An endearing outlier, Brian lives alone in a Welsh valley, inventing oddball contraptions that seldom work. After finding a discarded mannequin head, Brian gets an idea. Three days, a washing machine, and sundry spare parts later, he’s invented Charles, an artificially intelligent robot who learns English from a dictionary and proves a charming, cheeky companion. Before long, however, Charles also develops autonomy. Intrigued by the wider world — or whatever lies beyond the cottage where Brian has hidden him away — Charles craves adventure.

Robots
2005
6.5/10

Robot & Frank
2012
6.9/10

Bicentennial Man
1999
7.3/10

The Iron Giant
1999
8.0/10

Sleeper
1973
6.9/10

The Mitchells vs. the Machines
2021
7.9/10

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
2024
7.5/10

Igor
2008
5.9/10

The Electric State
2025
6.5/10

Strange Brew
1983
6.0/10

A-X-L
2018
6.3/10

Surrogates
2009
6.1/10

Superintelligence
2020
6.0/10

The Creator
2023
7.0/10

Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
5.9/10

I, Robot
2004
7.0/10

Real Steel
2011
7.1/10

Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip
1999
7.5/10

Flash of Genius
2008
6.6/10

Dark Star
1974
6.0/10
A Close Shave
1996
7.573/10