The movies in this category do not exhibit examples of Artificial Intelligence, although they might seem to at first sight. They include things like humans pretending to be robots, assembly robots, teleoperated mechanisms, prosthetics, clockwork mechanisms, etc, or derive from IMDB tags referring to the acting as so poor to be 'robotic'
TITLE | YEAR | LINK TO AI |
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The Abominable Dr. Phibes | 1971 | clockwork musicians |
Aelita/Aelita: Queen of Mars/Revolt of the Robots | 1924 | human slave workers treated no better than robots |
Alien vs. Ninja | 2010 | reference to poor acting |
American Pie Presents Band Camp | 2005 | Teleoperated vehicle |
Asylum | 1972 | toys in shape of robots |
Atlantic Rim | 2013 | exoskeleton |
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | 1997 | *** |
Avalon | 2001 | virtual reality, possibly with AI gamesmaster |
Big Meat Eater | 1982 | tiny toy robot aliens spoof |
Billion Dollar Brain | 1967 | supercomputer |
Brainstorm | 1983 | Assembly robots |
Il Casanova di Federico Fellini/Fellini's Casanova | 1976 | Mechanical doll and bird |
Chicken Little | 2005 | Mechanical exoskeleton |
The City of the Lost Children/Cite des enfants perdus, La | 1995 | weird machines |
Class of 1999 II: The Substitute | 1994 | human pretending to be robot |
Click | 2006 | robot dog |
Colossal | 2016 | Teleoperated mechanical robot |
Congo | 1995 | Brief shot of teleoperated arms+hands |
The Curious Dr. Humpp/Venganza del sexo, La | 1971 | zombie-like humans |
Cyberpunk | 1990 | *** |
The Cyberstalking | 1999 | virtual reality |
Dante's Peak | 1997 | teleoperated legged mobile |
Dr. Phibes Rises Again | 1972 | clockwork musicians |
Earth vs the Flying Saucers | 1956 | robot-like body armor |
Elysium | 2013 | exoskeleton |
EuroTrip | 2004 | robot style mime |
Fierce Creatures | 1997 | Mechatronic panda |
Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers | 1936 | no robots? |
Freejack | 1992 | *** |
1990 |
no AI whatsoever, one mechanical glove |
|
The Gate to the Mind's Eye | 1994 | Animated graphics showcase with a robot-like body in some sequences |
Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control | 2008 | remote control humanoid |
The Great Mouse Detective | 1986 | mechanical wind-up toys |
The Great Yokai War/Yokai Daisenso | 2005 | magic-animated mechanical monsters |
Hackers | 1995 | *** |
Hard Kill | 2020 | fight to control a supposed AI system |
Hold Me with Your Robot Hand | 2000 | *** |
Home Movie | 2001 | teleoperated humanoid robot |
Hotel Artemis | 2018 | surgical robot arm |
H.O.T.S. | 1979 | human pretending to be a cleaning robot (nudity) |
Hugo | 2011 | mechanical humanoid automaton |
I Love Budapest | 2001 | no idea - reference to actors' skills? |
Joey/Making Contact | 1985 | robot toy animated by some spiritual mechanism |
Kiss Me Quick! | 1964 | a large box pretending to be an all-purpose servant, plus some topless no longer normal females |
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace | 1996 | virtual reality |
License to Wed | 2007 | mechanical dolls, some remote control |
A Life Less Ordinary | 1997 | mindless cleaning robot |
Mad Mission II/Zuijia paidang daxian shentong | 1983 | teleoperated mechanicals |
Moon 44 | 1990 | automated mining robots |
Mumford | 1999 | mechanical sex toy |
New Rose Hotel | 1998 | *** |
Pacific Rim | 2013 | exoskeleton |
Pacific Rim: Uprising | 2018 | exoskeleton+drones |
Paprika | 2006 | virtual wind-up robot toy |
The Parole Officer | 2001 | Teleoperated vehicle |
Planete sauvage, La /The Fantastic Planet | 1973 | unclear - maybe remotely controlled bodies |
Real Steel | 2011 | Teleoperated fighting robots |
Robo Warriors | 1996 | Teleoperated giant 'exo-skeletons' |
Robot Jox/Robojox | 1991 | giant combat teleoperated robots |
Robot Ninja | 1990 | no robots at all |
Robot Wrecks | 1941 | human pretending to be a robot causes trouble |
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie - Rugrats II | 2000 | teleoperated animatronics |
Sakura taisen/Sakura Wars | 1997 | mechanical exoskeleton |
S1m0ne | 2002 | CGI character inserted into movies |
1996 |
short film, z-list, there is a robot in the plot |
|
Songbird | 2020 | drone |
SOPOR | 1981 | industrial robots |
Split | 2004 | *** |
Stargate | 1994 | *** |
Stay Tuned | 1992 | TV segment w/robot cat? |
Subliminal Seduction | 1996 | *** |
Surrogates | 2009 | Teleoperated bodies, factory robots |
The Thief of Baghdad | 1940 | clockwork mechanical (magical) horse |
The Thirteenth Floor | 1999 | cybereality supported by a computer |
95ers: Time Runners/95ers: Echoes | 2013 | similar titles |
A Town Called Panic | 2009 | robot-looking vehicle |
Unwound | 2003 | *** |
Vera | 2003 | ?unclear why IMDB info |
Virus | 2002 | many clever mechatronic devices constructed and controlled by an alien electronic intelligence (possibly artificial) |
Waxworks | 1988 | animated wax sculptures |
Waxwork II: Lost in Time | 1992 | various spoofs of horror movies |
The Wild, Wild West | 1999 | some clever mechatronic devices controlled by humans |
Wolverine | 2013 | exoskeleton |
WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 | 2002 | mechatronic battle suit |
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