Brainstorm
Two brilliant research scientists have invented a device capable of recording and playing back sensory experiences only to have devastating results when one of them records their own death.
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2011★ 7.3
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2024★ 5.9
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2019★ 6.5
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2018★ 6.3
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2021★ 7.5
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2019★ 6.3
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2014★ 6.6
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1999★ 7.1
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I Am Mother
2019★ 6.7
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Automata
2014★ 5.9
Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.
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2018★ 7.6
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2014★ 6.5
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2011★ 6.8
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