List of artificial intelligence films

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

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1927  | Metropolis | Germany  | Maria's robot double  |  | Y | [1]
1934  | Der Herr der Welt (i.e. Master of the World)  | Germany  | Überroboter / Kampfmaschine (i.e. fighting machine), working-robots  |  | Y |
1935  | Loss of Sensation | USSR |  |  | Y |
1951  | The Day the Earth Stood Still | USA  | Gort |  | Y | [1]
1957  | The Invisible Boy | USA  | Robby the Robot | Y | Y |
1962  | The Creation of the Humanoids | USA  |  | Y | Y |
1965  | Alphaville | France  | Alpha 60  | Y |  | [2]
1968  | 2001: A Space Odyssey | UK / USA  | HAL 9000 | Y |  | [1]

## 1970s

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1970  | Colossus: The Forbin Project | USA  | Colossus, Guardian  | Y |  | [2]
1971  | Paper Man | USA  | Henry Norman  | Y | Y | [3]
1972  | Silent Running | USA  | Huey, Dewey and Louie |  | Y |
1973  | Westworld | USA  |  | Y | Y |
1974  | The Questor Tapes | USA  | Questor  |  | Y |
Dark Star | USA  | Ship Computer, Bomb #20  | Y |  |
Zardoz | USA / UK / Ireland  | Tabernacle  | Y |  |
1975  | The Stepford Wives | USA  |  |  | Y | [4]
1976  | Logan's Run | USA  | City Computer, Box  | Y | Y | [5]
1977  | Demon Seed | USA  | Proteus IV  | Y |  | [2]
Star Wars | USA  | R2-D2, C-3PO |  | Y | [1]
1979  | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | USA  | V'Ger  |  |  | [6]
Alien | UK / USA  | Mother (computer), Ash (android)  | Y | Y |

## 1980s

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1980  | Saturn 3 | UK  | Hector  |  | Y |
1982  | Blade Runner | USA  | Replicants |  | Y | [1]
Airplane II | USA  | ROK  | Y |  |
Tron | USA  | Master Control Program | Y |  | [1]
1983  | Superman III | USA  | Supercomputer  | Y | Y |
WarGames | USA  | WOPR (War Operation Plan Response), Joshua  | Y |  | [2]
1984  | Electric Dreams | USA / UK  | Edgar  | Y |  |
Hide and Seek | Canada  | P-1  | Y |  |
The Terminator | USA  | Skynet, the Terminator | Y | Y | [1]
1985  | D.A.R.Y.L. | USA  | Daryl  | Y | Y | [2]
1986  | Annihilator | USA  | AI robots  |  | Y |
Short Circuit | USA  | Number 5, Johnny Five  |  | Y | [1]
Deadly Friend | USA  | BB, Samantha Pringle  | Y | Y | [7]
1987  | RoboCop | USA  | RoboCop, Murphy  |  | Y | [1]
1988  | Short Circuit 2 | USA  | Number 5, Johnny Five  |  | Y |

## 1990s

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1990  | Class of 1999 | USA  | AI robots  |  | Y |
1990  | RoboCop 2 | USA  | RoboCop, Murphy, RoboCop 2  |  | Y | [1]
1991  | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | USA  | Skynet, the Terminator, T-1000, T-800 | Y | Y |
1992  | Homewrecker | USA  | Lucy  | Y | Y |
1993  | RoboCop 3 | USA  | RoboCop, Murphy  |  | Y | [1]
1994  | Star Trek Generations | USA  | Data  | Y | Y |
Blankman | USA  | J-5  |  | Y |
1995  | Ghost in the Shell | Japan  | The Puppet Master  | Y |  | [2]
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie | USA  | Alpha 5, Zordon, Zords | Y | Y |
Screamers (1995 film) | USA / Canada  | David Screamer / Jessica Hansen Screamer  | Y |  |
Virtuosity | USA  | SID 6.7  | Y |  |
1996  | Star Trek: First Contact | USA  | Data, The Borg |  | Y |
1997  | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | USA  |  |  | Y |
Nirvana | Italy / France  | Solo  | Y |  |
1998  | Lost in Space | USA  | Robot  | Y | Y |
1999  | The Iron Giant | USA  |  |  | Y |
The Matrix | USA  | Agents, Sentinels  | Y | Y | [1]
Bicentennial Man | USA  | Andrew Martin  |  | Y | [8]
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | USA  | battle droids, C-3PO and R2-D2 |  | Y |

## 2000s

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Year  | Title  | Country  | Artificial intelligence names  | Computer

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2001  | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | USA  | David, Gigolo Joe, Teddy  |  | Y | [1]
2002  | The Time Machine | USA  | Vox 114  | Y |  |
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | USA  | battle droids, C-3PO and R2-D2 |  | Y |
Resident Evil | UK / Germany  | Red Queen | Y |  |
S1M0NE | USA  | Simone  | Y | Y |
Minority Report | USA  | cyber parlor rooms  | Y |
2003  | The Matrix Reloaded | USA  | Agents, Sentinels  | Y | Y |
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | USA  | Skynet, the Terminator, T-X | Y | Y |
The Matrix Revolutions | USA  | Agents, Sentinels  | Y | Y |
2004  | I, Robot | USA  | VIKI (Virtual Interactive Kinetic Intelligence), Sonny  | Y | Y | [1]
Team America: World Police | USA  | I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.C.E.  | Y |  |
2005  | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | USA  | Marvin the Paranoid Android, Deep Thought, Eddie the Computer  | Y | Y | [9]
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | USA  | Battle droids, C-3PO and R2-D2 |  | Y |
Stealth | USA  | EDI  | Y |  |
2007  | Resident Evil: Extinction | Various  | White Queen | Y |  |
Meet the Robinsons | USA  | DOR-15 and Carl  |  | Y |
2008  | Eagle Eye | USA  | Autonomous Reconnaissance Intelligence Integration Analyst (ARIIA)  | Y |  |
Iron Man | USA  | J.A.R.V.I.S. (Just A Rather Very Intelligent System)  | Y |  |
WALL-E | USA  | WALL-E, EVE, AUTO, Ship's Computer  | Y | Y | [1]
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film) | USA  | Gort |  | Y |
2009  | Terminator Salvation | USA  | Skynet, the Terminator  | Y | Y |
Echelon Conspiracy | USA  | Echelon, an omniscient communication surveillance computer system  | Y |  |
Moon | UK  | GERTY  | Y |  |

## 2010s

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2010  | Iron Man 2 | USA  | J.A.R.V.I.S. | Y |  |
Enthiran | India  | Chitti |  | Y |
Tron: Legacy | USA  |  | Y |  |
2011  | Eva | Spain / Switzerland  | Eva, Max, SI-9  |  | Y |
Real Steel | USA  | Atom  |  | Y |
Ra.One | India  | Ra.One, G.One  | Y | Y |
2012  | The Avengers | USA  | J.A.R.V.I.S. | Y |  |
Prometheus | USA  | David |  | Y |
Resident Evil: Retribution | UK / Germany / France / USA / Canada  | Red Queen | Y |  |
Robot & Frank | USA  | Robot  |  | Y |
Total Recall | USA  |  |  | Y |
2013  | Her | USA  | Samantha  | Y |  | [1]
Iron Man 3 | USA  | J.A.R.V.I.S., Iron Legion  | Y | Y | [1]
The Machine | UK  | Machine  |  | Y | [1]
Pacific Rim | USA  | A.I., Jaegers | Y | Y |
Elysium | USA  | Elysium robots  |  | Y |
Oblivion | USA  | Tet  | Y |  |
2014  | Autómata | Spain / Bulgaria  |  |  | Y |
Big Hero 6 | USA  | Baymax  |  | Y |
Interstellar | USA  | TARS and CASE  |  | Y |
Robocop (2014 film) | USA  | RoboCop, Murphy  |  | Y |
Transcendence | USA  | Dr. Will Caster  | Y |  | [10]
X-Men: Days of Future Past | USA  | Sentinels |  | Y |
2015  | Ex Machina | UK  | Ava  |  | Y | [1]
Chappie | USA  | Chappie  |  | Y | [11]
Tomorrowland | USA  | Athena and other robots  |  | Y |
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.)  | Y | Y | [11]
Terminator Genisys, aka Terminator 5 | USA  | T-800, T-1000, T-3000, Skynet, Genisys  | Y | Y | [11]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens | USA  | BB-8, C-3PO and R2-D2 |  | Y |
Uncanny | USA  | Kressen  | Y | Y | [12]
Psycho-pass: The Movie | Japan  | Sibyl System | Y | Y |
2016  | Captain America: Civil War | USA  | F.R.I.D.A.Y., Vision | Y | Y |
Max Steel | USA  | Steel  |  | Y |
Morgan | USA  | Morgan, Lee Weathers  |  | Y |
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | UK / Germany / France / USA / Canada / Australia  | Red Queen | Y |  |
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | USA  | K-2SO |  | Y |
Infinity Chamber | USA  | Howard  | Y |  |
Passengers (2016 film) | USA  | Ship androids  | Y | Y |
Kill Command | UK  | S.A.R.  |  | Y |
Why Him? | USA  | Justine  | Y |  |
2017  | Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale | Japan  | Yui, Yuna  | Y |  |
Power Rangers | USA  | Alpha 5, Zordon, Zords | Y | Y |
Spider-Man: Homecoming | USA  | Karen, F.R.I.D.A.Y. | Y |  |
Alien: Covenant | USA  | David, Walter  |  | Y |
Blade Runner 2049 | USA  | Replicants, Joi  |  | Y |
Star Wars: The Last Jedi | USA  | BB-8, C-3PO and R2-D2 |  | Y |
Singularity | Switzerland / USA  | Kronos  | Y |  |
2018  | Upgrade | Australia  | Stem  | Y |  |
Zoe | USA  | Ash  |  | Y |
Tau | USA  | Tau  | Y |  |
Avengers: Infinity War | USA  | F.R.I.D.A.Y., Vision | Y | Y |
2036 Origin Unknown | UK  | ARTI  | Y |  |
Extinction | USA  | Synths  |  | Y |
Maniac | USA  | GRTA  | Y |  |
2.0 | India  | Chitti and Chitti version 2.0  |  | Y |
A-X-L | USA  | A-X-L  |  | Y |
A.I. Rising | USA  | Nimani  |  |  |
Replicas | USA  |  |  | Y |
2019  | Alita: Battle Angel | USA  | Alita and others  |  | Y |
Serenity | USA  | The Plymouth island inhabitants  | Y |  |
Hi, A.I. | Germany  |  | Documentary  |  | [13][better source needed]
Captain Marvel | USA  | The Supreme Intelligence | Y |  |
Avengers: Endgame | USA  | F.R.I.D.A.Y. | Y |  |
The Wandering Earth | China  | MOSS  | Y |  |
I Am Mother | USA / Australia  | Mother  | Y | Y |
Terminator: Dark Fate | USA  | T-800, Rev-9, Legion  | Y | Y |
iHuman | Norway  |  | Y |  | [14]
Machine | Australia  |  | Y | Y | [15][better source needed]
Jexi | USA  | Jexi  | Y |  |

## 2020s

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Year  | Title  | Country  | Artificial intelligence names  | Computer

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2020  | Blood Machines | France  |  |  |  |
Bloodshot | USA  |  |  |  |
Monsters of Man | USA  |  |  | Y | [16][better source needed]
Superintelligence | USA  | Superintelligence  | Y |  |
Archive | UK  | J1, J2, J3  |  | Y |
2067 | Australia  |  |  |  |
We Need to Talk About A.I. | USA  |  | Documentary  |  |
Coded Bias | USA  |  | Documentary  |  |
Invasion | Russia  | Sol  |  | Y |
2021  | After Yang | USA  | Yang  |  | Y |
Finch | USA  | Jeff  |  | Y |
Free Guy | USA  | Guy  | Y |  |
Ron's Gone Wrong | UK / USA  |  | Y | Y |
The Matrix: Resurrections | USA  |  | Y | Y |
Mother/Android | USA  |  |  | Y |
I'm Your Man | Germany  | Tom  |  | Y |
2022  | Je Suis Auto | Austria  | Auto  | Y |  |
Moonfall | USA / China / UK / Canada  |  |  |  |
Brian and Charles | UK  | Charles Petrescu  |  | Y |
Big Bug | France  |  | Y | Y |
Kimi | USA  | Kimi  | Y |  |
The Artifice Girl | USA  | Cherry  | Y | Y |
2023  | M3GAN | USA  | M3GAN  | Y | Y |
JUNG_E | South Korea  | JUNG_E  |  | Y | [17]
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre | USA / UK / China / Indonesia / Turkey  | The Handle  |  |  |
Heart of Stone | USA  | The heart  |  |  |
Simulant | Canada  | Evan  | Y | Y |
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | USA  | The Entity  | Y |  |
The Creator | USA  |  |  |  |
Rebel Moon – Part One | USA  | Jimmy  |  |  |
The Beast | France / Canada  |  |  |  |
2024  | Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya | India  | SIFRA (Super Intelligent Female Robot Automation)  |  | Y |
Rebel Moon – Part Two | USA  | Jimmy  |  |  |
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan | India  |  |  |  |
Atlas | USA  |  |  |  |
Afraid | USA  | AIA  |  |  |
Kalki 2898 AD | India  | BU-JZ-1 alias Bujji  | Y | Y |
The Last Screenwriter | Switzerland  |  | Y |  |
2025  | Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning | USA  | The Entity  | Y |  |
M3GAN 2.0 | USA  |  |  |  |
Tron: Ares | USA  |  |  |  |

## See also

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* Artificial intelligence in fiction

## References

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