By default, movies are sorted by year in descending order.

A robot/AI rears a girl in an underground facility after extinction of humans but their relationship is endangered with the arrival of a stranger and her news.

The film explores various themes in cognitive science such as perception and evolution.

A humanoid hunter starts to wonder what it means to be alive, whether life is born or manufactured.

Victor Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein (2015)
A: 1.0 Q: 1.0 R: 1.0

A troubled young assistant's dark origins, and how he became eyewitnesses to the emergence of how Frankenstein became the man - and the legend - we know today.

Interstellar
Interstellar (2014)
A: 3.5 Q: 5.0 R: 1.5

A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival.

A linguistics professor at Columbia University is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. The film is a testament to the ordeal families face worldwide.

Lucy
Lucy (2014)
A: 1.8 Q: 2.5 R: 3.0

Accidentally drugged with an experimental serum, Lucy begins to develop superhuman abilities, nearing 100% brain processing capacity!

Imitation Game, The
Imitation Game, The (2014)
A: 3.5 Q: 4.3 R: 3.8

Dramatic biopic of Alan Turing's life, and his efforts to decrypt the Nazi's enigma machine during World War II.

Ender's Game
Ender's Game (2013)
A: 2.6 Q: 3.2 R: 2.7

An unusually gifted child is sent to an advanced military school in space to prepare for the final battle to save humanity from alien invasion.

Lack of emotions, bipolar characters, use of drugs and placebos, social experimentation.

A documentary about concussions in sports, their effects, and why people continue to put themselves, and their children, at risk.

The story of a chimpanzee who was raised as a human child.

An origin story set in present day San Francisco, where man's own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of higher intelligence in apes.

Fly Away
Fly Away (2011)
A: 3.7 Q: 3.4 R: 3.0

The poignant yet humor filled story about a single mother of a teenager severely impacted by autism, forced to reckon with her daughter's future.

Limitless
Limitless (2011)
A: 2.4 Q: 3.7 R: 3.7

A guy's friend introduces him to NZT, an experimental drug that "allows him to use 100% of his brain," bringing him wealth and power. But bad guys want it too.

Documentary about Ray Kurzweil and the Singularity, a point when technology will be changing so rapidly that we'll have to enhance ourselves with AI to keep up.

Two men with autism embark on a global quest to change prevailing attitudes about disability and intelligence.

Idiocracy
Idiocracy (2006)
A: 3.4 Q: 3.3 R: 2.8

A participant in a classified military human hibernation experiment wakes up 500 years later to find that the world has devolved to idiocracy. Hilarity ensues.

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