Movies like RoboCop
If RoboCop's mix of experiment, cyborg and crime fighter stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what RoboCop's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Logan
2017 · Directed by James Mangold · 137 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: experiment, cyborg, dystopia · Also action and science fiction
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark…
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Upgrade
2018 · Directed by Leigh Whannell · 100 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: cyborg, dystopia, cyberpunk · Also action and thriller
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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Demolition Man
1993 · Directed by Marco Brambilla · 115 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: crime fighter, dystopia, cyberpunk · Also action and science fiction
In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong.
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Repo Men
2010 · Directed by Miguel Sapochnik · 111 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, evil corporation, cyberpunk · Also action and science fiction
In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess…
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The Matrix
1999 · Directed by Lana Wachowski · 136 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, allegory, cyberpunk · Also action and science fiction
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · Directed by James Cameron · 137 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: cyborg, dystopia · Also action and thriller
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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Blade Runner
1982 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 118 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, cyberpunk · Also science fiction and thriller · From the same decade (1980s)
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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The Terminator
1984 · Directed by James Cameron · 108 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: cyborg, dystopia · Also action and thriller · From the same decade (1980s)
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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The Matrix Resurrections
2021 · Directed by Lana Wachowski · 148 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, cyberpunk · Also science fiction and action
Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.
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The Crow
1994 · Directed by Alex Proyas · 102 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: detroit, michigan · Also action and thriller
Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven, watched over by a hypnotic crow, returns from the grave to exact revenge.
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Looper
2012 · Directed by Rian Johnson · 118 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also action and thriller
In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is…
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Chappie
2015 · Directed by Neill Blomkamp · 120 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also action and science fiction
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…