Hearing the news of your favorite game turned into a movie can be exciting for many fans. But as many players point out, the main problem lies with the creators trying to cramp a 12 to 50-hour game into a 1-hour 30 mins movie. No matter the effort, the emotions and feelings of such long stories can’t be entirely explored in movies. For this, to work we really need series like Dota: Dragon’s Blood which turned out to really good with an IMDB rating of 7.8, and even the new Halo series with a 7 rating. Still, we can’t stop dreaming about a day when we get good Mass Effect trilogy movies. So for the time being, here are upcoming Video Game Movies and also a list of current best movies based on video games ranked by IMDB ratings.
List of Upcoming Movies Based on Video Games
Here are all upcoming movies based on video games to be excited about:
- Beyond Good & Evil (untitled film)
- BioShock
- Borderlands
- Carmen Sandiego (untitled film)
- CrossFire (untitled film)
- Dragon’s Lair (untitled film)
- Five Nights at Freddy’s
- Gears of War (untitled film)
- Ghost of Tsushima
- It Takes Two (untitled film)
- Just Cause (untitled film)
- Just Dance (untitled film)
- Mario (untitled film)
- Mega Man
- Metal Gear Solid (untitled film)
- Minecraft
- Mortal Kombat 2
- Portal (untitled film)
- Rabbids (untitled film)
- Saints Row (untitled film)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3
- Space Invaders (untitled film)
- Tom Clancy’s The Division (untitled film)
- Tomb Raider: Obsidian
- United Streets of Rage film
- Yakuza (untitled film)
Best Movies Based on Video Games Ever Made (2023 Updated)
Here are all the best video game movies of all time:
- Tokimeki Memorial (Tokimeki memoriaru) (1997)
- Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist (mini-series, & film) (2014)
- Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (2012)
- Warcraft (2016)
- Detention (Fanxiao) (2019)
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
- Resident Evil (2002)
- Detective Pikachu (2019)
- Silent Hill (2006)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) & Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)
List of All Video Game Movies Ranked by IMDB Rating
Here’s a list of all video game movies released till now (excluding some animated & foreign films) you can watch right now:
| Title | Release Year | IMDB Rating |
| Tokimeki Memorial (Tokimeki memoriaru) | 1997 | 7.5 |
| Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist (mini-series, & film) | 2014 | 7.2 |
| Detention (Fanxiao) | 2019 | 6.7 |
| Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn | 2012 | 6.7 |
| Warcraft | 2016 | 6.7 |
| Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | 2010 | 6.6 |
| Resident Evil | 2002 | 6.6 |
| Ace Attorney (Gyakuten saiban) | 2012 | 6.5 |
| Detective Pikachu | 2019 | 6.5 |
| Silent Hill | 2006 | 6.5 |
| Sonic the Hedgehog | 2020 | 6.5 |
| Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | 2022 | 6.5 |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | 2001 | 6.4 |
| Need for Speed | 2014 | 6.4 |
| Resident Evil: Damnation | 2012 | 6.4 |
| Resident Evil: Degeneration | 2008 | 6.4 |
| The Angry Birds Movie 2 | 2019 | 6.4 |
| Uncharted | 2022 | 6.4 |
| Tomb Raider | 2018 | 6.3 |
| Hitman | 2007 | 6.2 |
| Resident Evil: Extinction | 2007 | 6.2 |
| Resident Evil: Vendetta | 2017 | 6.2 |
| The Angry Birds Movie | 2016 | 6.2 |
| Mirai Ninja (Cyber Ninja) | 1988 | 6.1 |
| Mortal Kombat | 2021 | 6.1 |
| Rampage | 2018 | 6.1 |
| Resident Evil: Apocalypse | 2004 | 6.1 |
| Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Ryû ga gotoku: Gekijô-ban) | 2007 | 6.1 |
| Werewolves Within | 2021 | 6 |
| Mortal Kombat | 1995 | 5.8 |
| Resident Evil: Afterlife | 2010 | 5.8 |
| Fatal Frame (Gekijô-ban: Zero) | 2014 | 5.7 |
| Hitman: Agent 47 | 2015 | 5.7 |
| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | 2001 | 5.7 |
| Assassin’s Creed | 2016 | 5.6 |
| House of Neko Atsume (Neko atsume no ie) | 2017 | 5.6 |
| Halo: Nightfall | 2014 | 5.5 |
| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life | 2003 | 5.5 |
| Like a Dragon: Prologue | 2005 | 5.5 |
| Ratchet & Clank | 2016 | 5.5 |
| Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | 2017 | 5.5 |
| Siren (based on Forbidden Siren games) | 2006 | 5.5 |
| Max Payne | 2008 | 5.3 |
| Resident Evil: Retribution | 2012 | 5.3 |
| Dead Rising: Watchtower | 2015 | 5.2 |
| Doom | 2005 | 5.2 |
| Monster Hunter | 2020 | 5.2 |
| Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City | 2021 | 5.2 |
| Legend of the Ancient Sword | 2018 | 5.1 |
| Company of Heroes | 2013 | 5 |
| Ao Oni ver2.0 | 2015 | 4.9 |
| Silent Hill: Revelation | 2012 | 4.9 |
| DOA: Dead or Alive | 2006 | 4.8 |
| Tekken | 2010 | 4.8 |
| Dead Rising: Endgame | 2016 | 4.7 |
| Dynasty Warriors: Destiny of an Emperor | 2021 | 4.7 |
| Onechanbara: The Movie | 2008 | 4.7 |
| Corpse Party (Côpusu pâtî) | 2015 | 4.6 |
| Postal | 2007 | 4.4 |
| Wing Commander | 1999 | 4.3 |
| It Came from the Desert | 2017 | 4.2 |
| Super Mario Bros. | 1993 | 4.1 |
| Corpse Party Book of Shadows (Kôpusu pâti: Book of Shadows) | 2016 | 4 |
| Street Fighter | 1994 | 4 |
| Ao Oni | 2014 | 3.9 |
| Double Dragon | 1994 | 3.8 |
| In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale | 2007 | 3.8 |
| Doom: Annihilation | 2019 | 3.7 |
| House of the Dead 2 | 2005 | 3.7 |
| Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | 2009 | 3.7 |
| Mortal Kombat: Annihilation | 1997 | 3.6 |
| Dead Trigger | 2017 | 3.2 |
| Far Cry | 2008 | 3.2 |
| In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds | 2011 | 3.1 |
| BloodRayne: The Third Reich | 2011 | 3 |
| In the Name of the King 3: The Last Mission | 2014 | 3 |
| The King of Fighters | 2009 | 3 |
| BloodRayne | 2005 | 2.9 |
| Tekken 2: Kazuya’s Revenge | 2014 | 2.8 |
| BloodRayne 2: Deliverance | 2007 | 2.7 |
| Alone in the Dark 2 | 2008 | 2.6 |
| Alone in the Dark | 2005 | 2.4 |
| Zombie Massacre | 2013 | 2.4 |
| House of the Dead | 2003 | 2.1 |
That’s all about upcoming Video Game Movies and also a list of current best movies based on video games. While you are here, check out our Video Games Guides for more tips & tricks for most of the popular games from the above list.