Movies Like The Uncanny Valley
If you liked The Uncanny Valley (2021), a science fiction movie directed by Julia Beney, 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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Archive (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction2038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI, and his latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs—being reunited with…
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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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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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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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The Artifice Girl (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also science fictionA team of special agents discovers a revolutionary new computer program to bait and trap online predators. After teaming up with the program's troubled developer, they soon find that the AI is rapidly advancing beyond…
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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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The Machine (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionAlready deep into a second Cold War, Britain’s Ministry of Defense seeks a game-changing weapon. Programmer Vincent McCarthy unwittingly provides an answer in The Machine, a super-strong human cyborg. When a…
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Ex Machina (2015)
★ 7.6/10Also science fictionCaleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote…
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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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Mercy (2026)
★ 7.1/10Also science fictionIn the near future, a detective stands on trial accused of murdering his wife. He has ninety minutes to prove his innocence to the advanced AI Judge he once championed, before it determines his fate.
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The Creator (2023)
★ 7/10Also science fictionAmid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive…
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Demon Seed (1977)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionA scientist creates Proteus, an organic supercomputer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife.
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Chappie (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also science fictionEvery 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…
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Upgrade (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also science fictionA brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now…
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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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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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I Am Mother (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also science fictionA 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.
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Love Me (2025)
★ 6/10Also science fictionIn a story that spans billions of years, a buoy and a satellite meet online long after humanity’s extinction. As they learn what life was like on Earth, they discover themselves and what it means to be alive and in love.
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Tau (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also science fictionHeld captive in a futuristic smart house, a woman hopes to escape by befriending the A.I. program that controls the house.
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Terminator Salvation (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also science fictionAll grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as…