List of films based on video games
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Theatrical releases
These films have been released theatrically in at least one region: JapanJapan
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Japan
| Title | Release date | Original game publisher | Regions released |
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| Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! | July 20, 1986 | Nintendo Nintendo is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel.... |
JP |
| Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture is a 1994 Japanese animated feature film based on the SNK video game series Fatal Fury originally released in Japan on July 16, 1994. It was directed by character designer Masami Ōbari and follows the same continuity as the preceding two TV specials, Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf and Fatal... |
July 16, 1994 | SNK SNK Playmore SNK Playmore Corporation is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. SNK is an acronym of , which was SNK's original name. The company's legal and trading name became SNK in 1986.... |
JP, NA |
| Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, known as in Japan and Australia, is a 1994 Japanese animated film adaptation of the Street Fighter II fighting games written by Kenichi Imai, directed by Gisaburō Sugii and animated by Group TAC. The film, originally released in Japan on August 8, 1994, has... |
August 6, 1994 | Capcom Capcom is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its... |
JP, NA, PAL |
| Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back Pokémon: The First Movie Pokémon: The First Movie, originally released as , is a 1998 Japanese animated film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, the chief director of the Pokémon television series. It is the first theatrical release in the Pokémon franchise... |
July 18, 1998 | Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
| Pokémon: The Movie 2000 - The Power of One Pokémon: The Movie 2000 Pokémon: The Movie 2000, originally released in Japan as , is a 1999 Japanese animated film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama as the second Pokémon feature-length film, complementing the Orange Islands saga of the series and featuring several new Pokémon, including Lugia and Slowking... |
July 17, 1999 | Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
| Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown Pokémon 3: The Movie Pokémon 3: The Movie, originally released in Japan as , is a 2000 Japanese animated film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama as the third feature-length Pokémon film. It was released in Japanese theaters on July 8, 2000, and the English adaptation, entitled Pokémon 3: Spell of the Unknown was released... |
July 8, 2000 | Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
| Pokémon 4Ever - Celebi, Voice of the Forest Pokémon 4Ever Pokémon 4Ever: Celebi - Voice of the Forest, originally released in Japan as , is a 2001 Japanese anime film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and based on the television series Pokémon. It is the fourth official Pokémon film. It was released in Japan on July 14, 2001. The film was directed in Japan by... |
July 7, 2001 | Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
| Pokémon Heroes Pokémon Heroes Pokémon Heroes: Latios and Latias, originally released in Japan as , is a 2002 Japanese animated film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama. It is the fifth film in the Pokémon series, complimenting Pokémon: Master Quest... |
July 13, 2002 | Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
| Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker | July 19, 2003 | Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
| Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys, originally released in Japan as is the seventh film in the Pokémon series, complementing the seventh season . It is the second film released under Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation in Japan. The original Japanese version was released in theaters on July 17, 2004... |
July 22, 2004 | Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
| Air Air (film) Air is a 2005 Japanese animated drama film directed by Osamu Dezaki and written by Makoto Nakamura based on the visual novel Air by Key. Originally, the film was set for a release date in autumn 2004, but was delayed; the film finally premiered in Japanese theaters on February 5, 2005... |
February 5, 2005 | Key Key (company) Key is a Japanese visual novel studio which formed on July 21, 1998 as a brand under the publisher Visual Art's and is located in Kita, Osaka, Japan. Key released their debut visual novel Kanon in June 1999, which combined an elaborate storyline, an up-to-date anime-style drawing style, and a... |
JP, NA |
| Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, originally released in Japan as , is an anime film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama as the eighth film in the Pokémon franchise. It was released in theaters in Japan on July 16, 2005, followed by the Japanese DVD release on December 22, 2005... |
July 16, 2005 | Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
| Final Fantasy VII Advent Children | September 14, 2005 | Square Square Co. was a Japanese video game company founded in September 1983 by Masafumi Miyamoto. It merged with Enix in 2003 and became part of Square Enix... |
JP, NA, PAL |
| Forbidden Siren | February 9, 2006 | Sony Sony Computer Entertainment Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. is a major video game company specializing in a variety of areas in the video game industry, and is a wholly owned subsidiary and part of the Consumer Products & Services Group of Sony... |
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| 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 Clannad (film) is a Japanese anime film directed by Osamu Dezaki and based on the visual novel of the same name by Key. Toei Animation announced at the Tokyo Anime Fair on March 23, 2006 that an animated film would be produced, and was released in Japanese theaters on September 15, 2007... |
September 15, 2007 | Key | JP |
| OneChanbara | April 26, 2008 | D3 D3 Publisher D3Publisher is a Japanese video game publisher founded on February 5, 1992. Current CEO and president is Yuji Ito, and It is known for its Simple series of low-priced console games. Their games have been released for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2,... |
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| Like a Dragon Like a Dragon Like a Dragon or Yakuza: Like a Dragon known in Japan as is a 2007 Japanese crime drama-comedy film directed by Takashi Miike. It is based upon Toshihiro Nagoshi's 2005 video game Yakuza released on PlayStation 2... |
June 23, 2008 | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
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| Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior | July 19, 2008 | Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL |
| Resident Evil: Degeneration Resident Evil: Degeneration Resident Evil: Degeneration, known in Japan as , is the first full-length CG animation feature based upon Capcom's Resident Evil video game series. The film was made by Capcom Studios in cooperation with Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Entertainment... |
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 Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva also known as , is a 2009 Japanese animated mystery film directed by Masakazu Hashimoto. The film is a continuation of the Professor Layton series... |
December 19, 2009 | Level-5 Level-5 is an independent video game developer and publisher based in Fukuoka, Japan. The company, which currently employs about 200 individuals, was founded in October 1998 by Akihiro Hino after he departed from the now defunct Japanese developer Riverhillsoft... |
JP, PAL |
| Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions | July 18, 2010 | Nintendo | JP |
| Tekken: Blood Vengeance | July 26, 2011 | Namco | JP, NA |
| Gyakuten Saiban Gyakuten Saiban (film) is an upcoming Japanese theatrical film based on Capcom's Ace Attorney video game series, which is being directed by Miike Takashi. The film stars Hiroki Narimiya, Mirei Kiritani, and Takumi Saito, and is scheduled to be released in Japanese cinemas on 11 February 2012.-Premise:Based primarily on... |
2012 | Capcom | JP |
| Resident Evil: Damnation Resident Evil: Damnation Resident Evil: Damnation, known as in Japan, is a feature-length computer-animated 3D film by Capcom and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan. It is a sequel to Resident Evil: Degeneration, and is planned for a release in 2012. The film will be directed by Makoto Kamiya and produced by Hiroyuki... |
2012 | Capcom | JP |
International
| Title | Release date | Rotten Tomatoes score | Box Office | Original game publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros. (film) Super Mario Bros. is a 1993 American action film directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel. Based on the Super Mario Bros.video game and its entire franchise, the film features Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper and Samantha Mathis. It tells the story of the Mario brothers, Mario and... |
May 28, 1993 | 13% | $20,915,465 | Nintendo |
| Double Dragon Double Dragon (film) Double Dragon is a 1994 live-action film loosely based on the Double Dragon video game series. This film was directed by James Yukich and stars Mark Dacascos and Scott Wolf as brothers Jimmy and Billy Lee, along with Alyssa Milano as Marian Delario and Robert Patrick as antagonist Koga Shuko... |
November 4, 1994 | 0% | $2,341,309 | Technōs Japan |
| Street Fighter Street Fighter (film) Street Fighter is a 1994 American action film written and directed by Steven E. de Souza. It is based loosely on the same-titled video games produced by Capcom, and stars Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Raul Julia, along with supporting performances by Byron Mann, Damian Chapa, Kylie Minogue, Ming-Na... |
December 23, 1994 | 13% | $99,423,521 | Capcom |
| Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat (film) Mortal Kombat is a 1995 American action and adventure film directed by Paul Anderson. Based on the Mortal Kombat series of fighting games, the film was the first part of the Mortal Kombat film series... |
August 18, 1995 | 35% | $122,195,920 | Midway Games Midway Games Midway Games, Inc. is an American company that was formerly a major video game publisher. Following a bankruptcy filing in 2009, it is no longer active and is in the process of liquidating all of its assets. Midway's titles included Mortal Kombat, Ms.Pac-Man, Spy Hunter, Tron, Rampage, the... |
| Mortal Kombat: Annihilation Mortal Kombat: Annihilation Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is a 1997 American martial arts action film that was the sequel to 1995's Mortal Kombat, and was directed by John R. Leonetti, who had served as the cinematographer for the previous film... |
November 21, 1997 | 7% | $51,376,861 | Midway |
| Wing Commander Wing Commander (film) Wing Commander is a science fiction film based on the same titled video game series, released in 1999. It was directed by Chris Roberts, the creator of the game series, and stars Freddie Prinze, Jr., Matthew Lillard, Saffron Burrows, Tchéky Karyo, Jürgen Prochnow, David Suchet and David Warner... |
March 12, 1999 | 11% | $11,578,059 | Origin Systems Origin Systems Origin Systems, Inc. was a computer game developer based in Austin, Texas that was active from 1983 to 2004... |
| Tekken | November 5, 2009 | TBC | $967,369 | Namco Namco is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of... |
| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is a 2001 adventure thriller film adapted from the Tomb Raider video game series. Directed by Simon West and starring Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft, it was released in U.S. theaters on June 15, 2001. The film was a commercial success... |
June 15, 2001 | 19% | $274,703,340 | Eidos Eidos Interactive Eidos Interactive Ltd. is a British video game publisher and is a label of Square Enix Europe. As an independent company Eidos plc was headquartered in the Wimbledon Bridge House in Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton.... |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a 2001 Japanese-American computer animated science fiction film directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the Final Fantasy series of role-playing video games. It was the first photorealistic computer animated feature film and also holds the record for the most... |
July 4, 2001 | 43% | $85,131,830 | Square Square (company) was a Japanese video game company founded in September 1983 by Masafumi Miyamoto. It merged with Enix in 2003 and became part of Square Enix... |
| Resident Evil Resident Evil (film) Resident Evil is a British-German 2002 horror film written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. The film stars Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, and James Purefoy... |
March 15, 2002 | 34% | $102,441,078 | Capcom |
| House of the Dead House of the Dead (film) House of the Dead is a 2003 action-horror film adaptation of the successful 1996 light gun arcade game of the same name produced by Sega. The film was directed by Uwe Boll. The film was universally panned by critics.-Plot:... |
February 15, 2003 | 4% | $13,818,181 | Sega |
| Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life is a 2003 action film directed by Jan de Bont, and starring Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft. It is a sequel to the 2001 film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider... |
July 25, 2003 | 24% | $156,505,388 | Eidos |
| Resident Evil: Apocalypse Resident Evil: Apocalypse Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a Canadian-British 2004 science fiction action horror film directed by Alexander Witt, from a screenplay written by producer Paul W.S. Anderson... |
September 10, 2004 | 20% | $129,394,835 | Capcom |
| Alone in the Dark Alone in the Dark (2005 film) Alone in the Dark is a 2005 horror film, loosely based on Infogrames' popular video game series of the same name. It is directed by Uwe Boll, and stars Christian Slater as supernatural detective Edward Carnby and Tara Reid as the scientist assisting him... |
January 28, 2005 | 1% | $10,442,808 | Infogrames |
| Doom Doom (film) Doom is a 2005 science fiction horror film, loosely based on the Doom series of video games created by id Software. It was directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak.... |
October 21, 2005 | 19% | $55,987,321 | id Software Id Software Id Software is an American video game development company with its headquarters in Richardson, Texas. The company was founded in 1991 by four members of the computer company Softdisk: programmers John Carmack and John Romero, game designer Tom Hall, and artist Adrian Carmack... |
| BloodRayne BloodRayne (film) BloodRayne is a 2005 action and horror film, set in 18th century Romania, and directed by Uwe Boll. The film stars Kristanna Loken, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Billy Zane, Meat Loaf and, Matthew Davis... |
January 6, 2006 | 4% | $3,650,275 | Majesco Majesco Entertainment Majesco Entertainment is a video game publisher founded in 1986.-History:Majesco first made a name as a reissuer of old titles that had been abandoned by their original publisher. By cutting the prices dramatically and, eventually, arranging the rights to self-manufacture games for both Nintendo... |
| Silent Hill Silent Hill (film) Silent Hill is a 2006 horror film directed by Christophe Gans and written by Roger Avary. The story is an adaptation of the Silent Hill series of survival horror video games created by Konami. The film, particularly its emotional, religious and aesthetic content as well as its creature design,... |
April 21, 2006 | 29% | $97,607,453 | Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
| DOA: Dead or Alive DOA: Dead or Alive DOA: Dead or Alive is a 2006 ensemble martial arts film loosely based on the Tecmo/Team Ninja fighting game series of the same name. Directed by Corey Yuen and written by J. F. Lawton, Adam and Seth Gross.... |
April 13, 2007 | 34% | $7,516,532 | Tecmo |
| Postal Postal (film) Postal is a 2007 Canadian-American-German black comedy action film co-written and directed by Uwe Boll.Like the majority of Boll's previous films, Postal is a film adaptation of a video game, in this case, Postal, though this film draws more heavily from that video game's sequel, Postal 2.-Plot:The... |
July 21, 2007 | 8% | $146,741 | Ripcord Games Ripcord Games Ripcord Games was a video game publisher and an entertainment software label of Panasonic Interactive Media based in Santa Clara, California.-Games published by Ripcord Games:*Armor Command*Enemy Infestation*Forced Alliance*Gorkamorka... |
| Resident Evil: Extinction Resident Evil: Extinction Resident Evil: Extinction is a Canadian-British 2007 science fiction action horror film also categorized as a doomsday and zombie film, and is the third installment in the Resident Evil film series, which is based on the Capcom survival horror series Resident Evil... |
September 21, 2007 | 22% | $147,717,833 | Capcom |
| Hitman Hitman (2007 film) Hitman is a 2007 film directed by Xavier Gens and based on the video game series of the same name. A gun-for-hire "Hitman" is a genetically-engineered assassin known as Agent 47. He is hired by a group, 'The Organization' and becomes ensnared in a political conspiracy. He finds himself pursued by... |
November 21, 2007 | 14% | $99,965,792 | Eidos |
| In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale is a 2006 fantasy action film directed by Uwe Boll, inspired by the Dungeon Siege video game series. It was produced by Brightlight Pictures and distributed by Freestyle Releasing and Vivendi Entertainment in the United States and Canada. 20th Century... |
January 11, 2008 | 4% | $13,097,915 | Microsoft Game Studios Microsoft Game Studios Microsoft Studios is the video game production wing for Microsoft, responsible for the development and publishing of games for the Xbox, Xbox 360, Games for Windows and Windows Phone platforms. They were established in 2002 as Microsoft Game Studios to coincide with the release of the Xbox, before... |
| Max Payne Max Payne (film) Max Payne is a 2008 noir action film based on the 2001 video game of the same name by Remedy Entertainment. It was written by Beau Thorne and was directed by John Moore. The film stars Mark Wahlberg in the title role as Max Payne, Mila Kunis as Mona Sax, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges as Jim Bravura and... |
October 17, 2008 | 16% | $85,761,789 | Gathering of Developers Gathering of Developers Gathering of Developers was a Texas-based PC and video games publishing company, founded in January 1998 with the mission to bridge the gap between publishers and independent game developers, allowing independent developers creative control over their projects, ownership of their IP, and... |
| Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li is the second live-action film based on the Street Fighter series of video games. It follows the quest of Street Fighter character Chun-Li, who is portrayed by Kristin Kreuk. The story follows Chun-Li's personal history and her journey for justice. The film... |
February 25, 2009 | 17% | $12,764,201 | Capcom |
| Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (film) Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a 2010 sword-and-sorcery action film written by Jordan Mechner, Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro, and Carlo Bernard; directed by Mike Newell; produced by Jerry Bruckheimer; and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures... |
May 28, 2010 | 36% | $335,154,643 | Ubisoft |
| Resident Evil: Afterlife Resident Evil: Afterlife Resident Evil: Afterlife is a 2010 Canadian-German 3D science-fiction horror action film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. It stars Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts, Spencer Locke, Boris Kodjoe, and Wentworth Miller. The film marks Anderson's second time to direct in... |
September 10, 2010 | 25% | $296,221,663 | Capcom |
| Silent Hill: Revelation 3D Silent Hill: Revelation 3D Silent Hill: Revelation 3D is an upcoming American 3D horror film due to release in 2012. Written and directed by Michael J. Bassett, Revelation 3D is based on the survival horror video game Silent Hill 3 and a sequel to the horror film Silent Hill, which is an adaptation of the survival horror... |
2012 | TBC | TBC | Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
| Resident Evil: Retribution Resident Evil: Retribution Resident Evil: Retribution is an upcoming 2012 3D science-fiction action horror film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. It is the fifth installment in the Resident Evil film series, which is based on the Capcom survival horror series Resident Evil.The film has many returning actors and... |
September 14, 2012 | TBC | TBC | Capcom |
Television films
| Title | Release date | Original game publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf is an animated TV Special based on the fighting game Fatal Fury. It originally aired on Fuji TV on December 23, 1992. The movie was directed by Hiroshi Fukutomi and features character designs by Masami Ōbari... |
December 23, 1992 | SNK |
| Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture | March 4, 1993 | SNK |
| Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle is an anime TV Special based on the Neo Geo SNK video game, Fatal Fury 2 and is a sequel to the previous TV movie, Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf. The movie was directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi and once again features character designs by Masami Ōbari... |
June 30, 1993 | SNK |
| Art of Fighting | December 23, 1993 | SNK |
| Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns, released in Japan as , is an animated film based on the Pokémon anime, and is the direct follow-up to Pokémon: The First Movie. It originated as a feature-length TV special in Japan on December 30, 2000 and was released on VHS and DVD in Japan on March 21, 2001... |
December 30, 2000 | Nintendo |
| House of the Dead II House of the Dead 2 (film) House of the Dead 2 is the 2005 sequel to Brightlight Pictures' 2003's House of the Dead... |
October 14, 2005 | Sega |
| Pokémon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon | April 29, 2006 | Nintendo |
| Clannad | October 4, 2007 | Key |
| Clannad ~After Story~ | October 3, 2008 | Key |
| Red Faction: Origins Red Faction: Origins Red Faction: Origins is a 2011 feature-length science fiction television movie pilot produced by Universal Media Studios and UFO Films debuting on SyFy, it is the first film based on the Red Faction series of video games. The movie stars Brian J. Smith as Jake Mason and Robert Patrick as Alec... |
June 2011 | THQ |
Animation
| Title | Release date | Original game publisher |
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| Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals is an anime OVA based on the Final Fantasy series of console role-playing games. It was released in Japan in 1994 and distributed by Urban Vision in 1998 in North America. Urban Vision does not have the license to this series now, and it has not been relicensed in North America.Legend of the... |
1994 | Square |
| Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins | 1995 | Midway |
| Battle Arena Toshinden Battle Arena Toshinden (anime) is a two-part original video animation based on the video game series of the same name.-Plot :One year since Eiji's climactic but unfinished battle with Gaia during the first Battle Arena Toshinden tournament, the original eight participants of the tournament as well as other fighters find... |
1996 | Sony |
| Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie is a two-episode OVA film series based on Sega's best-selling franchise Sonic the Hedgehog.... |
May 31, 1996 | Sega |
| Tekken: The Motion Picture Tekken: The Motion Picture is a Japanese animated adaptation of the Tekken video games by Namco produced in by ASCII Corporation and Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Originally released in Japan as a two-episode OVA, an English adaptation was produced by ADV Films, which edited both episodes into a single hour-long film and... |
1997 | Namco |
| Voltage Fighters: Gowcaizer the Movie Voltage Fighters: Gowcaizer the Movie Voltage Fighters: Gowcaizer the Movie is a three episode Science fiction/superhero OVA series released in 1997 based on the Neo Geo video game Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer. It was directed by Masami Ōbari, who provided the character designs in the original game, as well as in the OVA. An English... |
1997 | SNK |
| Welcome to Pia Carrot (OVA) | 1997 | Cocktail Soft Cocktail Soft Cocktail Soft is a Japanese H game manufacturer, a subsidiary of F&C. It is best known for its Welcome to Pia Carrot series.Cocktail Soft temporarily shut down in 2001 after an organizational restructuring of F&C, but resumed business in 2004, releasing Tenku no Symphonia in November that... |
| Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 (OVA) | 1998 | Cocktail Soft |
| Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation, released in Japan as and also known as Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie, is a 1999 OVA film loosely based on the Street Fighter Alpha fighting games. It was directed by Shigeyasu Yamauchi, with character designs by Yoshihiko Umakoshi... |
1999 | Capcom |
| Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 DX | 1999 | Cocktail Soft |
| Samurai Spirits 2: Asura Zanmaden Samurai Shodown: Warriors Rage Samurai Shodown: Warriors Rage, known as in Japan, is the seventh game in SNK's Samurai Shodown series of fighting games.-Story:The official story, as given by SNK, is as follows:... |
December 22, 1999 | SNK |
| Sin: The Movie | October 24, 2000 | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
| ZOE: 2167 IDOLO ZOE: 2167 IDOLO Zone of the Enders: 2167 Idolo is an hour long Original Video Animation, set as a prequel to the original Zone of the Enders game. It serves to explain the war between Earth and Mars, and the origin of the Orbital Frame technology. The events also lead into the TV series ZOE: Dolores, i.In the... |
March 1, 2001 | Konami |
| Sakura Wars: The Movie Sakura Wars: The Movie is a 2001 Japanese animated film adaptation of the Sakura Wars series directed and co-written by Mitsuru Hongō.The film takes place between the onset of Sakura Wars 3 and Sakura Wars 4. Lachette Altair is dispatched to the Imperial Capital Tokyo from New York to work for the Imperial Assault... |
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 ASCII (company) was a publishing company based in Tokyo, Japan. It became a subsidiary of Kadokawa Group Holdings in 2004, and merged with another Kadokawa subsidiary MediaWorks on April 1, 2008, and became ASCII Media Works. The company published Monthly ASCII as the main publication... |
| Kirby: Fright to the Finish!! Kirby: Fright to the Finish!! Kirby: Fright to the Finish— The Movie is a direct-to-video feature-length film released June 14, 2005 in the USA. Released by the Home Entertainment division of 4Kids Entertainment, the movie starred the popular Nintendo character Kirby.... |
June 14, 2005 | Nintendo |
| Last Order: Final Fantasy VII Last Order: Final Fantasy VII , also abbreviated as Last Order or LO, is a 2005 Japanese anime original video animation produced by Madhouse and released by Square Enix. It was directed by Morio Asaka and produced by Masao Maruyama, Jungo Maruta, and Akio Ofuji. Tetsuya Nomura acted as the supervising director... |
September 14, 2005 | Square |
| Street Fighter Alpha: Generations Street Fighter Alpha: Generations Street Fighter Alpha: Generations is a 2005 Japanese animated film produced by Studio A.P.P.P. and released by Manga Entertainment based on the Street Fighter Alpha video games by Capcom. Its production is unrelated to 1999's Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie, which was produced by Group TAC... |
October 25, 2005 | Capcom |
| Dead Space: Downfall Dead Space: Downfall Dead Space: Downfall is an animated film, a prequel to the game Dead Space and takes place during the events of Dead Space: Extraction, while the Necromorphs invade the USG Ishimura after it receives the Red Marker... |
October 17, 2008 | Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers... |
| 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 Halo Legends Halo Legends is a collection of seven short anime films set in the Halo science-fiction universe. Financed by Halo franchise overseer 343 Industries, the stories were created by six Japanese production houses: Bones, Casio Entertainment, Production I.G., Studio 4°C, and Toei Animation... |
February 16, 2010 | Microsoft Game Studios |
| Ultramarines: The Movie Ultramarines: The Movie Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie is a science fiction thriller CGI film set in Games Workshop's fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe and based around the Ultramarines Chapter of the Space Marines... |
December 13, 2010 | Games Workshop / THQ |
| Dead Space: Aftermath Dead Space: Aftermath Dead Space: Aftermath is an animated film that bridges the storyline between Dead Space and Dead Space 2.-Plot:When contact with the USG Ishimura and the Aegis VII colony is lost, the Concordance Extraction Corporation sends the ship USG O'Bannon to investigate... |
January 25, 2011 | Electronic Arts |
Live-action
| Title | Release date | Original game publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Like a Dragon: Prologue Like a Dragon: Prologue Like a Dragon: Prologue, known in Japanese as , is a 2006 Japanese crime drama Original Video directed by Takeshi Miyasaka with Takashi Miike as executive director... |
March 24, 2006 | Sega |
| BloodRayne 2: Deliverance | September 18, 2007 | Majesco |
| Alone in the Dark II Alone in the Dark II Alone in the Dark II also known as Alone in the Dark: Fate Of Existence is a 2008 horror film, starring Rick Yune, Rachel Specter and Lance Henriksen, directed by Peter Scheerer and Michael Roesch. It is a sequel to Uwe Boll's 2005 film Alone in the Dark.Alone in the Dark II was filmed in New York... |
September 25, 2008 | Infogrames |
| Far Cry Far Cry (film) Far Cry is a German film adapted from the video game of the same name. The film is directed by Uwe Boll and stars Til Schweiger.- Plot :Jack Carver, a former member of Germany's Special Forces, takes journalist Valerie Cardinal to visit her Uncle Max on an island, where he works in a military... |
October 2, 2008 | Ubisoft Ubisoft Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. is a major French video game publisher and developer, with headquarters in Montreuil, France. The company has a worldwide presence with 25 studios in 17 countries and subsidiaries in 26 countries.... |
| Onechanbara: The Movie - Vortex | 2009 | D3 |
| The King of Fighters The King of Fighters (film) The King of Fighters is a film loosely based on SNK Playmore's The King of Fighters series of fighting games. It stars Sean Faris as Kyo Kusanagi, Maggie Q as Mai Shiranui, Will Yun Lee as Iori Yagami, and Ray Park as Rugal Bernstein.-Plot:... |
November 4, 2009 | SNK |
| Tekken | November 5, 2009 | Namco Namco is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of... |
| BloodRayne: The Third Reich | November 5, 2010 | Majesco |
Cutscene films
Cut scenes from video games edited together to resemble a film.| Title | Release date | Original game publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Shenmue: The Movie | 2001 | Sega |
| Xenosaga: The Movie Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht is a console role-playing game for the PlayStation 2 and the first title in the Xenosaga series. Der Wille zur Macht, "The Will to Power", is a reference to Friedrich Nietzsche's posthumous collection of notes and unused aphorisms, which was intended to become his magnum opus... |
2004 | Namco |
| Metal Gear Solid: Existence | 2006 | Konami |
| Red Dead Redemption: The Man from Blackwater | 2010 | Rockstar |
| Metroid Other M: The Movie | 2010 | Nintendo |
Unofficial
Initially created without the involvement or consent of the game publisher.| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| "Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy is a 2009 non-profit fan made movie series created by , a team of Italian students and filmmakers. It is a film based on the highly successful Metal Gear video game series... " |
September 27, 2009 |
| "The Hero of Time The Legend of Zelda: The Hero of Time The Hero of Time is an independent Legend of Zelda fan film produced by BMB Finishes, directed by Joel Musch and starring David Blane as Link. The film is around two hours long and was first shown at the independent Plaza Theatre on June 6, 2009... " |
December 14, 2009 |
| "Mega Man Mega Man Mega Man is a video game franchise from Capcom, starring the eponymous character Mega Man, or one of his many counterparts. The series is well-known and comprises well over fifty releases, easily making it Capcom's most prolific franchise. As of December 31, 2010, the series has sold approximately... " |
May 7, 2010 |
Official
Produced or commissioned by the game publisher.| Title | Release date | Original game publisher |
|---|---|---|
| "Run the Gauntlet" (Driv3r Driv3r Driv3r, more commonly known as Driver 3 , is a racing, shooting, and adventure video game. It is the third installment in the popular Driver series and was developed by Reflections Interactive and published by Atari. Driv3r was released in North America for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox on June 21, 2004... ) |
Atari | |
| "The King of Fighters: Another Day The King of Fighters: Another Day The King of Fighters: Another Day is an animated series based on the popular fighting game series The King of Fighters. It was produced by Production I.G, and revolves around the plot of the 3-D version titled The King of Fighters: Maximum Impact, along with some touches of the current 2-D series... " |
December 2, 2005 | SNK |
| "Deep Dive" (Kingdom Hearts Kingdom Hearts is an action role-playing game developed and published by Square in 2002 for the PlayStation 2 video game console. The first game in the Kingdom Hearts series, it is the result of a collaboration between Square Enix and The Walt Disney Company. The game combines characters and settings from Disney... ) |
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 Resident Evil 5 Resident Evil 5, known in Japan as , is a survival horror third-person shooter video game developed and published by Capcom. The game is the seventh installment in the Resident Evil survival horror series, and was released on March 5, 2009 in Japan and on March 13, 2009 in North America and Europe... ) |
Capcom | |
| "Assassin's Creed: Lineage Assassin's Creed: Lineage Assassin's Creed: Lineage is a series of three short films based on the Assassin's Creed II video game. The films are made by Ubisoft and the first episode was released on October 26, 2009 on YouTube... " |
October 26, 2009 | Ubisoft |
| "Bright Falls" | April 26, 2010 - May 13, 2010 | Microsoft Game Studios Microsoft Game Studios Microsoft Studios is the video game production wing for Microsoft, responsible for the development and publishing of games for the Xbox, Xbox 360, Games for Windows and Windows Phone platforms. They were established in 2002 as Microsoft Game Studios to coincide with the release of the Xbox, before... |
| "Mortal Kombat: Rebirth Mortal Kombat: Rebirth Mortal Kombat: Rebirth is a 2010 action short film directed by Kevin Tancharoen with fight choreography by Larnell Stovall who also choreographed Undisputed III: Redemption. Based on the Mortal Kombat series of fighting games, the short-film "actually was made by the director to sell Warner Bros... " |
June 8, 2010 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| "Zombrex Dead Rising Sun" (Dead Rising 2 Dead Rising 2 is an action-adventure horror-comedy video game, developed by Capcom in partnership with Blue Castle Games, and was distributed by Capcom. It was released on September 24, 2010 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and September 28, 2010 for Microsoft Windows. The Dead Rising staff returned to create... ) |
August 4, 2010 - August 25, 2010 | Capcom |
| "Mortal Kombat: Legacy Mortal Kombat: Legacy Mortal Kombat: Legacy is an American web series anthology that debuted on Machinima.com's YouTube channel on April 11, 2011. The show is an adaptation of the fictional universe of the Mortal Kombat video game franchise... " |
April 12, 2011 - July 24, 2011 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| "Assassin's Creed: Embers" | November 15, 2011 | Ubisoft Ubisoft Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. is a major French video game publisher and developer, with headquarters in Montreuil, France. The company has a worldwide presence with 25 studios in 17 countries and subsidiaries in 26 countries.... |
Unofficial
Initially created without the involvement or consent of the game publisher.| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| "Half-Life: Escape from City 17" | February 13, 2009 |
| "Street Fighter: Legacy Street Fighter: Legacy Street Fighter: Legacy is a live-action short fan film based on Capcom's popular fighting game series Street Fighter.The film is a Streetlight Films production, co-directed by Joey Ansah and Owen Trevor, produced by Jacqueline Quella and stars Jon Foo as Ryu, Christian Howard as Ken, and Ansah... " |
May 6, 2010 |
| "Manhunt 3" | TBC |
| "Pokémon Apokélypse Pokémon Apokélypse Pokémon Apokélypse is a 2010 fan-made short film directed by Kial Natale and produced by Dylan Innes and Lee Majdoub. Based on the Pokémon franchise, the storyline takes place several years after the events of the original anime series... " |
September 20, 2010 |
Theatrical releases
| Title | Release date | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 8BIT | 2006 | The intersections of video games, art, and music |
| Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade is a documentary film directed by Lincoln Ruchti about the golden age of video arcade games. The film premiered January 22, 2007 at the Sundance Film Festival and has also been shown at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival, as well as other film... |
2007 | The golden age of video arcade games |
| The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is a 2007 American documentary film that follows Steve Wiebe as he tries to take the world high score for the arcade game Donkey Kong from reigning champion Billy Mitchell... |
August 17, 2007 | The rivalry between Billy Mitchell Billy Mitchell (gamer) Billy L. Mitchell, born July 16, 1965, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, is best known for recording high scores in classic video games from the Golden Age of Arcade Games. He has been claimed by some as the "greatest arcade-video-game player of all time". His achievements include the first perfect score... and Steve Wiebe Steve Wiebe Steven J. "Steve" Wiebe is a two-time world champion of the video game Donkey Kong, most recently holding the title from the 20th of September, 2010 to the 10th of January, 2011 with a high score of 1,064,500 points. Wiebe was the first person to achieve over a million points in the game, with a... over the Donkey Kong Donkey Kong (video game) is an arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981. It is an early example of the platform game genre, as the gameplay focuses on maneuvering the main character across a series of platforms while dodging and jumping over obstacles. In the game, Jumpman must rescue a damsel in distress, Lady, from a... record high score |
| Frag | 2008 | Professional video gaming Electronic sports Electronic sports comprises the competitive play of video games. Other terms include competitive gaming, professional gaming and cybersports... |
| Second Skin | March 7, 2008 | Follows seven people through the world of MMORPGs Massively multiplayer online role-playing game Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world.... |
| 'INDIE GAME: THE MOVIE | 2011 | A feature documentary about videogames, their creators and the craft |
Television
| Title | Original air date(s) | Network | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| History of Video Games | Discovery Asia | ||
| Thumb Candy Thumb Candy Thumb Candy was a Channel 4 documentary about the history of computer games which was made by Talkback in 2000.It was hosted by Iain Lee who interviewed the people who were involved in creating the first big video games.... |
2000 | Channel 4 Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel... |
History of video games |
| Game Makers Icons (TV series) Icons was a documentary TV show on G4 that originally focused on significant people, companies, products, history, and milestones in world of video games. It was relaunched in 2006 and focused entirely on pop culture. It was cancelled soon afterwards.... |
2002–2005 | G4 G4 (TV channel) G4, also known as G4 TV, is an American cable- and satellite-television channel originally geared primarily toward young adult viewers, originally based on the world of video games... |
Series on video game industry figures |
| Tetris: From Russia With Love | 2004 | BBC Four | History of the 1980s Tetris Tetris Tetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was released on June 6, 1984, while he was working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic... 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 Wii The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others... and PlayStation 3 PlayStation 3 The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles... console launches |
| I, Videogame | 2007 | Discovery Discovery Channel Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav... |
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| Rise of the Video Game Rise of the Video Game "Rise of the Video Game" is a five part series on The Discovery Channel about the history of video games. The first episode aired in November of 2007. The series ran under the tile "I, VIDEOGAME" in Europe.-Episodes:Taken from... |
2007 | Discovery | |
| Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe was a special one-off British, video game culture show by Charlie Brooker, aired in September 2009 during the BBC's Technology season... |
2009 | BBC Four BBC Four BBC Four is a British television network operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable.... |
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| Cyberdreams/Cyberdrømme | 2011 | DK4 Denmark | Danish documentary about the national eSports team competing in World Cyber Games |
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 | 2007 | |
| FPS - Por dentro do virtual (Portuguese) | 2009 | Ethnographic research of an FPS gamers community |
Films with plots centered on video games
- TronTron-Film:*Tron , a franchise that began in 1982 with the Walt Disney Pictures film Tron** Tron , a 1982 science fiction film by Disney, starring Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan, Dan Shor and David Warner...
(1982) - NightmaresNightmares (1983 film)Nightmares is a 1983 film with four tales of horror, starring Emilio Estevez, Lance Henriksen, Cristina Raines, Veronica Cartwright and Richard Masur. The film is directed by T.V. veteran Joseph Sargent and began as a television project of four horror stories. The results were deemed too strong for...
(1983) - The segment “Bishop of Battle” stars Emilio EstevezEmilio EstevezEmilio Estevez is an American actor, film director, and writer. He started his career as an actor and is well-known for being a member of the acting Brat Pack of the 1980s, starring in The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire...
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. - WarGamesWarGamesWarGames is a 1983 American Cold War suspense/science-fiction film written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes and directed by John Badham. The film stars Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy....
(1983) - Computer hacker breaks into military intelligence computer to play games, which almost starts a thermonuclear war. - 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 StarfighterThe Last StarfighterThe Last Starfighter is a 1984 science fiction adventure film directed by Nick Castle. The film tells the story of Alex Rogan , an average teenage boy recruited by an alien defense force to fight in an interstellar war. It also featured Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Preston, Norman...
(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 DungeonmasterThe DungeonmasterThe Dungeonmaster, , is a 1984 low-budget science fiction/fantasy film, rated PG-13, starring Jeffrey Byron, Charles Moll and Leslie Wing...
(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 (1988) - A love story between a 40 years old woman (Jane BirkinJane BirkinJane Mallory Birkin, OBE is an English-born actress and singer who lives in France. In recent years she has written her own album, directed a film and become an outspoken proponent of democracy in Burma.- Early life :...
) and a 15 year old Kung-Fu Master addict. Directed by Agnès VardaAgnès VardaAgnès Varda is a French film director and professor at the European Graduate School. Her movies, photographs, and art installations focus on documentary realism, feminist issues, and social commentary — with a distinct experimental style....
. - The WizardThe Wizard (film)The Wizard is a 1989 adventure dramedy film starring Fred Savage, Luke Edwards, and Jenny Lewis...
(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 NESNintendo Entertainment SystemThe Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...
video games, primarily Super Mario Bros 3 before its American release. - ArcadeArcade (film)Arcade is the title of a B-science fiction/horror film released in 1993. Produced by Full Moon Entertainment, the film features a heavy use of CGI, which was fully redone after the film was completed due to producer Charles Band and director Albert Pyun not being satisfied with the end result...
(1993) - A teenager has to battle inside of a deadly virtual reality video game, in order to save her friends. - BrainscanBrainscanBrainscan is a 1994 horror film starring Edward Furlong, Frank Langella, Amy Hargreaves, Jamie Marsh and T. Ryder Smith. Music was composed by movie composer George S...
(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. - NirvanaNirvana (film)Nirvana is a science fiction film, produced in Italy in 1997 by director Gabriele Salvatores, starring Christopher Lambert, Diego Abatantuono, Sergio Rubini and Stefania Rocca...
(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. - eXistenZEXistenZeXistenZ is a 1999 body horror/science fiction film by Canadian director David Cronenberg. It stars Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jude Law....
(1999) - plot centred around a virtual reality game. - AvalonAvalon (2001 film)is a 2001 science-fiction film by Japanese filmmaker Mamoru Oshii. The name of the film originates from the island Avalon in the legend of King Arthur.-Overview:...
(2001) - Science fictionScience fictionScience fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
film centered on a war-themed, virtual reality MMOMassively multiplayer online gameA massively multiplayer online game is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and usually feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on...
under the same title. Directed by Mamoru OshiiMamoru OshiiMamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of popular anime, including Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, Ghost in the Shell, and Patlabor 2...
. - Arcade Gamer Fubuki (2002) - A Japanese high school student named Fubuki faces off against an organization who is against her.
- Game OverGame Over (film)Game Over is a 2003 direct to video film starring Yasmine Bleeth, Walter Koenig, Woody Jeffreys and Dominika Wolski. It is notable for incorporating footage originally shot for several video games released by Digital Pictures.- Plot :...
(2003) - Uses footage from five different Digital PicturesDigital PicturesDigital Pictures was a worldwide American video game developer, founded in 1991 by Ken Melville and Tom Zito.On the Sega CD versions of certain games, if they are played on the systems "audio CD" mode, there is a short track of a phone ringing with a male voice answering "Good afternoon, Digital...
games. - Spy Kids 3-D: Game OverSpy Kids 3-D: Game OverSpy Kids 3-D: Game Over is a 2003 American action-adventure family film directed by Robert Rodriguez and the third film in the Spy Kids series. It was released in the United States on July 25, 2003. The film featured the return of many cast members from the past two films, although most were in...
(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 1.0Gamebox 1.0Gamebox 1.0 is a film starring Nate Richert and Danielle Fishel about a video game that traps the player inside it when started. The only escape is to win the game. It was directed by the brothers David and Scott Hillenbrand, who wrote it with Patrick Casey and Worm Miller. It was released on...
(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 RevolutionDance Dance RevolutionDance Dance Revolution, abbreviated DDR, and previously known as Dancing Stage in Europe and Australasia, is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, Dance Dance Revolution is the...
. - Stay AliveStay AliveStay Alive is a 2006 horror film directed by William Brent Bell, who cowrote it with Matthew Peterman. It was produced by McG, co-produced by Hollywood Pictures and released on March 24, 2006 in the US. In the U.S. the film was rated PG-13 for horror violence, disturbing images, language, and brief...
(2006) - Friends start dying just like they did in a video game they all played. - Ben XBen XBen X is a 2007 Belgian drama film based on the novel Nothing Was All He Said by Nic Balthazar, who also directed the film. The film is about a boy with autism who retreats into the fantasy world of the MMORPG ArchLord to escape bullying...
(2007) - The main character Ben is an autistic boy obsessed with an MMORPGMMORPGMassively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
called ArchLordArchLordArchLord is a 3D fantasy MMORPG developed by NHN Games and Codemasters Online Gaming . The game was released in March 2005 in South Korea and October 2006 in North America and Europe, receiving poor reviews from the gaming press. In August 2007, ArchLord became free-to-play to coincide with the...
. 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 StartPress Start (film)Press Start is a 2007 independent film produced by Dark Maze Studios. It stars Joshua Stafford, Peter Davis, Daniel Pesina, and Carlos Pesina. The film is a video game parody adventure comedy. It was released on DVD on September 25, 2007.-Production:...
(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 CodeWarGames: The Dead CodeWarGames: The Dead Code is a 2008 sequel to the 1983 thriller film WarGames. It was written by Randall M. Badat and Rob Kerchner and was directed by Stuart Gillard. Production began on November 20, 2006 in Montreal, and the film was released on DVD on July 29, 2008...
(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 GirlsAssault Girlsis a Japanese live-action feature written and directed by Mamoru Oshii.-Synopsis:In the aftermath of global thermonuclear war, three battle tested women wage war in a virtual reality videogame against giant mutant sandwhales...
(2009) - Three girls in an MMO team up to win a boss battle. Directed by Mamoru OshiiMamoru OshiiMamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of popular anime, including Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, Ghost in the Shell, and Patlabor 2...
. - Scott Pilgrim vs. the WorldScott Pilgrim vs. the WorldScott Pilgrim vs. the World is a 2010 comedy film directed by Edgar Wright, based on the graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley. The film is about Scott Pilgrim , a young Canadian musician, meeting the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers , an American delivery girl...
(2010) - Action comedy film rife with video game references and plot conceitConceitIn literature, a conceit is an extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs a poetic passage or entire poem. By juxtaposing, usurping and manipulating images and ideas in surprising ways, a conceit invites the reader into a more sophisticated understanding of an object of comparison...
similar to fighting games. - Tron: Legacy (2010)
- RPG: MetanoiaRPG: MetanoiaRPG Metanoia is a Filipino computer-animated adventure film produced by Ambient Media, Thaumatrope Animation and ABS-CBN Film Productions Inc. Star Cinema. It is the first full length Philippine animated film presented in 3D...
(2010)
See also
- List of anime based on video games
- List of television programs based on video games
- MachinimaMachinimaMachinima is the use of real-time 3D computer graphics rendering engines to create a cinematic production. Most often, video games are used to generate the computer animation...