This article provides lists of films based on video games.
[edit] Theatrical releases
These films have been released theatrically in at least one region: Japan (JP), North America (NA), PAL region (PAL).
| Title |
Release date |
Original game publisher |
Regions released |
| Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! |
July 20, 1986 |
Nintendo |
JP |
| Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture |
July 16, 1994 |
SNK |
JP, NA |
| Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie |
August 6, 1994 |
Capcom |
JP, NA, PAL |
| Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back |
July 18, 1998 |
Nintendo |
JP, NA, PAL |
| Pokémon: The Movie 2000 - The Power of One |
July 17, 1999 |
Nintendo |
JP, NA, PAL |
| Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown |
July 8, 2000 |
Nintendo |
JP, NA, PAL |
| Pokémon 4Ever - Celebi, Voice of the Forest |
July 7, 2001 |
Nintendo |
JP, NA, PAL |
| Pokémon Heroes |
July 13, 2002 |
Nintendo |
JP, NA, PAL |
| Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker |
July 19, 2003 |
Nintendo |
JP, NA, PAL |
| Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys |
July 22, 2004 |
Nintendo |
JP, NA, PAL |
| Air |
February 5, 2005 |
Key |
JP, NA |
| Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew |
July 16, 2005 |
Nintendo |
JP, NA, PAL |
| Final Fantasy VII Advent Children |
September 14, 2005 |
Square |
JP, NA, PAL |
| Forbidden Siren |
February 9, 2006 |
Sony |
|
| Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea |
July 15, 2006 |
Nintendo |
JP, NA, PAL |
| Animal Crossing |
December 16, 2006 |
Nintendo |
JP |
| Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai |
July 14, 2007 |
Nintendo |
JP, NA, PAL |
| Clannad |
September 15, 2007 |
Key |
JP |
| OneChanbara |
April 26, 2008 |
D3 |
|
| Like a Dragon |
June 23, 2008 |
Sega |
|
| Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior |
July 19, 2008 |
Nintendo |
JP, NA, PAL |
| Resident Evil |
October 18, 2008 |
Capcom |
JP, NA, PAL |
| Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life |
July 18, 2009 |
Nintendo |
JP, NA, PAL |
| Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva |
December 19, 2009 |
Level-5 |
JP, PAL |
| Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions |
July 18, 2010 |
Nintendo |
JP |
| Tekken: Blood Vengeance |
July 26, 2011 |
Namco |
JP, NA |
| Gyakuten Saiban |
2012 |
Capcom |
JP |
| Resident Evil: Damnation |
2012 |
Capcom |
JP |
| Steins;Gate |
2012 |
Nitroplus |
JP |
[edit] International
| Title |
Release date |
Rotten Tomatoes score |
Box Office |
Original game publisher |
| Super Mario Bros. |
May 28, 1993 |
13% |
$20,915,465 |
Nintendo |
| Double Dragon |
November 4, 1994 |
0% |
$2,341,309 |
Technōs Japan |
| Street Fighter |
December 23, 1994 |
13% |
$99,423,521 |
Capcom |
| Mortal Kombat |
August 18, 1995 |
35% |
$122,195,920 |
Midway Games |
| Mortal Kombat: Annihilation |
November 21, 1997 |
6% |
$51,376,861 |
Midway |
| Wing Commander |
March 12, 1999 |
11% |
$11,578,059 |
Origin Systems |
| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider |
June 15, 2001 |
19% |
$274,703,340 |
Eidos |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within |
July 11, 2001 |
43% |
$85,131,830 |
Square |
| Resident Evil |
March 15, 2002 |
34% |
$102,441,078 |
Capcom |
| House of the Dead |
February 15, 2003 |
4% |
$13,818,181 |
Sega |
| Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life |
July 25, 2003 |
24% |
$156,505,388 |
Eidos |
| Resident Evil: Apocalypse |
September 10, 2004 |
20% |
$129,394,835 |
Capcom |
| Alone in the Dark |
January 28, 2005 |
1% |
$10,442,808 |
Infogrames |
| Doom |
October 21, 2005 |
19% |
$55,987,321 |
id Software |
| BloodRayne |
January 6, 2006 |
4% |
$3,650,275 |
Majesco |
| Silent Hill |
April 21, 2006 |
29% |
$97,607,453 |
Konami |
| DOA: Dead or Alive |
June 29, 2007 |
34% |
$7,516,532 |
Tecmo |
| Postal |
July 21, 2007 |
8% |
$146,741 |
Ripcord Games |
| Resident Evil: Extinction |
September 21, 2007 |
22% |
$147,717,833 |
Capcom |
| Hitman |
November 21, 2007 |
14% |
$99,965,792 |
Eidos |
| In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale |
January 11, 2008 |
4% |
$13,097,915 |
Microsoft Game Studios |
| Max Payne |
October 17, 2008 |
16% |
$85,761,789 |
Gathering of Developers |
| Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li |
February 25, 2009 |
20% |
$12,764,201 |
Capcom |
| Tekken |
November 5, 2009 |
TBC |
$967,369 |
Namco |
| Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time |
May 28, 2010 |
36% |
$335,154,643 |
Ubisoft |
| Resident Evil: Afterlife |
September 10, 2010 |
25% |
$296,221,663 |
Capcom |
| Silent Hill: Revelation 3D |
2012 |
TBC |
TBC |
Konami |
| Resident Evil: Retribution |
September 14, 2012 |
TBC |
TBC |
Capcom |
[edit] Television films
[edit] Direct-to-video
[edit] Animation
| Title |
Release date |
Original game publisher |
| Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals |
1994 |
Square |
| Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins |
1995 |
Midway |
| Battle Arena Toshinden |
1996 |
Sony |
| Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie |
May 31, 1996 |
Sega |
| Tekken: The Motion Picture |
1997 |
Namco |
| Voltage Fighters: Gowcaizer the Movie |
1997 |
SNK |
| Welcome to Pia Carrot (OVA) |
1997 |
Cocktail Soft |
| Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 (OVA) |
1998 |
Cocktail Soft |
| Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie |
1999 |
Capcom |
| Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 DX |
1999 |
Cocktail Soft |
| Samurai Spirits 2: Asura Zanmaden |
December 22, 1999 |
SNK |
| Sin: The Movie |
October 24, 2000 |
Activision |
| ZOE: 2167 IDOLO |
March 1, 2001 |
Konami |
| Sakura Wars: The Movie |
December 22, 2001 |
Sega |
| Nakoruru ~Ano hito kara no okurimono~ |
May 25, 2002 |
SNK |
| Welcome to Pia Carrot - Sayaka’s Love Story |
October 19, 2002 |
Cocktail Soft |
| Galerians: Rion |
April 24, 2004 |
ASCII |
| Kirby: Fright to the Finish!! |
June 14, 2005 |
Nintendo |
| Last Order: Final Fantasy VII |
September 14, 2005 |
Square |
| Street Fighter Alpha: Generations |
October 25, 2005 |
Capcom |
| Dead Space: Downfall |
October 17, 2008 |
Electronic Arts |
| Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete |
June 7, 2009 |
Square |
| Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind |
2009 |
Capcom |
| Dante’s Inferno: An Animated Epic |
February 9, 2010 |
Electronic Arts |
| Halo Legends |
February 16, 2010 |
Microsoft Game Studios |
| Ultramarines: The Movie |
December 13, 2010 |
Games Workshop / THQ |
| Dead Space: Aftermath |
January 25, 2011 |
Electronic Arts |
[edit] Live-action
[edit] Cutscene films
Cut scenes from video games edited together to resemble a film.
[edit] Unofficial
Initially created without the involvement or consent of the game publisher.
[edit] Short films
Listed below are original short films released on the internet.
[edit] Official
Produced or commissioned by the game publisher.
| Title |
Release date |
Original game publisher |
| "Run the Gauntlet" (Driv3r) |
|
Atari |
| "The King of Fighters: Another Day" |
December 2, 2005 |
SNK |
| "Deep Dive" (Kingdom Hearts) |
March 2007 |
Square Enix |
| "Halo: Landfall" |
October 30, 2007 |
Microsoft Game Studios |
| "Heavenly Sword" |
November 29, 2007 |
Sony |
| "Sonic: Night of the Werehog" |
November 21, 2008 |
Sega |
| "Kijuju" (Resident Evil 5) |
|
Capcom |
| "Assassin's Creed: Lineage" |
October 26, 2009 |
Ubisoft |
| "Bright Falls" |
April 26, 2010 - May 13, 2010 |
Microsoft Game Studios |
| "Mortal Kombat: Rebirth" |
June 8, 2010 |
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| "Zombrex Dead Rising Sun" (Dead Rising 2) |
August 4, 2010 - August 25, 2010 |
Capcom |
| "Mortal Kombat: Legacy" |
April 12, 2011 - July 24, 2011 |
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| "Assassin's Creed: Embers" |
November 15, 2011 |
Ubisoft |
[edit] Unofficial
Initially created without the involvement or consent of the game publisher.
[edit] Documentaries on video games
[edit] Theatrical releases
[edit] Television
[edit] Other releases
| Title |
Release date |
Subject |
| Game Over: Gender, Race & Violence in Video Games |
2000 |
|
| In the Game |
2007 |
The game industry, technology, and the future of gaming |
| Once Upon Atari[4] |
2007 |
|
| FPS - Por dentro do virtual (Portuguese) |
2009 |
Ethnographic research of an FPS gamers community |
[edit] Films with plots centered on video games
- Tron (1982)
- Nightmares (1983) - The segment “Bishop of Battle” stars Emilio Estevez as a video game wizard who breaks into the arcade at night to get to the 13th level, in doing so he becomes part of the game.
- WarGames (1983) - Computer hacker breaks into military intelligence computer to play games, which almost starts a thermonuclear war.
- Joysticks (1983) - When a top local businessman and his two bumbling nephews try to shut down the town's only video arcade, arcade employees and patrons fight back.
- Cloak & Dagger (1984) - A young boy has secret plans given to him in the form of a video game cartridge, which he must protect from spies.
- The Last Starfighter (1984) - A boy, who is very good at a video game in his trailer park, finds himself recruited to be a pilot for an alien defense force just like the game he plays.
- The Dungeonmaster (1985) - A computer whiz is drawn into a series of realistic simulations by a demonic wizard who considers him a worthy adversary. Armed with his wrist-mounted X-CaliBR8 computer, he must solve the puzzles and rescue his girlfriend.
- Kung-fu Master!/ Le petit amour[5] (1988) - A love story between a 40 years old woman (Jane Birkin) and a 15 year old Kung-Fu Master addict. Directed by Agnès Varda.
- The Wizard (1989) - A boy with mental problems decides to run away to compete in a video game contest and his brother helps him hitchhike to the tournament. Features numerous NES video games, primarily Super Mario Bros 3 before its American release.
- Arcade (1993) - A teenager has to battle inside of a deadly virtual reality video game, in order to save her friends.
- Brainscan (1994) - A teenager is sent a mysterious computer game that uses hypnosis to make the game the most horrifying experience imaginable. He stops playing, only to find evidence that the murders depicted in the game actually happened.
- Nirvana (1997) - A computer game designer, finds that his latest video game has a virus which has given consciousness to the main character of the game, Solo.
- eXistenZ (1999) - plot centred around a virtual reality game.
- Avalon (2001) - Science fiction film centered on a war-themed, virtual reality MMO under the same title. Directed by Mamoru Oshii.
- Arcade Gamer Fubuki (2002) - A Japanese high school student named Fubuki faces off against an organization who is against her.[citation needed]
- Game Over (2003) - Uses footage from five different Digital Pictures games.
- Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) - Carmen Cortez is caught in a virtual reality game designed by their new nemesis, the Toymaker. Juni, her little brother, goes into the game to save her as well as beta players and the world.
- GameBox 1.0 (2004) - A video game tester must fight to escape from a video game that has become all too real.
- Grandma’s Boy (2006) - A 35 year old game tester develops a game in secret only to have someone at work try to steal it.
- La Máquina de Bailar (2006) - (The Dancing Machine) A Spanish movie focused on culture of Dance Dance Revolution.[citation needed]
- Stay Alive (2006) - Friends start dying just like they did in a video game they all played.
- Ben X (2007) - The main character Ben is an autistic boy obsessed with an MMORPG called ArchLord. He plays the game to escape being bullied and has one online friend named Scarlite. He considers suicide until he meets Scarlite in person.
- Press Start (2007) - Average suburban youth Zack Nimbus is recruited by an ill-tempered ninja and a tough-as-nails space soldier to save the world from a tyrannical, but comically insecure, sorcerer. References to many classic video games.
- WarGames: The Dead Code (2008) - is a sequel to the 1983 thriller film WarGames.
- Gamer (2009) - A man has to save humanity from being enslaved by an MMO.
- Assault Girls (2009) - Three girls in an MMO team up to win a boss battle. Directed by Mamoru Oshii.
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) - Action comedy film rife with video game references and plot conceit similar to fighting games.
- Tron: Legacy (2010)
- RPG: Metanoia (2010)
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