Want to know the best Video Game movies? How about the worst Video Game Movie? Curious about the Video Game Movies box office grosses or which Video Game movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Video Game movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
With Assassin’s Creed opening up today (December 21st, 2016) we figured it would be fun to look at all of the movies that were based on a video game. This page ranks 40 Video Game Movies from Best to Worst. The rankings were determined by looking at box office grosses, critic reviews, audience voting and award recognition.
Drivel part: Has there every been a good video game movie? Well…we are sure headed into 2016, video game movie lovers had high expectations for Warcraft and Assassin’s Creed. Well both of those movies were destroyed by critics. Which means of the 40 movies listed here…..all 40….are rated below RottenTomatoes’ “fresh” score of 60%. So it looks like until Peter Jackson tackles Halo…..that the answer to the question…..”Is there a good video game movie?” ….is a big NO.
Video Game Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Video Game Movies by stars of the movie
- Sort Video Game Movies by domestic adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Video Game Movies by worldwide adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Video Game Movies Movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Video Game Movies Movies received
- Sort by how many Oscar® wins each Video Game Movies Movies received.
- Sort Video Game Movies Movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking Score (UMR). Our UMR score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score | ||||
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| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score |
| 1 | Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (2022) | James Marsden | 190.90 | 195.4 | 412.0 | 9 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 96.4 | |
| 1 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) | Charlie Day & Seth Rogen |
574.90 | 574.9 | 1,360.6 | 2 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 96.0 | |
| 1 | Sonic The Hedgehog (2020) | Jim Carrey | 146.10 | 171.5 | 359.7 | 2 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 92.9 | |
| 3 | Mortal Kombat (1995) | Christopher Lambert | 70.50 | 174.6 | 302.8 | 22 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 88.4 | |
| 5 | Uncharted (2022) | Tom Holland & Mark Wahlberg |
146.50 | 150.0 | 404.2 | 13 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 88.4 | |
| 4 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) | Angelina Jolie & Daniel Craig |
131.20 | 250.3 | 524.1 | 15 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 83.7 | |
| 7 | Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998) | Veronica Taylor | 85.70 | 197.1 | 376.1 | 21 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 83.7 | |
| 8 | Rampage (2018) | Dwayne Johnson & Naomie Harris |
99.30 | 117.6 | 504.4 | 34 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 83.5 | |
| 9 | The Angry Birds Movie (2016) | Jason Sudeikis & Sean Penn |
107.50 | 134.0 | 435.9 | 27 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 82.7 | |
| 8 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) | Jake Gyllenhaal & Ben Kingsley |
90.80 | 124.0 | 459.6 | 37 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 78.8 | |
| 9 | Mortal Kombat (2021) | 39.90 | 42.3 | 78.9 | 33 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 69.3 | ||
| 13 | Tomb Raider (2018) | Alicia Vikander | 57.40 | 67.9 | 323.5 | 50 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 67.9 | |
| 11 | Tetris (2023) Apple TV |
Taron Egerton | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 190 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 67.4 | |
| 14 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) | Donald Sutherland & Alec Baldwin |
32.10 | 61.3 | 162.4 | 74 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 58.5 | |
| 15 | Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) | Milla Jovovich | 50.60 | 79.4 | 231.5 | 51 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 51.2 | |
| 17 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) | Milla Jovovich | 51.20 | 88.9 | 224.6 | 64 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 51.0 | |
| 16 | Resident Evil (2002) | Milla Jovovich | 40.10 | 74.6 | 190.4 | 65 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 49.9 | |
| 19 | Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) | Milla Jovovich | 60.10 | 82.2 | 404.7 | 55 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 47.1 | |
| 18 | Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) | Milla Jovovich | 42.30 | 57.3 | 325.2 | 76 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 44.9 | |
| 20 | Silent Hill (2006) | Sean Bean | 47.00 | 77.0 | 159.9 | 67 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 44.4 | |
| 21 | Need For Speed (2014) | Aaron Paul & Michael Keaton |
43.60 | 57.5 | 268.2 | 78 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 40.3 | |
| 22 | Pokemon: The Movie 2000 (2000) | Ikue Otani | 43.80 | 87.5 | 267.9 | 57 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 39.1 | |
| 24 | Assassin's Creed (2016) | Michael Fassbender & Jeremy Irons |
54.60 | 68.1 | 300.0 | 64 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 37.1 | |
| 22 | The Wizard (1989) | Christian Slater & Tobey Maguire |
14.30 | 38.8 | 38.8 | 68 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 36.9 | |
| 23 | Warcraft: The Beginning (2016) | Ben Foster | 47.40 | 59.0 | 540.5 | 71 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 36.6 | |
| 26 | Monster Hunter (2020) | Milla Jovovich | 14.60 | 17.1 | 33.9 | 23 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 30.5 | |
| 27 | Pokémon 3: The Movie (2000) | Ikue Otani | 17.10 | 34.1 | 136.8 | 103 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 26.8 | |
| 28 | Hitman (2007) | Timothy Olyphant | 39.70 | 62.2 | 156.6 | 68 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 26.6 | |
| 30 | Max Payne (2008) | Mark Wahlberg & Mila Kunis |
40.70 | 61.1 | 128.2 | 70 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 20.4 | |
| 29 | Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016) | Sean Bean & Aaron Paul |
0.30 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 225 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 19.0 | |
| 32 | Street Fighter (1994) | Jean-Claude Van Damme | 33.40 | 88.3 | 262.7 | 42 | 26 | 00 / 00 | 18.6 | |
| 31 | Doom (2005) | Dwayne Johnson | 28.20 | 47.5 | 94.3 | 98 | 36 | 00 / 00 | 17.1 | |
| 35 | Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) | James Remar | 35.90 | 84.4 | 120.7 | 59 | 23 | 00 / 00 | 12.3 | |
| 33 | Postman Pat: The Movie (2014) | Jim Broadbent | 0.10 | 0.1 | 11.5 | 298 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 9.2 | |
| 34 | Ratchet & Clank (2016) | Sylvester Stallone | 8.80 | 11.0 | 17.9 | 147 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 8.6 | |
| 37 | Super Mario Bros. (1993) | Bob Hoskins & Dennis Hopper |
20.90 | 54.5 | 54.5 | 72 | 27 | 00 / 00 | 7.1 | |
| 36 | DOA: Dead or Alive (2006) | Jaime Pressly | 0.50 | 0.8 | 12.3 | 249 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 6.8 | |
| 38 | Hitman: Agent 47 (2015) | Rupert Friend | 22.50 | 28.7 | 105.3 | 92 | 32 | 00 / 00 | 4.9 | |
| 41 | Silent Hill: Revelation (2012) | Sean Bean | 17.50 | 23.7 | 70.8 | 113 | 28 | 00 / 00 | 2.2 | |
| 39 | Pokémon Heroes (2002) | Veronica Taylor | 0.70 | 1.4 | 38.8 | 212 | 36 | 00 / 00 | 2.2 | |
| 40 | Pokémon 4Ever (2001) | Rica Matsumoto | 1.70 | 3.3 | 53.5 | 179 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 2.0 | |
| 42 | Wing Commander (1999) | Freddie Prinze Jr. | 11.60 | 24.7 | 24.7 | 115 | 25 | 00 / 00 | 1.2 | |
| 43 | Double Dragon (1994) | Robert Patrick | 2.30 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 167 | 29 | 00 / 00 | 1.0 | |
| 44 | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) | Chris Klein | 8.70 | 12.6 | 18.3 | 146 | 21 | 00 / 00 | 0.3 | |
| 45 | House of the Dead (2003) | Clint Howard | 10.20 | 18.3 | 24.7 | 126 | 16 | 00 / 00 | 0.1 | |
| 46 | BloodRayne (2005) | Ben Kingsley | 2.40 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 180 | 16 | 00 / 00 | 0.0 | |
| 47 | Alone in the Dark (2005) | Christian Slater | 5.20 | 8.7 | 17.6 | 161 | 14 | 00 / 00 | 0.0 |
Just How Bad Have Video Game Movies Been? Check Out These Stats
- Of the 40 movies listed in the previous table…none have been nominated for a single Oscar® in any category. That is 0 for 40.
2. The average critic/audience rating for these 40 movies is 37.12%……that is 5% below an average Adam Sandler movie. Sandler has the lowest average critic/rating in our database.
3. Not a single one of the 40 movies listed in the previous table have a critic/audience rating above 60%. 60% is what RottenTomatoes.com considers to be a good/”fresh” movie. That is 0 for 40 again.
4. Only three of the movies listed in the previous table are above the average UMR score of 40.00. That is 3 for 40 or 7.5%….which means 92.5% are below an average UMR score.
5. Three of 40 video game movies in the previous table have a UMR score under 10.00. Those 3 movies are the 7th, 6th and 1st worst rated movies in my 30,000 plus movie database.
6. Alone In The Dark (2005) is now the lowest rated movie in our database. That movie knocked 2014’s Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas out of the bottom spot in our rankings.
And finally want to see some outstanding movie posters on Video Game Movies….then check out friend to our website….Steve Lensman’s Video Game Poster Page.
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hope the warcraft movie is like the game
Thank you. I was bragging to my grandson about your webpage. He had just seen Tomb Raider. I will let him see it.
New Tomb Raider movie?
The new Tomb Raider movie will be added very soon….probably later today. Thanks for stopping by.
Hey Dolores….Tomb Raider is now on the table.
So you’re saying that they cannot make a good video game movie? I have seen more than half so I will keep giving them a chance. Nice to see my ex-wife on top of the list, definitely my favorite in the top 10. Surprised the Resident Evils are not higher. Favorite low ranked movie has to be Double Dragon, even though its from a sentimental standpoint, however I did re watch this just a few months ago. And I will give House of the Dead a shot out from all the hours spent at the arcade and my Smallville obsession with Erica Durance even though she did not last long.
Thanks for the comment Bryan. It is strange reading about how you are walking down memory lane. It makes you seem old…which makes me what? Well my time as Jolie’s father in law was short but sweet. At least you found a Jennifer Lawrence look alike to marry…..lol.
Double Dragon was horrible back then…..you could just not see it. The House of Dead was a fun game but a truly horrible movie. Thanks for checking out this page and commenting.