Top 10 Video Game Movies as Ranked by IMDb Users9 of 10
2. Resident Evil (2002) — Rating: 6.7
The original Resident Evil is still the best according to IMDb users. If writer/director Paul W.S. Anderson and star Milla Jovovich hadn't found an audience with this adaptation of the Capcom game, they never would've made five subsequent movies, including Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, coming in January 2017. Jovovich said Sigourney Weaver's character in Alien was her inspiration for Alice, crediting her younger brother Marco for introducing her to the "Resident Evil" video game, which they played together. Angelina Jolie's Lara Croft: Tomb Raider had just come out the year before and was shot down by critics. So, there was skepticism that a video game movie could work. But IMDb users gave Lara Croft a 5.7 rating, compared to 6.7 for Resident Evil. So, this one seemed to work OK. At this point, the Resident Evil franchise is the highest-grossing film series based on video games, earning $915 million worldwide, and most likely to break $1 billion with The Final Chapter.
The original Resident Evil is still the best according to IMDb users. If writer/director Paul W.S. Anderson and star Milla Jovovich hadn't found an audience with this adaptation of the Capcom game, they never would've made five subsequent movies, including Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, coming in January 2017. Jovovich said Sigourney Weaver's character in Alien was her inspiration for Alice, crediting her younger brother Marco for introducing her to the "Resident Evil" video game, which they played together. Angelina Jolie's Lara Croft: Tomb Raider had just come out the year before and was shot down by critics. So, there was skepticism that a video game movie could work. But IMDb users gave Lara Croft a 5.7 rating, compared to 6.7 for Resident Evil. So, this one seemed to work OK. At this point, the Resident Evil franchise is the highest-grossing film series based on video games, earning $915 million worldwide, and most likely to break $1 billion with The Final Chapter.