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La Ragazza di Latta/The Tin Girl/The Girl of Tin (1970)

A bored executive gets fixated on a mysterious girl he's seen. Eventually, he finds out she is an android produced by the all-powerful Smack corporation.

Ratataplan (1979)

A scatter-brained young engineer builds a robot duplicate of himself, which proves to be far more successful (particularly in the romance department) than he ever was. However, at the moment of 'climax' in the robot's seduction technique, it blows a fuse and melts down.

El Rayo Disintegrador/Aventura de Quinque y Arturo el Robot (1965)

A 10-year old boy and a robot called Arturo track down criminals who have stolen a disintegrator ray. (Arturo bears a striking resemblance to the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz, and even has squeaky joints!)

Il Re Dei Criminali/L'Invincibile Superman/The King of Criminals/Superargo/Superargo and the Faceless Giants/Superargo the Giant/Superargo, El Gigante (1968)

The masked wrestler/superhero Argo battles a madman and his robot army.
(Now, that sounds familiar !)

Return of the Jedi/Star Wars III: Return of the Jedi (1983)

The last of the original Star Wars trilogy, essentially a continuation of The Empire Strikes Back. (Click on the PROOF link above for information on "Star Wars" robots.)

Return to Oz (1985)

The Sequel to The Wizard of Oz. When Dorothy escapes form a doctor who is giving her treatment 'with electricity', she finds herself back in Oz, but all of her friends have been transformed by the Nome King. Together with new friends - including the mechanical Tik-Tok's, who are the Royal Army of Oz - Dorothy sets of for the Emerald City in attempt to restore the rightful ruler to her throne.

Robocop (1987)

A policeman is killed in the line of duty and is 'recycled' as Robocop (a cyborg cop) by an Omni corporation project. Robocop is in direct competition with ED-209, a wholly robotic cop, which unfortunately - due to a minor glitch - manages to kill one of Omni's directors at a presentation.

Robocop 3 (1993)

OCP wants to redevelop an area of the city, and hires a mercenary gang to force out the residents. Robocop sides with the residents' underground resistance. Features a sword-wielding robot called Otomo.

Robot Holocaust (1987)

In a post-nuclear war wasteland, Neo, a drifter - together with his robot sidekick Klyton - comes across a factory manned by slaves controlled by the Dark One, working to feed the Dark One's power station. There he meets a girl who convinces him to help rescue her scientist father who has invented a mechanism which can overcome the Dark One's control over the slaves. Neo, Klyton and the girl travel to the power station, where they defeat the Dark One's evil robots and rescue the scientist.

El Robot Humano/La Momia Azteca contra el Robot Humno/The Aztec Mummy vs the Human Robot/The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy (1957)

The evil (as always) Dr. Krupp, in pursuit of the sacred jewels guarded by the mummy of Popoca, creates a robot from metal and parts of corpses. The robot is defeated by the mummy, which reduces it to 'scrap'.

Robot Jox/Robojox (1989)

On a post-World War III Earth, war between nations is outlawed. Instead, disputes over territory are resolved through organized fights between large robots called Robot Jox. The film concerns Achilles (a Robot Jox pilot) and a fight over the state of Alaska.

Robot In The Family (1994)

Jack and his lovable robot sidekick Golddigger thwart the dastardly plans of Eli, an evil antiques dealer.

Robot Keiji K (1973)

I have no information on this, other than that it is one of the 'Tokusatsu' (live action, costumed hero) series. If you have any information on this film, please email me.

Robot Monster (1953)

With mankind on the brink of space travel, the alien Ro-Mans - fearing competition - attempt to destroy Earth's population with a 'calcinator ray'. However, because of a scientist's 'total immunization serum', there are survivors, who the single Ro-Man invader robot (sent by the Ro-Man robot leader, The Great One) has to track down. Just before the Ro-man is about to kill one of the survivors... it all turns out to have been a ten year old boy's dream! (The Ro-Man - and The Great One - looks just like a gorilla in a diving-suit helmet.)

Robots (1988)

A film version of Isaac Asimov's The Caves of Steel, in which an Earth detective (Lije Bailey) - together with the robot R. Daneel Olivaw - investigate the murder of a 'spacer'. In addition to Olivaw, the film also features robots R. Sammy, R. Giskard, R. Borgraf and R. Jane.

Robot Stories (2002)

A collection of four separate stories, all linked by a robot theme: (1) 'Machine Love': Archie (a Sprout G9 iPerson) is specifically designed to fit modern office life, and has the capacity to learn from its interactions with the humans around him. When he finds himself placed in an office filled with emotionally stunted humans, he realizes he needs love. (2) 'The Robot Fixer': When an accident puts her son into a coma, a mother becomes obsessed with fixing the toy robots he had as a child 20 years ago; (3) 'My Robot Baby' is about a couple who have to first prove they can look after a robot baby, before they can adopt a real baby. When the husband is away and the robot baby malfunctions, the wife has to face her fears about motherhood... and about the robot itself; (4) 'Clay' is not strictly a robot story, but concerns a future world in which people are kept eternally 'alive' by having their memories scanned and stored in computers.

Robot Wars (1993)

In a post-pollution apocalyptic future, Mega-Robot 2 - a giant robot which resembles a scorpion - guards the borders of America from the 'Centros'. Mega-Robot 2's pilot, together with an archaeologist, join forces to defeat the Centro's attempts to resurrect the hidden Mega-Robot 1 (which was supposed to have been destroyed).

Robot Wrecks (1941)

One of the 'Our Gang' series. In a department store, a gang of kids see Volto - a publicity robot - and, not knowing that it's really an actor in a suit, decide to build a robot of their own. The local bully sells the gang a box of 'invisible rays' to power the robot, but unknown to the gang, a boy has actually climbed into the robot and proceeds to run amok.

R.O.T.O.R. (1989)

ROTOR (Robotic Officer Tactical Operation Research) is a prototype crime combat robot (i.e. Robocop) which escapes from the laboratory in which it was developed and embarks on a killing spree.

The Rubber Man (1909)

An inventor creates an electrically powered humanoid out of rubber; the rubber man immediately gets out of control, defenestrates its creator and his family, then goes on the rampage. The rubber man is eventually defeated when it is ducked in a horse trough, and suffers electrical failure.

Runaway (1984)

A cynical cop responsible for dealing with defective household and commercial robots, battles against an evil genius (Gene Simmons) who is turning domestic robots into killing machines. In the film's climax, the cop is

	La Ragazza di Latta/The Tin Girl/The Girl of Tin (1970)
		A bored executive gets fixated on a mysterious girl he's seen. Eventually, he finds out she is an android produced by the all-powerful Smack corporation.
	Ratataplan (1979)
		A scatter-brained young engineer builds a robot duplicate of himself, which proves to be far more successful (particularly in the romance department) than he ever was. However, at the moment of 'climax' in the robot's seduction technique, it blows a fuse and melts down.
	El Rayo Disintegrador/Aventura de Quinque y Arturo el Robot (1965)
		A 10-year old boy and a robot called Arturo track down criminals who have stolen a disintegrator ray. (Arturo bears a striking resemblance to the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz, and even has squeaky joints!)
	Il Re Dei Criminali/L'Invincibile Superman/The King of Criminals/Superargo/Superargo and the Faceless Giants/Superargo the Giant/Superargo, El Gigante (1968)
		The masked wrestler/superhero Argo battles a madman and his robot army. (Now, that* sounds familiar !*)
	Return of the Jedi/Star Wars III: Return of the Jedi (1983)
		The last of the original Star Wars trilogy, essentially a continuation of The Empire Strikes Back. (Click on the PROOF link above for information on "Star Wars" robots.)
	Return to Oz (1985)
		The Sequel to The Wizard of Oz. When Dorothy escapes form a doctor who is giving her treatment 'with electricity', she finds herself back in Oz, but all of her friends have been transformed by the Nome King. Together with new friends - including the mechanical Tik-Tok's, who are the Royal Army of Oz - Dorothy sets of for the Emerald City in attempt to restore the rightful ruler to her throne.
	Robocop (1987)
		A policeman is killed in the line of duty and is 'recycled' as Robocop (a cyborg cop) by an Omni corporation project. Robocop is in direct competition with ED-209, a wholly robotic cop, which unfortunately - due to a minor glitch - manages to kill one of Omni's directors at a presentation.
	Robocop 3 (1993)
		OCP wants to redevelop an area of the city, and hires a mercenary gang to force out the residents. Robocop sides with the residents' underground resistance. Features a sword-wielding robot called Otomo.
	Robot Holocaust (1987)
		In a post-nuclear war wasteland, Neo, a drifter - together with his robot sidekick Klyton - comes across a factory manned by slaves controlled by the Dark One, working to feed the Dark One's power station. There he meets a girl who convinces him to help rescue her scientist father who has invented a mechanism which can overcome the Dark One's control over the slaves. Neo, Klyton and the girl travel to the power station, where they defeat the Dark One's evil robots and rescue the scientist.
	El Robot Humano/La Momia Azteca contra el Robot Humno/The Aztec Mummy vs the Human Robot/The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy (1957)
		The evil (as always) Dr. Krupp, in pursuit of the sacred jewels guarded by the mummy of Popoca, creates a robot from metal and parts of corpses. The robot is defeated by the mummy, which reduces it to 'scrap'.
	Robot Jox/Robojox (1989)
		On a post-World War III Earth, war between nations is outlawed. Instead, disputes over territory are resolved through organized fights between large robots called Robot Jox. The film concerns Achilles (a Robot Jox pilot) and a fight over the state of Alaska.
	Robot In The Family (1994)
		Jack and his lovable robot sidekick Golddigger thwart the dastardly plans of Eli, an evil antiques dealer.
	Robot Keiji K (1973)
		I have no information on this, other than that it is one of the 'Tokusatsu' (live action, costumed hero) series. If you have any information on this film, please email me.
	Robot Monster (1953)
		With mankind on the brink of space travel, the alien Ro-Mans - fearing competition - attempt to destroy Earth's population with a 'calcinator ray'. However, because of a scientist's 'total immunization serum', there are survivors, who the single Ro-Man invader robot (sent by the Ro-Man robot leader, The Great One) has to track down. Just before the Ro-man is about to kill one of the survivors... it all turns out to have been a ten year old boy's dream! (The Ro-Man - and The Great One - looks just like a gorilla in a diving-suit helmet.)
	Robots (1988)
		A film version of Isaac Asimov's The Caves of Steel, in which an Earth detective (Lije Bailey) - together with the robot R. Daneel Olivaw - investigate the murder of a 'spacer'. In addition to Olivaw, the film also features robots R. Sammy, R. Giskard, R. Borgraf and R. Jane.
	Robot Stories (2002)
		A collection of four separate stories, all linked by a robot theme: (1) 'Machine Love': Archie (a Sprout G9 iPerson) is specifically designed to fit modern office life, and has the capacity to learn from its interactions with the humans around him. When he finds himself placed in an office filled with emotionally stunted humans, he realizes he needs love. (2) 'The Robot Fixer': When an accident puts her son into a coma, a mother becomes obsessed with fixing the toy robots he had as a child 20 years ago; (3) 'My Robot Baby' is about a couple who have to first prove they can look after a robot baby, before they can adopt a real baby. When the husband is away and the robot baby malfunctions, the wife has to face her fears about motherhood... and about the robot itself; (4) 'Clay' is not strictly a robot story, but concerns a future world in which people are kept eternally 'alive' by having their memories scanned and stored in computers.
	Robot Wars (1993)
		In a post-pollution apocalyptic future, Mega-Robot 2 - a giant robot which resembles a scorpion - guards the borders of America from the 'Centros'. Mega-Robot 2's pilot, together with an archaeologist, join forces to defeat the Centro's attempts to resurrect the hidden Mega-Robot 1 (which was supposed to have been destroyed).
	Robot Wrecks (1941)
		One of the 'Our Gang' series. In a department store, a gang of kids see Volto - a publicity robot - and, not knowing that it's really an actor in a suit, decide to build a robot of their own. The local bully sells the gang a box of 'invisible rays' to power the robot, but unknown to the gang, a boy has actually climbed into the robot and proceeds to run amok.
	R.O.T.O.R. (1989)
		ROTOR (Robotic Officer Tactical Operation Research) is a prototype crime combat robot (i.e. Robocop) which escapes from the laboratory in which it was developed and embarks on a killing spree.
	The Rubber Man (1909)
		An inventor creates an electrically powered humanoid out of rubber; the rubber man immediately gets out of control, defenestrates its creator and his family, then goes on the rampage. The rubber man is eventually defeated when it is ducked in a horse trough, and suffers electrical failure.
	Runaway (1984)
		A cynical cop responsible for dealing with defective household and commercial robots, battles against an evil genius (Gene Simmons) who is turning domestic robots into killing machines. In the film's climax, the cop is