What is the best AI film?

By IQ Score on TV Intelligentsia, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968), Blade Runner 2049 (Villeneuve, 2017), Her (Jonze, 2013), and Ex Machina (Garland, 2014) anchor the canon. After Yang (Kogonada, 2021) is the contemporary canonical entry.

How does TVI rank AI films?

Every AI film is scored on the same rubric. The rubric reads which films treat artificial intelligence as actual philosophical material (HAL 9000's malfunction in 2001, Samantha's emergent consciousness in Her, K's quest in Blade Runner 2049) and which use it as setting decoration for action plots.

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Best AI Films, Ranked by IQ Score

The films that take artificial intelligence as actual philosophical material — not as action setting. Ranked.

AI cinema is increasingly relevant — and increasingly canonical. The works on this list treat artificial intelligence as actual philosophical material (consciousness, personhood, the moral architecture of AI-human relationships) rather than as setting decoration for action plots.

Anchor picks: 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968) — HAL 9000 is the canonical screen AI. Blade Runner (Scott, 1982) and Blade Runner 2049 (Villeneuve, 2017). Her (Jonze, 2013). Ex Machina (Garland, 2014). After Yang (Kogonada, 2021).

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