For almost as long as video games have been popular, Hollywood has been adapting them for movies and television shows. Often it's fighting games like Mortal Kombat , but even more G-rated games like Candy Crush have been adapted in one way or another. The adaptations aren't always great, but the games they chose usually are.
Here is our list of great games that have been adapted into movies and TV shows. Mortal Kombat When the first Mortal Combat video game was first released in 1992 it was immediately one of the most controversial games on the market. It was also massively popular.
It's still very popular, as new games have continued to be released over the years and there have been multiple adaptions, including for the first time as a movie in 1995. Tomb Raider The first Tomb Raider video game came out in 2001 and there have been multiple installments of the game about a female archeologist and action hero, Lara Croft. The game was first adapted into a movie starring Angelia Jolie in 2001's Lara Croft: Tomb Raider , and its sequel.
It was adapted again in a reboot starring Alicia Vikander, in 2018. Sonic The Hedgehog The first Sonic The Hedgehog game became a pillar of the SEGA gaming system in 1991. It took a long time, but it was eventually adapted into a hit movie in 2020 with the same name.
In the '90s, it was briefly turned into an animated show as well. The Last Of Us The Last Of Us was an unlikely hit video game before it was turned into a very well-received hit TV s.
