Live-action feature films, short films, TV movies and TV series are based on video games.
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A list by Deano
127
Items on this list58%
Average Rating140h 15m
Total Runtime$6.6B
Total Revenue2
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Live-action/animated television series.
TV Show
September 4, 1989
3
Maniac Mansion
Canadian-American TV series loosely based on the 1987 video game by Lucasfilm Games.
TV Show
September 17, 1990
11
ATHENA
Japanese television series based on Athena: Awakening from the Ordinary Life, a Japanese video game developed by Yumekobo and published by SNK for the Sony PlayStation.
TV Show
April 6, 1998
12
Mortal Kombat: Conquest
Television series serves as a prequel to the Mortal Kombat fighting video game.
TV Show
October 3, 1998
20
Chinese Paladin
Chinese fantasy television series adapted from the popular Taiwanese adventure role-playing video game The Legend of Sword and Fairy by Softstar Entertainment.
TV Show
January 24, 2005
25
Forbidden Siren
Based on Japan Studio's Project Siren survival horror stealth game.
Movie
February 11, 2006
1h 27m
$5.8M
26
Like a Dragon: Prologue
Based on the 2005 Japan action-adventure PlayStation 2 video game, Yakuza.
Movie
August 16, 2006
0h 43m
$0
29
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
A Japanese featured film based on the 2005 Japan action-adventure PlayStation 2 video game, Yakuza.
Movie
February 23, 2010
1h 50m
$5.2M
36
Shrill Cries of Summer
AKA When They Cry. A Japanese film based on the murder mystery dōjin soft visual novel series and video games built on the NScripter game engine and the Microsoft Windows operating system.
Movie
May 10, 2008
1h 46m
$0
42
Chinese Paladin 3
Chinese fantasy television series and a prequel to Chinese Paladin (2005), adapted from the popular Taiwanese adventure role-playing video game The Legend of Sword and Fairy by Softstar Entertainment.
TV Show
June 28, 2009
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