List of movies based on video games

From Super Mario Bros., Doom, and Sonic the Hedgehog, to Moshi Monsters, Tetris, and Gran Turismo, Hollywood loves turning popular computer games/video games into movies. And it stands to reason really, because games are extremely popular; they have a wealth of interesting and dynamic characters; and they come pre-loaded with immersive lore and exciting storylines to build epic worlds around.

All of the above is very attractive to movie studios, and despite the difficulties they face when trying to adapt games into films (how do you make something playable into something watchable?), it never seems to stop them from having a go. As such, there are more than 100 game-to-movie adaptations, from live-action films through to animation.

Are all of the movies good? Heck no – most are poor, but they keep on coming regardless, because every once in a while they make lots of money!

Take the animated film, The Super Mario Bros. Movie which debuted in cinemas in 2023. Not only did the film go on to become one of the most successful movies of the year, but it also took over $1.3 billion at the worldwide box-office, which is a HUGE amount of cash.

The Sonic films have also been successful, with Sonic the Hedgehog making almost $320 million in 2020, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 hitting $405 million in 2022, and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 taking over $491 million in 2024. Similarly, 2022’s Uncharted made $407 million, while the Resident Evil movie series is a billion dollar franchise.

The Pokémon movies, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, and Tomb Raider have also experienced varying levels of success. And in 2023, Five Nights at Freddy’s was also a financial hit, paving the way for a sequel.

But have you ever wondered what all the game-to-movie adaptations are? You have? Well, wonder no longer, because in this post I am providing a list of all the game-based films you could ever wish to watch (or avoid).

Whether you like them all or not, there are plenty to lock your eyeballs on, with many more to come. You think the list is long now, just wait a few more years and it’ll be even longer!

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List of movies based on video games

Below is a list of movies which are based (in some cases very loosely) on video games. The list includes live-action features, animated movies, and specials from all over the world, including US, Japanese, and Mandarin productions.

• Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach! (1986)
• Mirai Ninja: Keigumo Kinin Gaiden (1988)
• Tengai Makyō Jiraia Oboro Hen (1990)
• Ninja Gaiden (1991)
• Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken (1991)
• Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken Tachiagare!! Aban no Shito (1992)
• Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken Buchiya bure!! Shinsei Rokudai Shoguo (1992)
• Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf (1992)
• Super Mario Bros. (1993)
• Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle (1993)
• Art of Fighting (1993)
• Double Dragon (1994)
• Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture (1994)
• Street Fighter (1994)
• Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994)
• Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture (1994)
• Mortal Kombat (1995)
• Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins (1995)
• Princess Minerva (1995)
• Battle Arena Toshinden (1996)
• Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)
• Tokimeki Memorial (1997)
• Voltage Fighters: Gowcaizer the Movie (1997)
• Tekken: The Motion Picture (1998)
• Pokémon: The First Movie (1998)
• Pokémon: The Movie 2000 (1999)
• Wing Commander (1999)
• Samurai Spirits 2: Asura Zanmaden (1999)
• Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie (2000)
• Pokémon 3: The Movie (2000)
• Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns (2000)
• Sin: The Movie (2000)
• Pokémon 4Ever: Celebi – Voice of the Forest (2001)
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
• Sakura Wars: The Movie (2001)
• Pokémon: The Legend of Thunder (2001)
• Zone of the Enders: 2167 Idolo (2001)
• Pokémon Heroes: Latios and Latias (2002)
• Resident Evil (2002)
• Nakoruru Ano hito kara no okurimono (2002)
• Welcome to Pia Carrot – Sayaka’s Love Story (2002)
• Pokémon: Jirachi – Wish Maker (2003)
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (2003)
• House of the Dead (2003)
• Pokémon the Movie: Destiny Deoxys (2004)
• Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
• Galerians: Rion (2004)
• Air (2005)
• Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (2005)
• Alone in the Dark (2005)
• Doom (2005)
• Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005)
• Last Order: Final Fantasy VII (2005)
• Street Fighter Alpha: Generations (2005)
• Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (2006)
• The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon (2006)
• House of the Dead 2 (2006)
• Forbidden Siren (2006)
• Gekijōban Dōbutsu no Mori (2006)
• BloodRayne (2006)
• Silent Hill (2006)
• DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)
• Like a Dragon: Prologue (2006)
• Animal Crossing (2006)
• Pokémon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon (2006)
• Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai (2007)
• Elf Bowling the Movie (2007)
• Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2007)
• Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
• Postal (2007)
• Hitman (2007)
• Clannad (2007)
• In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2008)
• Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior (2008)
• OneChanbara (2008)
• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (2008)
• Far Cry (2008)
• Max Payne (2008)
• Dead Space: Downfall (2008)
• Alone in the Dark II (2008)
• Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008)
• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Chikai (2009)
• Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life (2009)
• Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)
• Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind (2009)
• Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike (2009)
• Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (2009)
• Tekken (2009)
• OneChanbara: The Movie – Vortex (2009)
• Dante’s Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010)
• Halo Legends (2010)
• Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions (2010)
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
• Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
• Zombrex: Dead Rising Sun (2010)
• Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works (2010)
• The King of Fighters (2010)
• Super Street Fighter IV Original Video Animation (2010)
• Inazuma Eleven: The Movie (2010)
• Inazuma Eleven GO the Movie: The Ultimate Bonds Gryphon (2011)
• Dead Space: Aftermath (2011)
• Seer (2011)
• Red Faction: Origins (2011)
• In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds (2011)
• Sengoku Basara: The Last Party (2011)
• Tekken: Blood Vengeance (2011)
• Pokémon the Movie: Black – Victini and Reshiram (2011)
• Pokémon the Movie: White – Victini and Zekrom (2011)
• BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011)
• In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds (2011)
• Seer 2 (2012)
• Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice (2012)
• Ace Attorney (2012)
• Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
• Resident Evil: Damnation (2012)
• Silent Hill: Revelation (2012)
• Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker (2012)
• Tekken Tag Tournament 2 – Live-action short film (2012)
• Gekijouban Inazuma irebun Go vs. Danbôru senki W (2012)
• Mass Effect: Paragon Lost (2012)
• Roco Kingdom: The Desire of Dragon (2013)
• Seer 3: Heroes Alliance (2013)
• Company of Heroes (2013)
• Zombie Massacre (2013)
• Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened (2013)
• Moshi Monsters: The Movie (2013)
• Bayonetta: Bloody Fate (2013)
• Persona 3 The Movie: No. 1, Spring of Birth (2013)
• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kaku: Outbreak (2013)
• Roco Kingdom 3 (2014)
• Seer 4 (2014)
• Dragon Nest: Warriors’ Dawn (2014)
• The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future! (2014)
• Pretty Rhythm All-Star Selection: Prism Show Best Ten (2014)
• Persona 3 The Movie: No. 2, Midsummer Knight’s Dream (2014)
• Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction (2014)
• Need for Speed (2014)
• Ao Oni (2014)
• In the Name of the King 3: The Last Mission (2014)
• Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014)
• Heavenly Sword (2014)
• Gekijōban Zero (2014)
• Tekken 2: Kazuya’s Revenge (2014)
• Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist (2014)*
• Yo-kai Watch: The Movie (2014)
• Aikatsu! The Movie (2014)
• Seer 5: Rise of Thunder (2015)
• Roco Kingdom 4 (2015)
• PriPara the Movie: Everyone Assemble! Prism Tours (2015)
• Persona 3 The Movie: No. 3, Falling Down (2015)
• Gekijōban Meiji Tokyo Renka: Yumihari no Serenade (2015)
• Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Crash of Ages (2015)
• Aikatsu! Music Award: Minna de Shō o MoraimaSHOW! (2015)
• Ao Oni ver2.0 (2015)
• Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)
• Dead Rising: Watchtower (2015)
• Corpse Party (2015)
• Yo-kai Watch: Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan! (2015)
• Fly Out, PriPara: Aim for it with Everyone! Idol Grand Prix (2015)
• Halo: Nightfall (2015)
• Dragon Nest 2: Throne of Elves (2016)
• Corpse Party Book of Shadows (2016)
• King of Prism by Pretty Rhythm (2016)
• Persona 3 The Movie: No. 4, Winter of Rebirth (2016)
• PriPara Minna no Akogare Let’s Go PriPari (2016)
• Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel (2016)
• The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
• Warcraft (2016)
• Assassin’s Creed (2016)
• Dead Rising: Endgame (2016)
• Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016)
• Monster Strike: The Movie (2016)
• Yo-kai Watch: Soratobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan! (2016)
• Ratchet & Clank (2016)
• Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! (2017)
• Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2017)
• House of Neko Astume (2017)
• Dead Trigger (2017)
• Fate/Stay Night: Heaven’s Feel I. Presage Flower (2017)
• Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017)
• King of Prism: Pride the Hero (2017)
• Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: Oni-ō no Fukkatsu (2017)
• Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us (2018)
• Tomb Raider (2018)
• Rampage (2018)
• It Came from the Desert (2018)
• Legend of the Ancient Sword (2018)
• Monster Strike the Movie: Sora no Kanata (2018)
• Papers, Please: The Short Film (2018)
• Yo-kai Watch: Forever Friends (2018)
• King of Prism: Shiny Seven Stars I: Prologue x Yukinojo x Taiga (2019)
• King of Prism: Shiny Seven Stars II: Kakeru x Joji x Minato (2019)
• King of Prism: Shiny Seven Stars III: Leo x Yu x Alec (2019)
• King of Prism: Shiny Seven Stars IV: Louis x Shin x Unknown (2019)
• The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)
• Detective Pikachu (2019)
• Detention (2019)
• Doom: Annihilation (2019)
• Fate/Stay Night: Heaven’s Feel II. Lost Butterfly (2019)
• Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution (2019)
• NiNoKuni (2019)
• Dragon Quest: Your Story (2019)
• Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle (2020)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
• Monster Hunter (2020)
• Fate/Stay Night: Heaven’s Feel III. Spring Song (2020)
• Monster Strike the Movie: Lucifer Zetsubō no Yoake (2020)
• Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge (2020)
• Mortal Kombat (2021)
• Werewolves Within (2021)
• Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)
• Dynasty Warriors (2021)
• Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild (2021)
• Injustice (2021)
• Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms (2021)
• Ratchet & Clank: Life of Pie (2021)
• Rabbids Invasion: Mission to Mars (2021)
• Uncharted (2022)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)
• Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind (2022)
• Deemo: Memorial Keys (2022)
• Tetris (2023)
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
• Resident Evil: Death Island (2023)
• Gran Turismo (2023)
• Five Nights at Freddy’s (2023)
• Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match (2023)
• Borderlands (2024)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)
• A Minecraft Movie (2025)
• Until Dawn (2025)
• Mortal Kombat 2 (2025)
• Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (2025)

*Please note: Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist (2014) was initially released as a web-series, before being re-edited and re-released as a movie.

Documentary movies

Below is a list of docu-films based on or around the video game industry.

• Once Upon Atari (2003)
• 8BIT (2006)
• Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade (2007)
• The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)
• Frag (2008)
• Second Skin (2008)
• Playing Columbine (2008)
• Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters (2011)
• Indie Game: The Movie (2012)
• Minecraft: The Story of Mojang (2012)
• Atari: Game Over (2014)
• Free to Play (2014)
• From Bedrooms to Billions (2014)
• Gaming in Color (2014)
• The King of Arcades (2014)
• Video Games: The Movie (2014)
• Thank You for Playing (2015)
• The Lost Arcade (2015)
• GTFO (2015)
• Man vs Snake: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler (2015)
• Nintendo Quest: The Most Unofficial and Unauthorized Nintendo Documentary Ever! (2015)
• Beep: A Documentary History of Game Sound (2015)
• Moleman 4 – Longplay (2017)
• Polybius: The Video Game That Doesn’t Exist (2017)
• League of Legends Origins (2019)
• Uncle Art (2019)
• Console Wars (2020)
• Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest (2022)
• We Met in Virtual Reality (2022)
• The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (2024)

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That’s a lot of video game adaptations, right? Yes, but Hollywood has barely scratched the surface – many, many more are on the horizon.

Movies based on video games are a hot commodity, and they’ve been consistently appearing in cinemas, on home video, and via streaming for decades now. Sure, not all of them make lots of money, but every once in a while they do, and with an in-built fanbase already at Hollywood’s disposal, it would be strange not to keep trying to make the next money spinner.

If your favourite game doesn’t already feature on the above list, just give it time. At some point in the not-too distant future it’ll be there – and probably sooner then you think!

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Editor/writer/button basher

Alex Wiggan

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Thank you for stopping by It’s A Stampede! to read this list of movies based on videos games. As you can see, there are a lot of movies – possibly more than you expected.