Giant Robot Movies To Watch Before Sydney Sweeney's Gundam

Netflix’s upcoming live-action Gundam movie, slated for a 2027 release, is already shaping attention around giant-robot storytelling. The film will star Sydney Sweeney and Noah Centineo, adapting the original Japanese series that began in 1979 and helped redefine mecha as more than spectacle, often treating robots as realistic military weapons. With Gundam finishing filming last summer, and Prime Video’s next streamer project Voltron (currently in post-production after filming wrapped in 2025, with Henry Cavill and Sterling K. Brown) still ahead, the article points to 10 essential giant-robot movies to watch now. It begins with Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone and Robot Jox.