'Mortal Kombat' to 'Lara Croft': Ranking the best movies based on video games

Adaptations haven't always got the formula right. Here, we round up the best and the worst of the lot

Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo in "Super Mario Bros." Courtesy Buena Vista Pictures

13. 'Super Mario Bros' (1993). This was the first film to be adapted from a popular video game, and as such, the 'Super Mario Bros' movie had the unfortunate task of making it clear what you could and couldn't do in an adaptation. The film barely resembled the games. The main character of Mario, played by Bob Hoskins, had the mustache and the red overalls but nothing else. The film's design was likened to 'Blade Runner' at times, which you don't expect when playing the side-scrolling platformer. IMDB rating: 4/10. Rotten Tomatoes rating: 21 per cent. Courtesy Buena Vista Pictures

Faisal Salah

May 11, 2019

Cinema and video games have tried to meld since gaming became a global phenomenon in the 1990s. While game developers managed to make their games more cinematic, movies based on video games have yet to achieve an acceptable level of success.

Some films adapted from video games still manage to remind the viewers of how much they enjoyed playing the game, or at least get non-gamers interested in playing.

In this list, we rank 13 major video-game adaptations, taking into account the film's quality, its fun factor, how close is it to the source material and how much potential it had.

Scroll through the gallery above to see a ranking of 13 movie-game adaptions.

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