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Movies like Creating A.I. (2002)

The best movies like Creating A.I. (2002) are The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (2026), Do You Trust This Computer? (2018) and The Artifice Girl (2023). If Creating A.I. hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (2026)

    A father-to-be tries to figure out what is happening with all this AI insanity, and explores the most powerful technology humanity has ever created... and what's at stake if we get it wrong.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. Do You Trust This Computer? (2018)

    Science fiction has long anticipated the rise of machine intelligence, and today a new generation of self-learning computers has begun to reshape every aspect of our lives. Will A.I. usher in an age of unprecedented potential, or prove to be our final invention?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. The Artifice Girl (2023)

    A 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 its original purpose.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Archive (2020)

    2038: 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 his dead wife.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Simulant (2023)

    Faye 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 Evan tries to win Faye back while at the same time being on-the-run from a government agent chasing down SIMs who have become “conscious” and could potentially be a threat to humankind.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. The Second Renaissance Part I (2003)

    Tells the early history of how conflict began between the humans and machines. Part 1 of 2.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Wifelike (2022)

    A 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 programming of the artificial human assigned as his companion to behave like his late wife. She begins to question her reality as memories of a past life begin to surface in a world where nothing is as it seems.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. Ex Machina (2015)

    Caleb, 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 location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. Afraid (2024)

    Curtis Pike and his family are selected to test a new home device: a digital assistant called AIA. AIA observes the family's behaviors and begins to anticipate their needs. And she can – and will – make sure nothing – and no one – gets in her family's way.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. Cloud Atlas (2012)

    A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. The Thirteenth Floor (1999)

    In Los Angeles, a wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a desperate message for a friend of his in the most unexpected place.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)

    The U.S. has handed over control of its nuclear defense system to the Colossus supercomputer designed by scientist Dr. Charles Forbin. It soon becomes clear, that the now-sentient Colossus is far more intelligent than its creator realized—with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. Superintelligence (2020)

    When an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study the most average person on Earth, Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As the A.I. decides to enslave, save or destroy humanity, it’s up to Carol to prove that people are worth saving.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. The Machine (2013)

    Already 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 programming bug causes the prototype to decimate his lab, McCarthy takes his obsessive efforts underground, far away from inquisitive eyes.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. Soulm8te (2026)

    After 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 needs of her own—unleashing a relentless spree of precision-engineered mayhem.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. I, Robot (2004)

    In 2035, where robots are commonplace and abide by the three laws of robotics, a technophobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may be in danger.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. Automata (2014)

    Jacq 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.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. Subservience (2024)

    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.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. Putin (2025)

    A portrait of a formidable political figure, unraveling the contrasting facets of an iron-fisted tyrant and a man haunted by fear.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Creating A.I.?

The closest matches to Creating A.I. are The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (2026), Do You Trust This Computer? (2018) and The Artifice Girl (2023). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Creating A.I.?

Start with The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (2026), the closest match to Creating A.I..

What is the highest-rated movie like Creating A.I.?

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), rated 8.0/10 by 13,127 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Creating A.I.?

Soulm8te (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Creating A.I.?

Yes: The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (2026), Do You Trust This Computer? (2018) and The Artifice Girl (2023).

How are movies similar to Creating A.I. chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Creating A.I., then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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