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The idea of sentient machines is so minding-bending that filmmakers have used this concept to mesmerize viewers. While most Artificial intelligence movies tend to contemplate its darker possibilities—the potential extinction of the human race by murderous robots—they always leave a captivating spectacle for viewers.
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In this article, we’ll review the 36 best artificial intelligence movies and sci-fi films.
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1. Ex Machina (2015)
An oscar-winning sci-fi thriller for Best Visual Effects, Ex Machina explores one of the many ways A.I. development could go wrong. A young programmer, Caleb, spends a week at the private estate of his reclusive boss, testing a newly designed A.I. robot, Ava. However, it wasn’t long before things started to get weird. Caleb soon learns Ava is developing far greater intellectual capacity than her design.
Director: Alex Garland
Top Cast: Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 78% | IMDb: 7.7/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Where to watch: Prime Video | HBO Max | Hulu | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: Ex Machina – Official Trailer
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1964)
A Space Odyssey is a movie adaptation of a book by the renowned author Arthur C. Clarke. On a mysterious mission, a group of astronauts wanders into space. Mid-mission, their spacecraft’s artificial intelligence system, HAL, starts acting strange.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Top Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 84% | IMDb: 8.3/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Where to watch: YouTube (Free) | Prime Video | HBO Max | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: 2001: A Space Odyssey – Official Trailer
3. The Matrix (1999)
Neo, played by the top actor Keanu Reeves, unsuspectedly lived in a simulated reality as a computer programmer. He eventually awakens from the illusion when a pretty stranger (Carrie Ann Moss) takes him to a criminal underworld, where he finds the computers generating the simulation. The Matrix is one of the most popular Artificial Intelligence movies and a champion in the sci-fi genre.
Director: The Wachowskis
Top Cast: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 73% | Common Sense: 4/5 | Rotten Tomatoes: 88%
Where to watch: Tubi (Free) | Prime Video | HBO Max | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: The Matrix (1999) – Official Trailer
4. Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner is one of the best Artificial Intelligence movies that vividly depict the dark side of artificial intelligence. Adapted from the Philip K. Dick novel ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?’, this cyberpunk classic absorbs the audience with futuristic fantasy.
It was Los Angeles in 2019, but neon-lit and creeping with dangerous humanoids known as Replicants. People can hardly differentiate these bioengineered androids from humans except for their lack of human emotions. A retired Blade Runner, Deckard, receives orders to terminate six replicants running loose in L.A.
Director: Ridley Scott
Top Cast: Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Edwards James
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 84% | IMDB: 8.1/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 89%
Where to watch: Prime Video (Free) | YouTube | Google Play Movies
Trailer: Blade Runner (1982) – Official Trailer
5. Minority Report (2002)
Our list of the best sci-fi films inspired by Artificial Intelligence won’t be complete without Minority Report. Heavily based on predictive profiling, the sci-fi thriller has a younger Tom Cruise playing the role of a PreCrime cop. As the name suggests, PreCrime cops maintain order in Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia by foretelling and stopping potential crimes even before they happen. Minority Report is one of the best Artificial Intelligence films.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Top Cast: Samantha Morton, Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell
Critic’s Rating: Common Sense Media: 4/5 | IMDB: 7.7/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 90%
Where to watch: YouTube | Apple TV
Trailer: Minority Report (2002) – Official Trailer
6. RoboCop (1987)
Gang activity reaches feverish highs in Detroit. While on duty, police officer Alex J. Murphy suffers death at the hands of a brutal gang within the city. Desperate to restore order to the torn Detroit, a megacorporation resurrect Alex as a crime-fighting cyborg. They replace his body parts with bionic limbs and instruct him to clean up the city. However, Alex begins to recall traces of his past life (before he became a RoboCop), hell-bent on avenging his killers.
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Top Cast: Peter Weller, Allex Murphy, Nancy Allen
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 70% | IMDB: 7.6/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
Where to watch: YouTube (Free) | Tubi (Free) | Prime Video | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: RoboCop (1987) – Official Trailer
7. WALL-E (2008)
The story follows the lonely life of the last WALL-E Robot. WALL-E stands for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class. Earth is an abandoned dump. Humans have habited other worlds and designed these A.I. machines to clean up after them and check if the Earth is in habitable condition. The last, functional WALL-E Robot becomes lonely and falls in love with another AI robot on a similar assignment. WALL-E is one of the few Artificial intelligence movies without AI-human interaction.
Director: Andrew Stanton
Top Cast: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, John Ratzenberger
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 95% | IMDB: 8.4/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 95%
Where to watch: Prime Video | Disney+ | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: WALL-E – Official Trailer
8. The Terminator (1984)
An evil corporation sends a cyborg assassin (Arnold Schwarzenegger) from the future to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton). The corp is after Sarah’s life because they believe she will bear a child destined to neutralize their organization’s threat and save humanity. From the same timeline as Skynet, the military sends an agent, Kyle Resse (Michael Biehn), to protect Sarah from the Terminator. This movie applies to lovers of sci-fi movies who like to see some action.
Director: James Cameron
Top Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 84% | IMDB: 8.1/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 100%
Where to watch: Prime Video | Hulu | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: The Terminator (1984) – Official Trailer
9. i, Robot (2004)
In this sinister story, Will Smith plays the role of Del Spooner, a technophobic detective. I, Robot is set in a dystopian future where intelligent robots fill public service positions while conserving the Three Laws of Robotics. Robots must obey their master’s commands, not harm their masters, and cannot engage in self-harming behaviors. Detective Spooner is hot on the trail of an A.I. Robot he suspects of breaking the Robotics laws by killing its master.
Director: Alex Proyas
Top Cast: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Alan Tudyk
Critic’s Rating: Parent Previews: 4/5 | IMDB: 7.1/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 56%
Where to watch: Prime Video | HBO Max | Hulu | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: i, Robot – Official Trailer
10. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
The main character tries to protect his home from getting dismantled. While at it, his alien friend whisks him to space. And so, Martin finds himself on a war-torn foreign planet. This movie has a high reputation in the sci-fi space.
Director: Garth Jennings
Top Cast: Martin Freeman, Yasiin Bey, Sam Rockwell
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 63% | IMDB: 6.7/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 60%
Where to watch: Prime Video | Hulu | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Official Trailer
11. Chappie (2015)
The police force exploits modern computer science to recruit droids to sweep the streets and hack down on lawbreakers. Trouble stirs after a criminal group grabs a humanoid officer, Chappie, and messes with his programming.
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Top Cast: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman
Critic’s Rating: Common Sense Media: 2/5, IMDB: 6,8/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 32%
Where to watch: Prime Video | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: Chappie – Official Trailer
12. Her
Theodore Twombly is an L.A. writer that makes a living by helping people to compose heartfelt letters. Shortly after suffering a rough breakup, Theodore becomes intrigued by a charming A.I. assistant that uses machine learning to mimic human interaction. Starting as friends, the relationship between the unlikely pair deepens to love as his mending heart seeks out a complex computer program with the capacity for affection.
Director: Spike Jonze
Top Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Spike Jonze, Scarlett Johansson
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 91% | IMDB: 8/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
Where to watch: Prime Video | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: Her – Official Trailer
13. Superintelligence (2020)
Carol has only three days to show the sentient supercomputer that humanity is worth saving. Otherwise, it enslaves or wipes off human beings from the face of the Earth. With so much at stake and little time, average Carol must try hard to convince the all-powerful computer that human life is precious.
Director: Ben Falcone
Top Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone, Bobby Cannavale
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 41% | IMDB: 5.4/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 30%
Where to watch: Prime Video | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: Superintelligence – Official Trailer
14. Moon (2009)
After nearly finishing a three-year contract as a moon base employee, Sam is thinking about returning home to his wife and young daughter when he discovers a younger clone of himself. He keeps digging to unravel a colossal corporate conspiracy.
Director: Duncan Jones
Top Cast: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 67% | IMDB: 7.8/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Where to watch: Prime Video | HBO Max | Hulu | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: Moon (2009) – Official Trailer
15. Elysium (2013)
Elysium is an action Sci-fi written and directed by the South African-Canadian Neill Blomkamp. This film reflects on sociological and political themes. Elysium was a box office hit, netting $286.1 million as of writing.
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Top Cast: Matt Damon, Neill Blomkamp, Jodie Foster
Critic’s Rating: Rotten Tomatoes: 64% | IMDb: 6.6/10 | Metacritic: 61%
Where to watch: Prime Video | Netflix | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: Elysium – Official Trailer
16. Black Mirror (2011)
Starring icons like Michael B. Jordan, Miley Cyrus, and Daniel Kaluuya, Black Mirror is a British TV show with short, powerful stories. Though primarily based on science fiction and artificial intelligence, it is a versatile television series with disjointed episodes that don’t stick to one genre.
Director: Charlie Brooker
Top Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Hayley Atwell, Michaela Coel
Critic’s Rating: Rotten Tomatoes: 84% | IMDb: 8.8/10 | Common Sense Media: 5/5
Where to watch: Prime Video | Netflix
Trailer: Black Mirror – Official Trailer
17. Infinity Chamber (2016)
Frank Learner finds himself trapped in an innovative prison designed to get information out of him. An intelligent computer program locks Frank in an infinite loop while asking him questions. Frank must do everything in his power to escape.
Director: Travis Milloy
Top Cast: Christopher Soren Kelly, Cassandra Clark, Cajardo Lindsey
Critic’s Rating: Rotten Tomatoes: 67% | IMDb: 6.2/10
Where to watch: Tubi (Free) | Prime Video | Apple TV
Trailer: Infinity Chamber – Official Trailer
18. Upgrade (2018)
A violent gang attack a stay-at-home mechanic, kill his lover and render him a person with quadriplegia. Grey accepts an experimental chip from Eron, granting him control of his limbs again and enabling him to avenge his attackers.
Director: Leigh Whannell
Top Cast: Logan Marshall-Green, Betty Gabriel, Harrison Gilbertson
Critic’s Rating: Rotten Tomatoes: 88% | Metacritic: 67% | IMDb: 7.5/10
Where to watch: Prime Video | Hulu | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: Upgrade – Official Trailer
19. Transcendence (2014)
A leading artificial intelligence researcher, Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp), tries to create the first sentient machine. However, the public is not happy with his experiments and takes aggressive action against his work.
Director: Wally Pfister
Top Cast: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany
Critic’s Rating: Rotten Tomatoes: 19% | Metacritic: 42% | IMDb: 6.2/10
Where to watch: Pluto TV (Free) | Prime Video | HBO Max | Hulu | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: Transcendence – Official Trailer
20. Eagle Eye (2008)
A strange woman ruins the lives of two strangers, Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) and Rachel Holloman (Michelle Monaghan). The unknown meddler pushes them around by threatening to kill their families. Things get out of control when Jerry and Rachel become fugitives of the law.
Director: D.J. Caruso
Top Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson
Critic’s Rating: Rotten Tomatoes: 26% | Metacritic: 43% | IMDb: 6.6/10
Where to watch: Prime Video | HBO Max | Hulu | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: Eagle Eye – Official Trailer
21. I Am Mother (2019)
The fate of humanity hangs on the shoulder of a young girl brought up by a sentient supercomputer in isolation from the rest of the world. At first, the Robot considers giving humanity a second chance until a new character enters the picture and upsets the balance.
Director: Grant Sputore
Top Cast: Hilary Swank | Clara Rugaard-Larsen | Rose Byrne
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 64% | IMDb: 6.7/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
Where to watch: Netflix
Trailer: I Am Mother – Official Trailer
22. Love, Death + Robots (2019)
An adult animated science-fiction T.V. show featuring state-of-the-art graphics. Love, Death, and Robots have a heavy cyberpunk and dystopian future theme. Like Black Mirror, the episodes are not directly related.
Director: Emily Dean
Top Cast: Madeleine Knight, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael B. Jordan
Critic’s Rating: Rotten Tomatoes: 88% | IGN: 6/10 | IMDb: 8.4/10
Where to watch: Netflix
Trailer: LOVE, DEATH + ROBOTS – Official Trailer
23. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
As an experiment, a cybertronic engineer and his wife create the first sentient robot boy: David. Although the couple adopted and took good care of David, he eventually becomes overwhelmed with feelings of alienation.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Top Cast: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Brendan Gleeson
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 65% | IMDb: 7.2/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 75%
Where to watch: Prime Video | Paramount+ | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: A.I. Artificial Intelligence – Official Trailer
24. Prometheus (2012)
Two inquisitive scientists with contrasting belief systems lead a space exploration to discover man’s true origins from god-like beings. However, nothing could have prepared the pair and their accomplices for what they were about to encounter.
Director: Ridley Scott
Top Cast: Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 64% | IMDb: 7/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.3%
Where to watch: Prime Video | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: Prometheus – Official Trailer
25. Interstellar (2014)
Famine and the general degradation of Earth drive Man to find greener pastures on other neighboring planets. A NASA scientist sends a NASA pilot and a group of researchers to inspect three options and find the most suitable home for humans.
Director: Christopher Nolan
Top Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 74% | IMDb: 8.6/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 73%
Where to watch: Paramount+ | Hulu | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: Interstellar – Official Trailer
26. Tau (2018)
Julia makes a living by stealing from unsuspecting nightclub goers. One day, someone grabs Julia from her house and drops her in a research lab as a test subject. She regains consciousness and notices a growing implant on the back of her head and two other test victims in the same room. Julia and the others try to escape but run into a killer A.I. robot.
Director: Federico D’Alessandro
Top Cast: Maika Monroe, Gary Oldman, Ed Skrein
Critic’s Rating: Rotten Tomatoes: 25% | IMDb: 5.8/10 | Metacritic: 63%
Where to watch: Netflix
Trailer: TAU – Official Trailer
27. A.I. Rising (2018)
On an extended space mission to the Alpha Centauri star system, a lonely astronaut becomes fond of his artificial shipmate, a female droid called Nimani. The unusual pair develop an intimate relationship that is detrimental to the mission’s success.
Director: Lazar Bodroža
Top Cast: Stoya, Sebastian Cavazza, Maruša Majer
Critic’s Rating: MovieSteve: 3/5 | IMDb: 5.1/10 | Letterboxd: 2.2/5
Where to watch: Prime Video | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: A.I. Rising – Official Trailer
28. Free Guy (2021)
Free guy is one of the most recent Artificial Intelligence movies. A glitch in a PvP computer game enables one of its non-playing characters (NPC), David, to become self-aware. Instead of sticking to his program and going about the game mindlessly, David develops self-will and falls in love with a real-life gamer.
Director: Shawn Levy
Top Cast: Ryan Reynolds. Jodie Comer, Joe Keery
Critic’s Rating: Common Sense Media: 3/5 | IMDb: 7.1/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 80%
Where to watch: Prime Video | HBO Max | Hulu | Disney+ | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: Free Guy | New Trailer
29. The Imitation Game (2014)
The Imitation Game follows the true life story of a mathematics alumnus, Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch), recruited by a newly instated British intelligence to decipher encrypted Nazi messages. While Turin’s team analyzed the German codes, he built the device for decrypting the messages. Despite Alan’s service to the country, the authorities still imprisoned him after discovering he was gay.
Director: Morten Tyldum
Top Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch. Keira Knightley, Mattew Goode
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 71% | IMDb: 8/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 90%
Where to watch: Prime Video | Netflix | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: The Imitation Game – Official Trailer
30. Automata (2014)
Civilization has plunged into dystopia, and humans are on the brink of extinction. Meanwhile, an insurance investigator (Antonio Banderas) looks into a suspicious robot modification to determine its legitimacy. While digging, the insurance agent uncovers conspiracies of greater gravity.
Director: Gabe Ibáñez
Top Cast: Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, Dylan McDermott
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 37% | IMDb: 6/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 31%
Where to watch: Tubi (Free) | Prime Video (Free)
Trailer: Automata – Official Trailer
31. Source Code (2011)
Colter Stevens, a Helicopter pilot played by Jake Gyllenhaal, faces the exact moment repeatedly until he figures out how to stop a moving train from exploding. If Colter doesn’t discover the bomber’s identity, stopping the bomb from going off in time, the day automatically resets.
Director: Duncan Jones
Top Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal | Michelle Monaghan | Vera Farmiga
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 74% | IMDb: 7.5/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Where to watch: Pluto TV (Free) | Prime Video | HBO Max | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: Source Code – Official Trailer
32. The Machine (2013)
While developing the first self-aware artificial intelligence, Vincent and Ana become lovers. Unfortunately, the military steals the project and tweaks it into a weapon of mass destruction. However, the A.I. spirals out of the military’s control and becomes unhinged.
Director: Caradog W. James
Top Cast: Caity Lotz, Toby Stephen, Ben McGregor
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 52% | IMDb: 6/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 79%
Where to watch: Prime Video | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: The Machine – Official Trailer
33. Uncanny
Uncanny is one of the best artificial intelligence movies about the first-perfected artificial intelligence machine, Adam, with human-like cognitive abilities and physical characteristics. A journalist sets up an interview with Adam and his creator, David. At first, the interview went smoothly but not for long. Things get weird when Adam starts to show strange behaviors outside his original programming.
Director: Matthew Leutwyler
Top Cast: Peter Cushing, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasence
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 37% | IMDb: 5.7/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 17%
Where to watch: Tubi (Free) | Prime Video (Free) | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: Uncanny – Official Trailer
34. District 9 (2009)
Aliens abandon their dying planet to find refuge among humans on Earth. Interested in adopting the aliens’ technology, the South African government harbors 1.8 million aliens in a confined location called District 9. A field agent gets exposed to a virus mutating his DNA and hides in the alien concentration camp. District 9 is a movie adaption of Neill Blomkamp’s “Alive in Joburg.”
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Top Cast: Sharlto Copley, Vanessa Haywood, Jason Cope
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 81% | IMDb: 7.9/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 90%
Where to watch: Prime Video | HBO Max | Hulu | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: District 9 – Official Trailer
35. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Blade Runner 2049 is one of the most action-packed artificial intelligence movies set in a distant dystopian future. A fresh recruit from the L.A. Police Department, Officer K, digs up an old secret that could wreak havoc on the already torn bits of the Earth. K’s investigation points him to Rick Deckard (the blade runner from the prequel), who nobody has seen for 30 years.
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Top Cast: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 81% | IMDb: 8/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 88%
Where to watch: Prime Video (Free) | HBO Max | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: Blade Runner 2049 – Official Trailer
36. Ghost in The Shell (2017)
A Japanese animated cyberpunk blockbuster about a humanoid federal agent Major Motoko Kusanagi on a mission to track and arrest a notorious hacker known for controlling people’s minds. While going after the hacker, Motoko develops an identity crisis and the authenticity of her memories. After getting a hold of the hacker, Motoko’s curiosity gets the best of her, changing the plot’s direction.
Director: Rupert Sanders
Top Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Takeshi Kitano, Michael Pitt
Critic’s Rating: Metacritic: 52% | IMDb: 6.3/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 43%
Where to watch: Pluto TV (Free) | Prime Video | YouTube | Google Play Movies | Apple TV
Trailer: Ghost In The Shell (2017) – Official Trailer
Conclusion
There you have it! Our list of the 36 best Artificial intelligence movies. Watching artificial intelligence movies is a fun way to learn about this disruptive technology and its many possibilities shortly.
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