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List of human versus robot movies

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story: Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
Style: futuristic, philosophical, mind bending, cerebral, psychedelic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, adult
Plot: space travel, artificial intelligence, astronaut, outer space, space, moon, computer, scientist, human versus computer, extraterrestrial, deception, spacewalk ...
Time: future, year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, stone age ...
Place: persia
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 8.1
 875K
Blade Runner (1982)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story: 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 short life spans.
Style: neo noir, futuristic, tech noir, atmospheric, thought provoking ...
Audience: adult
Plot: artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, dystopia, existentialism, dystopian future, distopia, androids, cyborgs, fugitive, police detective, fugitives, flying car ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2019, 20th century, near future ...
Place: los angeles, california, bolivia, usa
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 6.7
 145K
TRON (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Taiwan, Japan, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: As Kevin Flynn searches for proof that he invented a hit video game, he is "digitalized" by a laser and finds himself inside The Grid, where programs suffer under the tyrannical rule of the Master Control Program. With the help of TRON, a ...
Style: surreal, visually stunning, cyber, suspenseful, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: virtual reality, cyberpunk, computer, artificial intelligence, cyberspace, dystopia, computer game, programmer, computer genius, motorcycle race, hacking, computer hacker ...
Time: 80s, future, year 1982, 20th century
Place: los angeles, pentagon, north america
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 6.8
 102K
Christine (1983)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Geeky student Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind ...
Style: scary, cult classic, creepy, suspense, classic horror ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: car, obsession, killer car, violence, classic car, vengeance, stephen king, objects come to life, evil spirit, macabre, murder, bullying ...
Time: 80s, 70s, year 1957, year 1978, 1950s ...
Place: california, los angeles, southern california, detroit
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 7.1
 120K
WarGames (1983)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: High School student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a ...
Style: tense, cyber, futuristic, suspenseful, political ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: cold war, hacker, computer genius, computer hacker, computer, chess, computer cracker, nuclear threat, hacking, artificial intelligence, nuclear war, computer system ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place: seattle, oregon, ussr, washington state, usa ...
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 6.0
 18K
Hardware (1990)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg's head ends up in the home of a sculptress as a ...
Style: bleak, apocalyptic, suspenseful, rough, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, apocalypse, post apocalypse, cyborgs, killer robot, robot, androids, dystopia, man versus machine, desert, artificial intelligence, wasteland ...
Time: future, year 2016, 90s
Place: new york
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 7.5
 378K
Total Recall (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Construction worker Douglas Quaid discovers a memory chip in his brain during a virtual-reality trip. He also finds that his past has been invented to conceal a plot of planetary domination. Soon, he's off to Mars to find out who he is and who ...
Style: futuristic, cerebral, cult classic, mind bending, ambiguous ending ...
Audience: kids, manly, boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, mars, dystopia, secret agent, dystopian future, virtual reality, memory, memory loss, false memory, space colony, conspiracy, chase ...
Time: future, 20th century, near future, 90s, year 1990 ...
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Ghost in the Machine (1993)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Karl, a technician in a computer shop, is also the "Address Book Killer," who obtains the names of his victims from stolen address books. Terry and her son Josh come into the store to price software, and a salesman uses Terry's ...
Style: scary, slasher, suspenseful, futuristic, tech noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, hospital, technology, cyberpunk, virtual reality, computer, murder, androids and robots, cybersecurity, death, violence, internet ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place: ohio, midwest, cleveland ohio
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 5.1
 32K
Virus (1999)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.
Style: suspenseful, scary, bleak, rough, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: alien, virus, robot, ship, ghost ship, cyborgs, ocean, deadly creature, rescue, alien invasion, survival, violence ...
Time: 90s
Place: pacific ocean
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 6.6
 307K
Resident Evil (2002)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak. Alice and Rain ...
Style: scary, suspense, cult classic, splatter, saga ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: zombie, infected, virus, zombie apocalypse, artificial intelligence, monster, survival, experiment gone awry, post apocalyptic, woman with a gun, bio weapon, gory ...
Time: future, 2000s, year 2002, near future, 21st century
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story: A robotic boy, the first programmed to love, David is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David. Without final ...
Style: philosophical, thought provoking, futuristic, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, teens, teen drama
Plot: artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, androids and robots, androids, distopia, adoption, robot, imagination, boy, destiny, machine, child abuse ...
Time: future, year 2001, 2000s, near future, distant future ...
Place: new york, persia, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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 7.3
 91K
The Animatrix (2003)
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of the Matrix universe and ...
Style: philosophical, anime, cyber, adult animation, stylized ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: cyberpunk, virtual reality, distopia, man versus machine, technology gone awry, hacker, apocalypse, artificial intelligence, alternate reality, female warrior, danger, androids and robots ...
Time: future, year 2003, near future, 22nd century, 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo
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 5.1
 58K
Stealth (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Deeply ensconced in a top-secret military program, three pilots struggle to bring an artificial intelligence program under control ... before it initiates the next world war.
Style: action packed, entertaining, action adventure, anamorphic, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot: artificial intelligence, warplane, aerial combat, fighter plane, u.s. navy, military, aviation, fighter pilot, profanity, robot, airplane, computer game ...
Time: future, year 2005, 2020s, 21st century
Place: north korea, seattle, alaska, washington d.c., russia ...
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 8.4
 556K
Westworld (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be ...
Style: futuristic, psychological thriller, stylized, serious, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: artificial intelligence, consciousness, robot, androids, murder, moral dilemma, man versus machine, technology gone awry, escapades, scientist, sex, sex scene ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa, san francisco
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 6.3
 184K
Surrogates (2009)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.
Style: futuristic, bleak, cerebral, surreal, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, robot, distopia, virtual reality, androids and robots, utopia, technology gone awry, cloning, dystopian future, cyborgs, technology, dystopia ...
Time: future, year 2009, near future, 2010s, year 2017
Place: san diego california
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 6.8
 385K
TRON: Legacy (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, India, UK, Mexico, Japan, Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a mysterious program named Quorra, Sam quests to stop evil dictator Clu from crossing into the real ...
Style: stylized, visually stunning, cyber, exciting, visual ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly, boys' night
Plot: artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, computer program, cyberspace, disappearance, chase, virtual reality, dystopic future, dystopia, hacker, distopia, computer genius ...
Time: future, year 2010, 2010s, near future, 80s ...
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 7.0
 583K
Oblivion (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Japan, Iceland
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is ...
Style: futuristic, mind bending, visually appealing, visually stunning, suspense ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, apocalypse, dystopian future, alien invasion, survival, cloning, danger, space travel, dystopia, resistance, mysterious character, fate of humanity ...
Time: future, year 2013, near future, year 2000, distant future ...
Place: peru, seattle, empire state building manhattan new york city, new york, washington d.c. ...
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Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, Alice, awakens in the heart of Umbrella’s most ...
Style: apocalyptic, exciting, suspenseful, rough, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: zombie, post apocalypse, infected, female fighter, virus, tough girl, infection, zombie apocalypse, pandemic, chase, monster, post apocalyptic ...
Time: future, year 2012, 2010s
Place: washington d.c., tokyo, new york, moscow russia, canada ...
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Robot Overlords (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Earth has been conquered by robots from another galaxy and the human survivors must stay in their homes, or risk incineration.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, disgusting ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: androids and robots, man versus machine, robot, dystopian future, good versus evil, alien invasion, save the day, danger, rivalry, life is a bitch, youth, escapades ...
Time: 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: england
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 6.2
 246K
Transcendence (2014)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.
Style: cerebral, philosophical, futuristic, thought provoking, tense ...
Plot: artificial intelligence, technology, consciousness, technology gone awry, resurrection, science, scientist, nanotechnology, computers and web, chaos, hi-tech, computer ...
Time: future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, year 2010 ...
Place: peru, usa, africa, europe, asia ...
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 6.4
 342K
Alien: Covenant (2017)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship 'Covenant' discovers what is thought to be an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world – which has its sole inhabitant the ...
Style: bad ending, futuristic, dark, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot: alien, creature, space travel, outer space, extraterrestrial, alien life-form, alien parasite, space exploration, alien creature, human versus alien, androids, robot ...
Time: future, near future, 22nd century, year 2017, 2010s
Place: space western
Is relevant?
 5.7
 16K
Kill Command (2016)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Set in a near future, technology-reliant society that pits man against killing machines. Against this backdrop an elite army unit is helicoptered to a remote, off-the-grid island training facility. What starts out as a simple training exercise for ...
Style: futuristic, intense, suspense, minimal cast, surprise ending ...
Plot: robot, killer robot, man versus machine, computer program, military, female warrior, cyborgs, cyberpunk, battles, rescue, laboratory, death ...
Time: near future, future
Is relevant?
 4.5
 4K
Antisocial (2013)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Five university friends gather at a house party to ring in the New Year. Unbeknownst to them, an epidemic has erupted outside, causing outbreaks around the world. With nowhere else to turn, they barricade themselves indoors with only their phones, ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: infection, zombie, buddies, new year, survival, virus, isolation, chaos, plague, friendship, epidemic, internet ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: canada
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 5.8
 62K
Extinction (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A chief mechanic at a factory, haunted by apocalyptic nightmares, becomes a hero when Earth is invaded by a mysterious army bent on destruction.
Style: suspense, light, apocalyptic, smart, cyber ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: artificial intelligence, spacecraft, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, alien invasion, invasion, apocalypse, dystopia, disaster, rescue, fear, friendship ...
Time: future
Is relevant?
 5.8
 37K
Tau (2018)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Held captive in a futuristic smart house, a woman hopes to escape by befriending the A.I. program that controls the house.
Style: suspense, exciting, disturbing, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: artificial intelligence, escape attempt, robot, kidnapping, woman in danger, laboratory, murder, kidnapped woman, experiment, drone, security system, danger ...
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 5.2
 111K
Moonfall (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China, UK, Canada, Hong Kong
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it.
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, cult classic, apocalyptic ...
Plot: apocalypse, disaster, end of the world, moon, space exploration, outer space, space and aliens, catastrophe, youth, survival, mountain, space travel ...
Time: 2020s, year 2012, 2010s, year 1969, year 2011
Place: usa, colorado, new york, houston texas, los angeles ...
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Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hungary, Spain, China
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The sixth film in the "Terminator" series will pick up where the second film left off, ignoring all the subsequent sequels.
Style: saga, action adventure, apocalyptic, tech noir, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: terminator, time travel, robot, androids and robots, gunfight, technology, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, hand to hand combat, killer robot, escape, shapeshifter ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, year 2019, future, 90s ...
Place: mexico, texas, mexico city, guatemala
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The Mitchells vs the Machines (2021)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, Canada, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: After Katie Mitchell is accepted into the film school of her dreams, her family decides to use this opportunity to drive Katie to school as a road trip. When their plans are interrupted by a tech uprising, the Mitchells realize that they must work ...
Style: funny, feel good, light, 3d animation, realistic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, family friendly ...
Plot: robot, father daughter relationship, parents and children, road trip, dog, family relations, family life, husband, wife, journey, fish out of water, pug ...
Time: 2020s, future, 21st century
Is relevant?
 5.7
 60K
Child's Play (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A remake of the 1988 film.
Style: slasher, scary, brutal, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: evil doll, killer doll, characters killed one by one, macabre, murder, neighbor, danger, creepy doll, friendship, doll, puppet, terror ...
Time: 2010s
Place: vietnam, chicago, japan
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The Banana Splits Movie (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A boy named Harley and his family attend a taping of The Banana Splits TV show, which is supposed to be a fun-filled birthday for young Harley and business as usual for Rebecca, the producer of the series. But things take an unexpected turn - and ...
Style: slasher, captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: child in peril, evil robot, television studio, violence, hostage, robot, characters killed one by one, serial killer, dark humor, survival, robot as menace, struggle for survival ...
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