During the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) has been progressively developed, and it’s been playing a bigger role in our daily lives than we realize. Thankfully, many movie producers have been recognizing this innovative technology and have created some of the best AI movies – some might make you wonder if they predicted the future because of how advanced AI technology is right now. If you and your partner have been in the rabbit hole of researching AI capabilities, it’s time to binge-watch artificial intelligence movies to feed your curiosity.
We’ve compiled a list of the best AI movies we’ve watched over the years so you can watch them for your next movie date. After all, what better way to spend your time than staying cozy and comfortable while streaming TV and movies, right? Let’s start!
- Ex Machina (2014)
Ex Machina is the film that actually made us appreciate AI movies. It’s a sci-fi thriller about a programmer named Caleb Smith who wins a company competition to visit the secluded mountain estate of the CEO of the company he works for, Nathan Bateman. Nathan is a genius that has developed an extremely realistic human-like robot named Ava.
Caleb is tasked with conducting a series of tests to determine Ava’s level of consciousness and humanity. However, as Caleb spends more time with Ava, he begins to question her true purpose and the ethics behind her creation.
- Heart of Stone (2023)
While this isn’t your typical robot-kind AI movie, it still centers around artificial intelligence technology yet in a different way. The movie is about a powerful AI system called The Heart that can hack into anything, and even control nuclear weapons around the world. Rachel Stone, played by Gal Gadot, is a secret agent who works undercover as a tech expert for MI6, but she has a more important task to do: protect The Heart from bad guys who are planning to exploit its capabilities.
This 2-hour long movie is available on Netflix, so before streaming it, make sure to have a fast and stable wireless service so you can really enjoy the movie.
- I, Robot (2004)
An AI classic dating back two decades ago, I, Robot is a sci-fi action movie set in the future where robots are everywhere, helping people with everyday tasks. Will Smith plays a detective named Del Spooner who doesn’t trust robots because of something bad that happened to him in the past. The story gets interesting when a scientist who builds robots dies in a weird way. Of course, as a detective, Spooner investigates and thinks something isn’t right. The movie is about robots, if they can be trusted, and the relationship between humans and robots.
- Minority Report (2002)
Have you ever wondered what the world would be like if crimes were stopped before they happened? Well, this movie gives you just that. Minority Report is a sci-fi action where a special police unit called Precrime uses psychic technology to arrest people for murders they haven’t even committed.
John Anderton, played by Tom Cruise, heads this unit, and he’s more than confident in the system’s capabilities until he sees himself as a future murderer himself in the very system he believed in. He’s now considered a fugitive, so he needs to clear his name before his time runs out. If you plan to watch this, you definitely should have the best internet provider because this movie will keep you on the edge of your seat.
- WALL-E (2008)
This list wouldn’t be complete without this Disney classic, and it’s also the best way to end your binge-watching. This heartwarming movie is about the world filled with pollution. The only thing living in the plant is WALL-E, a tireless little waste-collecting robot, and probably a few cockroaches. WALL-E spends his days tidying up the planet every single day, then a shiny new robot named EVE shows up and WALL-E is instantly in love (well, as much as a robot can be). Their adventure takes them off to space and inspires humans to come back and clean up their mess. It’s a fun robot love story with a message about taking care of Earth.
Final Thoughts
Knowing the possibilities with AI technology can be both exciting and a little scary. We don’t know what the future holds, but we sure don’t want robots taking over the world like what we often see in movies. So for now, just enjoy these AI movies with your partner, and let your imaginations run wild as what our future will be. Happy watching!
