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Frank Herbert's "Dune"
2001: A Spice Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction stoner buddy film about an intelligent computer (Douglas Rain) who befriends a dispossessed aristocrat (Paul Atreides).
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.
The Dune Knight is 2008 action-ecology film about a deranged mentat (Heath Ledger) whose addiction to a rare mind-expanding drug threatens the stability of interplanetary trade agreements.
"Kwisatz Haderach" is a song by the Los Angeles-based psychedelic rock band Let Calm Barracks Worry.
My Dinner With Atreides is a 1981 science fiction comedy-drama film about a disbarred Spacing Guild navigator turned restauranteur (Wallace Shawn) and a wealthy investor (Leto Atreides). The film's dialogue covers topics such as experimental drugs, the nature of Arrakis, and contrasts Wally's modest humanism with Leto's dynastic ambitions.
Old Thumper is an American drama film about a Freman boy and a stray dog on post-Butlerian Jihad Arrakis.
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.
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.