A.I. Creature vs. Human Creator
These films feature a conflict between human beings and their clever creations. Interesting things happen when technology is given or develops "artificial" intelligence and self-awareness. These films ask: What can go wrong (or right) when the human designers' designs are smart enough to have designs of their own? In addition, these films can often serve as an allegorical reflection on the relationship between a Creator and the beings such a Creator has "created in his image."
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- DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.What is The Matrix? It's a world in which the machines that the humans created turn around and enslave their creators. Oh, the irony! (This listing represents all four films in the quadrilogy.)
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsHarrison FordRutger HauerSean YoungA blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.In the future, humanoid "replicants" have a shelf-life of only 4 years. A handful of replicants confront their creator about this, with eye-popping results.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsHarrison FordRyan GoslingAna de ArmasYoung Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.A miraculous birth among the replicants causes some soul-searching for our hero, who's supposed to have no soul.
- DirectorAndrew StantonStarsBen BurttElissa KnightJeff GarlinIn the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.Intelligent machines WALL-E and EVA return to the Mothership, setting up a battle with AUTO for the fate of an obese humanity.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHaley Joel OsmentJude LawFrances O'ConnorA highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.In this revisioning of the Pinocchio story, a mecha-boy wants to experience a mother's love and become a "real boy." It may take him a while.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam SylvesterAfter uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.An advanced computer evolves to the point where he tries to keep his creators from evolving themselves. "Daisy, Daisy..."
- DirectorD.J. CarusoStarsShia LaBeoufMichelle MonaghanRosario DawsonJerry and Rachel are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations, using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move.The film's protagonists are being controlled by a mysterious voice. But what is the source of the voice? The title of this list should give you a clue!
- DirectorAlex ProyasStarsWill SmithBridget MoynahanBruce GreenwoodIn 2035, a technophobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity.In the future, humans create robots programmed to assist and protect humans. As Murphy observed, "Anything that can go wrong ..."
- DirectorDavid BowersStarsFreddie HighmoreNicolas CageKristen BellWhen an android replica of a boy is rejected by his aggrieved creator, he goes off to find his own identity in an adventure that would make him the greatest hero of his time.A CG-stylized, anime film depicting an outcast robot boy who saves human civilization from a nasty, human-controlled, giant robot.
- DirectorAlex GarlandStarsAlicia VikanderDomhnall GleesonOscar IsaacA young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I.Two computer whizzes interact with each other and with A.I. girlz in a secluded mountain home. Ironies are realized; lessons are learned.
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsJoaquin PhoenixAmy AdamsScarlett JohanssonIn a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.A guy and his computer's operating system form an intimate relationship. Which one will be the first to want to "see other people"?
- DirectorGerard JohnstoneStarsAllison WilliamsViolet McGrawRonny ChiengA robotics engineer at a toy company builds a life-like doll that begins to take on a life of its own.The film is a bit on the slow side and so are the characters who can't figure out from the get-go that the title character is creepy af.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonEdward FurlongA cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.Ah-nohd is indeed back but this time as a good, even Christ-like Terminator whose job it is to protect a young John Conner so JC can grow up to save the human race.
- DirectorMichael CrichtonStarsYul BrynnerRichard BenjaminJames BrolinA robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park.
- DirectorGareth EdwardsStarsJohn David WashingtonMadeleine Yuna VoylesGemma ChanAgainst the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the secret weapon, a robot in the form of a young child.