10 Best Robot Buddies In Movies

By Joe Sippy /

7. Sonny - I, Robot

Ah yes- the robot from the movie with €œrobot€ in the title. This film is (loosely) inspired by Isaac Asimov€™s short stories of the same name, which introduced the world at large to the now-famous Three Laws of Robotics. The 2004 Will Smith-vehicle subverts these laws by turning a fleet of robots into mutinous murderers- that is, except for Sonny. Sonny is the quintessential Hollywood robot. He is friendly, he learns cute human traits with his anthropomorphic face, and most importantly he doesn€™t emit the bright red light that all of the €œevil€ robots do (how would the viewers know which one he was otherwise?). Will Smith plays an anti-futurist wary of trusting technology despite having a robot arm himself, but you better believe that lovable Sonny (voiced by even-more-lovable Alan Tudyk) wins him over. And saves his life, repeatedly. Also, he€™s an ambidextrous artist! Impressive.