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

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

*By YPB Team · Published September 22, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-video-game-movie-of-the-1990s*

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

Tags: movies, games, 90s, action