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F.R.E.D.I. (2018)

An intelligent, lovable robot known as "F.R.E.D.I." is stolen from a secret research facility by the project's lead scientist. The robot is found by a 15 year old teenager, James. Soon the two begin to communicate and create a bond in which F.R.E.D.I. learns about teenage life and James learns about some new values.

Directed bySean Olson

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  1. 01

    Time Toys

    Strong story similarity

    2016 · 87 min · Family · Science Fiction

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    A group of middle school kids stumble upon a chest full of incredible toys from the future. The discovery takes them on an adventure using their newfound toys to save their neighborhood and ultimately the world from a maniacal corporate madman. In the process, these "loser" kids learn they have the qualities they thought they were lacking all along.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  2. 02

    Big Hero 6

    Strong story similarity

    2014 · 102 min · Action · Adventure · Animation · Comedy · Family

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    A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
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  3. 03

    How to Build a Better Boy

    Shared themes

    2014 · 90 min · Family · Science Fiction · TV Movie

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    After inadvertently inputting the qualities of the ideal boyfriend into a high-tech government computer, two social outcasts named Mae and Gabby must contend with Albert, a cybernetic sweetheart with only one directive: to treat Mae to the perfect highschool romance.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared theme: robot
    • a closely matched era
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  4. 05

    I Am Mother

    Strong story similarity

    2019 · 113 min · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    A teenage girl is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared theme: robot
    • a closely matched era
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  5. 06

    Tomorrowland

    Similar atmosphere

    2015 · 130 min · Adventure · Family · Mystery · Science Fiction

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    Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland."

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  6. 07

    Passengers

    Strong movie match

    2016 · 116 min · Drama · Other · Science Fiction

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    A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.

    Why it connects

    • strong recommendation signals
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  7. 10

    WALL·E

    Strong story similarity

    2008 · 98 min · Animation · Family · Science Fiction

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    After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most imaginative adventures ever brought to the big screen.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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