Best Based On Video Game Movies

2023 • Rating 7.6 • family, comedy, adventure

While working underground to fix a water main, Brooklyn plumbers—and brothers—Mario and Luigi are transported down a mysterious pipe and wander into a magical new world. But when the brothers are separated, Mario embarks on an epic quest to find Luigi.

Genre: Family, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Animation

Style:

Audience: Family, Teens

Plot: Gorilla, Plumber, Villain, Anthropomorphism, Magic Mushroom, Based On Video Game, Nostalgic, Toad, Aftercreditsstinger, Duringcreditsstinger

Time: Year 2023, 2020S, 2023-04-05

Place: Japan, United States Of America, English

Cast: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen

2026 • Rating 6.8 • family, comedy, adventure

Having thwarted Bowser's previous plot to marry Princess Peach, Mario and Luigi now face a fresh threat in Bowser Jr., who is determined to liberate his father from captivity and restore the family legacy. Alongside companions new and old, the brothers travel across the stars to stop the young heir's crusade.

Genre: Family, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Animation

Style: Futuristic

Audience: Family, Teens

Plot: Galaxy, Friendship, Sibling Relationship, Space Travel, Turtle, Sequel, Slapstick Comedy, Magic Mushroom, Robot, Based On Video Game

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-04-01

Place: Japan, United States Of America, English, Space

Cast: Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Benny Safdie

2025 • Rating 6.6 • horror, mystery

A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Style: Cerebral

Audience: Adult, Teens

Plot: Exit, Based On Video Game, Found Footage, Station, Anomaly, Cautionary, Introspective, Psychological, Liminal, Metro

Time: Year 2025, 2020S, 2025-08-28

Place: Japan, Japanese, Space

Cast: Kazunari Ninomiya, Yamato Kochi, Nana Komatsu, Naru Asanuma, Kotone Hanase, Hirota Otsuka

2026 • Rating 5.5 • horror, mystery

Rebecca Owens, a recent mortuary science graduate takes a night shift job at River Fields Mortuary. Initially, the job seems straightforward — embalming bodies, completing paperwork, and keeping things tidy. But once Rebecca starts working the night shift, things take a dark turn.

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Style: Cerebral, Dark

Audience: Adult

Plot: Night Shift, Based On Video Game, Mortuary, Macabre, Desperate, Supernatural Horror, Psychological Horror, Callous, Rebecca Owens, A Recent Mortuary Science Graduate Takes A Night Shift Job At River Fields Mortuary

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-02-13

Place: United States Of America, United Kingdom, English

Cast: Willa Holland, Paul Sparks, John Adams, Mark Steger, Shelly Gibson, Emily Bennett

2026 • Rating 5.2 • mystery, drama, horror

When James receives a mysterious letter from his lost love Mary, he is drawn to Silent Hill—a once-familiar town now consumed by darkness. As he searches for her, James faces monstrous creatures and unravels a terrifying truth that will push him to the edge of his sanity.

Genre: Mystery, Drama, Horror

Style: Cerebral, Dark, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Monster, Wife, Supernatural, Letter, Painter, Sequel, Punishment, Love, Survival, Murder

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-01-21

Place: France, Japan, United States Of America, United Kingdom, Germany

Cast: Jeremy Irvine, Hannah Emily Anderson, Evie Templeton, Pearse Egan, Nicola Alexis, Robert Strange

2026 • Rating 0.0 • action, fantasy, adventure

The fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Adventure

Style: Dark

Audience: Adult, Teens

Plot: Martial Arts, Magic, Ninja Fighter, Gore, Sequel, God, Alternate Dimension, Ninja, Fighting, Based On Video Game

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-05-06

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Karl Urban, Adeline Rudolph, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Ludi Lin, Mehcad Brooks