Oorlogsrobot Nummer 5 wordt geraakt door de bliksem, ontsnapt en denkt dat hij leeft. Nr. 5 gaat op zoek naar input, en ontmoet Stephanie Speck (Ally Sheedy) die hem/haar/het veel leert over Het Leven. De militairen willen het robotje vernietigen. De uitvinder Newton Crosby (Steve Guttenberg) die samen met Stephanie, Nummer 5 beschermt wordt verliefd op haar.
Nee, helaas is Short Circuit nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | David Foster | Producer |
| Production | Lawrence Turman | Producer |
| Directing | John Badham | Director |
| Editing | Frank Morriss | Editor |
| Art | Dianne Wager | Production Design |
| Sound | David Shire | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Nick McLean | Director of Photography |
| Production | Gregg Champion | Producer |
| Writing | S.S. Wilson | Scenario Writer |
| Writing | Brent Maddock | Writer |
| Production | Mark Indig | Location Manager |
| Production | Jane Feinberg | Casting |
| Directing | H. Bud Otto | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Dennis E. Jones | Co-Producer |
| Art | David Oliver Pfeil | Title Designer |
| Production | Mike Fenton | Casting |
| Production | Mark Damon | Executive Producer |
| Art | Dianne Wager | Art Direction |
| Art | Garrett Lewis | Set Decoration |
| Production | Dana Satler Hankins | Associate Producer |
| Production | Gary Foster | Associate Producer |
| Art | Wayne Fitzgerald | Title Designer |
| Production | John W. Hyde | Executive Producer |
| Production | Judy Taylor | Casting |
| Production | Mary Cay Hollander | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Steve Perry | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Jerry Ziesmer | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Bryan Denegal | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Donald B. Woodruff | Assistant Art Director |
| Camera | Michael D. O'Shea | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Steve Bridge | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Michael A. Chavez | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Bruce McBroom | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Willie D. Burton | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Marvin E. Lewis | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Robert W. Harris | Utility Sound |
| Sound | William L. Manger | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Milton C. Burrow | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Richard Burrow | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Scott Burrow | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Richard Oswald | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Stan Witt | Music Editor |
| Sound | Kelly L. Manger | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Art | Michael Muscarella | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Joseph C. Fama | Construction Foreman |
| Art | Gregg H. Bilson | Property Master |
| Art | Stan Cockerell | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Jerry Gadette | Standby Painter |
| Art | Philip C. Hurst | Greensman |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tom Lucas | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Damon Grill | Hairstylist |
| Lighting | Colin J. Campbell | Gaffer |
| Camera | Bill Young | Key Grip |
| Camera | Donald L. Hartley | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Johnny London Jr. | Grip |
| Art | Mark Woods | Leadman |
| Crew | Richmond G. Cogswell | Video Assist Operator |
| Art | Martin A. Kline | Production Illustrator |
| Sound | Wayne Artman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Tom E. Dahl | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Tom Beckert | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Vic Heutschy | Unit Publicist |
| Production | Jan Garner | Production Accountant |
| Editing | Donah Bassett | Negative Cutter |
| Directing | Gregg Champion | Second Unit Director |
| Crew | Walter Scott | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Chuck Gaspar | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Freddie Hice | Stunts |
| Crew | Christine Anne Baur | Stunts |
| Crew | Brad Bovee | Stunts |
| Crew | Vince Deadrick Sr. | Stunts |
| Crew | Marguerite Happy | Stunts |
| Crew | Clifford Happy | Stunts |
| Crew | Danny Costa | Stunts |
| Crew | Bob Harris | Stunts |
| Crew | Loren Janes | Stunts |
| Crew | Robert Jauregui | Stunts |
| Crew | Ben Scott | Stunts |
| Crew | John-Clay Scott | Stunts |
| Crew | Sasha Jenson | Stunts |
| Crew | Ted White | Stunts |
| Crew | R.L. Tolbert | Stunts |
| Camera | Robert Samuels | Second Assistant Camera |
