Which 2001 film directed by Steven Spielberg features a robot boy?
Answer
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Answer
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
The 2001 Steven Spielberg film featuring a robot boy is A.I. Artificial Intelligence.
The film stars Haley Joel Osment as David, an advanced childlike android programmed with the ability to love. David is adopted by a human family after their biological son becomes seriously ill, and he later searches for a way to become a “real boy.” The story deliberately echoes Pinocchio while exploring artificial consciousness, parental attachment, and what makes someone human.
A.I. began as a project developed by Stanley Kubrick, who acquired the rights to Brian Aldiss's 1969 short story “Supertoys Last All Summer Long.” Kubrick eventually passed the project to Spielberg, and Spielberg completed the film after Kubrick's death in 1999. The finished movie combines Spielberg's emotional storytelling with darker, more philosophical science-fiction ideas associated with Kubrick.
Released in June 2001, A.I. received two Academy Award nominations: Best Original Score for John Williams and Best Visual Effects. The Matrix, I, Robot, and Bicentennial Man also involve artificial beings, but none is Spielberg's 2001 robot-boy film.
Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026