Paste's The 100 Greatest Movie Robots of All Time
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Robots are a mainstay of the genre for good reason: They stand in as cogent symbols of humanity’s drive to create, to build, to extend its understanding of the human condition. And they carry with them all the wonder, hubris, hope and dread that that drive compels.
With sci-fi being as vogue in popular culture as ever, now is the perfect time to reflect back on our favorite ’bots as represented in film. ---Paste, June 17th 2021
Note: Blade Runner, Star Wars, and The Avengers: Age of Ultron are named twice on the list. Transformers: The Movie and Transformers (2007) are both included as a single entry.
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Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
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The Iron Giant
1999, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951, in 12 top lists Check -
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Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
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Forbidden Planet
1956, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Terminator
1984, in 24 top lists Check -
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Aliens
1986, in 24 top lists Check -
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The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 38 top lists Check -
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Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991, in 27 top lists Check -
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Alien
1979, in 30 top lists Check -
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RoboCop
1987, in 15 top lists Check -
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Star Trek: Generations
1994, in 1 top list Check -
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
1996, in 0 top lists Check -
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Gojira tai Mekagojira
1974 — a.k.a. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, in 2 top lists Check -
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Pacific Rim
2013, in 1 top list Check -
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WALL·E
2008, in 26 top lists Check -
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Star Trek: First Contact
1996, in 2 top lists Check -
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Gojira tai Megaro
1973 — a.k.a. Godzilla vs. Megalon, in 1 top list Check -
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Weird Science
1985, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Black Hole
1979, in 0 top lists Check -
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Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015, in 2 top lists Check -
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Enthiran
2010, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005, in 1 top list Check -
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Kronos
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
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L'uomo meccanico
1921 — a.k.a. The Mechanical Man, in 1 top list Check -
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Westworld
1973, in 5 top lists Check -
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Big Hero 6
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Stepford Wives
1975, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Incredibles
2004, in 13 top lists Check -
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X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
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Interstellar
2014, in 13 top lists Check -
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Kôkaku Kidôtai
1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check -
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THX 1138
1971, in 5 top lists Check -
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Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991, in 1 top list Check -
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Chikyû Bôeigun
1957 — a.k.a. The Mysterians, in 0 top lists Check -
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Silent Running
1972, in 8 top lists Check -
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Ex Machina
2014, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Transformers: The Movie
1986, in 2 top lists Check -
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Transformers
2007, in 4 top lists Check -
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Spaceballs
1987, in 1 top list Check -
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The Phantom Creeps
1939 — a.k.a. The Shadow Creeps, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Last Starfighter
1984, in 0 top lists Check -
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Wizards
1977, in 1 top list Check -
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Screamers
1995, in 1 top list Check -
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The Matrix
1999, in 30 top lists Check -
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The Earth Dies Screaming
1964, in 0 top lists Check -
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Target Earth
1954, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Mechanical Monsters
1941, in 0 top lists Check -
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
2004, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Jan 26, 2022; source