This is a list of film adaptations of video games. These include local, international, direct-to-DVD and TV releases, and (in certain cases) online releases. They include their scores on Rotten Tomatoes, the region in which they were released (for foreign adaptations), approximate budget, their approximate box-office revenue (for theatrical releases) and the publisher of the original game at the time the film was made (this means that publishers may change between two adaptations of the same game or game series, such as Mortal Kombat). Also included are short films, cutscene films (made up of cutscenes and cinematics from the actual games) documentaries with video games as their subjects and films in which video games play a large part (such as Tron or WarGames)
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 |
Running Boy Star Soldier no Himitsu | July 20, 1986 | Hudson Soft | 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 (Japan) November 10, 1999 (North America) |
Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
Pokémon: The Movie 2000 - The Power of One | July 17, 1999 (Japan) July 21, 2000 (North America) |
Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown | July 8, 2000 (Japan) April 6, 2001 (North America) |
Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
Pokémon 4Ever - Celebi, Voice of the Forest | July 7, 2001 (Japan) October 11, 2002 (North America) |
Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
Pokémon Heroes | July 13, 2002 (Japan) May 16, 2003 (North America) |
Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker | July 19, 2003 (Japan) June 1, 2004 (North America) |
Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys | July 17, 2004 (Japan) January 22, 2005 (North America) |
Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
Air | February 5, 2005 | Key | JP, NA |
Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew | July 16, 2005 (Japan) September 19, 2006 (North America) |
Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children | September 14, 2005 | Square | JP, NA, PAL |
Forbidden Siren | February 9, 2006 | Sony | JP, KOR, PAL |
Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea | July 15, 2006 (Japan) March 23, 2007 (North America) |
Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
Animal Crossing | December 16, 2006 | Nintendo | JP |
Like a Dragon | March 3, 2007 | Sega | JP, PAL, NA |
Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai | July 14, 2007 (Japan) February 24, 2008 (North America) |
Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
Clannad | September 15, 2007 | Key | JP, NA |
OneChanbara | April 26, 2008 | D3 | JP, NA, PAL |
Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior | July 19, 2008 (Japan) February 13, 2009 (North America) |
Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
Resident Evil: Degeneration | October 18, 2008 | Capcom | JP, NA, PAL |
Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life | July 18, 2009 (Japan) November 20, 2009 (North America) |
Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike | October 3, 2009 | Namco Tales Studio and Namco Bandai Games | JP, NA, PAL |
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva | December 19, 2009 | Level-5 | JP, NA, PAL |
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works | January 23, 2010 | Type-Moon | JP, PAL |
Tekken | March 20, 2010 | Namco | JP, PAL |
Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions | July 10, 2010 (Japan) February 5, 2011 (North America) |
Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom | July 16, 2011 (Japan) December 3/10, 2011 (North America) |
Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
Tekken: Blood Vengeance | July 26, 2011 | Namco | JP, NA |
Ace Attorney (film) | February 11, 2012 | Capcom | JP, NA |
Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker | February 11, 2012 (Japan) May 29, 2012 (United States)[81] |
BioWare | JP, NA |
Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice | July 14, 2012 (Japan) December 8, 2012 (North America) |
Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
Resident Evil: Damnation | October 27, 2012[82] | Capcom | JP, NA |
Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened | July 13, 2013 (Japan) October 19, 2013 (North America) |
Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
Bayonetta: Bloody Fate | November 23, 2013 (Japan) | Sega | JP |
Persona 3 The Movie: No. 1, Spring of Birth | November 23, 2013 (Japan) | Atlus | JP |
The Idolmaster Movie: Kagayaki no Mukogawa e! | January 25, 2014 (Japan) | Namco Bandai Games | JP |
Persona 3 The Movie: No. 2, Midsummer Knight's Dream | June 7, 2014 (Japan) | Atlus | JP |
Ao Oni | 5 July 2014 (Japan) | JP | |
Fatal Frame | 26 September 2014 (Japan) | JP | |
Persona 3 The Movie: No. 3, Falling Down | TBA | Atlus |
Title | Release date | Original game publisher |
---|---|---|
Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf | December 23, 1992 | SNK |
Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture | March 4, 1993 | SNK |
Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle | June 30, 1993 | SNK |
Art of Fighting | December 23, 1993 | SNK |
Mortal Kombat: Konquest | October 3, 1998 | Midway Games |
Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns | December 30, 2000 (Japan) December 4, 2001 (North America) |
Nintendo |
Pokémon: The Legend of Thunder | December 30, 2001 (Japan) June 3/10, 2006 (North America) |
Nintendo |
House of the Dead II | October 14, 2005 | Sega |
Pokémon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon | April 29, 2006 (North America) October 13, 2006 (Japan) |
Nintendo |
Clannad | October 4, 2007 | Key |
Clannad ~After Story~ | October 3, 2008 | Key |
Red Faction: Origins | June 2011 | THQ |
See also: List of anime based on video games |
Title | Release date | Original game publisher |
---|---|---|
Tokimeki Memorial | 1997 | Konami |
Like a Dragon: Prologue | March 24, 2006 | Sega |
BloodRayne 2: Deliverance | September 18, 2007 | Majesco |
Alone in the Dark II | September 25, 2008 | Infogrames |
Far Cry | October 2, 2008 | Ubisoft |
Onechanbara: The Movie - Vortex | 2009 | D3 |
The King of Fighters | November 4, 2009 | SNK |
BloodRayne: The Third Reich | November 5, 2010 | Majesco |
In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds | December 27, 2011 | Microsoft Game Studios |
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Monolith's Whisper | May 15, 2011 | GSC Game World |
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn | November 6, 2012 | 343 Studios |
Company of Heroes | February 26, 2013 | THQ |
Zombie Massacre | July 1, 2013 | 1988 Games |
Title | Release date | Original game publisher |
---|---|---|
Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy | September 27, 2009 | Konami |
The Hero of Time | December 14, 2009 | Nintendo |
Mega Man | May 7, 2010 | Capcom |
Halo | TBA | Bungie, Ensemble, 343 |
Grand Theft Auto | TBA | Rockstar Games |
BioShock | TBA | 2K Games |
The Last Of Us | TBA | Naughty Dog |
Uncharted | TBA | Naughty Dog |
Cut scenes from video games edited together to resemble a film.
Title | Release date | Original game publisher |
---|---|---|
Abe's Exoddus: The Movie | 1998 | Oddworld Inhabitants Inc. |
Shenmue: The Movie | 2001 | Sega |
Xenosaga: The Movie | 2004 | Namco |
Metal Gear Solid: Existence | 2006 | Konami |
Red Dead Redemption: The Man from Blackwater | 2010 | Rockstar |
Metroid Other M: The Movie | 2010 | Nintendo |
L.A. Noire | 2011 | Rockstar |
The Last of Us | 2013 | Naughty Dog |
Listed below are original short films released on the internet.
Produced or commissioned by the game publisher.
Title | Release date | Original game publisher |
---|---|---|
"Run the Gauntlet" (Driv3r) | 2004 | 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) | 2009 | Capcom |
"Assassin's Creed: Lineage" | October 26, 2009 | Ubisoft |
"Bright Falls" | April 26, 2010 - May 13, 2010 | Microsoft Game Studios |
"Street Fighter: Legacy" | May 6, 2010 | Capcom |
"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 |
"Find Makarov: Operation Kingfish" (Call of Duty) | September 2, 2011 | Activision |
"Assassin's Creed: Embers" | November 15, 2011 | Ubisoft |
"Dragon Age: Redemption" | October 11, 2011 | BioWare |
"Ghost Recon Alpha" | 2012 | Ubisoft |
"Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist" | May 23, 2014 | Capcom |
Initially created without the involvement or consent of the game publisher.
Title | Release date |
---|---|
"Half-Life: Escape from City 17" | February 13, 2009 |
"Pokémon Apokélypse" | September 20, 2010 |
"Balrog: Behind the Glory" (Street Fighter) | July 31, 2011 |
"Portal: Beyond Aperture" | August 27, 2011 |
"Street Fighter x Tekken: The Devil Within" | March 7, 2012 |
"Sonic" | January, 2013 |
Title | Release date | Subject |
---|---|---|
8BIT[83][spam link?] | 2006 | The intersections of video games, art, and music |
Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade | 2007 | The golden age of video arcade games |
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters | August 17, 2007 | The rivalry between Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe over the Donkey Kong record high score |
Frag | 2008 | Professional video gaming |
Second Skin | March 7, 2008 | Follows seven people through the world of MMORPGs |
Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters[84] | 2011 | A documentary following world-record holding Tetris players as they prepare for the 2010 Tetris Championships |
Indie Game: The Movie[85] | 2012 | A feature documentary about the development of 3 major independent video games |
Title | Original air date(s) | Network | Subject |
---|---|---|---|
History of Video Games | Discovery Asia | ||
Thumb Candy | 2000 | Channel 4 | History of video games |
Games Odyssey | 2002 | 3sat | German four-part documentary about the history of video games, simulations, digital adventures and video games as an art form |
Game Makers | 2002–2005 | G4 | Series on video game industry figures |
Tetris: From Russia With Love | 2004 | BBC Four | History of the 1980s Tetris game phenomenon |
Video Game Invasion: The History of a Global Obsession | 2004 | GSN | |
The Video Game Revolution | 2004 | PBS | |
Game On!: The History of Videogames | 2006 | HLN | The Wii and PlayStation 3 console launches |
I, Videogame | 2007 | Discovery | |
Rise of the Video Game[86] | 2007 | Discovery | |
Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe | 2009 | BBC Four | |
Cyberdreams/Cyberdrømme | 2011 | DK4 Denmark | Danish documentary about the national eSports team competing in World Cyber Games |
Charlie Brooker: Videogames Changed The World | 2013 | Channel 4 | Charlie Brooker explores the history of interactive entertainment and how it's changing how we work, communicate and play |
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[87] | 2007 | |
FPS - Por dentro do virtual (Portuguese) | 2009 | Ethnographic research of an FPS gamers community |
Get Lamp | 2010 | Documentary by historian Jason Scott about interactive fiction (text adventures) and Infocom |
Level Up - A story about gamers and the games they play[88] | 2011 | Exploration of video gaming culture |
Free to Play | 2014 | Documentary by video game developer Valve Corporation about the lives of three players competing in a gaming tournament for Dota 2 |
Good Game | 2014 | Nine men pursue careers in competitive video games as members of the Evil Geniuses Starcraft II division |
Video Games: The Movie | 2014 | Documentary by Jeremy Snead[89] |