List of films starring robots
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This is a list of robot films produced by International film studios by year to date.
Live-action (plus with animated, serials and specials)
Released
| Year | Film | Publisher | Director | Distributor | Worldwide gross | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | The Master Mystery | Original | Harry Grossman/Burton L. King | Octagon Films | ||
| 1924 | The Mechanical Man | André Deed | Milano | |||
| 1927 | Metropolis | Fritz Lang | Parufamet | A silent film based on the 1925 novel of the same name. | ||
| 1934 | Master of the World | Harry Piel | Ariel-Film | |||
| 1935 | Loss of Sensation | Alexandr Andriyevsky | Mezhrabpomfilm | |||
| 1953 | The Twonky | Arch Oboler | United Artists | based on the 1942 short story of the same name. | ||
| Robot Monster | Phil Tucker | Astor Pictures | ||||
| 1957 | Kronos | Kurt Neumann | 20th Century Fox | |||
| The Invisible Boy | Herman Hoffman | Metro-Goldwyn Mayer | ||||
| 1962 | The Creation of the Humanoids | Wesley Barry | Emerson Films Enterprises | |||
| 1965 | Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine | Norman Taurog | American International Pictures | |||
| 1966 | Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs | Mario Bava | American International Pictures | A sequel to the 1965 film, Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine. | ||
| Cyborg 2087 | Franklin Adreon | United Pictures Corporation | ||||
| 1971 | THX 1138 | George Lucas | Warner Bros. | based on the novel by George Lucas. | ||
| 1974 | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla | Toho | Jun Fukuda | Toho | based on Godzilla. | |
| 1975 | The Stepford Wives | Original | Bryan Forbes | Columbia Pictures | based on the novel of the same name. | |
| 1980 | Saturn 3 | Stanley Donen | Associated Film Distribution | |||
| 1981 | Heartbeeps | Allan Arkush | Universal Pictures | |||
| 1982 | Android | Aaron Lipstadt | New World Pictures | |||
| 1985 | D.A.R.Y.L. | Simon Wincer | Paramount Pictures | |||
| 1986 | GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords | Hasbro | Ray Patterson | Clubhouse Pictures | based on the toys from Tonka of the same name. | |
| Chopping Mall | Original | Jim Wynorski | Concorde Pictures | |||
| Short Circuit | John Badham | TriStar Pictures | ||||
| The Transformers: The Movie | Hasbro | Nelson Shin | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group | based on Transformers: Generation 1 by Hasbro. | ||
| 1987 | Making Mr. Right | Original | Susan Seidelman | Orion Pictures | ||
| RoboCop | Paul Verhoeven | Orion Pictures | ||||
| Robot Carnival | Various | A.P.P.P. | ||||
| 1988 | Cherry 2000 | Original | Steve De Jarnatt | Orion Pictures | ||
| Short Circuit 2 | Kenneth Johnson | TriStar Pictures | A sequel to the 1986 film, Short Circuit. | |||
| 1989 | Cyborg | Original | Albert Pyun | The Cannon Group | ||
| 1990 | RoboCop 2 | Original | Irvin Kershner | Orion Pictures | A sequel to the 1987 film, RoboCop. | |
| Hardware | Richard Stanley | Miramax | based on the short story, "SHOK!" | |||
| Robot Jox | Stuart Gordon | Trans World Entertainment | ||||
| 1991 | Robotrix | Original | Jamie Luk Kin-ming | Paragon Films | ||
| 1992 | Nemesis | Albert Pyun | Imperial Entertainment | |||
| 1993 | American Cyborg: Steel Warrior | Original | Boaz Davidson | Cannon Films | ||
| Mandroid | Jack Ersgard | Full Moon Entertainment | ||||
| Robot Wars | Albert Band | Paramount Pictures | It is considered as a spiritual sequel to the 1990 film, Robot Jox. | |||
| RoboCop 3 | Fred Dekker | Orion Pictures | The third and final sequel to 1987's RoboCop. | |||
| Cyborg 2 | Michael Schroeder | Trimark Pictures | A sequel to 1989's Cyborg. | |||
| Cyborg Cop | Sam Firstenberg | Millenium Films | ||||
| Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II | Toho | Takao Okawara | Toho | A sequel to 1974's Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla. | ||
| 1994 | A.P.E.X. | Original | Phillip J. Roth | Green Communications | ||
| Cyborg Cop II | Sam Firstenberg | Millenium Films | A sequel to 1993's Cyborg Cop. | |||
| CyberTracker | Richard Pepin | PM Entertainment Group | ||||
| 1995 | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie | Original | Bryan Spicer | 20th Century Fox | Based on the television series of the same name. | |
| Nemesis 2: Nebula | Albert Pyun | Imperial Entertainment | A sequel to 1992's Nemesis. | |||
| Cyborg 3: The Recycler | Michael Schroeder | Warner Vision | A direct-to-video sequel to Cyborg. | |||
| 1996 | Space Truckers | Original | Stuart Gordon | Entertainment Film Distributors | ||
| Nemesis 3: Prey Harder | Albert Pyun | Imperial Entertainment | A third sequel to Nemesis. | |||
| Cyborg Cop III | Yossi Wein | Millenium Films | A direct-to-video sequel to Cyborg Cop. | |||
| Nemesis 4: Death Angel | Albert Pyun | Imperial Entertainment | A fourth and final sequel to Nemesis. | |||
| 1997 | Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie | Original | David Winning, Shuki Levy | 20th Century Fox | The second Power Rangers movie. | |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth | Gainax | Hideaki Anno | Toei Company | Based on the franchise of the same name. | ||
| The End of Evangelion | Hideaki Anno | Toei Company | Based on the franchise of the same name. | |||
| 1998 | Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture – Prince of Darkness | Xebec | Tatsuo Satō | Toei Company | based on the manga of the same name. | |
| 1999 | The Iron Giant | Original | Brad Bird | Warner Bros. | based on The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. | |
| Bicentinnial Man | Chris Columbus | Touchstone Pictures | based on The Positronic Man and the novel of the same name. | |||
| 2001 | Metropolis | Original | Rintaro | Toho | A 2001 remake of the 1927 film. | |
| A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Steven Spielberg | Warner Bros. | Based on Supertoys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss. | |||
| 2002 | Jason X | Original | James Isaac | New Line Cinema | Part of Friday the 13th. | |
| Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla | Toho | Masaaki Tezuka | Toho | Based on Godzilla. | ||
| 2003 | Robot Stories | Original | Greg Pak | Pak Film | ||
| 2004 | Appleseed | Original | Shinji Aramaki | Toho | Based on the manga of the same name. | |
| I, Robot | Alex Proyas | 20th Century Fox | Based on the novel of the same name. | |||
| 2005 | Robots | Original | Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha | 20th Century Fox | ||
| Escape from Cluster Prime | Nickelodeon | Rob Renzetti, Chris Savino | Nickelodeon | A one-hour special of My Life as a Teenage Robot. | ||
| 2007 | Transformers | Hasbro | Michael Bay | Paramount Pictures | Based on the toys from Hasbro of the same name. | |
| Appleseed Ex Machina | Original | Shinji Aramaki | Toei Company | A sequel to 2004's Appleseed. | ||
| 2008 | Iron Man | Marvel Comics | Jon Favreau | Paramount Pictures | Based on a Marvel Comic of the same name. | |
| WALL-E | Original | Andrew Stanton | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar | |||
| 2009 | Monsters vs. Aliens | Conrad Vernon, Rob Letterman | Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Animation | |||
| Terminator Salvation | McG | Warner Bros. | The fourth installment of The Terminator. | |||
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Hasbro | Michael bay | Paramount Pictures | A sequel to 2007's Transformers. | ||
| RoboGeisha | Original | Noboru Iguchi | Funimation, Kadokawa Pictures | |||
| Astro Boy | Various | David Bowers | Summit Entertainment, Imagi Studios | Based on the Japanese manga of the same name. |
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