List of films based on video games


This page is a list of film adaptations of video games. These include local, national, international, direct-to-video and TV releases, and online releases. They include their scores on Rotten Tomatoes, the region in which they were released, approximate budget, their approximate box office revenue, distributor of the film, and the publisher of the original game at the time the film was made. Also included are short films, cutscene films, documentaries with video games as their subjects and films in which video games play a large part.

Theatrical releases

By original language of the release.

Japanese

Anime

TitleDirectionRelease dateBudgetWorldwide box officeRotten TomatoesMetacriticCinemaScoreDistributorOriginal game publisher
Street Fighter II: The Animated MovieGisaburō Sugii$6 million$16,000,00080%N/AN/AToei Company
20th Century Fox
Capcom
Pokémon: The First MovieKunihiko Yuyama
November 12, 1999
$5 million$172,744,66217%35/100A-Toho
Warner Bros. Pictures
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Pokémon: The Movie 2000Kunihiko Yuyama
July 21, 2000
$30 million$133,949,27019%28/100A-Toho
Warner Bros. Pictures
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Pokémon 3: The MovieKunihiko Yuyama
April 6, 2001
US$3–16 million$68,411,27521%22/100A-Toho
Warner Bros. Pictures
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Pokémon 4EverKunihiko Yuyama
October 11, 2002
N/A$28,023,56316%25/100N/AToho
Miramax Films
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Pokémon HeroesKunihiko Yuyama
May 16, 2003
N/A$20,867,91917%27/100N/AToho
Miramax Films
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Pokémon: Jirachi Wish MakerKunihiko YuyamaN/A¥4,500,000,000N/AN/AN/AToho
Miramax Films
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Pokémon: Destiny DeoxysKunihiko YuyamaN/A¥4,380,000,000N/AN/AN/AToho
Miramax Films
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of MewKunihiko YuyamaN/A¥4,300,000,000N/AN/AN/AToho
Viz Media
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Final Fantasy VII: Advent ChildrenTetsuya NomuraN/AN/A50%88/100N/ASquare Enix
Columbia Pictures
Square Enix
Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the SeaKunihiko YuyamaN/A¥3,400,000,000N/AN/AN/AToho
Viz Media
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Pokémon: The Rise of DarkraiKunihiko YuyamaN/A¥5,020,000,000N/AN/AN/AToho
Viz Media
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky WarriorKunihiko YuyamaN/A¥4,800,000,000N/AN/AN/AToho
Viz Media
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of LifeKunihiko YuyamaN/A¥4,670,000,000N/AN/AN/AToho
Viz Media
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of IllusionsKunihiko YuyamaN/A$71,143,529N/AN/AN/AToho
Viz Media
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and ZekromKunihiko YuyamaN/A¥4,330,000,000N/AN/AN/AToho
Viz Media
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of JusticeKunihiko YuyamaN/A¥3,610,000,000N/AN/AN/AToho
Viz Media
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend AwakenedKunihiko YuyamaN/A¥3,170,000,000N/AN/AN/AToho
Viz Media
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of DestructionKunihiko YuyamaN/A¥2,910,000,000N/AN/AN/AToho
Viz Media
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Yo-kai Watch: The MovieShigeharu Takahashi
Shinji Ushiro
N/A$80,268,94780%N/AN/ATohoLevel-5
Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of AgesKunihiko YuyamaN/A¥2,610,000,000N/AN/AN/AToho
Viz Media
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Yo-kai Watch: Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan!Shigeharu Takahashi
Shinji Ushiro
N/A$58,850,969N/AN/AN/ATohoLevel-5
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XVTakeshi Nozue
N/A$6,550,00013%35/100N/AAniplex
Stage 6 Films
Square Enix
Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical MarvelKunihiko YuyamaN/A¥2,150,000,000N/AN/AN/AToho
Viz Media
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!Kunihiko Yuyama
November 5, 2017
N/A33%N/AN/AToho
Viz Media
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flowerTomonori SudōN/A$19,027,568N/AN/AN/AAniplexType-Moon
Pokémon the Movie: The Power of UsTetsuo Yajima
November 24, 2018
N/A$23,740,78871%N/AN/AToho
Viz Media
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterflyTomonori SudōN/A$19,790,000N/AN/AN/AAniplexType-Moon
Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back EvolutionKunihiko Yuyama
Motonori Sakakibara
N/A¥2,980,000,000N/AN/AN/AToho
Viz Media
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
NiNoKuniYoshiyuki MomoseN/A$2,000,000N/AN/AN/AOLM, Inc.Bandai Namco Entertainment
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring songTomonori SudōN/A$19,252,497N/AN/AN/AAniplexType-Moon
Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the JungleTetsuo YajimaN/A$23,600,000N/AN/AN/AToho
Viz Media
Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't SingHiroyuki Hata
April 17, 2025
N/A$12,300,000N/AN/AN/AShochikuSega

TitleDirectionRelease dateDomestic box officeDistributorOriginal game publisher
Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!Masami HataN/AShochikuNintendo
Tameo KohanawaN/ATohoHudson Soft
Dragon Quest: Dai no DaibōkenNobutaka NishizawaN/AToei Company
TBS
Enix
Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken Tachiagare!! Aban no ShitoHiroki ShibataN/AToei Company
TBS
Enix
Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken Buchiya bure!! Shinsei Rokudai ShoguoNobutaka NishizawaN/AToei Company
TBS
Enix
Fatal Fury: The Motion PictureMasami ŌbariN/AShochikuSNK
Sakura Wars: The MovieMitsuru HongoToei CompanySega
AirOsamu DezakiN/AToei CompanyKey
Animal CrossingJōji Shimura¥1,700,000,000TohoNintendo
ClannadOsamu DezakiN/AToei CompanyKey
Resident Evil: DegenerationMakoto Kamiya¥43,000,000Sony Pictures Entertainment JapanCapcom
Tales of Vesperia: The First StrikeKanta Kamei¥84,549,987Kadokawa Daiei StudioBandai Namco Games
Professor Layton and the Eternal DivaMasakazu Hashimoto¥610,000,000TohoLevel-5
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade WorksYūji Yamaguchi¥280,000,000The Klockworx Co., Ltd.Type-Moon
Sengoku Basara: The Last PartyKazuya NomuraN/AProduction I.GCapcom
Tekken: Blood VengeanceYōichi MōriN/AAsmik Ace
Namco Pictures
Bandai Namco Games
Dragon Age: Dawn of the SeekerFumihiko SoriN/AT.O EntertainmentElectronic Arts
Bayonetta: Bloody FateFuminori KizakiN/ACrunchyroll, LLCSega
Persona 3 The Movie: No. 1, Spring of BirthNoriaki Akitaya
Tomohisa Taguchi
¥201,886,754AniplexAtlus
The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future!Atsushi Nishigori¥772,973,700AniplexNamco Bandai Games
Pretty Rhythm All-Star Selection: Prism Show☆Best TenMasakazu HishidaN/AShochikuTakara Tomy
Persona 3 The Movie: No. 2, Midsummer Knight's DreamTomohisa Taguchi¥152,752,386AniplexAtlus
Aikatsu! The MovieRyūichi Kimura
Yuichiro Yano
¥560,000,000Toei CompanyBandai Namco Games
PriPara the Movie: Everyone, Assemble! Prism ☆ ToursMasakazu Hishida¥100,000,000MedialinkTakara Tomy
Persona 3 The Movie: No. 3, Falling DownKeitaro MotonagaN/AAniplexAtlus
Gekijōban Meiji Tokyo Renka: Yumihari no SerenadeHiroshi WatanabeN/AMovicBroccoli
Aikatsu! Music Award: Minna de Shō o MoraimaSHOW!Shin'ya Watada¥130,000,000Toei CompanyBandai Namco Games
Fly Out, PriPara: Aim for it with Everyone! Idol☆Grand PrixNobutaka YodaN/AMedialinkTakara Tomy
King of Prism by Pretty RhythmMasakazu Hishida¥800,000,000Avex PicturesTakara Tomy
Persona 3 The Movie: No. 4, Winter of RebirthTomohisa Taguchi¥42,981,563AniplexAtlus
PriPara Minna no Akogare Let's Go PriPariMakoto Moriwaki
Masao Okubo
¥45,000,000Avex PicturesTakara Tomy
Monster Strike The MovieShinpei Ezaki¥740,000,000Warner Bros. Pictures JapanMixi
Yo-kai Watch: Soratobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan!Shigeharu Takahashi
Shinji Ushiro
Takeshi Yokoi
¥3,260,000,000TohoLevel-5
Resident Evil: VendettaTakanori Tsujimoto¥150,000,000Kadokawa Daiei StudioCapcom
King of Prism: Pride the HeroMasakazu Hishida¥600,000,000Avex PicturesTakara Tomy
Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: Oni-ō no FukkatsuYoichi Kato
Akihiro Hino
¥2,040,000,000TohoLevel-5
Monster Strike The Movie: Sora no KanataHiroshi Nishikiori¥364,672,100Warner Bros. Pictures JapanMixi
Yo-kai Watch: Forever FriendsShigeru Takahashi¥1,250,000,000TohoLevel-5
King of Prism: Shiny Seven Stars I: Prologue × Yukinojo × TaigaMasakazu Hishida¥320,000,000Avex PicturesTakara Tomy
King of Prism: Shiny Seven Stars II: Kakeru × Joji × MinatoMasakazu Hishida¥320,000,000Avex PicturesTakara Tomy
King of Prism: Shiny Seven Stars III: Leo × Yu × AlecMasakazu Hishida¥320,000,000Avex PicturesTakara Tomy
King of Prism: Shiny Seven Stars IV: Louis × Shin × UnknownMasakazu Hishida¥320,000,000Avex PicturesTakara Tomy
Dragon Quest: Your StoryTakashi Yamazaki
Ryuichi Yagi
Makoto Hanafusa
¥1,420,000,000TohoSquare Enix
Deemo: Memorial KeysJunichi Fujisaku
Shūhei Matsushita
¥33,000,000Pony CanyonRayark

Short films

Listed below are original short films produced, commissioned or licensed from a game publisher.
TitleDirectionRelease dateOriginal game publisher
Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the SaiyansShigeyasu YamauchiBandai
Front MissionYoshihiko DaiSquaresoft
Front Mission Series: Gun HazardYoshihiko DaiSquaresoft
Abe's Exoddus: The MovieLorne LanningOddworld Inhabitants
Grand Theft Auto 2: The MovieAlex De Rakoff
Jamie King
Rockstar Games
Run the Gauntlet Sean Mullens2004Atari
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The IntroductionUnknown2004Rockstar Games
Crash Bandicoot: No Use Crying Jamie Dixon2007Vivendi Games
Crash Bandicoot Monster Truck Jamie Dixon2007Vivendi Games
Crash Bandicoot – Titan Idol Jamie Dixon2007Vivendi Games
Crash Bandicoot – Have Another Jamie Dixon2007Vivendi Games
Deep Dive Tetsuya NomuraSquare Enix
Halo: LandfallNeill BlomkampMicrosoft Game Studios
Heavenly SwordBen HibonSony Computer Entertainment America
Sonic: Night of the WerehogTakashi NakashimaSega
Kijujud ayo Unknown2009Capcom
Assassin's Creed: LineageYves SimoneauUbisoft
Bright FallsPhillip VanMicrosoft Game Studios
Street Fighter: LegacyJoey AnsahCapcom
Red Dead Redemption: The Man from Black WaterJohn HillcoatRockstar Games
Mortal Kombat: RebirthKevin TancharoenWarner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Zombrex Dead Rising Sun Keiji InafuneCapcom
Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Super SaiyansYoshihiro UedaBandai Namco Entertainment
Find Makarov: Operation Kingfish Jeff ChanActivision
Assassin's Creed: EmbersLaurent Bernier
Ghislain Ouellet
Ubisoft
Dragon Age: RedemptionFelicia DayBioWare
Ghost Recon: AlphaFrançois Alaux
Herve de Crecy
2012Ubisoft
Diablo III – WrathPeter ChugBlizzard Entertainment
Tekken Tag Tournament 2Vincent GatinaudBandai Namco Games
Modern Warfare: Sunrise Guillermo de Oliveira
Javier Esteban Loring
Activision
Expiration Date John Cook
Robin Walker
Valve
Shadow of MordorSam Gorski
Niko Pueringer
Monolith Productions
Payday 2: Hoxton Breakout UnknownOverkill Software
The Night Juicer Matsaru MatsuseNintendo
Treasure in a Bottle Matsaru MatsuseNintendo
Occupational Hazards Matsaru MatsuseNintendo
Star Fox Zero: The Battle BeginsKyoji AsanoNintendo
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands: War Within the CartelAvi YouabianUbisoft
The Light CandleUnknownBlizzard Entertainment
Papers, Please – The Short FilmNikita OrdynskiyLucas Pope
The Far Cry ExperienceAntoine BlossierUbisoft
Far Cry 5: Inside Eden's Gate Barry BattlesUbisoft
Carmen Sandiego: To Steal or Not to StealJos HumphreyBroderbund
Conviction Neill Blom
kampSam McGlynn
BioWare
PUBG – The Worst Player in the World Ricky MabeBluehole
The Division 2Warlords of New YorkOlivier Lescot
Boddicker
Ubisoft

Films with plots centered on video games

Tron – Directed by Steven Lisberger. Kevin Flynn, an arcade game designer, gets sucked into the video game world he created and has to fight his way back to the real world.Nightmares – Directed by Joseph Sargent. 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 – Directed by John Badham. Computer hacker breaks into military intelligence computer to play games, which almost starts a thermonuclear war.Joysticks – Directed by Greydon Clark. 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 – Directed by Richard Franklin. 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 – Directed by Nick Castle. 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 – Directed by Charles Band & Ted Nicolaou. 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.Hollywood Zap! – Directed by David Cohen. A bored clerk decides to quit his job and travel to Hollywood, California to fulfill his dreams and to find his missing father. He chooses a hustler as his traveling companion, but both of them experience disillusionment during their quest.Kung Fu Master – Directed by Agnès Varda. A love story between a 40-year-old woman and a 15-year-old boy addicted to the arcade game Kung-Fu Master.The Wizard – Directed by Todd Holland. 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. – Directed by Jun Ichikawa. A group of kids become transfixed from a recently released video game Legend Of Life King IV, a parody of Dragon Quest III.The Lawnmower Man – Directed by Brett Leonard. A mentally handicapped man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science and virtual reality.Arcade – Directed by Albert Pyun. A teenager has to battle inside of a deadly virtual reality video game, to save her friends.Brainscan – Directed by John Flynn. 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 – Directed by Gabriele Salvatores. 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 – Directed by David Cronenberg. A game designer finds herself targeted by assassins while playing a virtual reality game of her own creation.How to Make a Monster – Directed by George Huang. An evil video game comes to life and hunts the group of developers.Avalon – Directed by Mamoru Oshii. Science fiction film centered on a war-themed, virtual reality MMO under the same title.Game Over – Directed by Jason Bourque. Uses footage from five different Digital Pictures games.Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over – Directed by Robert Rodriguez. 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 – Directed by David Hillenbrand & Scott Hillenbrand. A video game tester must fight to escape from a video game that has become all too real.Satan's Little Helper – Directed by Jeff Lieberman. A nine-year old gamer mistakes a costumed killer for a video game version of the Devil.Devour – Directed by David Winkler. A college student is under the demonic influence of an online game.Hellraiser: Hellworld – Directed by Rick Bota. Features a MMORPG based on the Hellraiser mythology.Grandma's Boy – Directed by Nicholaus Goossen. A 35-year-old game tester develops a game in secret only to have someone at work try to steal it.Stay Alive – Directed by William Brent Bell. Friends start dying just like they did in a video game they all played.Ben X – Directed by Nic Balthazar. 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 – Directed by Ed Glaser. 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 – Directed by Stuart Gillard. Is a sequel to WarGames.Gamer – Directed by Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor. A man has to save humanity from being enslaved by an MMO.Assault Girls – Directed by Mamoru Oshii. Three girls in an MMO team up to win a boss battle.Scott Pilgrim vs. the World – Directed by Edgar Wright. Is an action comedy film rife with video game references and plot conceit similar to fighting games.Tron: Legacy – Directed by Joseph Kosinski. Kevin Flynn's son Sam finds his missing father in a new version of the virtual game world and has a similar journey as his father did fighting to get back to reality.Black Heaven – Directed by Gilles Marchand. An innocent young man becomes enamored with a mysterious girl. He is lured into "Black Hole" – a dark, obscure video game world of avatars with deadly serious intentions in the real world.RPG Metanoia – Directed by Luis C. Suárez. Is a Philippine animated adventure film in which a MMORPG called Metanoia gets infected by a virus which affects the online world, and a young player goes on a journey to save the online world and prevent it from taking over the offline world.Best Player – Directed by Richard Amberg. Is a comedy film about two gamers.Ra.One – Directed by Anubhav Amant. Is an Indian Bollywood superhero film, where a video game developer creates an unstoppable villain for his son which becomes all too real..hack//The Movie – Directed by Hiroshi Matsuyama. Is a Japanese anime film based on .hack, a franchise of anime, video games, novels and manga that debuted in 2002, about a virtual reality MMORPG.Wreck-It Ralph – Directed by Rich Moore. An arcade game villain who dreams of being a hero decides to leave his game to become one. Features cameos by multiple licensed video game characters like Sonic the Hedgehog, Pac-Man, Ryu, Bowser, and many more.Noobz – Directed by Blake Freeman. A motley crew of gamers participate in a video game competition.Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie – Directed by James Rolfe and Kevin Finn. This film is based on the web series of the same name, it tells us about the Nerd's long journey to discover the secrets of the cartridges of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial video game for the Atari 2600, considered the worst videogame of all time, buried in the desert of New Mexico.Pixels – Directed by Chris Columbus. When aliens misinterpret video-feeds of Arcade video games and console games as a declaration of war, they attack the Earth, using the games as models for their various assaults to fight aliens such as Donkey Kong, Space Invaders and Pac-Man.Beta Test – Directed by Nicholas Gyeney. A gamer discovers that events in a new video game are being mirrored in the real world, and joins forces with the game's protagonist to unravel the conspiracy.The Warriors Gate – Directed by Matthias Hoene. An avid game is transported to a parallel dimension.Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale – Directed by Tomohiko Itō. Is a Japanese anime film based on Sword Art Online, a novel, manga and anime franchise that debuted in 2002, about a virtual reality MMO, with Ordinal Scale being about an augmented reality MMO.Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle – Directed by Jake Kasdan. Teenagers find a vintage video game version of Jumanji and get sucked into its jungle setting.eHero – Directed by Joseph Procopio. An up-and-coming video gamer and his team must overcome a fiery gaming superstar, as well as their own battling egos, to win the ultimate video game championship.Good Game: The Beginning – Directed by Umut Aral. An underdog Esports team that competes in a League of Legends tournamentReady Player One – Directed by Steven Spielberg. Based on the 2011 novel of the same name, it is set in a dystopian future and is about the search for an easter egg in a virtual reality game called Oasis.Ralph Breaks the Internet – Directed by Rich Moore & Phil Johnston. Sequel to Wreck-It Ralph, and part of the Wreck-It Ralph franchise.Serenity – Directed by Steven Knight. Midway through the film, it is revealed that the story is occurring inside a virtual world.The King's Avatar: For the Glory – Directed by Zhiwei Deng & Juansheng Shi. Animated film based on the Chinese web novel of the same name.Jumanji: The Next Level – Directed by Jake Kasdan. Sequel to Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.Fearless – Directed by Cory Edwards. Two high school seniors try to return three babies to the video game they came from after they mysteriously arrive on Earth.Boss Level – Directed by Joe Carnahan. A retired soldier is trapped in a never-ending time loop that repeatedly results in his death. It adapts video game tropes in film format.Free Guy – Directed by Shawn Levy. Guy, a non-player character, becomes aware of his world being a video game called Free City.8-Bit Christmas – Directed by Michael Dowse. A father recounts his quest to get a Nintendo Entertainment System in the 1980s.Choose or Die – Directed by Toby Meakins. As people play the text-based video game CURS>R, the game begins to interact with the real world.1Up – Directed by Kyle Newman. An all-girl team competes in a gaming competition.Fantasy Football – Directed by Anton Cropper. A girl plays Madden NFL 23 to control her Dad in actual NFL playoffs.Tetris – Directed by Jon S. Baird. Biopic movie about the battle led by Henk Rogers & Nintendo for the Tetris rights for its version of Famicom & NES and the upcoming Game Boy during the tensions of the Cold War between the United States and the U.S.S.R. in late 1980's.Gran Turismo – Directed by Neill Blomkamp. Biopic movie about a Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won a series of Nissan-sponsored video game competitions to become an actual professional race car driver.Tron: Ares – Directed by Joachim Rønning. Standalone sequel to Tron: Legacy.