Short Circuit
May 09, 1986 | IMDB 6.6
98 min Watch NowScience Fiction, Comedy, Family
After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth.
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IMDB 7.5 | May , 1990
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IMDB 6.1 | May , 2009
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IMDB 4.3 | Jan , 2020
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IMDB 5.3 | May , 1991
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IMDB 7 | Apr , 2014
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