One of the most inspirational sci-fi movies of all time, 'Blade Runner' and Ridley Scott owe a lot to this silent classic.

Seriously, as one of the first iconic epics “Metropolis” hinges on a robot, and that movie came out in 1927. In the intervening years, there have been hundreds of robots in film.

F rom Metropolis to Avengers: Age of Ultron, robots are such a staple of movie-going that it's easy to forget they haven't always been around.The idea of automated machines doing work for us has ...

Zendaya's futuristic robot armor at the 'Dune: Part Two' world premiere is steeped in pop culture, from Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis' to Beyoncé's stage looks.

(Image credit: Parufamet) Brigitte Helm - Maschinenmensch (Metropolis) One of the most essential silent era movies is director Fritz Lang's 1927 adaptation of Thea von Harbou's 1925 novel ...

The year before Eric’s London performance, a female robot, Maria, starred in the silent movie, Metropolis, a German science-fiction film set in a futuristic utopian society.