Top 10 Best Artificial Intelligence Movies of All Time

Over the last decade, multiple blockbusters have entered the entertainment industry bringing new concepts and ideas including Artificial Intelligence Movies. With the growing advancements in AI tech and the keen interest of people worldwide, directors are not leaving a chance to bring their ideas into cinema.

What is Artificial Intelligence?

As the name suggests, it’s the intelligence demonstrated by machines. They try to mimic human nature and behavior in optimum cases and take it to the next level to solve complex problems or issues where a human may lack resources. They try to imitate the cognitive skills displayed by human beings and can solve large problems that the human mind sometimes can’t comprehend.

It involves a lot of reasoning, knowledge representation, planning, and natural language processing and all of it goes hand-in-hand to simulate it via machines.

Here’s a list of the best artificial intelligence movies of all time.

1. Wall-E

This movie was released almost a decade ago but it left a significant impact in the minds of the viewers. It holds a rating of 8.4 on IMDb. The story is set in a distant future where people have ruined the planets due to their never-ending greed and they have started living in a huge planet-sized ship.

Wall-E, a garbage-collecting robot has been left on the planet to clean up the planet. He seems to enjoy his monotonous job with his pet cockroach. One fine day, a reconnaissance robot, EVE is sent to the planet Earth to find if the planet is sustainable to live on or not. Wall-E saves her from a storm and thus begins this beautiful adventure of bringing the people back to Earth and saving everything. This is one of the most loved Artificial Intelligence Movies of all time.

The robots form a mutiny against the auto-pilot and the fun unravels.

2. I, Robot

This movie is set in the year 2035 where a cop is investigating a crime that may or may not have been committed by a robot. This movie was released in 2004 and holds a rating of 7.1 on IMDb.

Del Spooner (played by Will Smith) from Chicago PD is out on the streets to investigate the suicide of Dr Lanning. The more he digs deeper, the more secrets come out and the enemy is stronger than ever. The humanoid robots seem to have an ulterior motive in the distant future and can potentially be dangerous to humans. Del has to follow the trail of secrets to uncover everything and protect life at all costs. This is one of the best Artificial Intelligence Movies of all time.

3. Ex-Machina

Released in 2014, this movie has a rating of 7.7/10 on IMDb at present. It has gained some popularity over the years because of its storyline as it comes under the category of a Sci-Fi thriller.

If you are someone who has a short attention span, you may not enjoy this one. But, if you do enjoy a thought-provoking thriller with a brilliant soundtrack and great acting, this one can turn out to be a beautiful watch. Caleb is a programmer who has been rewarded a private retreat in a mountain where he has to take part in a very strange experiment that involves interacting with a beautiful robot girl who turns out to be the world’s first true artificial intelligence.

4. Her

Joaquin Phoenix starred in the lead role by the name of Theodore. He is a lonely writer who develops an unconventional relationship with his operating system. This movie holds a rating of 8/10 on IMDb.

In his final stages of divorce, Theodore spends most of his time playing video games and hanging out with his friends. He later decides to purchase the world’s first AI operating system OS1. He falls for the voice behind the operating system and starts spending more time with her. He starts falling in love with the software and the OS1 helps him deal with a lot of conflicting thoughts. But, how will he accept the fact that he fell in love with an Operating System? This is one of the most watched Artificial Intelligence Movies of all time.

5. The Matrix

This movie probably doesn’t need an introduction and chances are you must have watched it already multiple times if not once. It has been one of the classics that awed the world. It was released in 1999 and holds a rating of 8.7/10 on IMDb. The movie has won 4 Oscars.

Reality is often disappointing but choosing between the red or the blue pill allows Neo to dive into a deeper world beyond his comprehension. Neo works as a hacker during the night and a programmer by day. One day Morpheus offers him a choice that changes his life for good and he sets off on his fight against the computer programs that are specifically designed to stop the human rebellion. This is one of the most loved Artificial Intelligence Movies of all time.

6. Superintelligence

This movie was released in 2020 and it does hold a low rating on IMDb but hear us out. This one is one of those movies that you should risk your time for. You may end up loving it.

Melissa McCarthy has done justice to the role that she plays in this movie. The movie is actually quite fun in nature. Carol Peters is a woman who realises that she is being pranked by her devices when her TV, phone and microwave start talking back to her but as the time passes she realises that she has been selected for observation by the world’s first AI program and they plan to take over the humans. This is one of the most loved Artificial Intelligence Movies of all time.

Carol seems to be humanity’s last chance of survival before the AI decides to end the entire human race.

7. Oxygen

The movie “Oxygen” directed by Alexandre Aja was released in 2021 and currently holds a rating of 6.5/10 on IMDb. It revolves around the story of a woman who wakes up suddenly in a cryogenic chamber without any past recollection of how she reached there.

Liz Hansen has to build up and recall her memory because her oxygen is running out. The only way out seems to be piecing each fragmented memory. She takes the help of MILO, the pod’s AI. With only ninety minutes of oxygen left and the support of an AI, she has to struggle hard to survive. This is one of the most loved Artificial Intelligence Movies of all time.

The background music and storytelling will keep you hooked to your seat till the very end.

8. Inception

Leonardo DiCaprio’s Inception is yet another cinema jewel that has kept its audience engaged to the very end. This movie has almost 220 nominations in total and has won 4 Oscars. From cinematography to music, the movie has it all. It has complexities and tech that may lead to some head scratching but the hype and suspense keep the hype going.

The story revolves around Dom Cobb who is a thief who can steal valuable secrets from the deep subconscious and it makes him a very major player in this new world. It has made him an international fugitive and the cost of living has gotten hard for him. He gets offered one last job to save himself and get his life back. He attempts the perfect heist with his team against a very dangerous enemy. This is one of the most loved Artificial Intelligence Movies of all time.

9. Free Guy

This movie is super fun to watch and it keeps you amused throughout the journey of a bank teller who is actually an NPC inside an open-world video game. This movie was released in 2021 and holds a rating of 7.1/10 on IMDb. This is one of the most loved Artificial Intelligence Movies of all time.

Ryan Reynolds has done a great job playing the role of “Guy”, the main NPC character who realises the true nature of his existence when he falls in love with a human player. The game has a secret code inside which makes the AI smarter, and adaptive to situations as they present themselves. There’s a lot more to uncover as the walls are closing in due to real-world politics around gaming. The AI has to save itself and discover the truth as they play the game further.

10. Minority Report

Minority Report was released in 2002 and holds a rating of 7.7/10 on IMDb. Tom Cruise is the main character of this story where he plays the role of Chief John Anderton who works in a task force where they stop murders before they even occur. This is one of the most loved Artificial Intelligence Movies of all time.

The year is 2024 and all of the crime has been eliminated from Washington D.C. with the help of a squad named “Precrime”. John believes thoroughly in the system and leads an efficient task force. The machine helps predict the murders but one fine day, the machine displays that Anderton will commit a murder shortly and that’s when he becomes frantic and looks for answers.

Final Thoughts

Minority Report and Free Guy should be the first two movies that you need to start watching right away. Those are brilliantly unique in nature apart from the ones mentioned above. The original classics do have their own place in this smart AI world, but these two movies are a breath of fresh air.

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