10 Films About Artificial Intelligence Worth Knowing

If there's one field that cinema has always been fascinated by, it's artificial intelligence. From the most alarming scenarios to the story of machines that have experienced the complexities of human life, there have been many feature films that have looked at the subject, imagining possible futures and advances in AI.

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Some of these stories have become classics, such as the movie 2001 - A Space Odyssey, released in 1968 and directed by Stanley Kubrick (The Shining). A landmark of science fiction films, it immortalized the HAL 9000 supercomputer and served as inspiration for many other plots in which machines turned against humans.

Scene from 2001 - A Space Odyssey (Image: Disclosure/MGM)

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More recently, but also much talked about for its look at people's relationship with operating systems, 2013's Her is another title that delighted audiences and critics when it was released. The film, which won many awards, poetically portrays the story of a lonely man who falls in love with his virtual assistant.

There's also the little-known but very interesting Jung_E. A South Korean production, it imagines a dystopian future in which the Earth has become uninhabitable due to climate change and a researcher decides to clone her mother's brain into an army of robot warriors.

To find out about these and other unmissable titles on the subject, Canaltech has put together a list of 10 films about Artificial Intelligence that are worth seeing. All of them are available on streaming or digital platforms for purchase and rental.

10. 2001 - A Space Odyssey

 

One of the most important films in the genre, 2001 - A Space Odyssey is a science fiction feature film, partly based on the short story The Sentinel by Arthur C. Clarke. Remembered to this day for its sound design, soundtrack and existentialist questions, it also became famous in literature for having a book of the same name developed in conjunction with the feature film.

Nominated for four Oscars, the title follows David Bowman, an astronaut sent with his team to Jupiter to investigate a mysterious monolith, which seems to emit signals from an extraterrestrial civilization. On the way, however, the computer integrated into his ship changes its "behavior", trying to take control of the Discovery and eliminate its crew.

2001 - A Space Odyssey is available to buy and rent on Amazon, Google Play and Microsoft Store.

9. Resistance

 

Visually stunning, Resistance is a sci-fi action epic co-created and directed by Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story). Released in theaters in 2023, it takes place in the year 2070, fifteen years after an artificial intelligence, originally created to protect human beings, rebels and detonates a nuclear warhead in Los Angeles, USA.

With impressive visual and sound effects, which earned the film two Oscar nominations, the title is set in this apocalyptic scenario, in which a former agent is recruited to kill the creator of a weapon capable of wiping out humanity. The problem is that on his journey to protect the Earth, the protagonist makes a discovery that could disrupt his plans: the threat is nothing less than an AI in the form of a child.

Resistance can be seen on Star+.

8. Avengers: Age of Ultron

Even superhero movies have entered the world of artificial intelligence. Avengers: Age of Ultron, the second film in the Avengers saga and the fifteenth highest-grossing film in history, is a 2015 title responsible for combining the strength of Marvel's heroes with a dash of sci-fi - and a story that once again shows machines turning against humans.

 

Directed by Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), the feature film revolves around Tony Stark, when the billionaire industrialist decides to create an AI that will serve as armor for the world, thus bringing world peace. Everything goes wrong, however, when the project gives birth to Ultron, a supervillainous robot that leads the Avengers team into action to protect humanity.

Avengers: Age of Ultron is part of the Disney+ catalog.

7. Matrix

 

Another movie classic, The Matrix is a 1999 film directed by sisters Lily and Lana Wachowski (Speed Racer). A title in the cyberpunk genre that entered pop culture, it became known for its choreographed fight scenes and the slow-motion effect, called bullet time, which it immortalized in several of its scenes.

Starring Keanu Reeves, the film tells the story of Neo, a programmer tormented by strange dreams, who begins to doubt the world around him. When he meets Morpheus and Trinity, he discovers he is in the Matrix, an AI system that has created an illusory reality and exploits his real body and brain. Brought back to consciousness, Neo then goes to war against the machines and is identified as the messiah who can save humanity.

The Matrix can be watched on Max.

6. Her

 

Award-winning romantic drama by Spike Jonze (Adaptation), winner of the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, Her is a 2013 feature film starring Joaquin Phoenix (Joker). Written before ChatGPT existed, but inspired by the first instant messaging programs between humans and AIs, the film has a touch of autobiography with parts inspired by Jonze's divorce from filmmaker Sofia Coppola.

Set in the near future, the movie tells the story of Theodore, a lonely and recently divorced man, who decides to buy an operating system with a virtual assistant programmed to evolve psychologically. By activating it and bringing out Samantha, the female voice that "gives life" to the machine, Theodore ends up falling in love with the AI and falling irreversibly in love with it.

It is available on Amazon Prime Video.

5. M3GAN

A horror and science fiction feature film with hints of macabre humor, M3GAN is a film by Gerard Johnston (Housebound) and was released in 2022. Already renewed for a sequel, due to hit theaters in 2025, it was a box-office success for its production value, gaining special attention from the public after its trailer went viral on social media.

 

Starring Allison Williams (Run!) and newcomer Violeta McGraw, the production tells the story of Cady, an eight-year-old girl who, after losing her parents and moving in with her aunt Gemma, is presented by her roboticist with the M3GAN doll, a humanoid robot whose job is to protect her. The problem is that as she gets more attached to Cady, M3GAN starts to find "threats" everywhere, destroying anything or anyone that gets in her way.

M3GAN is in the Max and Telecine catalogs.

4. Young_E

 

The only South Korean production on the list, Jung_E is a Netflix original directed by Yeon Sang-ho (Zombie Invasion). A science fiction title that made it into the top 10 in 80 countries where the streaming service operates, it was the last production of actress Kang Soo-yeon, who died before the film was released.

Set in the year 2194, when due to a lack of resources part of humanity is living in space shelters, the film tells the story of Yun Seo-hyun, a researcher whose mother, a legendary mercenary, fell into a coma when she was a child. Now an adult and willing to honor her legacy, Yun leads a project to clone her mother's brain and create a combat artificial intelligence with all her abilities.

Jung_E is available on Netflix.

3. A.I. - Artificial Intelligence

 

For obvious reasons, one of the most remembered films when it comes to AI productions, A.I. - Artificial Intelligence is a title directed by Steven Spielberg loosely inspired by the short story Supertoys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss. Released in 2001, it took years to get off the ground, having originally been developed by director Stanley Kubrick.

Starring Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense) and Jude Law (Fantastic Beasts), the film is set in the 22nd century, when, due to global warming and a reduction in the world's population, robots have been created to replace humans. In this context, we follow the journey of David, a prototype child capable of experiencing love, acquired by a couple whose son has contracted a rare disease.

A.I. - Artificial Intelligence is available to buy and rent on Amazon and Google Play.

2. The Bicentennial Man

Starring Robin Williams (Dead Poets Society) in one of his most memorable movie performances, The Bicentennial Man is a science fiction comedy released in 1999. Directed by Chris Columbus (Forget Me Not), it is based on the novel The Positronic Man, a work written by acclaimed sci-fi author Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg.

 

Released at the end of the decade, close to the millennium bug, the movie follows the steps of Andrew, a robot bought by a nice American family, whose job is to carry out small household chores. However, as the years go by and Andrew adapts to everyday life, the AI begins to display traits such as curiosity and a personality of its own, which sets the robot on a journey to become as close to a human being as possible.

The Bicentennial Man is available to buy and rent on Amazon, Google Play and iTunes.

1.Blade Runner 2049

 

A neo-noir epic directed by Denis Villeneuve (Dune), Blade Runner 2049 is a sequel to the classic science fiction film, Blade Runner - a title that, in turn, is based on the novel Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. Released more than 30 years after its original production, it can be watched as an independent story that explores different technological themes linked to ecology and virtual reality.

Starring Ryan Gosling (Barbie) and featuring Harrison Ford (Star Wars), the protagonist of the first film, the feature revolves around K, a replicant policeman ordered to hunt down the rebels of his species. One day, K discovers that a replicant has had a child and even though he is sent to eliminate the child, he sets off in search of answers about the shocking revelation.

Blade Runner 2049 can be seen on Netflix.

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