10 Best Artificial Intelligence Movies Of The Last Decade

10. The Machine (2013)

“How do I know that you’re alive and not just a clever imitation of life?”

Caradog James’ 2013 sci-fi thriller thrusts us into a not-too-distant future, set against the bleak backdrop of the Welsh countryside. The UK is currently amidst a cold war with China and the Ministry of Defence believe advancements in Artificial Intelligence will give them the upper hand in the coming power struggle.

The MoD programme, fronted by genius AI engineer, Vincent (Toby Stephens), finally cracks the mystery of artificial sentience, resulting in the lifelike AI, Ava (Caity Lotz). Although naive at first, the machine soon begins to understand her place within this advancing and hostile world.

Although this film is eclipsed by its more successful brethren (Most notably, number 2 on our list), it still retains enough thought-provoking indicators of where we are heading as a species to be well worth a viewing; especially if you’re into sexy blonde robots…

… And come on, who isn’t?