Movies like Deadly Friend

Short Circuit tells the story of a military robot who gains sentience after being struck by lightning. While more of a comedy, the film explores themes of artificial intelligence and humanity, and like Deadly Friend, revolves around a robot trying to understand human emotions.

Screamers features killer robots known as 'screamers' that adapt over time, becoming more deadly and capable of impersonating humans. Fans of Deadly Friend will find interest in the evolution of machine intelligence and the aspects of survival horror.

In Hardware, a nomadic soldier finds robotic remains that reassemble into a killing machine. This post-apocalyptic, sci-fi horror film reveals the dangers of technology and artificial intelligence, resonating with the technological horror elements in Deadly Friend.

Demon Seed follows an artificial intelligence that imprisons and impregnates a woman with a hybrid child in order to experience life. The movie shares the theme of artificial intelligence crossing moral boundaries with Deadly Friend.

Runaway stars Tom Selleck as a police officer who specializes in malfunctioning robots. The film's plot involving robotic threats and a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game aligns with the techno-horror themes present in Deadly Friend.

Saturn 3 is a sci-fi thriller where a couple at a remote space outpost must battle a rogue killer robot designed for assisting with research. Like Deadly Friend, viewers are presented with technology gone awry, resulting in a fight for survival.