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Hot Spot (2026)

Set in a near future society ruled by sentient A.I., a private eye investigates a murder case only to discover a rebel group capable of undermining the digital overlord. As the detective's identity slowly unravels, his world enters a state of hypnotic meltdown.

Directed byAgnieszka Smoczyńska

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  1. 01

    Wifelike

    Strong story similarity

    2022 · 105 min · Mystery · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    A grieving detective in the near-future hunts down criminals who trade artificial humans on the black market. In the fight to end AI exploitation, an underground resistance attempts to infiltrate him by sabotaging the programming of the artificial human assigned as his companion to behave like his late wife. She begins to question her reality as memories of a past life begin to surface in a world where nothing is as it seems.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
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  2. 02

    Upgrade

    Strong story similarity

    2018 · 100 min · Action · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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  3. 03

    Soulm8te

    Strong story similarity

    2026 · 99 min · Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    After a ruthless tech giant acquires a small robotics company, a grieving engineer is tasked with testing their new AI companion. But when he attempts to reprogram her to be a truly sentient soulmate, she develops needs of her own—unleashing a relentless spree of precision-engineered mayhem.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared themes: artificial intelligence (a.i.) and woman director
    • a closely matched era
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  4. 04

    Subservience

    Strong story similarity

    2024 · 105 min · Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    With his wife out sick, a struggling father brings home a lifelike AI, only to have his self-aware new help want everything her new family has to offer... Like the affection of her owner and she'll kill to get it.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
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  5. 05

    Anon

    Strong story similarity

    2018 · 100 min · Crime · Mystery · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    Set in a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity, our private memories are recorded and crime almost ceases to exist. In trying to solve a series of unsolved murders, Sal Frieland stumbles onto a young woman who appears to have subverted the system and disappeared. She has no identity, no history and no record. Sal realizes it may not be the end of crime but the beginning. Known only as 'The Girl', Sal must find her before he becomes the next victim.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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  6. 06

    Archive

    Strong story similarity

    2020 · 109 min · Drama · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    2038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI, and his latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs—being reunited with his dead wife.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
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    Companion

    Strong story similarity

    2025 · 97 min · Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    During a weekend getaway at a secluded lakeside estate, a group of friends finds themselves entangled in a web of secrets, deception, and advanced technology. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, they uncover unsettling truths about themselves and the world around them.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
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    Tau

    Strong story similarity

    2018 · 97 min · Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    Held captive in a futuristic smart house, a woman hopes to escape by befriending the A.I. program that controls the house.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
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    Chappie

    Strong story similarity

    2015 · 120 min · Action · Crime · Science Fiction

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    Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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