Ex Machina
92
A young programmer is selected to participate in a groundbreaking experiment by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced AI.
Why watch: The Turing test becomes a power game.
Cast
Domhnall Gleeson as Caleb
Alicia Vikander as Ava
Oscar Isaac as Nathan
Sonoya Mizuno as Kyoko
Corey Johnson as Jay
Claire Selby as Lily
Symara A. Templeman as Jasmine
Gana Bayarsaikhan as Jade
Tiffany Pisani as Katya
Elina Alminas as Amber
Chelsea Li as Office Girl (uncredited)
Dan Pappaspanos as Office Worker (uncredited)
Crew
Alex Garland — Director
Alex Garland — Writer
Allon Reich — Producer
Andrew Macdonald — Producer
Scott Rudin — Executive Producer
Tessa Ross — Executive Producer
Eli Bush — Executive Producer
Francine Maisler — Casting
Rob Hardy — Director of Photography
Mark Day — Editor
Mark Digby — Production Design
Katrina Mackay — Art Direction
Sammy Sheldon — Costume Design
Ben Salisbury — Original Music Composer
Geoff Barrow — Original Music Composer
Community Reviews
May 8, 2026
Holds up better than i expected, on a recent watch. The performances are great, the tension is well-written, and the premise still seems somewhat believable. But after years of painful (and embarrassing) LLM/AI consciousness discourse, the obvious groan moment in the story has moved ahead several minutes to when the gullible mark says he's already changed the code, long before the robot leaves them trapped behind locked doors. I think the moral of the story was probably always "Neither being sad nor being horny are good reasons to start skynet" to complement the original skynet moral of "Curiosity is not a good reason to start skynet" but it's interesting how much less sympathetic the heedless kid seems now that we're surrounded by AI being used for the absolute dumbest shit all the time.