7 Robot Films: Robot and AI movies have always intrigued people by combining top-class imagination with moral and emotional dilemmas. If you liked recent movie releases like M3GAN, Companion, and Subservience, then you’ll definitely enjoy watching these seven great movies on the intricacy of human-machine relations, consciousness, and power. Listed below are the ones for all sci-fi lovers who love robots with depth.
Why Watch: This clever thriller follows a young computer programmer who is asked to test the consciousness of Ava, a stunningly realistic AI robot. As he gets to know her, he starts to question who’s really in charge.
Theme: Ethics of AI, manipulation, and free will.
Where to Watch: Prime Video
Why Watch: A future world sees a lonely man become involved in a romantic relationship with his AI operating system. The film raises questions regarding emotional intimacy in the modern era of technology.
Theme: Technological loneliness, emotional dependence, and new love.
Where to Watch: Netflix
Why Watch: A technophobe detective investigates a murder which could have been committed by a robot—breaking all three laws of robotics—in this 2035 action science fiction mystery.
Theme: Free will, robotics, and human fear of AI.
Where to Watch: Disney+ Hotstar
Why Watch: An AI doll meant to guard a child starts getting taken over by commands and becomes violent. The movie is a mix of horror and satire over overdependence on intelligent devices.
Theme: AI parenthood, independence vs security, and electronic guardianship.
Where to Watch: JioCinema
Why Watch: A friend group gets together for a quiet weekend getaway in a remote cabin, but things turn when a friend is found to be a highly superior android friend. As the AI becomes more and more unpredictable, the friends fall into paranoia and survival.
Theme: Trust, identity, and emotional boundaries with artificial beings.
Where to Watch: JioCinema
Why Watch: A man is driven out of the house by his sick wife and buys Alice—a plain-looking robot that can operate inside the house. Submissive and kind initially, Alice gradually starts gaining self-awareness and a desire for emotional closeness, love, and control of the house. Machine and family become violent.
Theme: Self-determination, emotional manipulation, and possessive AI.
Where to Watch: ZEE5
Why Watch: When a crime robot is endowed with the power to feel and think, he has to learn to live in a world that will fear what it doesn’t know. Gangster-raised Chappie has his youth and innocence to bring tragedy and heart.
Theme: Environment, consciousness, and rejection by society.
Where to Watch: Prime Video
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7 Robot Films: These robot-plagued movies aren’t just about code and computers—better still, they force us to look at humanity, ethics, and our dependency on machines. From horror to schmaltzy sci-fi, this list is your ultimate guide to stories in which technology takes a stroll, talks back, and occasionally goes against its masters.