Video Games That Inspired Movies and TV Shows

Written By: Aditya Singh

Based on the popular video game franchise by Nintendo, this live-action film adaptation was released on May 28, 1993

Super Mario Bros. (1993)

Inspired by the arcade game of the same name, the movie was released on November 4, 1994

Double Dragon (1994) 

Inspired by the arcade game of the same name, the movie was released on November 4, 1994

Street Fighter (1994)

A horror film series inspired by the popular survival horror video game franchise, the first movie was released in 2002

Resident Evil (2002)

Based on the action-adventure video game series, the first movie adaptation featuring Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft

Tomb Raider (2001)

A successful TV series on Netflix, The Witcher is based on both the book series and the critically acclaimed video game trilogy

The Witcher (2019)

This epic fantasy film was inspired by the massively popular World of Warcraft online game and its predecessor

Warcraft (2016)