Cherry 2000

Cherry 2000 has built a real following in Australia on Amazon Prime Video, and in the US on Amazon Prime Video and fuboTV among viewers who want their sci-fi to think as hard as it looks. It knows exactly what kind of film it is from the opening scene, and never loses that thread. 280 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Watch it for Melanie Griffith — the performance elevates material that could easily tip into self-seriousness. Available now on Amazon Prime Video — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Cherry 2000 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. Cherry 2000 treats its concept seriously enough to follow it all the way through. When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson to find her exact duplicate. But as their journey to replace his perfect mate leads them into the treacherous and lawless region of 'The Zone', Treadwell learns the hard way that the perfect woman is made not of computer chips and diodes. Melanie Griffith and David Andrews lead a cast that makes the ambitious moments land. It was released in 1987. Cherry 2000 resists the temptation to explain everything, trusting the audience to sit with ambiguity. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Viewers burned by ambitious sci-fi that could not sustain its premise should give Cherry 2000 a chance. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch from start to finish. Melanie Griffith grounds the bigger ideas in something human. Once you are in, you will want to talk about it.

Cherry 2000 was released in 1987, directed by Steve De Jarnatt. The full 99-minute film is available to watch now. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.