Films with theme "Films about video games", sorted by name

, 2h10
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, Rape and revenge films, Films about video games, Auto-justice
Actors Isabelle Huppert, Christian Berkel, Anne Consigny, Virginie Efira, Laurent Lafitte, Charles Berling

Georges Leblanc est emprisonné depuis les années 1970 pour avoir perpétré un massacre de masse. À l'époque, il avait impliqué sa fille Michèle dans sa folie meurtrière. Aujourd'hui, Michèle Leblanc (Isabelle Huppert) est devenue une femme d'affaires que rien ne semble atteindre. Mais au moment où son père demande à être remis en liberté, elle est violée par un inconnu masqué. Alors qu'en écho à son expérience primitive avec la police elle décide de ne pas porter plainte, un processus s'enclenche : un jeu de rôle avec son violeur et une confrontation à son passé, qui la mèneront à se libérer du « déni étrange » qui la porte.

, 1h39
Directed by Joseph Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Anthology film, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Films about video games
Actors Cristina Raines, Emilio Estevez, Lance Henriksen, Anthony James, Richard Masur, Lee Ving

During a traffic stop at night, a cop is stabbed to death by someone leaping from the bushes. A killer is terrorizing a local California area and the TV and radio are reporting that the cop is his fifth victim.

, 1h27
Directed by Mark Rosman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about computing, Jeu, Films about video games, Robot films
Actors Ethan Embry, Cassidy Rae Joyce, Cindy Pickett, John de Lancie, Paul Dooley, William H. Macy

Teenage computer whiz Kyle Baxter (Ethan Randall) enters, and subsequently cheats in a virtual reality version of laser tag(this was due to losing in a round caused by an uninvited player interfering). The prize is a robotic opponent to compete against in a real-world version of the game. When "Evolver" (the robot, voiced by William H. Macy) is first delivered, it appears to be quite simply a toy, but is revealed that whenever Evolver is defeated, he "evolves" up to the next level of the game, becoming smarter, quicker and harder to beat. Kyle, his friend Zach, Jamie, (a girl he met during the competition and lost because of her,) and his sister, Ali (Nassira Nicola) soon begin the first level of the game with Evolver. The first game (Evolver vs. Kyle, Zach, Jamie, and Ali) passes quickly, and all appears to be fine. Later, because Evolver has recording capabilities, Kyle and Zach send Evolver into the girls locker room at their school. However, Evolver is discovered by the girls there and is pushed into the boys locker room, where he switches to game mode. The only occupant, Dwight, a bully jock, meets Evolver, who takes him as an enemy to defeat.

, 1h36
Directed by David Cronenberg
Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Films set in the future, Films about video games, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films
Actors Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Ian Holm, Don McKellar, Callum Keith Rennie, Sarah Polley

In the near-future, organic virtual reality game consoles known as "game pods" have replaced electronic ones. The pods are attached to "bio-ports", outlets inserted at players' spines, through biotechnological umbilical cords. Two game companies, Antenna Research and Cortical Systematics, compete against each other. In addition, a group of "realists" fights both companies to prevent the "deforming" of reality.

, 1h35
Directed by Uwe Boll
Origin German
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Films about video games, Films based on video games
Actors Til Schweiger, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Michael Paré, Clint Howard, Natalia Avelon, Will Sanderson

The film begins in a jungle at nighttime as a mercenary squad scouts the nearby area looking out for modified super soldiers ("Trigens" in the Game), only to be slaughtered by a lone Mutant. Dr. Krieger (Udo Kier) is then informed by his men about the event and asked to stop the research, Krieger refusing to do so. The film then skips to Valerie Cardinal at CIA headquarters who is secretly receiving information about the events and the actual research by an informant. They then arranged a meeting with her at the Island.

, 1h40
Directed by Tetsuya Nomura
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Thriller, Comedy, Documentary, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Historical, Musical, Crime, Animation, Romance, Western
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Films about magic and magicians, Films about video games, Films based on video games
Actors Takahiro Sakurai, Ayumi Itō, Kenichi Suzumura, Showtaro Morikubo, Māya Sakamoto, Megumi Toyoguchi

Setting Advent Children takes place two years following the events of the 1997 role-playing video game Final Fantasy VII, during which the antagonist Sephiroth attempted to absorb the Lifestream (the lifeblood and soul of the planet) and be reborn as a god. He was defeated by Cloud Strife and his companions but Sephiroth's final spell, Meteor, destroyed the city of Midgar.

, 25minutes
Directed by Tetsuya Nomura, Morio Asaka
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Films about video games, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Films based on video games
Actors Toshiyuki Morikawa, Kenichi Suzumura, Takahiro Sakurai, Ayumi Itō, Junichi Suwabe, Keiji Fujiwara

À la suite du massacre de Nibelheim par Sephiroth, Zack et Cloud tentent de fuir les forces de la Shinra et les Turks afin de rentrer à Midgar. Leur fuite est entrecoupée de flash-backs autour des événements ayant eu lieu à Nibelheim.

, 1h46
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation, Romance, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Films about video games, Political films, Dystopian films, Impact events in fiction, Films based on video games, Disaster films
Actors Ming-Na Wen, Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Donald Sutherland, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi

In 2065, Earth is infested by alien life forms known as Phantoms. By physical contact Phantoms consume the Gaia spirit of living beings, killing them instantly, though a minor contact may only result in an infection. The surviving humans live in "barrier cities", areas protected by an energy shield that prevents Phantoms from entering, and are engaged in an ongoing struggle to free the planet. After being infected by a Phantom during one of her experiments, Aki Ross (Ming-Na) and her mentor, Doctor Sid (Donald Sutherland), uncover a means of defeating the Phantoms by gathering eight spirit signatures that, when joined, can negate the Phantoms. Aki is searching for the sixth spirit in the ruins of New York City when she is cornered by Phantoms but is rescued by Gray Edwards (Alec Baldwin) and his squad "Deep Eyes", consisting of Ryan Whittaker (Ving Rhames), Neil Fleming (Steve Buscemi) and Jane Proudfoot (Peri Gilpin). It is revealed that Gray was once romantically involved with Aki.

Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Jeu, Films about toys, Films about video games, Films based on video games

, 1h28
Directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Origin Japon
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Films about video games, Films based on video games
Actors Yui Ichikawa, Hiroshi Abe, Naomi Nishida, Naoki Tanaka (田中直樹), Suzuki Matsuo, Kyūsaku Shimada

L’histoire se déroule à Yamijima, une île fictive isolée au sud du Japon qui a vu l'ensemble de ses habitants disparaître la nuit du 3 août 1976. L'unique survivant répétait en boucle : « La sirène sonne, n'allez pas dehors. »... 26 ans plus tard, Yuki Amamoto s'installe sur l'île avec son père et son petit frère souffrant, dont elle s'occupe comme de son enfant depuis la mort de leur mère. À l'exception du médecin local, l'accueil réservé par la petite communauté insulaire est glacial. Yuki se voit conseiller de ne pas sortir dehors lorsque la sirène retentit et découvre un carnet relatif aux évènements de 1976. Elle vit alors une série de faits troublants.

, 1h15
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Sports films, Documentary films about sports, Documentary films about technology, Films about video games

The documentary focuses on three different players who arrive in Cologne to compete in a gaming tournament for Dota 2, The International, that will net the winning team a $1 million prize.

, 1h35
Directed by Wong Jing
Origin Hong kong
Genres Science fiction, Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Martial arts
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Sports films, Time travel films, Films set in the future, Martial arts films, Superhero films, Films about video games, Films based on video games
Actors Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Aaron Kwok, Chingmy Yau, Dicky Cheung, Simon Yam

In the year 2043, an evil crime lord (The General/M. Bison) is trying to take over the world. He was arrested and was sentenced to jail by the Judge. The General's minions, Kent (Ken), Thai King (Sagat), and Toyota (E. Honda) travel to the year 1993 to kill the Judge before he has a chance to get into office. During a battle with The General's minions, the Future Cops Lung (Ryu), Broom Man (Guile), Ti Man (Vega), and Sing (Dhalsim) hear of their plot. The Police Director decided to send them back to the past also to protect the Judge. Lung ultimately stays behind because he is the Police Director's brother in law.

, 1h32
Directed by Patrick Levis
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Action
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Comedy science fiction films, Films about video games
Actors Saïd Taghmaoui, Alexis Loret, Camille de Pazzis, Maud Buquet, Bruno Salomone, Gérard Vivès

Tony, petit délinquant, sort de prison avec l'intention de se ranger ; il a dans l'idée de monter une société de jeux vidéo, avec un « intello » qui excelle en informatique.

, 1h2
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about computing, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Documentary films about technology, Films about video games, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film

Common topics in the film include why games matter, what a game is, what they do for individuals, and how they affect culture are explored. Sexuality in culture bridges the gap to sexuality in games, to make room for the topic of non traditional sexualities and expressions being a part of culture, and thus video games. Hate speech and bigotry are common in online spaces, and how that affects people personally when they play games is commented on. Solutions to harmful activity is postulated, and many point to the GaymerX convention for doing good work in creating a safe space in adding visibility, to influence a more open-minded gaming community, as well as more LGBTQ characters in mainstream games.

Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about computing, Documentary films about technology, Films about video games