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Movies that feel likeChappie (2015)

Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.

If you loved Chappie, the closest films we have are Demolition Man (1993), I, Robot (2004) and Elysium (2013). All three share Chappie's kinetic and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Dredd (2012).

🍅 32% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Neill Blomkampgrittykineticcerebralbleak
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Demolition Man
1993 · dir. Marco Brambilla
🍅 67%★ 6.7crime · action · science fiction

A dystopian future played with the same scrappy, gritty pulp energy

The difference: A frozen cop thawed out, played mostly for satirical laughs

In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong. When Phoenix escapes 36 years later to wreak havoc on the future, Spartan is awakened to capture his nemesis the old-fashioned way.

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I, Robot
2004 · dir. Alex Proyas
★ 7.1action · science fictionApple TV+

Robots edging toward consciousness while a cop distrusts them

The difference: A murder-mystery structure, not a child robot finding its family

In 2035, where robots are commonplace and abide by the three laws of robotics, a technophobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may be in danger.

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Elysium
2013 · dir. Neill Blomkamp
🍅 64%★ 6.6science fiction · action · dramaNetflix

Blomkamp's same grimy future-inequality lens turned on a bigger canvas

The difference: Class warfare in orbit, not one AI learning to be a person

In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes, a hard line government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that, if successful, will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds.

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Dredd
2012 · dir. Pete Travis
🍅 80%★ 7.1action · science fiction

Common ground: dystopia

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called Judges, who combine the duties of judge, jury and executioner to deliver a brutal brand of swift justice. But even the top-ranking Judge, Dredd, discovers that taking down Ma-Ma isn’t as easy as it seems in this explosive adaptation of the hugely popular comic series.

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🍅 64%★ 6.6science fiction · actionNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: dystopia

The difference: Trades the grit of Chappie for an angle of its own

64 years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12.

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District 9
2009 · dir. Neill Blomkamp
🍅 90%★ 7.9science fiction

Blomkamp's own Johannesburg grime turned toward outsider empathy

The difference: Alien refugees stand in for the robot underclass here

Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.

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Terminator Genisys
2015 · dir. Alan Taylor
🍅 26%★ 6.3science fiction · action · thrillerParamount+Starz

Machines gaining awareness while humanity's future hangs in the balance

The difference: Time-travel war epic, not one robot's coming-of-age story

The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.

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Surrogates
2009 · dir. Jonathan Mostow
🍅 37%★ 6.3science fiction · action · thriller

A bleak, robot-filled future questioning what's left of being human

The difference: A detective thriller about hiding behind machines, not becoming one

Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.

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RoboCop
2014 · dir. José Padilha
🍅 50%★ 6.1action · science fiction · thriller

A machine built by corporate interests, fighting for its own identity

The difference: A dead cop rebuilt for justice, not a robot raised like a child

In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years, but have been forbidden for law enforcement in America. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy – a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit – is critically injured, OmniCorp sees their chance to build a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine.

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JUNG_E
2023 · dir. Yeon Sang-ho
🍅 52%★ 5.5science fiction · action · adventureNetflix

A cloned mind wrestling with what makes it human amid future war

The difference: Grim battlefield cloning drama, no scrappy street-robot innocence

On an uninhabitable 22nd-century Earth, the outcome of a civil war hinges on cloning the brain of an elite soldier to create a robot mercenary.

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Total Recall
2012 · dir. Len Wiseman
🍅 30%★ 6.2action · science fiction · thriller

A bleak corporate-controlled future rendered in the same slick style

The difference: Memory-implant espionage, nothing about a robot finding a soul

Factory worker Doug Quaid takes a virtual mind-trip vacation with the Rekall company, opting for implanted memories of being a spy. When the procedure goes wrong, Quaid becomes a wanted man by the police and joins forces with a rebel fighter to stop the evil Chancellor Cohaagen.

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Edge of Tomorrow
2014 · dir. Doug Liman
🍅 91%★ 7.9action · science fictionParamount+

Kinetic and cerebral in the same breath

Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.

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