List of artificial intelligence films explained
This article contains a chronological list of notable films which included artificial intelligence either as a protagonist or as an essential part of the film.
1920s-1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
!Year!Title!Country!Artificial intelligence names!Computerorprogram!Robot or android!Ref| 1990 | Class of 1999 | USA | AI robots | | | |
| 1990 | RoboCop 2 | USA | RoboCop, Murphy, RoboCop 2 | | | |
| 1991 | | USA | Skynet, the Terminator, T-1000, T-800 | | | |
| 1992 | Homewrecker | USA | Lucy | | | |
| 1993 | RoboCop 3 | USA | RoboCop, Murphy | | | |
| 1994 | Star Trek Generations | USA | Data | | | |
| Blankman | USA | J-5 | | | |
| 1995 | Ghost in the Shell | Japan | The Puppet Master | | | |
| USA | Alpha 5, Zordon, Zords | | | |
| Screamers (1995 film) | USA / Canada | David Screamer / Jessica Hansen Screamer | | | |
| Virtuosity | USA | SID 6.7 | | | |
| 1996 | | USA | Data, The Borg | | | |
| 1997 | | USA | | | | |
| Nirvana | Italy / France | Solo | | | |
| 1998 | Lost in Space | USA | Robot | | | |
| 1999 | The Iron Giant | USA | | | | |
| The Matrix | USA | Agents, Sentinels | | | |
| Bicentennial Man | USA | Andrew Martin | | | [8] |
| USA | battle droids, C-3PO and R2-D2 | | | | |
2000s
!Year!Title!Country!Artificial intelligence names!Computerorprogram!Robot or android!Ref| 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | USA | David, Gigolo Joe, Teddy | | | |
| 2002 | The Time Machine | USA | Vox 114 | | | |
| USA | battle droids, C-3PO and R2-D2 | | | |
| Resident Evil | UK / Germany | Red Queen | | | |
| S1M0NE | USA | Simone | | | |
| Minority Report | USA | cyber parlor rooms | | |
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded | USA | Agents, Sentinels | | | |
| USA | Skynet, the Terminator, T-X | | | |
| The Matrix Revolutions | USA | Agents, Sentinels | | | |
| 2004 | I, Robot | USA | VIKI (Virtual Interactive Kinetic Intelligence), Sonny | | | |
| USA | I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.C.E. | | | |
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | USA | Marvin the Paranoid Android, Deep Thought, Eddie the Computer | | | [9] |
| USA | Battle droids, C-3PO and R2-D2 | | | |
| Stealth | USA | EDI | | | |
| 2007 | | Various | White Queen | | | |
| Meet the Robinsons | USA | DOR-15 and Carl | | | |
| 2008 | Eagle Eye | USA | Autonomous Reconnaissance Intelligence Integration Analyst (ARIIA) | | | |
| Iron Man | USA | J.A.R.V.I.S. (Just A Rather Very Intelligent System) | | | |
| WALL-E | USA | WALL-E, EVE, AUTO, Ship's Computer | | | |
| The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film) | USA | Gort | | | |
| 2009 | Terminator Salvation | USA | Skynet, the Terminator | | | |
| Echelon Conspiracy | USA | Echelon, an omniscient communication surveillance computer system | | | |
| Moon | UK | GERTY | | | | |
2010s
!Year!Title!Country!Artificial intelligence names!Computerorprogram!Robot or android!Ref| 2010 | Iron Man 2 | USA | J.A.R.V.I.S. | | | |
| Enthiran | India | Chitti the Robot | | | |
| USA | | | | |
| 2011 | Eva | Spain / Switzerland | Eva, Max, SI-9 | | | |
| Real Steel | USA | Atom | | | |
| Ra.One | India | Ra.One,G.One | | | |
| 2012 | The Avengers | USA | J.A.R.V.I.S. | | | |
| Prometheus | USA | David | | | |
| UK / Germany / France / USA / Canada | Red Queen | | | |
| Robot & Frank | USA | Robot | | | |
| Total Recall | USA | | | | |
| 2013 | Her | USA | Samantha | | | |
| Iron Man 3 | USA | J.A.R.V.I.S., Iron Legion | | | |
| The Machine | UK | Machine | | | |
| Pacific Rim | USA | A.I., Jaegers | | | |
| Elysium | USA | Elysium robots | | | |
| Oblivion | USA | Tet | | | |
| 2014 | Autómata | Spain / Bulgaria | | | | |
| Big Hero 6 | USA | Baymax | | | |
| Interstellar | USA | TARS and CASE | | | |
| Robocop (2014 film) | USA | RoboCop, Murphy | | | |
| Transcendence | USA | Dr. Will Caster | | | [10] |
| USA | Sentinels | | | |
| 2015 | Ex Machina | UK | Ava | | | |
| Chappie | USA | Chappie | | | [11] |
| Tomorrowland | USA | Athena and other robots | | | |
| USA | Iron Legion, Veronica, Hulkbuster, Ultron, J.A.R.V.I.S., F.R.I.D.A.Y. (Female Replacement Intelligent Digital Assistant Youth), Vision (formerly J.A.R.V.I.S.) | | | |
| Terminator Genisys, aka Terminator 5 | USA | T-800, T-1000, T-3000, Skynet, Genisys | | | |
| USA | BB-8, C-3PO and R2-D2 | | | |
| Uncanny | USA | Kressen | | | [12] |
| Psycho-pass: The Movie | Japan | Sibyl System | | | |
| 2016 | | USA | F.R.I.D.A.Y., Vision | | | |
| Max Steel | USA | Steel | | | |
| Morgan | USA | Morgan, Lee Weathers | | | |
| UK / Germany / France / USA / Canada / Australia | Red Queen | | | |
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | USA | K-2SO | | | |
| Infinity Chamber | USA | Howard | | | |
| Passengers (2016 film) | USA | Ship androids | | | |
| Kill Command | UK | S.A.R. | | | |
| Why Him? | USA | Justine | | | |
| 2017 | | Japan | Yui, Yuna | | | |
| Power Rangers | USA | Alpha 5, Zordon, Zords | | | |
| USA | Karen, F.R.I.D.A.Y. | | | |
| USA | David, Walter | | | |
| Blade Runner 2049 | USA | Replicants, Joi | | | |
| USA | BB-8, C-3PO and R2-D2 | | | |
| Singularity | Switzerland / USA | Kronos | | | |
| 2018 | Upgrade | Australia | Stem | | | |
| Zoe | USA | Ash | | | |
| Tau | USA | Tau | | | |
| USA | F.R.I.D.A.Y., Vision | | | |
| 2036 Origin Unknown | UK | ARTI | | | |
| Extinction | USA | Synths | | | |
| Maniac | USA | GRTA | | | |
| 2.0 | India | Chitti and Chitti version 2.0 | | | |
| A-X-L | USA | A-X-L | | | |
| A.I. Rising | USA | Nimani | | | |
| Replicas | USA | | | | |
| 2019 | | USA | Alita and others | | | |
| Serenity | USA | The Plymouth island inhabitants | | | |
| Hi, A.I. | Germany | | Documentary | | |
| Captain Marvel | USA | The Supreme Intelligence | | | |
| USA | F.R.I.D.A.Y. | | | |
| The Wandering Earth | China | MOSS | | | |
| I Am Mother | USA / Australia | Mother | | | |
| USA | T-800, Rev-9, Legion | | | |
| iHuman | Norway | | | | [13] |
| Machine | Australia | | | | |
| Jexi | USA | Jexi | | | | |
2020s
See also
Notes and References
- News: The top 20 artificial intelligence films - in pictures. Hogan. Michael. Whitmore. Greg. The Guardian. 2015-01-08. 2015-08-29.
- Web site: 10 Essential Movies About Artificial Intelligence. . Indiewire. 2015-04-09. 2015-08-29.
- Web site: Hunter . Rob . 2018-04-09 . 'Paper Man' Brings a Prescient Technological Terror to 70s Television . 2023-05-11 . Film School Rejects . en-US.
- Coggan, Devan. The Stepford Wives: Inside the making of the 1975 feminist horror classic. Entertainment Weekly. 2017-10-23. 2020-04-05. August 28, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190828002311/https://ew.com/movies/2017/10/23/the-stepford-wives-1975-history/. live.
- Web site: Williams, Stephanie. An A.I. controlled utopia is no utopia at all. syfy. 2020-01-06. 2023-11-07. February 1, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220201000000/https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/an-ai-controlled-utopia-is-no-utopia-at-all. live.
- Web site: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979/2001). Grove. David. PopMatters. 2015-09-17.
- Web site: Deadly Friend on IMDB. .
- News: Human After All: Ex Machina's Novel Take on Artificial Intelligence. Parker. Laura. The Atlantic. 2015-04-15. 2015-09-17.
- News: Artificial intelligence: God help us if machines ever think like people. Arthur. Charles. The Guardian. 2008-06-20. 2015-09-17.
- Seven A.I. Movies That Are Better Than Transcendence. Corliss. Richard. Time. 2014-04-18. 2015-08-29.
- In 2015, artificial intelligence will rule the (movie) world. Lee. Chris. Entertainment Weekly. 2014-12-22. 2015-08-29.
- Web site: Uncanny. www.rottentomatoes.com. 2015-11-03. 2016-01-14.
- Web site: Documentary film iHUMAN . Norwegian Film Institute . 18 May 2020.
- Web site: ‘JUNG_E’ review: ‘Universal Soldier’ meets ‘Westworld’ in this South Korean sci-fi dystopia. NME. January 20, 2023. January 21, 2023.
