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Ex Machina
Why this pick
Like I Am Mother, it confines a young protagonist with an apparently caring artificial intelligence, building sleek, intimate tension around trust, autonomy, and the limits of human control.
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MOVIE2019 1h 54m AUS
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Moon
Why this pick
Its isolated lunar workplace and measured revelations echo I Am Mother’s contained sci-fi atmosphere, using a small cast and clean production design to make identity and corporate purpose feel unsettling.
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The Creator
Why this pick
This pairs emotionally charged human–AI bonds with a ruined future world, sharing I Am Mother’s interest in whether artificial beings can be protectors, threats, or something more morally complicated.
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Oxygen
Why this pick
A woman trapped in a clinical enclosed space must piece together incomplete information, delivering the same claustrophobic, technology-shaped suspense and steadily shifting certainties.
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Archive
Why this pick
Its remote research facility, restrained futuristic design, and deeply personal AI experiment make it a strong fit for I Am Mother’s quiet, emotionally fraught approach to artificial consciousness.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A sheltered teenage girl is raised underground by a manipulative robot Mother who has been feeding the young girl lies and is designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event but their cozy cubby hole existence is disrupted, upon the arrival of a mysterious wanderer.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Clara Rugaard
Daughter
Hilary Swank
Woman
Rose Byrne
Mother (voice)