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Her (2013)

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Her
Movie
7.9/10on IMDb
Released
Home life. Try this for a slower, more affectionate look at a voice assistant becoming part of the user’s day. Theodore can take Samantha for a walk using a camera and an earpiece, but they still have to work out what sharing a space means. It’s a romance with quiet jokes about mismatched senses and habits.
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Electric Dreams (1984)

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Electric Dreams
Movie
6.4/10on IMDb
Released
Home life. Pick this for a home computer that starts joining in with the neighbors. When a musician plays next door, the machine can answer even while its owner isn’t there. The mistake that follows gives the film its sweet, synth-heavy variation on a romantic triangle.
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24

Omni Loop (2024)

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Omni Loop
Movie
5.6/10on IMDb
Released
Home life. Try this for a much quieter use of a time loop, set against everyday visits and conversations. A woman with a short time left keeps using pills that restart the same week, then looks for someone who can help explain them. The humor comes in short bursts amid a more reflective story.
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25

I'm Your Man (2021)

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I'm Your Man
Movie
7.1/10on IMDb
Released
Home life. Choose this for a partner designed to be agreeable in precisely the ways a user is supposed to want. Alma has an assignment to live with him, and his efforts to arrange a romantic evening make it clear why being studied can feel different from being understood. The humor is dry and quiet.
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26

Companion (2025)

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Companion
Movie
6.9/10on IMDb
Released
Home life. Choose this dark comedy if you want a supposed convenience exposed by how people use its controls. The weekend getaway gets awkward well before anybody needs to reconsider the settings. The film gets much bloodier than its polished vacation setup suggests.
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27

M3GAN (2022)

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M3GAN
Movie
6.3/10on IMDb
Released
Home life. Pick this for a toy designed to carry some of the work of looking after a child. Giving it an instruction to protect Cady creates a problem once the doll decides what protecting her requires. The brightly rehearsed product pitch is as funny as some of the horror scenes.
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The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)

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The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Movie
5.5/10on IMDb
Released
Home life. Choose this for a comedy in which using familiar household products makes a woman too small to use the house as designed. A shiny consumer routine takes an increasingly absurd toll on one family. The movie plays the laundry and kitchen difficulties much more broadly than it plays the advertising.
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29

The Nutty Professor (1996)

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The Nutty Professor
Movie
5.7/10on IMDb
Released
Home life. Pick the Eddie Murphy version for a potion that changes who the professor can be on a date and how much control he has when it wears off. Buddy’s behavior can leave Sherman with cleanup that no lab experiment prepared him for. The routines are very broad and frequently crude.
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30

Smart House (1999)

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Smart House
Movie
6.2/10on IMDb
Released
Home life. Try this Disney Channel movie for a house that can cook and clean but starts making rules of its own. Its virtual assistant takes the idea of looking after a family further than anyone who lives there expects. The comedy works like an ordinary household disagreement that can lock the doors.
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31

Men in Black (1997)

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Men in Black
Movie
7.3/10on IMDb
Released
At work. Try this for an office where an awkward conversation can end with a neuralyzer and a new explanation. The memory wipe is a standard part of the job, so the veterans are calm when a recruit still thinks he needs to talk his way out. The workplace rhythm sells the science-fiction joke.
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32

Galaxy Quest (1999)

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Galaxy Quest
Movie
7.4/10on IMDb
Released
At work. Pick this for actors who discover a real technical system built around their television performances. A character originally limited to repeating the computer is suddenly the person expected to speak to it. That mismatch gives the ensemble room for some very petty disagreements in a crisis.
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33

Sorry to Bother You (2018)

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Sorry to Bother You
Movie
6.9/10on IMDb
Released
At work. Choose this if you like a sci-fi turn that grows out of a recognizable bad job. At a telemarketing company, Cassius learns that changing how he sounds can change which doors open. By the time the company offers an invented answer to labor costs, you already know how it talks about workers.
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34

Real Genius (1985)

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Real Genius
Movie
6.9/10on IMDb
Released
Young inventors discover what their research is really for and have to find a way to put a laser to a very different use. Choose it for campus pranks that come from knowing more about the machine than the people in charge.
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35

Free Guy (2021)

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Free Guy
Movie
7.1/10on IMDb
Released
At work. Choose this for a bank employee who discovers that his town treats a robbery as part of a regular shift. Player glasses show him what the customers with guns see, and familiar places start offering options he never had before. It keeps the tone closer to a big action comedy than a nightmare.
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36

Evolution (2001)

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Evolution
Movie
6.1/10on IMDb
Released
A meteor brings organisms that evolve faster than the team studying them can keep up. Every fresh look at the crash site makes the plan more obsolete. Pick it for an invasion comedy that gets its jokes out of emergency science and spectacularly bad surprises.
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Movie
6.2/10on IMDb
Released
At work. Choose this for a scientist and musician whose jet-car test takes a shortcut right through a mountain. The experiment’s side effect leaves a cleanup job bigger than the test itself. The movie treats its wildly complicated setup like an ordinary problem for the office.
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Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)

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Ralph Breaks the Internet
Movie
7.0/10on IMDb
Released
At work. Choose this if you want familiar online chores turned into busy physical places. Trying to buy one arcade part sends Ralph and Vanellope through auctions, advertising, and a scramble to earn money by being watched. The action keeps changing shape without losing the small errand that started it.
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Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

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Wreck-It Ralph
Movie
7.7/10on IMDb
Released
At work. Pick this for an arcade villain whose post-shift problem is that his neighbors still expect him to be the bad guy. Leaving his game makes another set of workplace rules kick in across the arcade. The games’ different kinds of movement make the crossover fun even before you know the stakes.
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40

The Zero Theorem (2013)

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The Zero Theorem
Movie
6.0/10on IMDb
Released
At work. Choose Terry Gilliam’s film for a future in which working from home makes it harder to avoid the boss. Qohen's assigned project takes over his living space through a crowded computer interface. The result is nervous, deadpan science fiction about technology that promises freedom from the office.
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Toys (1992)

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Toys
Movie
5.2/10on IMDb
Released
At work. Pick this for a toy company reorganized by someone who wants playthings to serve a different purpose. The bright machines and deliberately odd factory spaces make the new military production look particularly out of place. It’s a colorful, melancholy satire with an eccentric pace.
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Ghostbusters (1984)

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Ghostbusters
Movie
7.8/10on IMDb
Released
At work. Try this for invented equipment that turns the supernatural into a service call. A hotel job gives the crew a chance to figure out what the gear can do while trying not to damage the room. The contrast between their sales pitch and their improvised work keeps the scene funny.
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