1965: Elidor by Alan Garner features a lost unicorn from another world.
1968: The Last Unicorn, a worldwide best-selling novel by Peter S. Beagle, believes she is the last of her kind in the world and undertakes a quest to discover what has happened to the others.
1980–1990: Apprentice Adept is a heptalogy of fantasy and science fiction novels written by English American author Piers Anthony, and features unicorns as secondary characters of varying levels of importance. Includes Split Infinity (1980), Blue Adept (1981), Juxtaposition (1982), Out of Phaze (1987), Robot Adept (1988), Unicorn Point (1989), and Phaze Doubt (1990).
1981: Unicorn Variation, a novelette by Roger Zelazny, is about a chess game between a man and a unicorn in an abandoned bar.
1982 (October 28): Tokimeki Tonight episode 4 features a unicorn pulling a carriage that the star family takes to the underworld. Two are also seen at the end of episode 6 when an imaginary one is seen pulling a carriage carrying the two stars in wedding regalia, and then another appears tugging another pursuing carriage.
1982 (November 19): The Last Unicorn, a film adaptation of the 1968 novel, features a unicorn on the cover.[1]
2000 Fantasia 2000 A unicorn in Pomp And Circumstance, along with a dragon and a griffin, is laughing at all the other animals for going into Noah's ark.
2001 (October 17): Zoo Tycoon video game Easter egg unicorn cheats exhibits.
2005, 2015: Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Uranium Unicorns from Uranus features an antagonist named Uncle Unicorn, as well as three unicorns that lived on Uranus and stayed there for so long, they mutated into uranium unicorns due to the toxic waste that was dumped everywhere on Uranus.
2005 (November 26): Charlie the Unicorn, a viral video first released on Newgrounds, features the eponymous unicorn Charlie as well as two other unicorns.
2006 (June 10): Sugar Sugar Rune anime episode 49 has a unicorn transformed into a boy in the final exam, Chocolat and Vanilla need to retrieve his horn.
2007 (January 11): "Adventure Time" (pilot) features Rainicorns: Lady Rainicorn, then the animated series Adventure Time (since 2010) feaetures her father Bob Rainicorn and mother Ethel Rainicorn, Lee from the fictional Crystal Dimension.
2007 (February 28): Planet Unicorn features 3 unicorns named Feathers, Cadillac, and Tom Cruise.
2007 (July 5): Noah's Ark features unnamed unicorn.
2007 (August 10): Stardust features a unicorn coming to help out Yvaine the fallen star.
2007 (September 7): Animal Mechanicals features a character who is named Unicorn and is one of its main characters. She has the ability of flight and can shoot ice, wind, and lightning from her horn.
2008 (February 18): Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirou episode 720 features a unicorn character named Uni-kun. He was first seen when he came to the park to play with Shimajirou and his friends, but he accidentally popped the ball that either him or Dot will hit the ball back.
2009 (February 24): The Princess and the Unicorn is a children's novel in which a unicorn is vital to the survival of a fairy community.
2010 (February 4): Robot Unicorn Attack is a side-scrolling platform game in which the user controls the movement of a robotic unicorn. The object of the game is to prolong gameplay without falling off the stage, crashing into the edges of platforms, or colliding with crystal stars (without first dashing).
2010 (October 10): My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic features two unicorn protagonists, Twilight Sparkle and Rarity, along with many other unicorn characters in subsequent seasons.
2012 (February 10): The Season 7, 14th episode of Supernatural, "Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical Menagerie" shows a unicorn chasing down a neglectful father and impaling him on its horn.
2012 (March 9): The Cabin in the Woods depicts a unicorn killing a man by stabbing him through the chest
2013 in the book, The Garden at the Roof of the World by W. B. J. Williams, Britomar, and Gwenaella (human) try to return to Eden to save the life of the unicorn who walked with Eve in paradise.
2013 (December 4): Lana Del Rey's short film Tropico features a unicorn along with other animals.
2014 (October 24): Diomedes in Bayonetta 2 is a demon that looks similar to a unicorn, having a black horse-like body with a sword protruding out of its head instead of a horn. “Unicorn horns” are also a collectible compound within the series.
Star vs. the Forces of Evil episode 7b ("Sleep Spells", June 22): when Star paints a picture of her childhood, there is a purple unicorn in it.
2015 (September 7): In the Gravity Falls episode "The Last Mabelcorn", unicorns appear, parodying those seen in The Last Unicorn. They are believed to be able to judge how "pure of heart" humans are, but this is revealed to be a scam they use to trick humans.
2015: In the book Unicorn on a Roll by Dana Simpson, Marigold Heavenly Nostrils (a unicorn) and Phoebe (a human) have many fun adventures throughout the year.
2016: The book series Melowy is released, featuring unicorns with wings.
2017 (January 12): Hanazuki: Full of Treasures features unicorns that are from Kiyoshi's moon. Sleepy Unicorn and Twisted Unicorn are voiced by Avery Waddell while the others are voiced by Debi Derryberry.
2018: In the Season 4 premiere of Legends of Tomorrow, the team finds a unicorn in the Woodstock Peace Rally that comes from hell.
2019 (February 22): In the series Corn & Peg, one of the main characters is Corn whose name is a play on the word unicorn.
2019 (March 11): Filly Funtasia features unicorn fillies, including the main character, Rose.
2020 (April 30): Unicorns are a sentient species in the indie game Them's Fightin' Herds. Oleander, one of the game’s main characters, is a rebellious unicorn who formed a pact with a demon and uses dark magic to help fight, going against the traditional mindset of the rest of her clan who believes only light magic can be used for good.