Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "automaton"

1. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

R | 164 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

Young Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.

Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, Dave Bautista

Votes: 665,903 | Gross: $92.05M

2. Hugo (2011)

PG | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 336,910 | Gross: $73.86M

3. The Best Offer (2013)

R | 131 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Virgil Oldman, a wealthy art auctioneer, takes the help of a young artificer, Robert, to understand and woo Claire Ibbetson, a young heiress, who hires him to auction off an antique collection.

Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks, Donald Sutherland

Votes: 128,644 | Gross: $0.09M

4. Isle of Dogs (2018)

PG-13 | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.

Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Bob Balaban

Votes: 190,960 | Gross: $32.02M

5. The Stepford Wives (2004)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

The secret to a Stepford wife lies behind the doors of the Men's Association.

Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Bette Midler, Matthew Broderick, Glenn Close

Votes: 69,848 | Gross: $59.48M

6. The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)

PG | 105 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A young orphan named Lewis Barnavelt aids his magical uncle in locating a clock with the power to bring about the end of the world.

Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, Kyle MacLachlan

Votes: 55,360 | Gross: $68.55M

7. Anomalisa (2015)

R | 90 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary.

Directors: Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman | Stars: David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan

Votes: 75,327 | Gross: $3.76M

8. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.

Director: Tommy Lee Wallace | Stars: Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy, Michael Currie

Votes: 61,025 | Gross: $14.40M

9. Life Like (2019)

R | 95 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

An idealistic, attractive young couple acquires a stunning, life-like robot for guilt-free help; but, as the three grow closer, their perception of humanity will be altered forever.

Director: Josh Janowicz | Stars: Drew Van Acker, Addison Timlin, Steven Strait, James D'Arcy

Votes: 3,725

10. Tourist Trap (1979)

PG | 90 min | Horror

A group of young friends stranded at a secluded roadside museum are stalked by a masked assailant who uses his telekinetic powers to control the attraction's mannequins.

Director: David Schmoeller | Stars: Chuck Connors, Jocelyn Jones, Jon Van Ness, Robin Sherwood

Votes: 12,876

11. Sleuth (1972)

PG | 138 min | Mystery, Thriller

A man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Alec Cawthorne, John Matthews

Votes: 50,188 | Gross: $4.08M

12. Gothic (1986)

R | 87 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

The Shelleys visit Lord Byron and compete to write a horror story.

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson, Myriam Cyr

Votes: 8,870 | Gross: $0.92M

13. Casanova (1976)

R | 155 min | Biography, Drama, History

Giacomo Casanova uses his sexuality to find his place in life amid eccentric and strange characters.

Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont, Cicely Browne, Carmen Scarpitta

Votes: 8,672

14. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Horror

Doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar Anton Phibes seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for the death of his wife.

Director: Robert Fuest | Stars: Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Virginia North, Terry-Thomas

Votes: 16,683 | Gross: $0.55M

15. Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)

R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Baron Frankenstein creates two "zombies" - one male, one female - planning to mate them in order to create a master race.

Directors: Paul Morrissey, Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Monique van Vooren

Votes: 6,933 | Gross: $10.25M

16. NieR:Automata Ver1.1a (2023– )

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Animated adaptation of NieR: Automata (2017), where a long-running war on post-apocalyptic Earth between androids and machines soon unveils the truth of the world.

Stars: Yui Ishikawa, Natsuki Hanae, Kaoru Akiyama, Hiroki Yasumoto

Votes: 1,687

17. Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)

PG | 89 min | Comedy, Horror

The vengeful doctor rises again, seeking the Scrolls of Life in an attempt to resurrect his deceased wife.

Director: Robert Fuest | Stars: Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Valli Kemp, Peter Cushing

Votes: 7,119

18. The Creation of the Humanoids (1962)

Approved | 75 min | Sci-Fi

In a post holocaust society, robots take it on their own to help the dying human race by giving them android bodies.

Director: Wesley Barry | Stars: Don Megowan, Erica Elliott, Frances McCann, Don Doolittle

Votes: 1,522

19. Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)

PG-13 | 91 min | Horror, Thriller

A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.

Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Chloe Franks, Ralph Richardson

Votes: 2,536

20. Blade Runner (1997 Video Game)

T | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

You play a blade runner investigating a series of violent replicant crimes, only to discover far more than you bargained for.

Director: Joseph D. Kucan | Stars: Martin Azarow, Mark Benninghoffen, Warren Burton, Gwen Castaldi

Votes: 2,004

21. Girl on the Run (1953)

64 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

Police investigate a murder that occurred in a burlesque theater.

Directors: Arthur J. Beckhard, Joseph Lerner | Stars: Richard Coogan, Rosemary Pettit, Frank Albertson, Harry Bannister

Votes: 260

22. The Amazing Screw-On Head (2006 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A Civil War-era secret agent with an extraordinary special power serves under president Abraham Lincoln protecting America from supernatural foes. Unsold animated TV pilot adapted from a short comic book from the creator of Hellboy.

Director: Chris Prynoski | Stars: Paul Giamatti, David Hyde Pierce, Patton Oswalt, Corey Burton

Votes: 2,118

23. The Children Thief (1991)

110 min | Drama

In 1925 Paris, the Colonel kidnaps unhappy or abandoned boys, providing them and his wife with comfort and joy in his rich mansion. Then things become complicated when he adopts a girl.

Director: Christian de Chalonge | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Ángela Molina, Michel Piccoli, Virginie Ledoyen

Votes: 209

24. Unbreakable Machine Doll (2013)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

During the early 20th century, along with technological advancements, scientists were able to develop sophisticated magic. The combination of science and sorcery was Makinot, circuits made ... See full summary »

Stars: Hiro Shimono, Hitomi Harada, Kana Asumi, Ai Kayano

Votes: 439

25. The Eccentric Family (2013– )

24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

In Kyoto there are three kinds of residents: humans, tanuki and tengu. Shimogamo Yasaburou is the third son of the Shimogamo tanuki family. His father was eaten by members of the "Friday ... See full summary »

Stars: Mamiko Noto, Kikuko Inoue, Jun'ichi Suwabe, Yôko Hikasa

Votes: 417

26. The Chess Player (1927)

135 min | Drama, Fantasy, War

In 1776, an inventor conceals a Polish nobleman in his chess-playing automaton, a machine whose fame leads it to the court of the Russian empress.

Director: Raymond Bernard | Stars: Pierre Blanchar, Charles Dullin, Édith Jéhanne, Camille Bert

Votes: 339

27. Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams (2013 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary

Excellent one hour documentary narrated by Professor Simon Schaffer which explores the fascinating and rarely told story of automata, those intricate clockwork devices built hundreds of ... See full summary »

Director: Nic Stacey | Stars: Simon Schaffer, Ilan Goodman, Laura Heath, Jonathan Betts

Votes: 109

28. Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor (2004 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew is invited to an old manor in England to figure out why the woman living there has been acting strangely.

Director: Max Holechek | Stars: Lani Minella, Amy Broomhall, Conni Ellern, Jenn Ruzumna

Votes: 125

29. Stanley Pickle (2010)

Not Rated | 11 min | Animation, Short, Sci-Fi

Stanleys life runs like clockwork...until an encounter with a mysterious girl turns his world upside down.

Director: Victoria Mather | Stars: Drew Caiden, Haruka Abe, Nadia Morgan, Gareth Brierley

Votes: 401

30. The Mechanical Grave (2012)

Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Action, Horror

The year is 1895. Steam-powered ships fly through the air. Clockwork robots have replaced servants. And a grisly murder has taken place in the dark night of New York City. Called to the ... See full summary »

Director: Jon Keeyes | Stars: Nicole Leigh, Jonathan R. Freeman, Matthew Tompkins, Michael Crabtree

Votes: 18

31. Life Line (2007)

7 min | Animation, Short

A conceptual semi-abstract approach to what life is for any individual.

Director: Tomek Ducki

Votes: 49

32. The Greek Myth of Talos, the First Robot (2019)

4 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

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Directors: Natália Faria, Kevin Lima | Star: Alexandra Panzer

33. Remote Control War (2011 TV Movie)

42 min | Documentary

Billions of dollars are driving an unnoticed shift to Robots in the military that has revolutionized how war is fought, the rules of war, and creating new technologies that will soon change our world.

Director: Leif Kaldor

Votes: 25

34. The Porter & the Stone

Short, Fantasy | Announced

A contemporary homage to the classic Oscar Wilde tale 'The Happy Prince'. A modern tale for the millennial generation.

Director: Nuh Omar

35. Maquette de l'Apocalypse selon Saint-Jean de Jacques Monestier (1984)

7 min | Short

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Director: Clovis Prévost | Stars: Michel Etcheverry, Jacques Monestier

36. Prior Art (2012)

5 min | Animation, Short

A musical duel between three robots and a flock of singing birds.

Director: Nick Fox-Gieg

37. Wild, Wild West: The Steel Assassin (1999 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Mystery

In this action adventure, both a sequel to Wild Wild West (1999) and very loose remake of The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Steel Assassin (1966), Artemus Gordon and Jim West must stop a mysterious assassin known only as The Bull before she can kill President Grant.

Stars: Jim Ward, Andre Ware

Votes: 8

38. Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1923)

98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

"Hoffmann's Tales" - The story of the poet Hoffmann, who falls in love with a mechanical doll, loses his mirror image in Venice and finally liberates his lover from the clutches of a sinister doctor.

Director: Max Neufeld | Stars: Max Neufeld, Kitty Hulsch, Josef Zetenius, Karl Ehmann

Votes: 51

39. Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology (2018)

4 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

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Director: Aaron Mark Brown

40. La prothèse, sculpture Monestier-Lescoeur (1977)

6 min | Documentary, Short

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Director: Clovis Prévost | Stars: Jacques Monestier, Jean-Éric Lescoeur

41. Autonimatronics (2015)

4 min | Short, Biography, History

An experimental short film highlighting the parallels between automatons and animatronics.

Director: Cyrus Jabbari

42. David Dumbrell: The Art of Precision (2017)

6 min | Short

This short documentary profiles automaton artist David Dumbrell and his intriguing kinetic sculptures, or automata. In just a few short years, David Dumbrell has garnered both local and ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Olak | Star: David Dumbrell

43. Beyond Atlantis (1999 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery

Point and click adventure about a young Tibetan who discovers a crashed Atlantian ship in the Himalayas and is sent to three worlds from Mayan, Irish and Chinese mythology to find the way to Atlantis and defeat the darkness awaiting there.

Stars: Christina Batman, Steve Gadler, David Gasman, Edward Marcus

Votes: 25

44. mittageisen: automaten (2015 Music Video)

3 min | Music

Remastered version of the original music-video first released in 1995. The early electronic track 'automaten' became 1985 an indie-hit and was played amongst others by John Peel on BBC Radio One. The song is available on CD and 12" vinyl.

Director: Bruno Waser | Stars: Manuela Heer, Giorgio Scherl, Daniel Schnüriger, Bruno Waser

45. The Repair Shop (2017– )
Episode: Victorian Automaton Tiger (2019)

44 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

The team restores a much-treasured family portrait by a celebrated artist, a precious vintage fountain pen, and a 130-year-old tiger automaton that has lost its growl.

Director: Ben Borland | Stars: Jay Blades, David Burville, Steven Fletcher, Suzie Fletcher

Votes: 15

46. A Discovery of Witches (2018–2022)
Episode: Episode #2.7 (2021)

TV-MA | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Matthew and Diana go to Bohemia to search for Edward Kelley and the Book of Life. There, they encounter the strange Emperor Rudolf II.

Director: Farren Blackburn | Stars: Matthew Goode, Teresa Palmer, Simon Thorp, Michael Jibson

Votes: 844

47. The Repair Shop (2017– )
Episode: Victorian Automaton (2020)

44 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

The team of restoration experts repairs a bus conductor's ticket machine, a Victorian automaton and a former world kick-boxing champion's trophy - which has been badly damaged in a recent house fire.

Directors: Lucy Jowett, Richard Merritt, Ben Borland | Stars: Jay Blades, David Burville, Steven Fletcher, Suzie Fletcher

Votes: 12

48. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: I, Murdoch (2009)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A young boy witnesses what sounds like a robot and men with guns near the creek where he was fishing, but no one at the precinct quite believes him.

Director: Laurie Lynd | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris

Votes: 358

49. Futurama (1999– )
Episode: Rebirth (2010)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

After the events of Over The Wild Green Yonder, Leela is put in an irreversible coma. Fry must find a way to cope with his loss, so he builds a robotic Leela.

Directors: Frank Marino, Peter Avanzino | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille

Votes: 2,737

50. Castle (2009–2016)
Episode: Poof, You're Dead (2011)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

When the owner of historic Drake's Magic Shop in New York is found drowned in Houdini's famous water torture tank, Castle and Beckett must delve into the world of magic, magicians and their... See full summary »

Director: Millicent Shelton | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Votes: 1,320