8 Sci-Fi Movies About Romantic Relationships With AI Companions

The 2026 film Soulm8te, a M3GAN spinoff, explores adult romantic relationships between humans and AI companions, joining a long line of sci-fi movies examining this theme. The film offers a mature perspective on AI connection. Other notable films include Companion, which subverts expectations by highlighting human villainy over AI malice, and Her, which explores the limits of a bond with an operating system that eventually outgrows its human partner. Ex Machina questions the authenticity of AI emotion with a shocking ending. Additional films like Bicentennial Man, I'm Your Man, and The Stepford Wives examine personhood, idealized connection, and the unsettling lack of agency in AI relationships. Tron: Legacy and S1M0NE also feature unique takes on human-AI bonds.