]]''''' is a 1987 American science fiction revisionist historical drama film loosely based on the life of Karl Marx.  
File:RoboMarx.jpg|link=RoboMarx|'''''[[RoboMarx]]''''' is a 1987 American science fiction revisionist historical drama film loosely based on the life of Karl Marx.  

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