Top Video Game Movies & TV Shows

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989) TV Show

7.1 94 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 65

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: In 1989 the two most famous plumbers from Brooklyn burst out of the Nintendo game world and onto television screens across America. The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! aired weekday afternoons and brought Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool and King Koopa more thrilling adventures as cartoon characters. And if that weren't enough, each episode also contained live-action segments featuring Mario and Luigi running their Brooklyn plumbing shop - all before they were flushed down a drainpipe into the Mushroom World.

Plot: nintendo, based on video game

Cast

Rica Matsumoto

Ikue Otani

Yuji Ueda

Megumi Toyoguchi

Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life (2009)

7.1 316 votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family

Country: Japan

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: G

Story: When the creator of the world, Arceus, comes to pass judgement on humanity for the theft of the legendary Jewel of Life, Ash and his friends are sent back in time to possibly reverse the events that led to Arceus' vendetta.

Plot: time travel, based on video game, anime, legendary monster

Cast

Lewis Tan

Jessica McNamee

Mehcad Brooks

Josh Lawson

Mortal Kombat (2021)

7.1 6.9K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: R

Story: Washed-up MMA fighter Cole Young, unaware of his heritage, and hunted by Emperor Shang Tsung's best warrior, Sub-Zero, seeks out and trains with Earth's greatest champions as he prepares to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.

Plot: martial arts, saving the world, magic, ninja fighter, gore, god, alternate dimension, shaolin monk, ...

Elephant (2003)

7.0 2.1K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 81 min.

Audience: R

Story: Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.

Plot: video game, gun, mass murder, classroom, portland, oregon, violence in schools, girlfriend, ...

Cast

Mark Fischbach

Caroline Kaplan

Troy Baker

Elsie Lovelock

Iron Lung (2026)

7.0 333 votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 125 min.

Audience: R

Story: In a post-apocalyptic future where an event known as "The Quiet Rapture" caused all known stars and habitable planets in the universe to disappear, a convict is sent to search an ocean of blood discovered on a desolate moon, using a small submarine nicknamed the "Iron Lung".

Style: claustrophobic, slow burn, intimate, suspenseful, tense, ...

Plot: moon, submarine, expedition, post-apocalyptic future, hallucination, gore, space, underwater, ...

Time: future

Cast

Rica Matsumoto

Ikue Otani

Mayumi Izuka

Satomi Korogi

Pokémon: The First Movie (1998)

7.0 1.6K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation

Country: Japan

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: G

Story: Determined to prove its superiority, a bio-engineered Pokémon called Mewtwo lures Ash, Pikachu and others into a Pokemon match like none before.

Plot: clone, villain, revenge, cloning, based on video game, creator, search for meaning, researcher, ...

Cast

Jason Sudeikis

Josh Gad

Danny McBride

Leslie Jones

The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)

7.0 1.9K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: Finland, United States of America

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Red, Chuck, Bomb and the rest of their feathered friends are surprised when a green pig suggests that they put aside their differences and unite to fight a common threat. Aggressive birds from an island covered in ice are planning to use an elaborate weapon to destroy the fowl and swine.

Style: irreverent

Plot: island, rivalry, sequel, family, based on video game, animal kingdom, unassuming, 3d animation, ...

Cast

Kazunari Ninomiya

Yamato Kochi

Naru Asanuma

Kotone Hanase

Exit 8 (2025)

7.0 591 votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Country: Japan

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?

Style: psychological

Plot: exit, based on video game, found footage, station, anomaly, cautionary, introspective, liminal, ...

Cast

Rica Matsumoto

Ikue Otani

Yuji Ueda

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Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (2005)

7.0 336 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation

Country: Japan

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: NR

Story: In the legendary past, before Poké Balls were invented, an aura-guiding hero Pokémon named Lucario sensed two groups of armies about to clash, and a threat of a massive war in front of Oldoran Castle in Kanto that would leave no survivors. He transferred this message to his master, the legendary hero Arlon, while he was being attacked by a violent group of Hellgar. During the battle, his sense of sight was lost and he was rendered unable to see. He used the detection of his Aura, and so with the offensive Wave Bomb, he eliminated them. Though by the threat, the queen of Rota, Lady Rin was resolute to die with her civilians, and so Arlon made a choice.

Plot: pocket monsters, celebration, based on video game, anime

Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (2012) TV Show

7.0 808 votes

Genre: Action, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 5

Audience: TV-MA

Story: UNSC Cadet Thomas Lasky must conquer his inner fears and join forces with super-soldier John-117 to take down a massive faction of the Covenant.

Plot: martial arts, cadet, alien invasion, based on video game, duringcreditsstinger, halo

Time: future

Cast

Pierre Niney

Franu00e7ois Civil

Igor Gotesman

Margot Bancilhon

Five (2016)

7.0 1.3K votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: France

Duration: 102 min.

Story: A young man paying the rent for himself and his lifelong friends ends up flat-broke and resorts to selling marijuana to pay the bills – only to get caught up in the dangerous world of drugs.

Plot: video game

Cast

Graham McTavish

Vanessa Branch

Peter Jessop

Steve Blum

Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010)

7.0 573 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation

Country: United States of America, Japan

Duration: 88 min.

Audience: R

Story: Dante journeys through the nine circles of Hell -- limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery -- in search of his true love, Beatrice. An animated version of the video game of the same name.

Style: shocking, philosophical

Plot: based on novel or book, traitor, greed, crusade, hell, heresy, thief, lucifer, ...

Cast

Kevin Dorman

Matthew Mercer

Erin Cahill

John DeMita

Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017)

6.9 1.1K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation

Country: Japan, United States of America

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: R

Story: When a fearless enemy out for revenge unleashes a brutal and deadly new virus, BSAA captain Chris Redfield enlists the help of Agent Leon S. Kennedy and Professor Rebecca Chambers to bring down the death merchant and save New York City.

Plot: sequel, zombie, based on video game, virus, anime, bio terrorism, 3d animation, bold

Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story (2020) TV Show

6.9 81 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery

Country: Japan

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 25

Audience: TV-14

Story: Few people know the truth: the world is safe thanks to the Magical Girls who are forced to slay Witches. Even though these girls are putting their lives on the line for a wish, rumors say they can be saved in Kamihama City. That’s where Iroha Tamaki is headed in search of answers; she can’t remember the wish she made to Kyubey.

Plot: witch, magic, surrealism, conspiracy, memory loss, spin off, based on video game, dark fantasy, ...

Cast

Ryan Reynolds

Justice Smith

Kathryn Newton

Bill Nighy

Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)

6.9 7.4K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Country: Japan, United States of America

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: PG

Story: In a world where people collect pocket-size monsters (Pokémon) to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent monster who seeks to be a detective.

Plot: amnesia, detective, car crash, whodunit, based on video game, missing person, missing parent, buddy comedy, ...

Cast

Rica Matsumoto

Ikue Otani

Yuji Ueda

Megumi Toyoguchi

Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai (2007)

6.9 317 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation

Country: Japan

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: G

Story: Ash and friends (this time accompanied by newcomer Dawn) arrive at an idyllic village on their way to their next Pokemon contest, where chaos will soon erupt with the prophecy of two Pokemon Gods (Dialga and Palkia) and the arrival of a mysterious, seemingly deadly Pokemon named Darkrai, which has the power to distort space and time.

Plot: nightmare, pocket monsters, contest, misunderstanding, battle, based on video game, interdimensional beings, anime

Cast

Matthew Mercer

Courtenay Taylor

Robin Sachs

Dave Wittenberg

Resident Evil: Damnation (2012)

6.9 1.0K votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Horror

Country: Japan

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: R

Story: U.S. federal agent Leon S. Kennedy sneaks into the "East Slavic Republic" to verify rumors that Bio-Organic Weapons (BOWs) are being used in the country's civil war, which the U.S. and Russia are making preparations to jointly intervene in. Right after his infiltration, the U.S. government orders him to leave immediately. Determined to uncover the truth, Leon ignores the order and enters the battlefield to end the chain of tragedies caused by the BOWs.

Plot: mind control, biological weapon, dystopia, political instability, gore, infection, sequel, zombie, ...

Cast

Tom Holland

Mark Wahlberg

Sophia Ali

Tati Gabrielle

Uncharted (2022)

6.9 7.0K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 116 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A young street-smart, Nathan Drake and his wisecracking partner Victor “Sully” Sullivan embark on a dangerous pursuit of “the greatest treasure never found” while also tracking clues that may lead to Nathan’s long-lost brother.

Plot: lighter, treasure hunt, treasure map, based on video game, lost treasure, duringcreditsstinger, missing relative

Cast

Frank Grillo

Mel Gibson

Naomi Watts

Will Sasso

Boss Level (2021)

6.9 2.0K votes

Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: R

Story: A former special forces agent is trapped in a time loop and relives his death over and over again. To escape the terrible situation, he must track down those responsible and stop them.

Style: philosophical, satirical, absurd

Plot: video game, time loop, audacious, defiant, scathing

Cast

Jaleel White

Garry Chalk

Maurice LaMarche

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Sonic Underground (1999) TV Show

6.9 156 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Family

Country: France, United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 40

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: Sonic, Sonia, and Manic are the children of Queen Aleena Hedgehog, the rightful ruler of Mobius, and are pursued relentlessly by Doctor Robotnik and his bumbling bounty hunters sidekicks, Sleet and Dingo. As infants, the siblings were separated and placed in hiding to fulfill a prophecy made by the Oracle of Delphius that the triplets would grow up to find their estranged mother, overthrow Robotnik, and take their places once more as Mobius' rightful rulers.

Plot: musical, robot as menace, rebellion, triplet, based on video game, hedgehog, animal protagonist, band

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