Twenty films and series about companion robots and dolls, from 1973 to 2025, and how the full-size dolls Sanhui makes today compare with what you see on screen.
2007the year of a doll drama and a British documentary about real owners
Sex robot movies and doll films: the full list
Twenty titles where a doll, an android or an AI companion sits at the center of the story, sorted by year. When you want the real thing, the Sanhui overview compares today’s full-size silicone dolls by height, face and price.
Title
Year
Country
What it is about
Westworld
1973
US
A theme park staffed by androids that start to malfunction
The Stepford Wives
1975
US
A woman moves to a town where wives obey their husbands without question, and finds out why
Blade Runner
1982
US
A hunter tracks down runaway “replicants”, artificial people
Mannequin
1987
US
A window dresser and a store mannequin that comes to life only for him
Making Mr. Right
1987
US
A PR consultant is hired to make an android built for long space missions more human
Cherry 2000
1988
US
When his robot wife breaks down, a man crosses a dangerous wasteland with a guide to find another
Bicentennial Man
1999
US
A household robot spends about two hundred years seeking legal recognition as a human
Lars and the Real Girl
2007
US
A shy man starts a romantic, nonsexual relationship with a life-size doll, and his town treats her as real
Guys and Dolls (Love Me, Love My Doll)
2007
UK
A British TV documentary about men who live with silicone dolls, filmed soberly and without mockery
Air Doll
2009
Japan
An inflatable doll gains consciousness and falls in love; based on a manga
Real Humans
2012–2014
Sweden
Household robots in the lives of two families; the original of Humans
Her
2013
US
A man falls in love with an AI operating system that has a woman’s voice
Ex Machina
2014
UK, US
A programmer is asked to test whether a humanlike robot is conscious; won the Oscar for visual effects
Humans
2015–2018
UK, US
Humanlike robots called synths enter homes and change the people around them
Westworld (series)
2016–2022
US
The park’s androids become self-aware
Blade Runner 2049
2017
US
The sequel; the hero lives with a holographic AI companion
Zoe
2018
US
A researcher learns she is an android built to be the ideal partner
I’m Your Man
2021
Germany
A museum employee spends three weeks testing an android built to be her ideal man, for an ethics committee
Subservience
2024
US
A household android becomes self-aware and dangerous
Companion
2025
US
A thriller about a companion robot on a weekend away, whose role is slowly revealed
Films about real dolls and the people who live with them
Two titles deal with the kind of doll people buy and live with: a drama and a documentary about real owners. Lars and the Real Girl (2007) follows a shy man who starts a romantic but nonsexual relationship with a life-size doll. The film is as much about the town as about him: his neighbors decide to react to the doll as if she were real.
The British documentary Guys and Dolls, also shown as Love Me, Love My Doll (2007), visits men who live with silicone dolls, and reviewers noted its sober, unmocking tone. Research points the same way: a 2018 survey of 83 owners found that non-sexual companionship came up often. A full-size Sanhui suits that kind of life at home, with a platinum silicone body from 150 to 175 cm and a Flexi Edition skeleton that lets her sit on the couch or at the table with you. More in living with a doll as a partner.
When a sex doll comes to life on screen
The doll that wakes up is a familiar screen idea, and two films on the list take it in opposite directions. In Mannequin (1987), a store mannequin comes alive only for the window dresser who sees her. Air Doll (2009), a Japanese film based on a manga, hands the idea to an inflatable doll that gains consciousness and falls in love, and tells the story from her side. Off screen, a doll’s expression comes from its face. Sanhui says most of its heads have eyes you can turn to look in different directions, its adjustable mouth opens and holds its position, and Agile Eyes, added in 2024, let you set how wide each eye opens.
Companion robots on screen: four recurring stories
Most titles on the list are about androids and AI rather than dolls, and they keep coming back to four stories.
The partner made to order
Four films start from a partner designed to fit someone’s wishes: The Stepford Wives, Cherry 2000, Zoe and I’m Your Man. Each follows what that design does to the people around it.
Can a machine feel?
Ex Machina turns the question into a test, Her into a love story, and Bicentennial Man into a two-century push for legal recognition.
The machine turns
In the thrillers Westworld, Subservience and Companion, androids stop following their script.
Robots at home
The Swedish series Real Humans and its English-language remake Humans put humanlike robots in ordinary family homes and watch how people change.
What these films get right and wrong about companion dolls
A Sanhui doll is a posable figure in platinum silicone on a steel skeleton, with textured skin as standard. It moves only when you move it and holds the pose you set, whether she is sitting on the couch or leaning on your shoulder for a photo.
The self-aware machines of these films remain fiction. Sanhui puts its work into the physical doll instead: the face, the skin and a skeleton designed for a wide range of poses. In April 2025 it added a Real Skin body with more detailed skin, and the newest dolls of 2025–2026 shows what else has changed.
Close to real life
A doll kept as company, as in Lars and the Real Girl and the British documentary
Owners who know the doll is not alive and still feel a kind of care, as a 2026 interview study describes
Family and neighbors deciding how to react, the center of Lars and the Real Girl
Pure fiction
Dolls or robots that walk, think and become self-aware
Androids built on demand as a perfect partner
Machines that turn dangerous on their own
Where to start
01
For a gentle drama
Lars and the Real Girl (2007), the film closest to real doll ownership.
02
For ideas about AI love
Her (2013), then I’m Your Man (2021), Germany’s Oscar entry, which made the shortlist.
03
For a thriller
Ex Machina (2014) or Companion (2025).
04
For real owners
The British documentary Guys and Dolls (2007), about men who live with silicone dolls. After that, what Sanhui owners report shows how one of today’s dolls holds up at home.
Sex robot movies: FAQ
What is the movie about a man who falls in love with a doll?
Lars and the Real Girl (2007, US). A shy man starts a romantic, nonsexual relationship with a life-size doll, and his small town decides to treat her as if she were real. For a man who falls for an AI instead of a doll, watch Her (2013).
Is there a movie where a sex doll comes to life?
Two films use the idea. In Air Doll (2009, Japan), an inflatable doll gains consciousness and falls in love. In Mannequin (1987, US), a store mannequin comes to life only for the window dresser who sees her. Both treat the doll as a character with a story of her own.
Are there documentaries about people who live with dolls?
Yes. The British documentary Guys and Dolls, also known as Love Me, Love My Doll (2007), follows men who live with silicone dolls, and reviewers noted its sober, unmocking tone. Studies of owners since then describe uses that range from companionship to photography.
Are sex robots like the ones in movies real?
Not in the movie sense. The self-aware androids of Westworld and Ex Machina remain fiction in 2026. What you can buy is a realistic silicone doll: a Sanhui, for example, is a posable figure on a steel skeleton with eyes you can turn and an optional adjustable mouth, and it moves only when you pose it.
Which films are about a robot built as the perfect partner?
The Stepford Wives (1975), Cherry 2000 (1988), Zoe (2018) and I’m Your Man (2021) all start from a partner designed to fit someone’s wishes, and each asks what that does to the people involved. I’m Your Man was Germany’s Oscar entry and made the shortlist.
