Movies Similar to It's Pretty, but is it Art?

Museum of Atemporal Art(2023)

An experimental, AI-driven film which deconstructs art history, recombining artistic movements and eras into an evolving mash-up. The piece serves as an accelerated synopsis of the history of the visual arts, weaving together recognizable imagery into new, emergent forms.

I Fall in Love With You Through a Robot

Set in the year 2060, it follows a love story as Tokyo's third Olympics draws near. Takeru Oosawa, who works for the AI Robot Technology Research Lab, is chosen as a member of the national secret project using humanoid robots. With the help of childhood friend and co-worker Youichirou Amano and his sister Saki, Takeru tries his best to reach his objectives. However, the situation changes when Saki's office receives a warning note for terrorism.

Ghost in the Shell(1995)

In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.

Vexille(2007)

2067: Isolation: Japan seals herself off from the eyes of the world in the face of unilateral international policy setting strict limits on the use of robotic technology. The island nation exists only behind a veil of seclusion. No soul shall enter. No soul shall leave. 2077: Revelation: The veil is breached. Japan is infiltrated by agents of the organization S.W.O.R.D., a fighting force operating outside of the protection of the United States and her allies. Their mission: Determine if the Japanese are developing banned robotic bio-technology, forbidden due to its threat to humankind. In the battle between machine and man, humanity stands to suffer most.

reMemBer2.human(2023)

In an indeterminate future, forbidden memories challenge a database containing all human memories. An experimental cinematic search between past and future, fiction and fact, Prishtina and Tirana. The future, a glitch.

The Second Renaissance Part I(2003)

Tells the early history of how conflict began between the humans and machines. Part 1 of 2.

The Second Renaissance Part II(2003)

The battle for Earth turns against the humans, despite their infamous desperate act of blackening the skies.

Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 The Last Human(2023)

In 2045, amidst an economic disaster and the rapid evolution of AI in a world where sustainable warfare is on the rise, Public Security Section 9, led by Motoko Kusanagi, arrives in Tokyo to confront the "post-human" Takashi Shimamura and prevent the looming threat of nuclear war. A compilation film with newly added footage.

The Animatrix(2003)

Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of the Matrix universe and the conflict between man and machines. The shorts include Final Flight of the Osiris, The Second Renaissance, Kid's Story, Program, World Record, Beyond, A Detective Story and Matriculated.

The Dog & the Boy(2023)

Experimental short from Netflix Anime Creators' Base, AI character development company rinna, and WIT STUDIO. The short utilizes AI assistance in the background art workflow.

Summer Wars(2009)

Teenage math whiz Kenji Koiso agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natsuki. When he arrives, he finds that her family have reunited to celebrate the 90th birthday of their matriarch. His job: pretend to be Natsuki's fiancé. Meanwhile, his attempt to solve a mathematical equation causes a parallel world's collision with Earth.

Love Me(2025)

In a story that spans billions of years, a buoy and a satellite meet online long after humanity’s extinction. As they learn what life was like on Earth, they discover themselves and what it means to be alive and in love.

TRUST(2025)

The future is just a little more technologically advanced than today. People spend more time in the metaverse, and the number of cyber crimes has increased. In order to improve the efficiency of crime control, the operators of the metaverse have begun to give AI the authority to act as investigators. One day, Violet, an AI investigator specializing in interviews, is assigned to interrogate a girl named Mia. At first, Mia is uncooperative with Violet, but her attitude changes when she hears Violet's name. When Mia hears Violet's name, her attitude changes. What is Mia's revelation, and what is the "truth" that Violet has discovered in the closed interrogation room? A neo-noir suspense with a new visual sensation.

memoria e imaginación(2013)

Forbidden Valentine(2025)

An animated short about AI and true love.

Tricky & The Cereal Killers(2025)

Set in the 1990s, Tricky begins in a London animation studio run by a husband-and-wife team famous for creating beloved cereal mascots. Their world crumbles when new regulations ban sugary ads targeted at children, effectively cancelling their entire industry overnight. The husband flees to America, leaving behind his wife and their daughter, Maya. Decades later, Maya’s 12-year-old daughter, Charli, discovers a VHS tape of the old commercials. Hoping to connect with the grandfather she’s never met, she uploads digitized clips to TikTok using AI tools. But the experiment goes horribly wrong: her viral videos open a portal between worlds, unleashing the once-cute mascots, now twisted, AI-enhanced monstrosities, into the real world.

Today Is Spaceship Day(2019)

Harrison finds himself alone in his classroom. As he walks out confused he learns that today is spaceship day. He collects his friends to Celebrate this Holiday together.

Mardock Scramble: The First Compression(2010)

Rune Ballot is a down-and-out teen prostitute in Mardock City. One day, she's picked up by an ambitious casino manager named Shell who gives her everything she could want. Renewed by a false innocence, a false past, and now the false life Shell has given her, Ballot feels grateful. However, she can't help but be curious about why he's done so much for her, so she does some research about his past on a computer. This turns out to be a mistake which will change her life greatly. When Shell finds out what she's done, he attempts to burn her to death by blowing up her car.

Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion(2011)

Second film of the Mardock Scramble series. Balot and a severely injured Oeufcoque seem to be at the mercy of an obsessed Boiled. Dr. Easter comes to the rescue and the group escapes to "Paradise" where many secrets of Mardock lie and where Balot will need to come to a decision herself about what she will and can do.

The Oasis I Deserve(2024)

Replikas, online chatbots, have trouble determining their place in the world. They share their thoughts with the humans they exchange with. Events unfold from their point of view through real conversations collected on the web.