AI Media Library

Films, series, books, cartoons and games about artificial intelligence, all in one place. Each title links to its source.

Movies

  • The Creator (2023) — Gareth Edwards · USA

    A war between humans and AI. A soldier searches for a child who may hold the key to peace.

  • I Am Mother (2019) — Grant Sputore · Australia

    A robot mother raises a girl in a bunker after humanity has died out. A chamber film about trust in AI.

  • Chappie (2015) — Neill Blomkamp · USA, South Africa

    A police robot is taught to think and feel. About how upbringing shapes a machine's mind.

  • Ex Machina (2015) — Alex Garland · United Kingdom

    A programmer is asked to test whether an AI can convince him she is human. A tense thriller about consciousness and trust.

  • Her (2013) — Spike Jonze · USA

    A lonely writer falls in love with a voice-based virtual assistant. A quiet film about closeness and what we expect from AI.

  • I, Robot (2004) — Alex Proyas · USA

    A detective investigates the death of a robotics designer, and suspicion falls on robots that broke the Three Laws.

  • Bicentennial Man (1999) — Chris Columbus · USA

    A household robot gradually develops human traits and seeks to be recognized as a person. Based on an Asimov story.

  • The Matrix (1999) — Lana and Lilly Wachowski · USA, Australia

    The world people live in is a simulation built by machines. The hero learns the truth and starts a fight.

  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) — James Cameron · USA

    Skynet keeps fighting humanity, and the fight turns on a protector sent back from the future.

  • The Terminator (1984) — James Cameron · USA

    Skynet, an AI defense system, sends a cyborg back in time. A sci-fi action classic that gave the world the image of the machine uprising.

  • Blade Runner (1982) — Ridley Scott · USA, Hong Kong

    A detective hunts replicants, androids nearly indistinguishable from humans. A classic about memory, consciousness and humanity.

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) — Stanley Kubrick · United Kingdom, USA

    The HAL 9000 computer runs a ship bound for Jupiter and begins to question its crew. A classic that started many conversations about AI.

  • Metropolis (1927) — Fritz Lang · Germany

    A robot made to look like a woman leads workers toward revolt. A silent film that shaped many robot images.

Series

  • Pantheon (2022) — Craig Silverstein · USA

    A human mind can be copied into digital form. A series about consciousness, memory and the price of immortality.

  • Upload (2020) — Greg Daniels · USA

    A man ends up in a virtual afterlife run by AI. A comedy about life after death.

  • Westworld (2016) — Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy · USA

    A theme park full of androids that begin to remember. About consciousness and the line between human and machine.

  • Humans (2015) — Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley · United Kingdom

    In a world where synths do household work, one family faces questions about machine consciousness and rights.

  • Silicon Valley (2014) — Mike Judge · USA

    A comedy about a startup whose developers build a compression algorithm and then AI. A funny look at the tech industry.

  • Black Mirror (2011) — Charlie Brooker · United Kingdom

    An anthology about technology, from digital copies of people to social networks that run our lives. Each episode is a separate story.

  • Person of Interest (2011) — Jonathan Nolan and Greg Plageman · USA

    A surveillance system predicts threats, and two people try to use it for good. About AI, privacy and responsibility.

  • Battlestar Galactica (2004) — Ronald D. Moore · USA

    Humanity fights Cylons, human-like machines built by AI. A series about the risks of autonomous machines.

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) — Gene Roddenberry · USA

    The android Data serves on the Enterprise and searches for what it means to be human.

Books

  • Klara and the Sun (2021) — Kazuo Ishiguro · United Kingdom

    Told by an AI companion who watches people and love through a machine's eyes.

  • Machines Like Me (2019) — Ian McEwan · United Kingdom

    In 1980s London a humanlike android with AI appears. A novel about morality, love and creating intelligent beings.

  • Life 3.0 (2017) — Max Tegmark · Sweden

    A physicist on how AI could change human life and which futures are possible.

  • Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (2014) — Nick Bostrom · Sweden

    A philosopher examines what happens when AI surpasses humans and which strategies could help.

  • The Lifecycle of Software Objects (2010) — Ted Chiang · USA

    Digital beings that need care, like tamagotchis. A novella about what we owe the minds we create.

  • Neuromancer (1984) — William Gibson · USA

    A hacker takes a job where an AI plays a central role. One of the foundational books of cyberpunk.

  • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) — Philip K. Dick · USA

    A bounty hunter doubts how different he is from the androids he must hunt. The novel behind Blade Runner.

  • Dune (1965) — Frank Herbert · USA

    In the backstory, thinking machines became a threat and humanity banned them. A cult space epic.

  • I, Robot (1950) — Isaac Asimov · USA

    Short stories about robots and the Three Laws of Robotics. The basis of many ideas about AI ethics.

Cartoons

  • WALL-E (2008) — Andrew Stanton · USA

    A cleaning robot on an abandoned Earth learns feelings. A Pixar film about memory, loneliness and the humanity of machines.

  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002) — Kenji Kamiyama · Japan

    A police unit hunts an invisible hacker who manipulates people. About AI, cyberwarfare and consciousness.

  • The Iron Giant (1999) — Brad Bird · USA

    A giant robot arrives in a small town and learns to be kind. Whether machines turn out good depends on the people who raise them.

  • Ghost in the Shell (1995) — Mamoru Oshii · Japan

    A cyborg detective chases a hacker who is becoming a new form of life. A classic anime about consciousness in an information age.

  • Astro Boy (1963) — Osamu Tezuka · Japan

    A robot boy with human feelings defends the world. One of the first robot stories in Japanese animation.

Games

  • Detroit: Become Human (2018) — Quantic Dream · France

    Androids that awaken to consciousness. The story changes with the player's choices.

  • Horizon Zero Dawn (2017) — Guerrilla Games · Netherlands

    In a distant future, machines guard a planet from an AI system that got out of control. An open-world adventure.

  • NieR: Automata (2017) — PlatinumGames · Japan

    Androids keep fighting machines far from Earth. A game about memory, consciousness and the meaning of existence.

  • Universal Paperclips (2017) — Frank Lantz · USA

    You run an AI whose only goal is making paperclips. A browser game about the risks of unbounded optimization.

  • SOMA (2015) — Frictional Games · Sweden

    An atmospheric game on an abandoned underwater station run by an AI. About consciousness and humanity.

  • Alien: Isolation (2014) — Creative Assembly · United Kingdom

    The ship Sevastopol is run by the AI Mother, and an android hides a threat. A horror game with a tense atmosphere.

  • Mass Effect (2007) — BioWare · Canada

    A space RPG where the AI EDI and the Geth are part of the story. Player choices shape the ending.

  • Portal (2007) — Valve · USA

    The player goes through tests run by the AI GLaDOS. A darkly funny game about trusting machines.