Movies Inspired By Games

Movies Inspired By Games is a concept that appears in 72 games


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People often talk about movie licensed games like The Terminator: Future Shock, but let it not be forgotten that the flow goes both ways. When it does we end up video game licensed movies like Resident Evil: Extinction.

Through the years games have inspired or had a strong base in movies. Here you will find a list of these games that have been either made into a movie or been a key feature in the movie such as in Super Mario Bros the movie which was based off the original game Super Mario Bros.

Movies

This list is incomplete. For the full list, look at the buttom of this page.
The movies appear in random order.

Every man has to face his own demons
Every man has to face his own demons
Max Payne

Directed by: John Moore
Release date: 16th October 2008
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis,Donal Logue and Beau Bridges.
Plot: Follow NYPD detective Max Payne, a man with nothing to lose, as he hunts down the murderers of his wife and daughter. His personal vendetta takes him through the criminal underworld, where he encounters the designer drug "Valkyr", which helps him connect the dots.

Movie based on: Max Payne.





Ultimate plumbers
Ultimate plumbers

Super Mario Bros

Directed by:Rocky Morton, Annabel Jankel
Release Date: 28th May 1993
Staring: Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, and Samantha Mathis
Plot: This story is about two brothers with their own plumbing company who agree to help out a paleontologist named Daisy who made a find on a construction site which turns out to be a portal to an alternate universe where dinosaurs have evolved rather than humans and its all reigned over by King Koopa who is trying to combine to two worlds and have total control. The only ones who can help are the Mario brothers along with Daisy, the lost princess of the dinosaur universe.

Movie based loosely on the Super Mario franchise.



More demons!
More demons!
Doom

Directed by: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Release Date: 21st October 2005
Staring: Dwayne Johnson,Karl Urban, Rosamund Pike
Plot: Space Marines led by Dwayne Johnson are sent to investigate strange events at a research facility on a distant planet but find they are facing genetically enhanced killing machines. They must find the artillery and survive until they can be rescued.

Movie based on Doom 3.





Come on in, if you dare
Come on in, if you dare

House of the dead

Directed by: Uwe Boll
Release Date: 10th October 2003
Staring: Tyron Leitso, Clint Howard
Plot: A group of kids go to a deserted island for a rave only to find out that everyone has been changed into zombies. Now they must survive the night and hope for rescue unless the doctor gets to them first.

Movie based on ???.





Dead or Alive, its worth getting your but kicked by these girls.
Dead or Alive, its worth getting your but kicked by these girls.

Dead or Alive

Directed by: Corey Yuen
Release Date: 15th June 2007 (usa)
Staring: Jaime Pressly, Devon Aoki,Erick Roberts
Plot: A group of young martial artists are invited to the yearly secret DOA tournament where it turns out to be more than a tournament but a battle for their lives.

Movie based loosely on the Dead or Alive franchise.








The Ultimate Fight
The Ultimate Fight

Mortal Kombat

Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson
Release Date:
18th August 1995
Starring:
Christopher Lambert, Robin Shou, Ashby, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Plot:
Three top martial artists are summoned to a strange island where they must battle beings from an alternate dimension in which the outcome will decide the fate of the world, but with the help of a being from that dimension, Rayden, they may just succeed.

Movie based loosely on the Mortal Kombat franchise.





Shhh! No talking during the movie
Shhh! No talking during the movie

Silent Hill

Directed by: Christophe Gans
Release Date:
21st April 2006
Starring:
Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden
Plot:
A woman goes in search for a cure to her daughters troubles which leads her to the town of Hill which is built on a burning coal mine. Apon reaching the town the mother is knocked unconscious in an accident and when she comes to her daughter is missing and she goes in search of her. The other person in the accident, a police officer, tries to turn back but finds there is no way out so he goes in search of the woman, but as they find out, not all is what it seems.

Movie based loosely on the Silent Hill franchise.




All aboard for Racoon City
All aboard for Racoon City

Resident Evil

Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson
Release date:
15th March 2002
Starring:
Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius
Plot:
After a sabotage of The Umbrellas underground science facility, has lost her memory and with a team of military grunts she has to go into the facility to find out what happened and who she is, but nothing is ever as simple as it seems. The release of the T-Virus has turned all the workers of the facility into zombies and now not only do they have to find out what went wrong but they have to survive and try to shut down the facility.

Movie based on Resident Evil.





Deeply inspired by Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Deeply inspired by Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Directed by: Alexander Witt
Release date:
10th September 2004
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr
Plot:
The deadly T-virus has infected the whole city, and the military is putting Raccon City in quarantine. To clean up their tracks, Umbrella unleashes a mutant with codename "Nemesis" to eliminate the remaining S.T.A.R.S. members.

Movie based on Resident Evil 3: Nemesis.






This time the zombies have taken over the world
This time the zombies have taken over the world

Resident Evil: Extinction

Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
Release date:
20th September 2007
Starring:
Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Oded Fehr
Plot:
The 3rd Resident Evil movie takes place years after the first outbreak. The world is nearly deserted and the remaining survivors are starting to lose their hope for a future.

Movie based loosely on the Resident Evil franchise.







She has daddy issues
She has daddy issues

Bloodrayne

Directed by: Uwe Boll
Release date:
6 January 2006
Starring:
Kristanna Loken, Michael Madsen, Matthew Davis
Plot:
18th century Romania Rayne is a star attraction of a circus side show because she is half vampire. She learns her father was the king of Vampires and raped her mother and decides to avenge her mother by killing her father. Along the way she meets up with a clan of vampire hunters called Brimstone who persuades her to join their society and agree to help her on her quest to destroy her father.

Movie based on ???.




A tale of a farmer
A tale of a farmer

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

Directed by: Uwe Boll
Release date:
11 January 2008
Starring:
Jason Statham, Burt Reynolds, John Rhys-Davies
Plot: A horde of monsters invades the land, and a unfortunate farmer loses his family. Desperate for revenge, he joins the King's army and starts his journey to their leader.

Movie based on Dungeon Siege.





Animal Crossing: The Movie
Animal Crossing: The Movie

Animal Crossing: The Movie

Written  by: Aya Matsui
Release date:
16 December 2006 (Japan)
Starring: Misato Fukuen,Yui Horie, Yu Kobayashi
Plot: ???

Movie based on ???.







Cover of the Clannad movie.
Cover of the Clannad movie.

Clannad

Directed by:
Osamu Dezaki
Written by: Makoto Nakamura
Release Date:September 15, 2007 (Japan)
Starring:
Kenji Nojima, Mai Nakahara, Ryo Hirohashi, Hoko Kuwashima, Daisuke Sakaguchi
Plot:???

Movie based on ???.







Movies Inspired By Games games
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Name Platforms Developer
Dante's Inferno
released on Feb. 9, 2010
PSP, X360, PS3 Artificial Mind & Movement, Visceral Games
Wheelman
released on March 27, 2009
PC, X360, PS3 Tigon Studios, Midway Studios Newcastle
Street Fighter IV
released on Feb. 17, 2009
X360, PS3, PC, ARC Capcom
Dead Space
released on Oct. 14, 2008
PC, X360, PS3 Visceral Games
Tales of Vesperia
released on Aug. 26, 2008
X360, PS3 Namco Tales Studio Ltd.
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
released on Nov. 19, 2007
PS3 Naughty Dog, Inc.
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
released on Nov. 13, 2007
PC, PS3, X360 IO Interactive
BioShock
released on Aug. 21, 2007
MAC, X360, PS3, PC 2K Australia, 2K Boston, 2K Marin, Digital Extremes
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
released on Jan. 12, 2007
X360, PS3, PC Capcom
Gears of War
released on Nov. 7, 2006
X360, PC Epic Games, People Can Fly


Concept Name: Movies Inspired By Games
Appears in: 72 games
First appearance: Super Mario Bros.
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