Directed by:
Alex GarlandScreenplay:
Alex GarlandCinematography:
Rob HardyCast:
Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander, Sonoya Mizuno, Corey Johnson, Claire Selby, Symara Templeman, Gana Bayarsaikhan, Tiffany Pisani, Lina Alminas (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
Alex Garland, writer of 28 Days Later and Sunshine, makes his directorial debut with the stylish and cerebral thriller, EX MACHINA. Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson), a programmer at an internet-search giant, wins a competition to spend a week at the private mountain estate of the company's brilliant and reclusive CEO, Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac). Upon his arrival, Caleb learns that Nathan has chosen him to be the human component in a Turing Test -- charging him with evaluating the capabilities, and ultimately the consciousness, of Nathan's latest experiment in artificial intelligence. That experiment is Ava (Alicia Vikander), a breathtaking A.I. whose emotional intelligence proves more sophisticated -- and more deceptive -- than the two men could have imagined. (A24)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2016 - Best Achievement in Visual Effects
- 2016 - Alex Garland (Best Original Screenplay)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2016 - Alicia Vikander (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2016 - Alex Garland (Best Original Screenplay)
- 2016 - Best Special Visual Effects
- 2016 - Outstanding British Film
- 2016 - Alex Garland (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer)
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- 2015 - Best British Independent Film
- 2015 - Alex Garland (Best Director)
- 2015 - Alex Garland (Best Screenplay)
- 2015 - Outstanding Achievement in Craft
- 2015 - Outstanding Achievement in Craft
European Film Awards
- 2015 - Alicia Vikander (Best Actress)
- 2015 - Alex Garland (Best Screenwriter)
AACTA International Awards
- 2016 - Alex Garland (Best Screenplay)
Golden Globes
- 2016 - Alicia Vikander (Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture)
Critics Choice Awards
- 2016 - Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie
- 2016 - Alex Garland (Best Original Screenplay)
- 2016 - Best Visual Effects
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2015 - Oscar Isaac (Best Supporting Actor)
- 2015 - Alicia Vikander (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2015 - Alex Garland (Best Original Screenplay)
- 2015 - Best Visual Effects
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 2015 - Alicia Vikander (Best Supporting Actress)
The Saturn Awards
- 2016 - Best Science Fiction Film
- 2016 - Alex Garland (Best Director)
- 2016 - Alex Garland (Best Writing)
- 2016 - Domhnall Gleeson (Best Actor)
- 2016 - Alicia Vikander (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2016 - Andrew Whitehurst, Mark Williams Ardington, Paul Norris, Sara Bennett (Best Special / Visual Effects)