A Glean movie guide
Minds of Silicon: The Best AI Movies
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- 01
Ex Machina
A tense, claustrophobic thriller that questions the line between programming and consciousness.
Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.
- 02
Blade Runner
A visually stunning noir that explores what it truly means to be human in a world of replicants.
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
- 03
Her
A soulful and prophetic look at the emotional complexities of falling in love with an operating system.
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.
- 04
2001: A Space Odyssey
A landmark epic featuring HAL 9000, cinema's most iconic and chillingly logical supercomputer.
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
- 05
The Matrix
A groundbreaking action spectacle where humanity fights for freedom against a simulated reality.
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
- 06
After Yang
A gentle, philosophical drama that examines family and legacy through the eyes of a malfunctioning android.
When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.
- 07
Ghost in the Shell
A seminal anime masterpiece that dives deep into the philosophy of the soul in a digital age.
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.
- 08
WALL-E
A visually inventive adventure that finds immense heart in a lonely robot’s mission to save Earth.
A robot who is responsible for cleaning a waste-covered Earth meets another robot and falls in love with her. Together, they set out on a journey that will alter the fate of mankind.
- 09
Moon
A gripping sci-fi mystery centered on a lone worker and his helpful, yet enigmatic, robotic companion.
With only three weeks left in his three-year contract, Sam Bell is eager to return to Earth. Stationed alone at a Moon-based facility with his computer assistant GERTY, an unexpected accident sets off a series of unsettling events that shake his isolation.
- 10
Blade Runner 2049
A breathtaking expansion of the original’s world that tackles the burden of memory and identity.
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.
- 11
Upgrade
A high-octane thriller where an experimental chip provides superhuman abilities with a dark price.
A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life.
- 12
M3GAN
A stylish and satirical horror-thriller about the unintended consequences of high-tech parenting.
A brilliant toy company roboticist uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to emotionally bond with her newly orphaned niece. But when the doll's programming works too well, she becomes overprotective of her new friend with terrifying results.