It's called the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases#Frequ...), and now that you know that, you're gonna be seeing examples of it everywhere.

Movies like "Brainstorm": "The Final Cut" "Strange Days" "Total Recall" "Altered States" "Lawnmower Man" "Ex Machina" "The Thirteenth Floor" "The Truman Show" "Inception" "Selfless" "Flatliners"

Probably not a coincidence