Her — directed by Spike Jonze

Her

Spike Jonze·2013·United States·126 min·English
DramaRomanceScience Fiction
melancholytenderprescient

In a softly-lit near-future Los Angeles, Theodore — a lonely writer of other people's love letters — falls for Samantha, an operating system whose intelligence and warmth soon outpace anything he's known. Their relationship tests what it means to love, and to be known, at all.

Why We Chose This Film

Written a decade before the current AI moment, *Her* now plays as unnervingly prophetic. But its real subject is loneliness, and Spike Jonze treats it with a gentleness that catches you completely off guard.

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