Movies with Robots!
I've tried to list movies here that would be suitable for
classroom, home, or camp showing with children. I've included
a few robot movies that are rated higher (PG-13) but most of
these are G and PG and suitable for almost all robot building
audiences.
I found a list of some 600 films that include robots, A.I., cyborgs
and the like. The list is not related to our site and includes titles
(although no pictures or descriptions) of films distinctly for
adults only.
http://www.geocities.com/brizglace/movie.htm
The movies are not listed in any particular order.
The Great Robot Race (Nova-2006)
DARPA institutes a challenge several years back for groups to
build a robotic vehicle that could navigate a 130 mile course for
a $2 million dollar prize!
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/darpa/program.html
Watch it from the Public Broadcasting Service's website.
Mars Dead or Alive (Nova-2004)
A one hour show on the missions to mars and the rovers that
went there.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mars/program.html
Watch it from the Public Broadcasting Service's website.
Inspector Gadget (1999)
Police officer wanna-be gets second chance as a mostly
robotic creation. Fights evil with lots of gadgets. Also
has a robotic car and evil twin robot.
Walt Disney Productions
Rating: PG
Average User review was C+
I, Robot (2004)
Adaptation of Isaac Asimov's novel. What happens
when robots get smart enough to not follow orders?
20th Century Fox
Rating: PG-13
Average Critic review was B-
The Incredibles (2004)**
Adventures of a superhero family battling evil (and each
other).
Disney/Pixar
Rating: PG
Average Critic review was A-
The Flight of the Navigator (1986)**
Twelve year old boy is "borrowed" for study by a robotic
space craft that brings him back to earth 8 years later (but
he has not aged). Most "modern" children still think this is
a good story.
Rating: PG
Average User review was B
Robots (2005)
Animated story about robots in a robot world.
20th Century Fox
Animated
Rating: PG
Average Critic review was B+
Lost in Space (1998)
Family goes into space without navigation and is
Accompanied by a robot (Danger Will Robinson, Danger)
New Line Cinema
Rating: PG-13
Average User review was C+
Bicentennial Man (1999)
Adaptation of the Isaac Asimov novel of the same name.
Follows a household robot over 200 years and its dealings
with the families it cares for.
Touchstone Pictures
Rating: PG
Average User review was B-
Short Circuit (1986)
Department of Defense Robot Number 5 malfunctions when
it starts acting human and wants out of the army.
Rating: PG
Average User review was B
Short Circuit 2 (1988)
Robot "Johny 5" breaks out again for a new set of
adventures.
Rating: PG
Average User review was B-
Star Wars, The series: (1977-2005)
Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Star Wars (1977)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Include C3P0, R2D2, robotic arms, and many other "droids"
Released by Twentieth Century Fox (and Lucas Film)
Ratings: Either PG or PG-13
Iron Giant (1999)
A giant metal machine (robot) comes to lite in a small town
in Maine and befriends a boy there.
Warner Brothers
Rating: PG
Average User rating was B-
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Features the chronically depressed robot Marvin
Touchstone Pictures
Rating: PG
Average Critic review was B-
Artificial Intelligence, AI (2001)
An artificial boy programmed to love in a world that
doesn't love artificial life.
Warner Brothers
Rating: PG-13
Average Critic Review was C+
The Santa Clause II (2002)
Santa Claus is replaced by a robotic Santa who then
goes crazy and evil
Walt Disney
Rating: PG
Average Critic Review was C+
Westworld (1973)
A Michael Crichton production about a western resort
that is a robotic "Wild West" town, including all the
gunfighters you can shoot, until they go bad of course!
Rated: PG
Average User review was B
Space Camp (1986)**
NASA Maintenance robot puts camp kids into orbit for
his friend.
Rated: PG
Average User review was B
D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
Misplaced top secret intelligent robot/cyborg boy is taken
in by family who try to protect him from the military.
Rated: PG
Average User review was B-
I've tried to list movies here that would be suitable for
classroom, home, or camp showing with children. I've included
a few robot movies that are rated higher (PG-13) but most of
these are G and PG and suitable for almost all robot building
audiences.
I found a list of some 600 films that include robots, A.I., cyborgs
and the like. The list is not related to our site and includes titles
(although no pictures or descriptions) of films distinctly for
adults only.
http://www.geocities.com/brizglace/movie.htm
The movies are not listed in any particular order.
The Great Robot Race (Nova-2006)
DARPA institutes a challenge several years back for groups to
build a robotic vehicle that could navigate a 130 mile course for
a $2 million dollar prize!
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/darpa/program.html
Watch it from the Public Broadcasting Service's website.
Mars Dead or Alive (Nova-2004)
A one hour show on the missions to mars and the rovers that
went there.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mars/program.html
Watch it from the Public Broadcasting Service's website.
Inspector Gadget (1999)
Police officer wanna-be gets second chance as a mostly
robotic creation. Fights evil with lots of gadgets. Also
has a robotic car and evil twin robot.
Walt Disney Productions
Rating: PG
Average User review was C+
I, Robot (2004)
Adaptation of Isaac Asimov's novel. What happens
when robots get smart enough to not follow orders?
20th Century Fox
Rating: PG-13
Average Critic review was B-
The Incredibles (2004)**
Adventures of a superhero family battling evil (and each
other).
Disney/Pixar
Rating: PG
Average Critic review was A-
The Flight of the Navigator (1986)**
Twelve year old boy is "borrowed" for study by a robotic
space craft that brings him back to earth 8 years later (but
he has not aged). Most "modern" children still think this is
a good story.
Rating: PG
Average User review was B
Robots (2005)
Animated story about robots in a robot world.
20th Century Fox
Animated
Rating: PG
Average Critic review was B+
Lost in Space (1998)
Family goes into space without navigation and is
Accompanied by a robot (Danger Will Robinson, Danger)
New Line Cinema
Rating: PG-13
Average User review was C+
Bicentennial Man (1999)
Adaptation of the Isaac Asimov novel of the same name.
Follows a household robot over 200 years and its dealings
with the families it cares for.
Touchstone Pictures
Rating: PG
Average User review was B-
Short Circuit (1986)
Department of Defense Robot Number 5 malfunctions when
it starts acting human and wants out of the army.
Rating: PG
Average User review was B
Short Circuit 2 (1988)
Robot "Johny 5" breaks out again for a new set of
adventures.
Rating: PG
Average User review was B-
Star Wars, The series: (1977-2005)
Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Star Wars (1977)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Include C3P0, R2D2, robotic arms, and many other "droids"
Released by Twentieth Century Fox (and Lucas Film)
Ratings: Either PG or PG-13
Iron Giant (1999)
A giant metal machine (robot) comes to lite in a small town
in Maine and befriends a boy there.
Warner Brothers
Rating: PG
Average User rating was B-
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Features the chronically depressed robot Marvin
Touchstone Pictures
Rating: PG
Average Critic review was B-
Artificial Intelligence, AI (2001)
An artificial boy programmed to love in a world that
doesn't love artificial life.
Warner Brothers
Rating: PG-13
Average Critic Review was C+
The Santa Clause II (2002)
Santa Claus is replaced by a robotic Santa who then
goes crazy and evil
Walt Disney
Rating: PG
Average Critic Review was C+
Westworld (1973)
A Michael Crichton production about a western resort
that is a robotic "Wild West" town, including all the
gunfighters you can shoot, until they go bad of course!
Rated: PG
Average User review was B
Space Camp (1986)**
NASA Maintenance robot puts camp kids into orbit for
his friend.
Rated: PG
Average User review was B
D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
Misplaced top secret intelligent robot/cyborg boy is taken
in by family who try to protect him from the military.
Rated: PG
Average User review was B-
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