What genre does *Ex Machina* belong to?

*Ex Machina* is classified as both a science fiction film and a drama film, blending speculative storytelling with emotional depth.

Who produced *Ex Machina*?

The film was produced by DNA Films, a British production company founded in 1983.

When was *Ex Machina* released?

The film had multiple release dates across different regions, with its earliest premiere on December 16, 2014, and its latest release on June 3, 2015.

What awards has *Ex Machina* won?

The film won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 2015, recognizing its groundbreaking special effects.

Ex Machina

2014 film directed by Alex Garland

Movie Film Q16635326

Facts

54 properties

Instance of: film
Award received: Academy Award for Best Visual Effects^[1]
Director: Alex Garland^[2]
Genre: science fiction film, psychological thriller film, drama film, arthouse science fiction film^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Publication date: April 23, 2015, January 21, 2015, April 10, 2015, January 23, 2015, April 12, 2015, December 16, 2014, June 3, 2015^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]^[38]^[39]^[40]
Official website: exmachinamovie.co.uk^[49]
Screenwriter: Alex Garland^[3]
Producer: Andrew Macdonald, Scott Rudin^[20]^[21]
Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay, European Film Award for Best Actress, European Film Award for Best Screenwriter^[60]^[61]^[62]^[63]^[64]
Duration: +108, +6478
Aspect ratio (W:H): 2.35:1
Assessment: Bechdel test, Mako Mori test
BBFC rating: 15 certificate
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction, warning
CNC film rating (Romania): A.P. - 12
Capital cost: +15000000
Cast member: Alicia Vikander, Corey Johnson, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno, Chelsea Li, Evie Wray, Tiffany Pisani, Deborah Rosan, Gana Bayarsaikhan^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]
Characters: Ava, Nathan Bateman, Caleb Smith, Kyoko^[41]^[42]^[43]^[44]
ClassInd rating: 14
Color: color^[32]
Composer: Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow^[4]^[5]
Costume designer: Sammy Sheldon
Country of origin: United Kingdom^[33]
Director of photography: Rob Hardy^[25]

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Distributed by: A24, Universal Pictures, UIP-Dunafilm^[45]^[46]^[47]
Distribution format: video on demand^[27]
EIRIN film rating: R15+
Executive producer: Scott Rudin^[65]
FPB rating: 16
FSK film rating: FSK 12
Film editor: Mark Day^[58]
Filming location: London, Pinewood Studios, Sognefjord, Valldalen^[50]^[51]^[52]^[53]
Has characteristic: title for Spain, title for Hispanic America
Has list: list of accolades received by Ex Machina (film)
ICAA rating: not recommended for children under 12
IFCO rating: 15A
IMDA rating: M18
JMK film rating: free from 12 years
Kijkwijzer rating: 16
MPA film rating: R
Main subject: mad scientist, android, artificial intelligence, rogue AI^[54]^[55]^[56]^[57]
Medierådet rating: For ages 15 and up
NMHH film rating: Category IV
Narrative location: Alaska^[48]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[26]
Participant in: 28th European Film Awards^[59]
Production company: Film4 Productions, DNA Films, Universal Pictures^[22]^[23]^[24]
RARS rating: 18+
RCQ classification: 13+
References work, tradition or theory: Turing test, Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, Star Trek: The Original Series, Bhagavad Gita, surrealist automatism, Blue and Brown Books, search engine, magician's assistant, knowledge argument, Through the Looking-Glass, Ghostbusters
Review score: 92%, 8.1/10, 78/100, besonders wertvoll^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]
Set in environment: laboratory, mansion, underground structure
Social media followers: +6780
Title: Ex Machina

🏷️ Also known as

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Academy Awards Database film ID: 4673
Academy Collection film ID: W1154846
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Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.3px5tjkllmjkrluv2ui9m6hbw
BBC Things ID: 292dcdcd-377f-4275-8e38-10c0d58c1ddd
BadTaste ID: ex-machina
Bechdel Test Movie List ID: 6084
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): exmachina

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CineMagia title ID: 467410
Cinema.de ID: 6315762
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Cinematografo.it film ID (new): ex-machina-kxhrrvk7
Cineplex Germany film ID: 319003
Ciné-Ressources film ID: 127109
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 106021
ClassInd audiovisual work ID: 59662
DNF film ID: 95723
Daum movie ID: 90112
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 30429
Douban film ID: 4160540
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 32k (32k–49k, n=3)
EDb film ID: t0029463
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/99BA-8E81-111A-79B3-D8C7-S
ElCinema film ID: 2034227
Elonet movie ID: 1559767
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID: ex_machina_film
Exploitation mark number: 142406
FBW ID: ex_machina
Facebook username: ExMachinaMovie
FandangoNow ID (deprecated scheme): MMV509AC22A466A6781E1130F9645354F417
Fandom article ID: movies:Ex_Machina
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/ex-machina
FilmAffinity film ID: 132582
FilmTv.it movie ID: 66293
FilmVandaag ID: film/96408
Filmfront film ID (archived): 54550
Filmovamista.cz film ID: 3292
Filmová databáze film ID: 131997
Filmstarts title ID: 219931
Filmweb.no film ID: 25982
Filmweb.pl film ID: 686419
Freebase ID: /m/0126506s
Garance item ID: 6816259, 11293472
Google Play Movies & TV ID: XBSYCM1oTNg
Hoopla title ID: 11385902
ICAA film catalogue ID: 149914
IMDb ID: tt0470752
ISAN: 0000-0003-F978-0000-T-0000-0000-O
ISzDb film ID: 14672
ITunes movie ID: 981.3M (956.9M–1.0B, n=5)
Il mondo dei doppiatori ID: film1/exmachina
Kallías ID: AK01809904
Kanopy ID: 5324498
Kino-teatr.ua film ID: 45484
Kinobaza film ID: ex-machina
Kinobox film ID: 432950
Kinofilms.ua film ID: movie/41788
Kinopoisk film ID: 197532
Kvikmyndir film ID: 9835
LUMIERE film ID: 59278
LdiF ID: 545821
Letterboxd film ID: ex-machina-2015
Lithuanian movie register ID: F01578
MPA certificate number: 49152
MUBI film numeric ID: 118678
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 78136
Metacritic ID: movie/ex-machina
Movie Review Query Engine ID: ex-machina-m100112442
MovieLens movie ID: 115713
MovieMeter film ID: 98608
Moviepilot.de film ID: ex-machina--2
Movieplayer film ID: 35964
Movist film ID: 46792
Médiathèque Numérique CVS ID: 4928334
Naver movie ID: 118361
Netflix ID: 80023689
OFDb film ID: 271527
OMDb film ID: 85014
PORT film ID: 158397
Personality Database work ID: 378
Plex media key: 5d776ac596b655001fdf8e0f
Quora topic ID: Ex-Machina-2015-movie
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/ex_machina
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Schnittberichte.com title ID: 33962
Scope.dk film ID: 10003
Sratim ID: tt1142417
Swedish Film Database ID: 81738
TCM Movie Database film ID (archived): 2064987
TMDB movie ID: 264660
TV Spielfilm film ID: 6315762
TV Tropes ID: Film/ExMachina
TV.com ID (archived): movies/ex-machina
The Numbers movie ID: Ex-Machina
TheTVDB movie ID: 175
Trakt.tv ID: movies/ex-machina-2015
Trakt.tv film ID: 163375
Tubi movie ID: 100020204
U-NEXT video ID: SID0026686
Unconsenting Media ID: 717
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Movie", "ExMachina::w69z8"]
X (Twitter) username: ExMachinaMovie
Zhihu topic ID: 20036027
ČSFD film ID: 351140

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🔗 Connections

References work, tradition or theory 9

Bhagavad Gita, search engine, Turing test, Through the Looking-Glass, Star Trek: The Original Series, knowledge argument, Ghostbusters, surrealist automatism +1 more

Cast member 6

Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, Sonoya Mizuno, Corey Johnson, Gana Bayarsaikhan

Nominated for 5

Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, European Film Award for Best Actress, European Film Award for Best Screenwriter, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay

Filming location 4

London, Sognefjord, Pinewood Studios, Valldalen

Main subject 3

artificial intelligence, android, mad scientist

Set in environment 3

laboratory, mansion, underground structure

Distributed by 2

Universal Pictures, A24

Genre 2

drama film, science fiction film

Producer 2

Scott Rudin, Andrew Macdonald

Production company 2

Universal Pictures, DNA Films

Assessment 1

Bechdel test

Award received 1

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Composer 1

Geoff Barrow

Country of origin 1

United Kingdom

Director 1

Alex Garland

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Executive producer 1

Scott Rudin

Film editor 1

Mark Day

Instance of 1

film

Narrative location 1

Alaska

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Participant in 1

28th European Film Awards

Screenwriter 1

Alex Garland

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FAQs

What awards did Ex Machina receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Visual Effects^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Ex Machina — director (P57): Alex Garland. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Ex Machina — screenwriter (P58): Alex Garland. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Ex Machina — composer (P86): Ben Salisbury. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Ex Machina — composer (P86): Geoff Barrow. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Ex Machina — genre (P136): science fiction film. nytimes.com. Retrieved 2016-05-13. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Ex Machina — genre (P136): psychological thriller film. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Ex Machina — genre (P136): drama film. Retrieved 2019-05-27. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Ex Machina — genre (P136): arthouse science fiction film. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Ex Machina — cast member (P161): Alicia Vikander. IMDb. Retrieved 2016-01-26. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Ex Machina — cast member (P161): Corey Johnson. IMDb. Retrieved 2016-01-26. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Ex Machina — cast member (P161): Domhnall Gleeson. IMDb. Retrieved 2016-01-26. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Ex Machina — cast member (P161): Oscar Isaac. IMDb. Retrieved 2016-01-26. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Ex Machina — cast member (P161): Sonoya Mizuno. IMDb. Retrieved 2016-01-26. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Ex Machina — cast member (P161): Chelsea Li. IMDb. Retrieved 2016-01-26. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Ex Machina — cast member (P161): Evie Wray. IMDb. Retrieved 2016-01-26. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Ex Machina — cast member (P161): Tiffany Pisani. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Ex Machina — cast member (P161): Deborah Rosan. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Ex Machina — cast member (P161): Gana Bayarsaikhan. Retrieved 2022-12-21. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Ex Machina — producer (P162): Andrew Macdonald. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Ex Machina — producer (P162): Scott Rudin. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Ex Machina — award received (P166): Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Ex Machina — production company (P272): Film4 Productions. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Ex Machina — production company (P272): DNA Films. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Ex Machina — production company (P272): Universal Pictures. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Ex Machina — director of photography (P344): Rob Hardy. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Ex Machina — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Ex Machina — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Ex Machina — review score (P444): 92%. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2024-03-14. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Ex Machina — review score (P444): 8.1/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-10. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Ex Machina — review score (P444): 78/100. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Ex Machina — review score (P444): besonders wertvoll. Retrieved 2026-11-11. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Ex Machina — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Ex Machina — country of origin (P495): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Ex Machina — publication date (P577): April 23, 2015. IMDb. Retrieved 2016-08-17. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Ex Machina — publication date (P577): January 21, 2015. IMDb. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Ex Machina — publication date (P577): April 10, 2015. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Ex Machina — publication date (P577): January 23, 2015. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Ex Machina — publication date (P577): April 12, 2015. nmhh.hu. nmhh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Ex Machina — publication date (P577): December 16, 2014. IMDb. Retrieved 2017-09-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Ex Machina — publication date (P577): June 3, 2015. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Ex Machina — characters (P674): Ava. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Ex Machina — characters (P674): Nathan Bateman. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ Ex Machina — characters (P674): Caleb Smith. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ Ex Machina — characters (P674): Kyoko. wikidata.org.
[45] ↑ Ex Machina — distributed by (P750): A24. wikidata.org.
[46] ↑ Ex Machina — distributed by (P750): Universal Pictures. wikidata.org.
[47] ↑ Ex Machina — distributed by (P750): UIP-Dunafilm. nmhh.hu. nmhh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[48] ↑ Ex Machina — narrative location (P840): Alaska. wikidata.org.
[49] ↑ Ex Machina — official website (P856): https://exmachinamovie.co.uk. wikidata.org.
[50] ↑ Ex Machina — filming location (P915): London. wikidata.org.
[51] ↑ Ex Machina — filming location (P915): Pinewood Studios. IMDb. wikidata.org.
[52] ↑ Ex Machina — filming location (P915): Sognefjord. IMDb. wikidata.org.
[53] ↑ Ex Machina — filming location (P915): Valldalen. wikidata.org.
[54] ↑ Ex Machina — main subject (P921): mad scientist. wikidata.org.
[55] ↑ Ex Machina — main subject (P921): android. wikidata.org.
[56] ↑ Ex Machina — main subject (P921): artificial intelligence. wikidata.org.
[57] ↑ Ex Machina — main subject (P921): rogue AI. wikidata.org.
[58] ↑ Ex Machina — film editor (P1040): Mark Day. wikidata.org.
[59] ↑ Ex Machina — participant in (P1344): 28th European Film Awards. europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19. europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[60] ↑ Ex Machina — nominated for (P1411): Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. wikidata.org.
[61] ↑ Ex Machina — nominated for (P1411): Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. wikidata.org.
[62] ↑ Ex Machina — nominated for (P1411): Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay. wikidata.org.
[63] ↑ Ex Machina — nominated for (P1411): European Film Award for Best Actress. europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved 2020-01-28. europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[64] ↑ Ex Machina — nominated for (P1411): European Film Award for Best Screenwriter. europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved 2020-01-28. europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[65] ↑ Ex Machina — executive producer (P1431): Scott Rudin. wikidata.org.

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