Movies/Series

Serial Experiments Lain (1998), directed by Ryutaro Nakamura: In this 13-episode anime, middle-schooler Lain Iwakura is introduced to the Wired, an internet platform. She eventually cannot tell the difference between reality and virtual reality and her spirituality split.

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Ghost in the Shell (1995), directed by Mamoru Oshii: Set in the post-cyberpunk future, cybernetics can replace a whole body, including the brain. Assault-team leader and full-body cyborg Motoko Kusanagi struggles to identity her soul while tracking a puppeteer who is hacking others’ cyberbrains.

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The Matrix (1999), directed by the Wachowskis: Computer programmer and hacker Thomas “Neo” Anderson is the chosen one with the burden to break free from his computer-simulated reality and free humanity from intelligent machines.

Blade Runner (1982), directed by Ridley Scott: Former police officer Rick Deckard is a blade runner, a hunter of recently sentient androids. He takes on a case to kill four and begins to question humanity.

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Altered Carbon (2018), created by Laeta Kalogridis: Set in the future, people can digitize their consciousness and take on new bodies. Takeshi Kovacs is downloaded onto a new body and must solve a murder to live again.