Films That Make Me Say: Hello? ChatGPT?

32 films, ranked on my own star ratings by Arwin Edward Bagaslao. Updated 2026-06-17.

This is my collection of movies where the real villain is the algorithm. These are the films that made me uneasy about convenience, intelligence, and how easily we hand control to machines. Here, AI falls in love, starts wars, hacks lives,

1. 1
   Bicentennial Man (1999)

   ★★★★½
2. 2
   Eagle Eye (2008)

   ★★★★½
3. 3
   Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

   ★★★★½
4. 4
   TRON: Legacy (2010)

   ★★★★½
5. 5
   Ex Machina (2015)

   ★★★★½

   I first watched this back in college after randomly seeing a trailer.

6. 6
   Her (2013)

   ★★★★½

   From the very first scene, nabosesan ko na si Joaquin and I immediately got Black Mirror vibes.

7. 7
   Source Code (2011)

   ★★★★½
8. 8
   Iron Man (2008)

   ★★★★½
9. 9
   Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)

   ★★★★½
10. 10
    Toy Story 5 (2026)

    ★★★★½

    Story is so good, I wanted to cry after the credits rolled.

11. 11
    Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (2023)

    ★★★★
12. 12
    Ready Player One (2018)

    ★★★★
13. 13
    Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

    ★★★★

    Denis Villeneuve did not waste time world building on the first few frames.

14. 14
    Nerve (2016)

    ★★★★
15. 15
    Companion (2025)

    ★★★★

    What if AI robots becomes super expressive, with real emotions, loyalty, and the need for consent, but doesn’t even know that it is a robot?

16. 16
    The Terminator (1984)

    ★★★★

    I love how the film establishes the Terminator as a pure force of intent from the moment he arrives.

17. 17
    Oblivion (2013)

    ★★★★

    On rewatch, this clicks for me in a way it didn’t the first time.

18. 18
    2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    ★★★★

    A meditative sci-fi experience that feels more like art than traditional storytelling.

19. 19
    Free Guy (2021)

    ★★★½
20. 20
    TRON: Ares (2025)

    ★★★½

    After fifteen years, here we are again. Yay or nay?

21. 21
    Atlas (2024)

    ★★★½
22. 22
    Black Mirror: Eulogy (2025)

    ★★★½

    The drama is great. It is all about reliving a painful and bitter past.

23. 23
    Colony (2026)

    ★★★½

    This is how it feels like to have AI agents!

24. 24
    The Matrix (1999)

    ★★★
25. 25
    The Creator (2023)

    ★★★
26. 26
    Ghost in the Shell (2017)

    ★★★
27. 27
    Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)

    ★★★
28. 28
    The Circle (2017)

    ★★★
29. 29
    Blackhat (2015)

    ★★★
30. 30
    Geostorm (2017)

    ★★★
31. 31
    Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

    ★

    The opening sequence is nice. It gives me that old school large scale war vibe, parang Rogue One climax type faceoff but with that classic apocalyptic feel.

32. 32
    Transcendence (2014)