THEME EXPLORATION

artificial life

37 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Stanley Kubrick
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
1981 · Mike Nichols
Prometheus
Prometheus
2012 · Ridley Scott
Boyhood
Boyhood
2014 · Richard Linklater
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Roma
Roma
1972 · Federico Fellini
Russian Lullabies
Russian Lullabies
1993 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
1957 · Roberto Gavaldón
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Forced Hilarity
Forced Hilarity
2001 · Edgar Wright
Alphaville
Alphaville
1965 · Jean-Luc Godard
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Notting Hill
Notting Hill
1999 · Roger Michell
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention
2002 · Elia Suleiman
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
2025 · Guillermo del Toro
Taste of Cherry
Taste of Cherry
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
2014 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
The Tribe
The Tribe
2014 · Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi
Whisky
Whisky
2004 · Juan Pablo Rebella
A Conversation with the Sun (Installation)
A Conversation with the Sun (Installation)
2022 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
On the Job
On the Job
2013 · Erik Matti
¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?
¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?
1984 · Pedro Almodóvar
Tulpan
Tulpan
2008 · Sergei Dvortsevoy
Tourettes
Tourettes
1971 · David Cronenberg
Camion
Camion
2012 · Rafaël Ouellet
Me You Them
Me You Them
2000 · Andrucha Waddington
Patrick
Patrick
2019 · Tim Mielants
Salesman
Salesman
1969 · Maysles Brothers
The Garden
The Garden
1995 · Martin Šulík
The Almost Man
The Almost Man
2012 · Martin Lund
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell
2017 · Rupert Sanders
The World
The World
2004 · Jia Zhangke & Wang Xiaoshuai
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Scott Waugh United Kingdom

His films like Blade Runner and Prometheus directly interrogate what defines consciousness and humanity through artificial beings.

 Steven Spielberg United States

A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Minority Report explore the emotional and moral dimensions of creating synthetic life.

 Mamoru Oshii Japan

Ghost in the Shell series philosophically deconstructs identity and consciousness in a world where artificial and biological life blur.