Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece showcased video calls and artificial intelligence long before they became a reality. The film is noted for its scientifically accurate depiction of space flight, pioneering special effects, and ambiguous imagery.
The film is set in a dystopian future Los Angeles of 2019, envisioning a future where humans and machines live together, touching on concepts like bioengineering, which has grown immensely and also resembles urban overcrowding today.
The film combines elements of tech noir, whodunit, thriller, and science fiction genres and predictive policing and personalized ads portrayed in this film are now close to reality with modern surveillance, AI, and data analysis tools.
Not a sci-fi film, the film depicts the story of Truman Burbank, a man who is unaware that he is living his entire life on a colossal soundstage, and that it is being filmed and broadcast as a reality television show which has a huge international following.
A science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, while robots haven’t taken over, The Terminator foresaw the growing threat of autonomous machines and AI, which are now shaping industries and raising safety concerns.
Though not all of its predictions came true, Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown arrives unexpectedly in the DeLorean time machine and helps their future children, this film’s vision of video conferencing, wearable tech, and fingerprint recognition has materialized.
The film follows Theodore Twombly, a man who develops a relationship with Samantha, an artificially intelligent virtual assistant personified through a female voice and advanced AI chatbots that blur the lines between human interaction and machines.