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What is the best video game movie of the 1990s?

by YPB Team

Hollywood spent the decade failing to adapt games, expensively. A couple of these are better than their reputation suggests.

  1. Wing Commander (1999) — ranked #11
    Wing Commander (1999)
    Chris Roberts directing an adaptation of his own space-combat series.
    1000pts
  2. Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) — ranked #22
    Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)
    The sequel that recast most of its leads and is routinely named among the worst of the genre.
    945pts
  3. Double Dragon (1994) — ranked #33
    Double Dragon (1994)
    The beat-em-up adaptation, relocated to a flooded near-future Los Angeles.
    906pts
  4. Super Mario Bros. (1993) — ranked #44
    Super Mario Bros. (1993)
    The first live-action video game film, a commercial failure that later found a cult following.
    764pts
  5. Street Fighter (1994) — ranked #55
    Street Fighter (1994)
    Jean-Claude Van Damme as Guile, and Raúl Julia's final film role as M. Bison.
    503pts
  6. Pokémon: The Movie 2000 — ranked #66
    Pokémon: The Movie 2000
    The 1999 Japanese release that carried the franchise's box-office run into a second year.
    503pts
  7. Mortal Kombat (1995) — ranked #77
    Mortal Kombat (1995)
    Paul W. S. Anderson's adaptation, which took $122.2 million and was the highest-grossing video game film of its day.
    503pts
  8. Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994) — ranked #88
    Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994)
    The Japanese animated film widely rated the better Street Fighter adaptation of its year.
    0pts
  9. Pokémon: The First Movie (1998) — ranked #99
    Pokémon: The First Movie (1998)
    The animated film that overtook Mortal Kombat as the highest-grossing video game adaptation.
    0pts
  10. Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins (1995) — ranked #1010
    Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins (1995)
    The animated prequel released direct to video ahead of the live-action film.
    0pts

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Comments

Fourteen months apart in 1994 and 1995, for $99.4 million and $122.2 million worldwide: https://youpick.best/articles/mortal-kombat-vs-street-fighter-ranked

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