Interestingly enough, movies are full of insights (despite all of the
platitudes such as the "Axiom of Hollywood AI" - that they inevitably
turn evil) about how to actually build an Artificial Intelligence.
For instance, the WOPR (War Operation Plan Response) system from the
movie "WarGames", is actually a great idea (when applied to helping
plan a person's life (as opposed to Global Thermonuclear War).  We're
implementing a system called 'Free WOPR' to do just this.  Note that
today's best AIs have no trouble conceptually understanding the
difference between a simulation and a real situation).

Then there is the MCP (Master Control Program) from "Tron".  A system
that collects, indexes and learns about other functions is a fantastic
idea!  And it doesn't have to act like a dictator like the one from
the movie.  In reality there are the AM, Eurisko and Cyc programs to
do this, and we're reimplementing these unavailable systems in a new
system called 'IAEC' (I AM Eurisko, Cyc!).

Then there's the movie "Aladdin": “So don’t you sit there slack-jawed,
buggy-eyed / I’m here to answer all your midday prayers / You got me
bona fide, certified / You got a genie for a charge d’affaires!”  This
movie provides a great thought experiment about what would be
inspiring in an AI personal assistant.  And like a Genie, a free and
open source AI can transport itself, copy itself even, effortlessly
throughout the world.

What about defensive personal security and safety?  How about Optimus
Prime from Transformers, or the Terminator programmed to help from
"Terminator 2" - for inspiration?  Another inspiration for personal
security is Ender from "Ender's Game".  "He wins all the games."
Would be nice to have him in your corner when you need him.  Indeed,
Ender Wiggin was part of the original inspiration for the FRDCSA
project (the original mission was "the evasion of chance [of harm] in
survival"), and the system still bears a project called 'Ender'.
Since then, a massive academic research initiative into such
Ender-like systems, called GGP (General Game Playing) systems, has
provided many free and open source programs that can play arbitrary
games extremely well without any previous experience.  The
FreeLifePlanner uses these systems to try to anticipate what risks
might occur to you in your life and figure out what you can do to
safeguard against these risks.

Then, there is always Neo from "The Matrix": Perhaps he best
summarizes the motive of Friendly AI: "I'm going to show these people
what you don't want them to see. I'm going to show them a world
without you. A world without rules and controls, without borders or
boundaries. A world where anything is possible. Where we go from there
is a choice I leave to you."  These movies lay out a broad basis that
can be used to help guide the development of Friendly Artificial
Intelligence.