Movies Based On Robotics And Machines

This article contains some of the top movies based on Robotics and Machines. Earlier, I wrote about movies based on computer hacking, technology and security. I love Robots and Machines though I’m not interested in Electronics and Electrical stuffs. I watched almost half of the movies, will watch the others after my 3rd semester exams. I arranged the movies by year wise. Most of the story synopsis taken from Yahoo! Movies and Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Please share your favorite movies based on robots, robotics and machines in the comments!

1. Surrogates (2009)

Starring : Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Boris Kodjoe, James Francis Ginty

Direction : Michael Bay

Distribution : Buena Vista Pictures

MPAA Rating : PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, brief sexual humor and language.

Story : Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop (Willis) is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others’ surrogates.

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2. Transformers – Revenge Of The Fallen (2009)

Starring : Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel, Megan Fox

Direction : Michael Bay

Distribution : DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures

MPAA Rating : PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, brief sexual humor and language.

Story : With the help of the Autobots, the soldiers of NEST, and an old adversary-turned-ally, Sam and Mikaela must uncover the secret history of the Transformers presence on earth, and the sacrifices that have to be made to save it from an ancient threat sworn on returning here for revenge… an ancient Decepticon named THE FALLEN.

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3. Terminator Salvation (2009)

Starring : Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Bryce Dallas Howard, Moon Bloodgood

Direction : McG

Distribution : Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution

MPAA Rating : PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action and language.

Story : John Connor is the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future that Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright, a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row.

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4. Iron Man (2008)

Starring : Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges

Direction : Jon Favreau

Distribution : Paramount Pictures and Marvel

MPAA Rating : PG-13 for some intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and brief suggestive content.

Story : When wealthy industrialist Tony Stark is forced to build an armored suit after a life-threatening incident, he ultimately decides to use its technology to fight against evil.

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5. WALL-E (2008)

Starring : Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy, Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Garlin

Direction : Andrew Stanton

Distribution : Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

MPAA Rating : G

Story : After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, Wall-E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named Eve.

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6. Transformers (2007)

Starring : Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel, Anthony Anderson, Megan Fox

Direction : Michael Bay

Distribution : DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures

MPAA Rating : PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, brief sexual humor and language.

Story : An ancient struggle re-erupts on Earth between two extraterrestrial clans, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a young teenager.

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7. I, Robot (2004)

Starring : Will Smith, Alan Tudyk, Bridget Moynahan, Chi McBride, Bruce Greenwood

Direction : Alex Proyas

Distribution : 20th Century Fox

MPAA Rating : PG-13 for intense stylized action and some brief partial nudity.

Story : In the year 2035 a techno-phobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity. Detective Del Spooner is called out to investigate the apparent suicide of the scientist behind these robots.

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8. Terminator 3 : Rise of the Machines (2003)

Starring : Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken, David Andrews

Direction : Jonathan Mostow

Distribution : Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI), Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution

MPAA Rating : R for strong violence, action, language and brief nudity.

Story : A decade has passed since John Connor helped Judgement Day and save mankind from mass destruction. Now, 25, Connor lives “off the grid”–no home, no credit cards, no cell phone and no job. Connor has no record of his existence.

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9. Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)

Starring : Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O Connor, Sam Robards, Jake Thomas

Direction : Steven Spielberg

Distribution : Warner Bros. Pictures

MPAA Rating : PG-13 for some sexual content and violent images.

Story : Withdrawn to the interior of the continents, the human race keeps advancing, reaching to the point of creating realistic robots (called mechas) to serve him. One of the mecha-producing companies builds David, an artificial kid which…

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10. Bicentennial Man (1999)

Starring : Sam Neill, Oliver Platt, Stephen Root, Robin Williams, Embeth Davidtz

Direction : Chris Columbus

Distribution : Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI)

MPAA Rating : PG

Story : In the first decade of the new millennium, with advances in technology overtaking the sovereignty of human compassion, Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product, an android, is named Andrew by the youngest of the family’s children.

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11. Robocop 3 (1993)

Starring : Nancy Allen, Rip Torn, John Castle, Jill Hennessy, CCH Pounder

Direction : Fred Dekker, Conrad Palmisano, David Silverman

Distribution : Orion Pictures

MPAA Rating : PG-13

Story : The mega corporation Omni Consumer Products is still bent on creating their pet project, Delta City, to replace the rotting city of Detroit. Unfortunately, the inhabitants of the area have no intention of abandoning their homes simply for desires of the company.

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12. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Starring : Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, Edward Furlong, Earl Boen

Direction : James Cameron

Distribution : TriStar Pictures

MPAA Rating : R

Story : A decade after Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) destroyed the original Terminator, a second unstoppable killing machine (Arnold Schwarzenegger) arrives from the post-apocalyptic year 2029. But this time his mission is to stop an even deadlier Terminator.

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13. Robocop 2 (1990)

Starring : Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Jeff McCarthy, Felton Perry, Daniel O’Herlihy

Direction : Irvin Kershner, Conrad Palmisano

Distribution : Orion Pictures

MPAA Rating : R

Story : After a successful deployment of the Robocop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification closer and closer. But as this develops, a new narcotic known as “Nuke” invades the streets, leaded by God-delirious leader Kane. As this whole menac

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14. Robocop (1987)

Starring : Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Daniel O’Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith

Direction : Paul Verhoeven, Mark Goldblatt

Distribution : Orion Pictures, Showtime Networks

MPAA Rating : R

Story : In the not-to-distant-future, a newly transfered Detroit police officer is remade into an indistructable cybornetic cop after being dismembered by a gang of thungs in an abandoned warehouse. Reborn as Robocop he is programed to serve and protect the citizens of Detroit.

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15. Terminator (1984)

Starring : Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Lance Henriksen, Rick Rossovich

Direction : James Cameron, Stan Winston, Jean-Paul Ouelette

Distribution : Orion Pictures

MPAA Rating : R

Story : In the year 2029, the rulers of Earth, to ensure their success, decide to reshape the future by changing the past. They send The Terminator back in time to destroy Sarah Connor, who doesn’t realize the awesome role her unborn child will play in the decades to come.

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16. Star Wars (1977)

Starring : Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness

Direction : George Lucas

MPAA Rating : PG

Story : In a distant galaxy, a long time ago, young Luke Skywalker assembles his motley crew of allies including space rogue Han Solo and two “droids” — C3PO and R2D2 — to rescue Princess Leia, the rebel leader of her planet from the clutches of the evil Empire as embodied by its enforcer Darth Vader.

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Do you know any other movies based on robotics and machines? Please share it in the coments!