6 Best Robot and AI Movies

By Vlad Zakh · February 16, 2026

Robots and AI make us ask what being human means. Ex Machina has a programmer unsure of an android’s true nature, Her has a lonely writer falling for a virtual assistant, and A.I. Artificial Intelligence has an android child who wants to be real. The Terminator, Blade Runner and 2001: A Space Odyssey round out the six.

Ex Machina (2014)

TMDB ★ 7.7

A programmer's Turing test with an android grows more unsettling the longer it runs.

Directed by Alex Garland · 1h 48m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Hulu · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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Her (2013)

TMDB ★ 8.0

A love story about loneliness that has only got more prophetic every year since.

Directed by Spike Jonze · 2h 06m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Apple TV · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

TMDB ★ 7.1

An android child programmed to love sets out on a quest to become a real boy.

Directed by Steven Spielberg · 2h 26m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Peacock Premium, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Terminator (1984)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 90% Metacritic 84

A relentless killing machine is sent back in time to erase a resistance leader before he's born.

Directed by James Cameron · 1h 48m · Rated R

9 wins & 8 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+, YouTube TV, AMC, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Blade Runner (1982)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 89% Metacritic 84

A bounty hunter tracks down synthetic humans in a rain-soaked, neon-lit future Los Angeles.

Directed by Ridley Scott · 1h 58m · Rated R

Nominated for 2 Oscars13 wins & 22 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

IMDb ★ 8.3 RT 90% Metacritic 84

A black monolith and a rogue computer push a deep-space crew towards humanity's next step.

Directed by Stanley Kubrick · 2h 29m · Rated G

Won 1 Oscar18 wins & 14 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Streaming availability data from JustWatch, via TMDB. Availability changes often, so check the service before you plan a movie night.

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Robot and AI Movies

Ex Machina (2014)

Her (2013)

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

The Terminator (1984)

Blade Runner (1982)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

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