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Best Video Game Movies

Every video game has a story, but few of them deserve to be turned into a movie. The best video game movies are exciting productions that manage to create a connection between these two realms.

Tuesday, January 30, 2024
| by Hakan Aslan
Best Video Game Movies

Just because a video game is very successful does not mean that the movie inspired by it will also be successful. There is no guarantee of the success of such transformations. Although many video games have inspired movies, very few of them have been handled correctly and turned into a video game movie that is appreciated by the audience. The best video game movies are productions that have won the appreciation of both movie buffs and gamers who are devoted to the video game they are inspired by.

In the video games, gamers have full control, and they follow the story that creates the fiction of the game. The best video game movies take that raw story and turn it into a visual feast that keeps everyone's attention focused for nearly two hours. And this is definitely a path full of pitfalls, because if a video game movie wants to be successful, it must reflect the spirit of the video game while still containing the characteristics that a movie should have.

It's important to clarify that the best video game movies of all time are definitely not adaptations of the best video games of all time. But of course, every video game movie is based on games that made a splash in the video game world. Some of these video games have been brought to screens with different narratives several times. And some of them have been such huge box-office successes that they have become franchises. It's amazing to see a pixel-looking character running, jumping up, jumping down, and fighting on a two-dimensional platform come to life on the body of one of Hollywood's most famous names, including Oscar winners.

To decide which are the best video game movies, it is necessary to first analyze the connection between these two different worlds. It's essential to understand why some very successful video game adaptations go unappreciated. I think the reason for this is the difference between what the movie audience expects and what gamers dream of seeing. As a cinephile, I looked at all the video game adaptations and chose the best video game movies. Let's take a look at the best video game movies that combine these two realms in the entertainment universe.

Best Video Game Movies
Director
Paul W.S. Anderson
Release Year
2002
Stars
Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Ryan McCluskey, Oscar Pearce
Director
Duncan Jones
Release Year
2016
Stars
Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper
Director
Mike Newell
Release Year
2010
Stars
Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina
Director
Jeff Fowler
Release Year
2022
Stars
James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, Tika Sumpter
Director
Rob Letterman
Release Year
2019
Stars
Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Bill Nighy
Director
Christophe Gans
Release Year
2006
Stars
Radha Mitchell, Laurie Holden, Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger
Director
Ruben Fleischer
Release Year
2022
Stars
Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Antonio Banderas, Sophia Ali
Director
Jeff Fowler
Release Year
2020
Stars
Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Tika Sumpter
Director
Scott Waugh
Release Year
2014
Stars
Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Imogen Poots, Rami Malek
Director
Roar Uthaug
Release Year
2018
Stars
Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu
Director
Xavier Gens
Release Year
2007
Stars
Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper
Director
Brad Peyton
Release Year
2018
Stars
Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Akerman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Director
Josh Ruben
Release Year
2021
Stars
Sam Richardson, Milana Vayntrub, George Basil, Sarah Burns
Director
Simon West
Release Year
2001
Stars
Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Iain Glen, Noah Taylor
Director
Simon McQuoid
Release Year
2021
Stars
Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Joe Taslim