Movies like The Machine
If The Machine's mix of android, artificial intelligence (a.i.) and experiment stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Machine's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Blade Runner
1982 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 118 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: android, artificial intelligence (a.i.), dystopia · Also science fiction and thriller
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their…
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Blade Runner 2049
2017 · Directed by Denis Villeneuve · 164 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: android, artificial intelligence (a.i.), dystopia · From the same decade (2010s)
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos.
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Chappie
2015 · Directed by Neill Blomkamp · 120 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: android, artificial intelligence (a.i.), dystopia · From the same decade (2010s)
Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he…
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · Directed by James Cameron · 137 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: artificial intelligence (a.i.), dystopia · Also thriller and science fiction
Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000.
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The Terminator
1984 · Directed by James Cameron · 108 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: artificial intelligence (a.i.), dystopia · Also thriller and science fiction
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st…
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Upgrade
2018 · Directed by Leigh Whannell · 100 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: artificial intelligence (a.i.), dystopia · Also thriller and science fiction · From the same decade (2010s)
A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body.
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Soulm8te
2026 · Directed by Kate Dolan · 99 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: android, artificial intelligence (a.i.) · Also science fiction and thriller
After a ruthless tech giant acquires a small robotics company, a grieving engineer is tasked with testing their new AI companion. But when he attempts to reprogram her to be a truly sentient soulmate, she develops…
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Companion
2025 · Directed by Drew Hancock · 97 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: android, artificial intelligence (a.i.) · Also science fiction and thriller
During a weekend getaway at a secluded lakeside estate, a group of friends finds themselves entangled in a web of secrets, deception, and advanced technology.
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Terminator: Dark Fate
2019 · Directed by Tim Miller · 128 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: artificial intelligence (a.i.), dystopia · Also science fiction and thriller · From the same decade (2010s)
Decades after Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, a lethal new Terminator is sent to eliminate the future leader of the resistance. In a fight to save mankind, battle-hardened Sarah Connor teams up with an unexpected…
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Archive
2020 · Directed by Gavin Rothery · 109 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: android, artificial intelligence (a.i.) · Also science fiction and thriller
2038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI, and his latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs—being reunited with…
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Ex Machina
2015 · Directed by Alex Garland · 108 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: android, artificial intelligence (a.i.) · From the same decade (2010s)
Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company.
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Cloud Atlas
2012 · Directed by Lilly Wachowski · 172 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: artificial intelligence (a.i.), dystopia · From the same decade (2010s)
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the…