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
editYear | Title | Country | Artificial intelligence names | Computer
or program |
Robot or android | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1927 | Metropolis | Germany | Maria's robot double | [1] | ||
1934 | Der Herr der Welt (i.e. Master of the World) | Germany | Überroboter / Kampfmaschine (i.e. fighting machine), working-robots | |||
1935 | Loss of Sensation | USSR | ||||
1951 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | USA | Gort | [1] | ||
1957 | The Invisible Boy | USA | Robby the Robot | |||
1962 | The Creation of the Humanoids | USA | ||||
1965 | Alphaville | France | Alpha 60 | [2] | ||
1968 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | UK / USA | HAL 9000 | [1] |
1970s
editYear | Title | Country | Artificial intelligence names | Computer
or program |
Robot or android | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1970 | Colossus: The Forbin Project | USA | Colossus, Guardian | [2] | ||
1971 | Paper Man | USA | Henry Norman | [3] | ||
1972 | Silent Running | USA | Huey, Dewey and Louie | |||
1973 | Westworld | USA | ||||
1974 | The Questor Tapes | USA | Questor | |||
Dark Star | USA | Ship Computer, Bomb #20 | ||||
Zardoz | USA / UK / Ireland | Tabernacle | ||||
1975 | The Stepford Wives | USA | [4] | |||
1976 | Logan's Run | USA | City Computer, Box | [5] | ||
1977 | Demon Seed | USA | Proteus IV | [2] | ||
Star Wars | USA | R2-D2, C-3PO | [1] | |||
1979 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | USA | V'Ger | [6] | ||
Alien | UK / USA | Mother (computer), Ash (android) |
1980s
editYear | Title | Country | Artificial intelligence names | Computer
or program |
Robot or android | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1980 | Saturn 3 | UK | Hector | |||
1982 | Blade Runner | USA | Replicants | [1] | ||
Airplane II | USA | ROK | ||||
Tron | USA | Master Control Program | [1] | |||
1983 | Superman III | USA | Supercomputer | |||
WarGames | USA | WOPR (War Operation Plan Response), Joshua | [2] | |||
1984 | Electric Dreams | USA / UK | Edgar | |||
Hide and Seek | Canada | P-1 | ||||
The Terminator | USA | Skynet, the Terminator | [1] | |||
1985 | D.A.R.Y.L. | USA | Daryl | [2] | ||
1986 | Annihilator | USA | AI robots | |||
Short Circuit | USA | Number 5, Johnny Five | [1] | |||
Deadly Friend | USA | BB, Samantha Pringle | [7] | |||
1987 | RoboCop | USA | RoboCop, Murphy | [1] | ||
1988 | Short Circuit 2 | USA | Number 5, Johnny Five |
1990s
editYear | Title | Country | Artificial intelligence names | Computer
or program |
Robot or android | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | Class of 1999 | USA | AI robots | |||
1990 | RoboCop 2 | USA | RoboCop, Murphy, RoboCop 2 | [1] | ||
1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | USA | Skynet, the Terminator, T-1000, T-800 | |||
1992 | Homewrecker | USA | Lucy | |||
1993 | RoboCop 3 | USA | RoboCop, Murphy | [1] | ||
1994 | Star Trek Generations | USA | Data | |||
Blankman | USA | J-5 | ||||
1995 | Ghost in the Shell | Japan | The Puppet Master | [2] | ||
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie | USA | Alpha 5, Zordon, Zords | ||||
Screamers (1995 film) | USA / Canada | David Screamer / Jessica Hansen Screamer | ||||
Virtuosity | USA | SID 6.7 | ||||
1996 | Star Trek: First Contact | USA | Data, The Borg | |||
1997 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | USA | ||||
Nirvana | Italy / France | Solo | ||||
1998 | Lost in Space | USA | Robot | |||
1999 | The Iron Giant | USA | ||||
The Matrix | USA | Agents, Sentinels | [1] | |||
Bicentennial Man | USA | Andrew Martin | [8] | |||
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | USA | battle droids, C-3PO and R2-D2 |
2000s
editYear | Title | Country | Artificial intelligence names | Computer
or program |
Robot or android | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | USA | David, Gigolo Joe, Teddy | [1] | ||
2002 | The Time Machine | USA | Vox 114 | |||
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | 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 | |||
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | USA | Skynet, the Terminator, T-X | ||||
The Matrix Revolutions | USA | Agents, Sentinels | ||||
2004 | I, Robot | USA | VIKI (Virtual Interactive Kinetic Intelligence), Sonny | [1] | ||
Team America: World Police | 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] | ||
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | USA | Battle droids, C-3PO and R2-D2 | ||||
Stealth | USA | EDI | ||||
2007 | Resident Evil: Extinction | 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 | [1] | |||
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
editYear | Title | Country | Artificial intelligence names | Computer
or program |
Robot or android | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Iron Man 2 | USA | J.A.R.V.I.S. | |||
Enthiran | India | Chitti the Robot | ||||
Tron: Legacy | 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 | ||||
Resident Evil: Retribution | UK / Germany / France / USA / Canada | Red Queen | ||||
Robot & Frank | USA | Robot | ||||
Total Recall | USA | |||||
2013 | Her | USA | Samantha | [1] | ||
Iron Man 3 | USA | J.A.R.V.I.S., Iron Legion | [1] | |||
The Machine | UK | Machine | [1] | |||
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] | |||
X-Men: Days of Future Past | USA | Sentinels | ||||
2015 | Ex Machina | UK | Ava | [1] | ||
Chappie | USA | Chappie | [11] | |||
Tomorrowland | USA | Athena and other robots | ||||
Avengers: Age of Ultron | 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.) | [11] | |||
Terminator Genisys, aka Terminator 5 | USA | T-800, T-1000, T-3000, Skynet, Genisys | [11] | |||
Star Wars: The Force Awakens | USA | BB-8, C-3PO and R2-D2 | ||||
Uncanny | USA | Kressen | [12] | |||
Psycho-pass: The Movie | Japan | Sibyl System | ||||
2016 | Captain America: Civil War | USA | F.R.I.D.A.Y., Vision | |||
Max Steel | USA | Steel | ||||
Morgan | USA | Morgan, Lee Weathers | ||||
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | 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 | Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale | Japan | Yui, Yuna | |||
Power Rangers | USA | Alpha 5, Zordon, Zords | ||||
Spider-Man: Homecoming | USA | Karen, F.R.I.D.A.Y. | ||||
Alien: Covenant | USA | David, Walter | ||||
Blade Runner 2049 | USA | Replicants, Joi | ||||
Star Wars: The Last Jedi | USA | BB-8, C-3PO and R2-D2 | ||||
Singularity | Switzerland / USA | Kronos | ||||
2018 | Upgrade | Australia | Stem | |||
Zoe | USA | Ash | ||||
Tau | USA | Tau | ||||
Avengers: Infinity War | 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 | Alita: Battle Angel | USA | Alita and others | |||
Serenity | USA | The Plymouth island inhabitants | ||||
Hi, A.I. | Germany | Documentary | [13][better source needed] | |||
Captain Marvel | USA | The Supreme Intelligence | ||||
Avengers: Endgame | USA | F.R.I.D.A.Y. | ||||
The Wandering Earth | China | MOSS | ||||
I Am Mother | USA / Australia | Mother | ||||
Terminator: Dark Fate | USA | T-800, Rev-9, Legion | ||||
iHuman | Norway | [14] | ||||
Machine | Australia | [15][better source needed] | ||||
Jexi | USA | Jexi |
2020s
editYear | Title | Country | Artificial intelligence names | Computer
or program |
Robot or android | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Blood Machines | France | ||||
Bloodshot | USA | |||||
Monsters of Man | USA | [16][better source needed] | ||||
Superintelligence | USA | Superintelligence | ||||
Archive | UK | J1, J2, J3 | ||||
2067 | Australia | |||||
We Need to Talk About A.I. | USA | Documentary | ||||
Coded Bias | USA | Documentary | ||||
Invasion | Russia | Sol | ||||
2021 | After Yang | USA | Yang | |||
Finch | USA | Jeff | ||||
Free Guy | USA | Guy | ||||
Ron's Gone Wrong | UK / USA | |||||
The Matrix: Resurrections | USA | |||||
Mother/Android | USA | |||||
I'm Your Man | Germany | Tom | ||||
2022 | Je Suis Auto | Austria | Auto | |||
Moonfall | USA / China / UK / Canada | |||||
Brian and Charles | UK | Charles Petrescu | ||||
Big Bug | France | |||||
Kimi (film) | USA | Kimi | ||||
The Artifice Girl | USA | Cherry | ||||
2023 | M3GAN | USA | M3GAN | |||
JUNG_E | South Korea | JUNG_E | [17] | |||
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre | USA / UK / China / Indonesia / Turkey | The Handle | ||||
Heart of Stone | USA | The heart | ||||
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | USA | The Entity | ||||
The Creator | USA | |||||
Rebel Moon – Part One | USA | Jimmy | ||||
The Beast | France / Canada | |||||
2024 | Rebel Moon – Part Two | USA | Jimmy | |||
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan | India | |||||
Atlas | USA | |||||
Afraid | USA | AIA | ||||
Kalki 2898 AD | India | |||||
2025 | Untitled eighth Mission: Impossible film | USA | The Entity | |||
M3GAN 2.0 | USA | |||||
Tron: Ares | USA |
See also
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