Isaac Asimov: A Message to the Future

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2001 · ★ 7.1

David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David.

Forbidden Planet

1956 · ★ 7.2

Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.

Silent Running

1972 · ★ 6.4

After the entire flora goes extinct, ecologist Lowell maintains a greenhouse aboard a space station for the future with his android companions. However, he rebels after being ordered to destroy the greenhouse in favor of carrying cargo, a decision that puts him at odds with everyone but his mechanical companions.

Automata

2014 · ★ 5.9

Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

2009 · ★ 6.2

Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.

The Wild Robot Escapes

Roz hatches a plan to get back to her island.

Red Planet

2000 · ★ 5.7

Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.

Runaway

1984 · ★ 5.6

In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.

The Black Hole

1979 · ★ 5.8

The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the USS Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship is controlled by Dr. Hans Reinhardt and his monstrous robot companion, but the initial wonderment and awe the Palomino crew feel for the ship and its resistance to the power of the black hole turn to horror as they uncover Reinhardt's plans.

Make a Girl

2025 · ★ 8.3

High school student Akira Mizutane, whose mother is a genius scientist, spends his days trying to follow in his mother's footsteps. However, he feels that he has reached a dead end in his research and becomes depressed, thinking that he doesn't have the talent his mother has. One day, Akira is advised by a friend that a man can become more powerful by having a girlfriend, so he creates an artificial human girlfriend, "No. 0".

A Grand Day Out

1990 · ★ 7.5

Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese.

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

1991 · ★ 6.3

Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicates of the two lads to terminate and replace them. The robot doubles actually succeed in killing Bill and Ted, but the two are determined to escape the afterlife, challenging the Grim Reaper to a series of games in order to return to the land of the living.