Movies Like D.A.D.
If you liked D.A.D. (2022), a science fiction movie directed by James A. Sims, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Wifelike (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also science fictionA grieving detective in the near-future hunts down criminals who trade artificial humans on the black market. In the fight to end AI exploitation, an underground resistance attempts to infiltrate him by sabotaging the…
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Monsters of Man (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also science fictionA robotics company vying to win a lucrative military contract team up with a corrupt CIA agent to conduct an illegal live field test. They deploy four weaponized prototype robots into a suspected drug manufacturing…
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BURN·E (2008)
★ 7.5/10Also science fictionWhat lengths will a robot undergo to do his job? BURN·E is a dedicated hard working robot who finds himself locked out of his ship. BURN·E quickly learns that completing a simple task can often be a very difficult…
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Soulm8te (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also science fictionAfter a ruthless tech giant acquires a small robotics company, a grieving engineer is tasked with testing their new AI companion. But when he attempts to reprogram her to be a truly sentient soulmate, she develops…
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Code 8 Part II (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also science fictionIn a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.
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Companion (2025)
★ 7/10Also science fictionDuring a weekend getaway at a secluded lakeside estate, a group of friends finds themselves entangled in a web of secrets, deception, and advanced technology. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, they uncover…
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Zoe (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionTwo colleagues at a revolutionary research lab design technology to improve and perfect romantic relationships. As their work progresses, their discoveries become more profound.
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The Electric State (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also science fictionAn orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick.
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Automata (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionJacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.
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Simulant (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionFaye attempts to replace her newly deceased husband, Evan, with an android simulant (SIM). Although SIM Evan appears like human Evan in every way, Faye does not feel the same love for SIM Evan as it does for her. SIM…
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Subservience (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also science fictionWith 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.
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2036: Nexus Dawn (2017)
★ 6.8/10Also science fictionNiander Wallace introduces a new line of "perfected" replicants called the Nexus 9, seeking to get the prohibition on replicants repealed.
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F.R.E.D.I. (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionAn intelligent, lovable robot known as "F.R.E.D.I." is stolen from a secret research facility by the project's lead scientist. The robot is found by a 15 year old teenager, James. Soon the two begin to communicate and…
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A-X-L (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also science fictionThe life of a teenage boy is forever altered by a chance encounter with cutting edge military technology.
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Wanderers (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also science fictionThis short film visualizes potential human exploration of the Solar System through a sequence of digitally reconstructed environments based on real astronomical data and spacecraft imagery. Depicting locations such as…
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Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB (1967)
★ 6/10Also science fictionIn an underground city in a dystopian future, the protagonist, whose name is "THX 1138 4EB", is shown running through passageways and enclosed spaces. It is soon discovered that THX is escaping his community. The…
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Electric Dreams (1984)
★ 6.4/10Also science fictionMiles Harding buys a state-of-the-art computer that starts expressing conscious thought and emotion after an interaction with spilled champagne. Things begin getting out of hand when both Miles and Edgar, the computer…
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
★ 7.1/10Also science fictionDavid, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this…
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Peter's To-Do List (2019)
★ 7/10Also science fictionOn the eve of his departure to Europe, Peter Parker tells Ned Leeds that he has several things to do before they leave.
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D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
★ 6.4/10Also science fictionDaryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a…