Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "technology-gone-amok"

1. The Matrix (1999)

R | 136 min | Action, Sci-Fi

When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.

Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving

Votes: 2,059,707 | Gross: $171.48M

2. The Terminator (1984)

R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield

Votes: 926,721 | Gross: $38.40M

3. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick

Votes: 1,177,271 | Gross: $204.84M

4. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

R | 138 min | Action, Sci-Fi

Freedom fighters Neo, Trinity and Morpheus continue to lead the revolt against the Machine Army, unleashing their arsenal of extraordinary skills and weaponry against the systematic forces of repression and exploitation.

Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving

Votes: 632,172 | Gross: $281.49M

5. Event Horizon (1997)

R | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A rescue crew is tasked with investigating the mysterious reappearance of a spaceship that had been lost for seven years.

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson

Votes: 197,693 | Gross: $26.67M

6. WarGames (1983)

PG | 114 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.

Director: John Badham | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Dabney Coleman

Votes: 111,169 | Gross: $79.57M

7. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

R | 109 min | Action, Sci-Fi

A machine from a post-apocalyptic future travels back in time to protect a man and a woman from an advanced robotic assassin to ensure they both survive a nuclear attack.

Director: Jonathan Mostow | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Kristanna Loken, Claire Danes

Votes: 419,164 | Gross: $150.37M

8. Akira (1988)

R | 124 min | Animation, Action, Drama

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.

Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda

Votes: 205,964 | Gross: $0.55M

9. Tron (1982)

PG | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.

Director: Steven Lisberger | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan

Votes: 129,589 | Gross: $33.00M

10. Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)

M | 100 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

Thinking this will prevent war, the US government gives an impenetrable supercomputer total control over launching nuclear missiles. But what the computer does with the power is unimaginable to its creators.

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, William Schallert

Votes: 10,211

11. Things to Come (1936)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, War

The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.

Director: William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson, Margaretta Scott

Votes: 9,109

12. Infinity Chamber (2016)

103 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

A man trapped in an automated prison must outsmart a computer in order to escape.

Director: Travis Milloy | Stars: Christopher Soren Kelly, Cassandra Clark, Cajardo Lindsey, Jesse D. Arrow

Votes: 11,762

13. Kino's Journey (2003)

Not Rated | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Young world-weary sharpshooter girl Kino and her talking inquisitive motorcycle Hermes travel around her unusual world, visiting various city-states for three days each to learn about their culture, history and ruling philosophy.

Stars: Ai Maeda, Ryuji Aigase, Kelli Cousins, Cynthia Martinez

Votes: 3,256

14. Cyborg 2087 (1966)

86 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Earth's civilization of the future sends a cyborg back to the 1960s to change the future.

Director: Franklin Adreon | Stars: Michael Rennie, Karen Steele, Wendell Corey, Warren Stevens

Votes: 662

15. Retroactive (1997)

R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman that was murdered by her brutal husband.

Director: Louis Morneau | Stars: Jim Belushi, Kylie Travis, Shannon Whirry, Frank Whaley

Votes: 6,719

16. Technotise: Edit & I (2009)

Not Rated | 100 min | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi

Belgrade 2074. Edit is a student. After a few failed exams she decides to implant a memory chip... but, something strange starts happening to her.

Directors: Aleksa Gajic, Nebojsa Andric, Stevan Djordjevic | Stars: Sanda Knezevic, Nebojsa Glogovac, Jelisaveta 'Seka' Sablic, Petar Kralj

Votes: 3,377

17. Terminator the Second (2011 TV Movie)

96 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Terminator the Second is a parody of the film Terminator 2: Judgment Day, constructed solely of lines and phrases from the plays of William Shakespeare.

Directors: Cody DeVos, Marshall Weber | Stars: Jamie Bradley, Randal Cooper, Jasson Cring, Phillip Currie

Votes: 6

18. Echo Dr. (2013)

Not Rated | 81 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

When their home security system malfunctions, a family struggles to survive an attack against a state of the art patrol guard that believes they are intruders.

Director: Patrick Ryan Sims | Stars: Dane Bowman, Claire Gordon-Harper, Johnathan Hurley, Chris Maple

Votes: 136

19. Savior of the Earth (1983)

69 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Acts of terrorism are happening in the USA, Japan, France and the Pacific Ocean. The man behind these events is Dr. Butler, who tries to rule the world with his powerful computers. To save ... See full summary »

Directors: Su-yong Jeong, Roy Thomas

Votes: 135

20. Firing Range (1977)

10 min | Animation, Short, Sci-Fi

A military scientist creates a mind-reading weapon for his generals on a remote island. After the demonstration, the generals are pleased. Little do they realize, both the weapon, and the creator of the weapon have a mind of their own.

Director: Anatoliy Petrov | Stars: Aleksandr Belyavskiy, Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Sergey Martynov, Oleg Mokshantsev

Votes: 448

21. Cheap 'n' Easy Meditative Efficiency (2022)

16 min | Short, Mystery, Sci-Fi

In a world where people are kept updated with biological implants that make going to work pleasurable. One man is fined for being late to work, and begins to question the perfect nature of his existence.

Director: Joshua Morrison | Stars: John Henry Westhead, Marquez Gonzalo Dellamore, Malin Frank, Gezim Gojnovci

Votes: 350

22. Ein Leben auf Probe (2010)

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Director: David Emmenlauer | Stars: Alexander Beyer, Janin Ullmann, Eva Kruijssen, Stephen Sikder

Votes: 24

23. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: The Face of Evil: Part One (1977)

TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Travelling alone, the Doctor lands on a nameless planet in the far future where he meets a warrior woman named Leela, recently banished from her tribe, the Sevateem who recognise the Doctor as the "Evil One" and wish to destroy him.

Director: Pennant Roberts | Stars: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, David Garfield, Victor Lucas

Votes: 573

24. The Young Ones (1982–1984)
Episode: Bambi (1984)

TV-PG | 35 min | Comedy

After realizing they haven't done the wash in almost three years, the boys take a trip to the launderette and then Neil remembers that they have been chosen to be on "University Challenge".

Director: Paul Jackson | Stars: Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan

Votes: 741

25. Sons of Butcher (2005–2006)
Episode: Readin' the Bowl (2006)

TV-14 | Animation, Comedy

After reading his fortune, Doug discovers he has 12 hours to live. Ricky uses the news as a way to score the band a spot on Jaco's benefit concert, while Sol decides to build a robotic janitor to replace Doug.

Director: Karl DiPelino | Stars: Dave Dunham, Jay Ziebarth, Trevor Ziebarth, Peter Cugno

26. Testees (2008)
Episode: Vac Attack (2008)

TV-MA | 21 min | Comedy

When super slob Peter earns the boys a chance to test a million dollar vacuum, they discover having a hyper intelligent, military grade home appliance really sucks.

Director: Ben Weinstein | Stars: Jeff Kassel, Steve Markle, Joe Pingue, Kim Schraner

Votes: 50

27. American Dad! (2005– )
Episode: Hot Water (2011)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

Stan is stressed by family life so he decides to buy a hot tub for the backyard, but he becomes obsessed and when the hot tub starts singing and encourages some bad behavior they are all in trouble.

Directors: Chris Bennett, Ron Hughart, Brent Woods | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane

Votes: 1,231

28. CollegeHumor Originals (2006–2023)
Episode: Kinect Self-Awareness Hack (2011)

TV-MA | 3 min | Comedy

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Director: Matthew Pollock | Star: Matthew J. McCarthy

29. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Them, Robot (2012)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Mr. Burns replaces all of the nuclear plant employees with robots--except for Homer, who stays along to supervise the robots and serve as a human scapegoat.

Directors: Mike B. Anderson, Mike Frank Polcino | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,322

30. DuckTales (2017–2021)
Episode: Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System! (2018)

TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Launchpad must defeat Mark Beaks' new robot chauffeurs in a race to keep his job as Scrooge's driver, but Gyro and Fenton realize that something is dangerously wrong with this new technology.

Director: John Aoshima | Stars: David Tennant, Ben Schwartz, Beck Bennett, Lin-Manuel Miranda

Votes: 850