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Bubblegum Crisis (1987) TV Show

7.0 55 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-14

Story: MegaTokyo 2033: Tokyo was left flattened as a result from a great earthquake.A new city, MegaTokyo, was then recreated due in no small part from the aid of a multi-million dollar company, Genom Corp. Genom created and mass-produced biomechanical creatures called Boomers to aid in the restoration of MegaTokyo.When the Boomers began to run out of control, the ADPolice at first tried to stop them, but they proved to be far more difficult to deal with than was first imagined.Under the ever looming Boomer threat, a group of four girls from varying degrees of society banded together. Calling themselves The Knight Sabers, they were the only ones with enough firepower and resourcefullness to defend the fledgling MegaTokyo from Genom and it's berserk Boomers.

Plot: killer robot, post-apocalyptic future, dystopia, robot as menace, mecha, singer, cyberpunk, tokyo, ...

Time: 2030s

Place: japan

Cast

Jennifer Lawrence

Chris Pratt

Michael Sheen

Laurence Fishburne

Passengers (2016)

7.0 14.3K votes

Genre: Drama, Romance, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 116 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.

Style: shocking

Plot: android, spacecraft, asteroid, isolation, shower, hibernation, swimming pool, automation, ...

Cast

Charlie Hunnam

Rinko Kikuchi

Idris Elba

Max Martini

Pacific Rim (2013)

6.9 13.5K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 131 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless enemy, the forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes who now stand as earth's final hope against the mounting apocalypse.

Plot: monster, dystopia, giant monster, pacific, giant robot, apocalypse, robot, alien invasion, ...

Place: alaska, hong kong

Cast

Jaleel White

Garry Chalk

Maurice LaMarche

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Peter Wilds

Sonic Underground (1999) TV Show

6.9 156 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Family

Country: France, United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 40

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: Sonic, Sonia, and Manic are the children of Queen Aleena Hedgehog, the rightful ruler of Mobius, and are pursued relentlessly by Doctor Robotnik and his bumbling bounty hunters sidekicks, Sleet and Dingo. As infants, the siblings were separated and placed in hiding to fulfill a prophecy made by the Oracle of Delphius that the triplets would grow up to find their estranged mother, overthrow Robotnik, and take their places once more as Mobius' rightful rulers.

Plot: musical, robot as menace, rebellion, triplet, based on video game, hedgehog, animal protagonist, band

Cast

Shia LaBeouf

Megan Fox

Mark Ryan

Peter Cullen

Transformers (2007)

6.8 12.3K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 144 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Young teenager Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will stop at nothing to retrieve it.

Plot: transformation, destroy, alien, based on toy, giant robot, robot, duringcreditsstinger, teenage hero, ...

Cast

Yul Brynner

Richard Benjamin

James Brolin

Norman Bartold

Westworld (1973)

6.8 1.5K votes

Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction, Western

Country: United States of America

Duration: 89 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Delos is a futuristic amusement park that features themed worlds populated by human-like androids. After two patrons have a run-in with a menacing gunslinger in West World, the androids at Delos all begin to malfunction, causing havoc throughout the park.

Plot: android, man vs machine, saloon, old town, vacation, survival, robot as menace, theme park

Time: future

Cast

Sharlto Copley

Dev Patel

Hugh Jackman

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Chappie (2015)

6.8 8.5K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America, South Africa

Duration: 120 min.

Audience: R

Story: Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.

Plot: android, artificial intelligence (a.i.), dystopia, johannesburg, south africa, robot, robot cop, cyber thriller

Time: future

Cast

Dylan O'Brien

Hailee Steinfeld

John Cena

Jorge Lendeborg Jr.

Bumblebee (2018)

6.7 6.7K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: China, United States of America

Duration: 114 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary yellow VW bug.

Plot: technology, based on toy, giant robot, robot, spin off, duringcreditsstinger, adoring

Time: 1980s

Cast

Clara Rugaard

Rose Byrne

Hilary Swank

Luke Hawker

I Am Mother (2019)

6.7 2.9K votes

Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: Australia, United States of America

Duration: 113 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A teenage girl is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.

Plot: artificial intelligence (a.i.), bunker, post-apocalyptic future, robot, human extinction, baffled

Cast

Ally Sheedy

Steve Guttenberg

Fisher Stevens

Austin Pendleton

Short Circuit (1986)

6.7 1.6K votes

Genre: Comedy, Family, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 98 min.

Audience: PG

Story: After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth.

Plot: artificial intelligence (a.i.), lightning, oregon, usa, robot, military, childlike

Cast

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Jun Hashizume

Megumi Odaka

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Zenkichi Yoneyama

Akira Nakao

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)

6.7 246 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Duration: 108 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A mysterious extraterrestrial being resembling Godzilla rapidly approaches Earth. The monster, dubbed SpaceGodzilla, lands to challenge the King of the Monsters.

Plot: island, helicopter, giant monster, robot, kaiju, esp, crystal, godzilla, ...

Place: japan

Cast

Martin Freeman

Yasiin Bey

Zooey Deschanel

Sam Rockwell

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

6.7 4.3K votes

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

Style: whimsical

Plot: galaxy, android, bureaucracy, based on novel or book, chase, space travel, alien, survival, ...

Cast

Megan Fox

Michele Morrone

Madeline Zima

Matilda Firth

Subservience (2024)

6.6 1.1K votes

Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: R

Story: With his wife out sick, a struggling father brings home a lifelike AI, only to have his self-aware new help want everything her new family has to offer... Like the affection of her owner and she'll kill to get it.

Plot: artificial intelligence (a.i.), robot, fight for survival, loss of control, android horror, psychological tension, rogue ai, sci‑fi horror thriller, ...

Cast

Lee Sun

Hong So-young

Lee Mi-ja

Ham Su-jung

Pororo the Little Penguin (2003) TV Show

6.6 9 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 9

Episodes: 312

Audience: TV-Y

Story: Fun adventures await in the forest named Porong Porong Village where Pororo and friends live. New friends show up in the village and many exciting things happen in the forest. Our playful little gentoo penguin Pororo, naughty spinosaurus Crong, sweet and lovely American beaver Loopy, cheerful and sporty Adélie penguin girl Petty, clever fennec fox Eddy, strong minikaniko Rody, trustworthy polar bear Poby, happy-go-lucky hummingbird Harry, magical dragon wizard Tong-Tong, and a red sedan car Tu-Tu live in this snow-covered wonderland.

Plot: flying car, fishing, clock, tornado, fox, penguin, crocodile, snowstorm, ...

Cast

Chris Wood

Mark Hamill

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Liam Cunningham

Masters of the Universe: Revelation (2021) TV Show

6.6 403 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 10

Audience: TV-PG

Story: The war for Eternia begins again in what may be the final battle between He-Man and Skeletor. A new animated series from writer-director Kevin Smith.

Plot: sword, magic, sequel, alien planet, based on toy, sword and planet, imaginative, robots, ...

Cast

Hideo Ishikawa

Takahiro Sakurai

Naoya Uchida

Norio Wakamoto

Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo (2000)

6.5 2 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Duration: 120 min.

Story: Years after the defeat of the Reptilian Empire, Getter Team has begun training on a new super robot, Neo Getter Robo. But a surprise attack from the Empire's revived leader forces them to recruit a street fighter named Go Ichimonji as Getter One's pilot. Faced with an enormously powerful foe, the new team's only hope for victory may lie in the resurrection of the lost weapon of humanity, Shin Getter Robo.

Plot: mecha, based on manga, robot

Cast

Rajinikanth

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Danny Denzongpa

Santhanam

Enthiran (2010)

6.5 256 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: India

Duration: 176 min.

Story: Dr. Vaseegaran creates Chitti, a powerful robot in his own image, but it is rejected by the scientific body AIRD due to its lack of human behaviour and emotions. After a lightning strike triggers emotions in Chitti, he begins to develop human-like feelings. However, Chitti falls in love with Dr. Vaseegaran's fiancée, Sana, and turns against his creator, leading to dangerous consequences.

Plot: android, artificial intelligence (a.i.), love triangle, killer robot, robot, scientist, dual role, humanoid robot, ...

Time: 2030s

Cast

Ewan McGregor

Halle Berry

Greg Kinnear

Mel Brooks

Robots (2005)

6.5 5.0K votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 90 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Bigweld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams – and those of his friends – are in danger of becoming obsolete.

Style: whimsical

Plot: inventor, businessman, villain, steampunk, robot, dishonesty, 3d animation, amused, ...

Cast

Millie Bobby Brown

Chris Pratt

Ke Huy Quan

Jason Alexander

The Electric State (2025)

6.5 1.7K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 125 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick.

Plot: man vs machine, artificial intelligence (a.i.), based on novel or book, robot, quest for identity, young, missing brother, comedy, ...

Time: 1990s

Cast

Moon Nam-sook

Chang Eun-sook

Hong So-young

Jeon Tae-yeol

Super Wings (2014) TV Show

6.4 19 votes

Genre: Animation, Family

Country: China, South Korea

Seasons: 20

Episodes: 584

Audience: TV-Y

Story: An action-packed preschool series about an adorable jet plane named Jett who travels the world delivering packages to children. On every delivery, Jett encounters a new problem that the he and his friends the Super Wings must work together to solve!

Plot: airport, education, airplane, cartoon, mecha, robot, educational, pre-school, ...

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