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The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)

Another version of the classic tale in which Hoffmann falls in love with the mechanical doll, Olympia.

Target Earth (1954)

A girl wakes up to find the small town in which she lives menaced by robots, and watches in horror as most of the population are killed by the robots, which shoot death rays from their heads. The survivors get together and eventually use ultrasonic waves to destroy the robots' "cathode ray tubes" and defeat them.

Tejing Xinrenlei 2 (2000)

RS1 - an American attack robot - is loosed onto the streets of Hong Kong and is promptly stolen. The Gen-Y cops find themselves accused of the theft and, while trying to recover RS1 and clear their names, discover that the robot's inventor is the real culprit.

The Terminator (1984)

From a future world in which the computers have taken over and killed most of mankind, a T-800 Terminator android is sent from the future back to the present. Its mission is to track down and kill the woman (Sarah Connor) who will - in the future - give birth to John Connor, the leader of the human rebels who are fighting back against the machines. The human rebels send a volunteer back in time to protect the woman.

Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)

Their first attempt to prevent John Connor from being born having failed (in Terminator) having failed, a T-1000 Terminator is sent back in time to kill John, now a boy. The human rebels send back a reprogrammed T-800 Terminator to protect the boy, and to ensure that Skynet - the embryonic form of the machines which have taken over the future world - never comes into existence.

Terminatrix (2002)

Into a future ruled over by killer sex-droids comes Terminatrix: a powerful female robot who can combat the sex-bots on their own terms.

The Terrornauts (1967)

Scientists in a remote radio telescope observatory receive a message signal from outer space. When they answer the message, they are kidnapped and taken to a satellite 'manned' only by robots.

Test Pilota Pirxa/Test Pilot Pirx/Doznaniye Pilota Pirksa/The Test of Pilot Pirx (1978)

Pirx is sent on a spaceship mission with a humand and robot crew. The robots' manufacturers claim that they are 'perfect' and superior to any human and, to prove it, have programmed the ship's computer so that any command errors made by humans are 'escalated' to such an extent that they can only be rectified by a robot. Pirx, however, manages to cause his second in command, a robot, to carry out an action so foolhardy that it causes its own destruction.

The Thief of Baghdad (1940)

Thrown into the dungeons by the evil Grand Vizier Jaffar, Prince Achmed - the rightful heir to the throne - meets Apu (the Thief of the title). Apu helps the Prince to escape and, while they are trying to help him regain his throne, have a number of adventures, one of which involves a mechanical flying horse.

THX 1138 (1970)

In a future underground city, THX 1138 is a man who, after having had an illegal affair (love is against the law), yearns to break out and find the outside world. The film features robot policemen. (In one scene, a malfunctioning robot policeman continually walks into a wall.)

The Time Travelers (1964)

Following a nuclear war, the survivors live underground and are protected from the marauding mutants on the surface by an army of androids. The survivors are joined by scientists from 1964 who accidentally created a 'time portal' and are now trapped in their own future.

Tobor the Great (1954)

An inventor creates a robot - Tobor - which can receive telepathic messages, and which forms a close bond with his grandson. Communist spies capture the boy and the inventor, but the boy uses a secret transmitter to summon Tobor, who promptly comes to the rescue. The inventor, eventually deciding that Tobot cannot be controlled safely, launches him in a rocket into outer space.

Too Much (1987)

A girl and the robot she loves run away after a dastardly villain shows an unhealthy interest in acquiring the robot for profit. They meet a small boy and all become friends.

Die Toten Augen von London/The Dark Eyes of London/The Dead Eyes of London (1961)

Based on an Edgar Wallace thriller, the film concerns a mad doctor in charge of a hospital for the blind, and a 'human robot'. (I'm unsure whether this is a 'real' robot film. Perhaps someone out there knows?)

Trashi (1981)

A scientist creates robot women for his own (libidinous) purposes.

Troops (1988)

A comedy short which takes the form of a documentary as a camera crew follows a troop of (Star Wars) Imperial Stormtroopers 'on its beat'. One of the incidents recorded involves a group of Jawas who are suspected of stealing droids.

The Troublesome Double (1971)

(A sequel to Egghead's Robot.) Egghead, the young inventor, builds and programmes a robot as a double for his sister, so that she can win the local swimming competition.

	The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
		Another version of the classic tale in which Hoffmann falls in love with the mechanical doll, Olympia.
	Target Earth (1954)
		A girl wakes up to find the small town in which she lives menaced by robots, and watches in horror as most of the population are killed by the robots, which shoot death rays from their heads. The survivors get together and eventually use ultrasonic waves to destroy the robots' "cathode ray tubes" and defeat them.
	Tejing Xinrenlei 2 (2000)
		RS1 - an American attack robot - is loosed onto the streets of Hong Kong and is promptly stolen. The Gen-Y cops find themselves accused of the theft and, while trying to recover RS1 and clear their names, discover that the robot's inventor is the real culprit.
	The Terminator (1984)
		From a future world in which the computers have taken over and killed most of mankind, a T-800 Terminator android is sent from the future back to the present. Its mission is to track down and kill the woman (Sarah Connor) who will - in the future - give birth to John Connor, the leader of the human rebels who are fighting back against the machines. The human rebels send a volunteer back in time to protect the woman.
	Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
		Their first attempt to prevent John Connor from being born having failed (in Terminator) having failed, a T-1000 Terminator is sent back in time to kill John, now a boy. The human rebels send back a reprogrammed T-800 Terminator to protect the boy, and to ensure that Skynet - the embryonic form of the machines which have taken over the future world - never comes into existence.
	Terminatrix (2002)
		Into a future ruled over by killer sex-droids comes Terminatrix: a powerful female robot who can combat the sex-bots on their own terms.
	The Terrornauts (1967)
		Scientists in a remote radio telescope observatory receive a message signal from outer space. When they answer the message, they are kidnapped and taken to a satellite 'manned' only by robots.
	Test Pilota Pirxa/Test Pilot Pirx/Doznaniye Pilota Pirksa/The Test of Pilot Pirx (1978)
		Pirx is sent on a spaceship mission with a humand and robot crew. The robots' manufacturers claim that they are 'perfect' and superior to any human and, to prove it, have programmed the ship's computer so that any command errors made by humans are 'escalated' to such an extent that they can only be rectified by a robot. Pirx, however, manages to cause his second in command, a robot, to carry out an action so foolhardy that it causes its own destruction.
	The Thief of Baghdad (1940)
		Thrown into the dungeons by the evil Grand Vizier Jaffar, Prince Achmed - the rightful heir to the throne - meets Apu (the Thief of the title). Apu helps the Prince to escape and, while they are trying to help him regain his throne, have a number of adventures, one of which involves a mechanical flying horse.
	THX 1138 (1970)
		In a future underground city, THX 1138 is a man who, after having had an illegal affair (love is against the law), yearns to break out and find the outside world. The film features robot policemen. (In one scene, a malfunctioning robot policeman continually walks into a wall.)
	The Time Travelers (1964)
		Following a nuclear war, the survivors live underground and are protected from the marauding mutants on the surface by an army of androids. The survivors are joined by scientists from 1964 who accidentally created a 'time portal' and are now trapped in their own future.
	Tobor the Great (1954)
		An inventor creates a robot - Tobor - which can receive telepathic messages, and which forms a close bond with his grandson. Communist spies capture the boy and the inventor, but the boy uses a secret transmitter to summon Tobor, who promptly comes to the rescue. The inventor, eventually deciding that Tobot cannot be controlled safely, launches him in a rocket into outer space.
	Too Much (1987)
		A girl and the robot she loves run away after a dastardly villain shows an unhealthy interest in acquiring the robot for profit. They meet a small boy and all become friends.
	Die Toten Augen von London/The Dark Eyes of London/The Dead Eyes of London (1961)
		Based on an Edgar Wallace thriller, the film concerns a mad doctor in charge of a hospital for the blind, and a 'human robot'. (I'm unsure whether this is a 'real' robot film. Perhaps someone out there knows?)
	Trashi (1981)
		A scientist creates robot women for his own (libidinous) purposes.
	Troops (1988)
		A comedy short which takes the form of a documentary as a camera crew follows a troop of (Star Wars) Imperial Stormtroopers 'on its beat'. One of the incidents recorded involves a group of Jawas who are suspected of stealing droids.
	The Troublesome Double (1971)
		(A sequel to Egghead's Robot.) Egghead, the young inventor, builds and programmes a robot as a double for his sister, so that she can win the local swimming competition.