Movies like Probable Robot
If Probable Robot's mix of robot, body snatchers and nonbinary director stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Probable Robot's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Robot & Frank
2012 · Directed by Jake Schreier · 89 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: robot · Also science fiction and comedy · From the same decade (2010s)
Curmudgeonly old Frank lives by himself. His routine involves daily visits to his local library, where he has a twinkle in his eye for the librarian.
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Sleeper
1973 · Directed by Woody Allen · 87 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: robot · Also comedy and science fiction
Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
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Short Circuit
1986 · Directed by John Badham · 98 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: robot · Also science fiction and comedy
After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does.
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Turbo Kid
2015 · Directed by François Simard · 95 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: robot · Also comedy and science fiction · From the same decade (2010s)
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, an orphaned teen must battle a ruthless warlord to save the girl of his dreams.
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The Creator
2023 · Directed by Gareth Edwards · 134 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: robot
Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive…
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Chappie
2015 · Directed by Neill Blomkamp · 120 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: robot · 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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How to Build a Better Boy
2014 · Directed by Paul Hoen · 90 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: robot · From the same decade (2010s)
After inadvertently inputting the qualities of the ideal boyfriend into a high-tech government computer, two social outcasts named Mae and Gabby must contend with Albert, a cybernetic sweetheart with only one…