For grownups, there are movies like Dunkirk.
“You could mine Dean Koontz or James Rollins novels for years”
Niven’s Ringworld is a good choice, then there is Pohl’s Heechee Saga- the exploration ships are a plot machine that could go on and on.
Give Terry Gilliam some funding, he’s come up with original stuff.
Most of the stuff coming out now is not worth watching. When I saw a trailer for The Hobbit I was amazed to see fire and explosions.