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List of documentaries about video games

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The following is a list of documentaries about video games.

2000s

2006

Title Director/s Subject
8BIT Marcin Ramocki
Justin Strawhand		 The intersections of video games, art, and music

2007

Title Director/s Subject
Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade[1] Lincoln Ruchti The golden age of video arcade games
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters'[2] Seth Gordon The rivalry between Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe over the Donkey Kong record high score

2008

Title Director/s Subject
Frag Mike Pasley Professional video gaming
Second Skin [3] [4][5][6][7] Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza Follows seven people through the world of MMORPGs

2010s

2011

Title Director/s Subject
Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters[8] Adam Cornelius A documentary following world-record holding Tetris players as they prepare for the 2010 Championships[9]

2012

Title Director/s -
Indie Game: The Movie[10] James Swirsky
Lisanne Pajot		 Documentary about the struggles of independent game developers Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes during the development of Super Meat Boy, Phil Fish during the development of Fez, and also Jonathan Blow, who reflects on the success of Braid.

2015

Title Director/s Subject
Thank You for Playing[11] David Osit
Malika Zouhali-Worrall		 Follows the creation of the arthouse video game That Dragon, Cancer[12]
The Lost Arcade[13] Kurt Vincent About the influence of the Chinatown Fair arcade on the fighting game community and New York City as a whole.[14]

2017

Title Director/s Subject
Moleman 4 - Longplay Szilárd Matusik A documentary which recounts the so far little-known story of the beginnings of video game development behind the Iron Curtain. Outfoxed Nintendo, surprised Commodore engineers, The Last Ninja story, a games software outfit that dodged the limelight and led the world.
Polybius: The Video Game That Doesn't Exist Stuart Brown About the urban legend of Polybius.[15]

2019

Title Director/s Subject
League of Legends Origins Leslie Iwerks Fans, experts and creators of the League of Legends detail the game's rise from free demo to global esports titan.[16]
Uncle Art Lucy Lowe The story of the man behind some of the most memorable gaming music of the '80s and '90s -- Starglider, Carrier Command, Beneath a Steel Sky, After Burner and more: Dave Lowe.[17]

2020s

2022

Title Director/s Subject
Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest Mads Hedegaard Following the attempts of Kim "Cannon Arm" Kobke to break the world record of arcade game Gyruss.[18]

2023=

Title Director/s Subject
Running With Speed Patrick Lope
Nicholas Mross		 Documentary about the speedrunning community narrated by speedrunning historian Summoning Salt.[19]
FPS: First Person Shooter David L. Craddock
Christopher Stratton		 Bringing together the largest ensemble of gaming icons ever assembled on screen, FPS: First Person Shooter takes fans on a nostalgic journey through classics from Doom and Duke Nukem 3D to GoldenEye 007, Halo, and beyond.

2024

Title Director/s Subject
Grand Theft Hamlet[20] Sam Crane
Pinny Grylls 		Documentary about a production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet delivered entirely in Grand Theft Auto Online during the COVID-19 lockdown in England in 2020.[21]

2025

Title Director/s Subject
George A. Romero's Resident Evil[22] Brandon Salisbury 2025 About the unrealized film adaptation of the horror video game series Resident Evil, for which filmmaker George A. Romero was considered as a director.[23]

see also

References


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  1. ↑ Peter Hirschberg (28 July 2007). "Peter Hirschberg's Journal: Pixar and Me". Retrieved 2008-07-14.
  2. ↑ 'https://web.archive.org/web/20071016074956/http://slamdance.com/2007/festival/film_detail.asp?film_id=994
  3. ↑ "Home | Second Skin". Secondskinfilm.com. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
  4. ↑ "Know Your History: 10 Video Game Documentaries You Need to Watch". Complex Networks.
  5. ↑ "Blogs - The Top Five Documentaries About Video Games - AMC". www.amc.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-17. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  6. ↑ "Know Your History: The 15 Best Video Game Documentaries". 15 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "The best video game documentaries ever - Photo | Red Bull Games". Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
  8. ↑ https://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/08/ecstasy-of-order-tetris/
  9. ↑ "Film - Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters -". ecstasyoforder.com. August 11, 2011. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2012. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  10. ↑ https://whatculture.com/film/indie-game-the-movie-review-informative-emotional-documentary
  11. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150626235856/http://www.pbs.org/pov/blog/pressroom/2015/06/pov-pbs-acquires-thankyouforplaying/
  12. ↑ Lowe, Justin (2015-06-16). "'Thank You For Playing': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  13. ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-21/in-the-lost-arcade-the-documentary-filmmaker-kurt-vincent-explores-the-communities-built-at-chinatown-fair
  14. ↑ Erbland, Kate (2016-07-15). "Film Acquisition Rundown: Oscilloscope Dates 'Girl Asleep,' 26 Aries Sets First Theatrical Release And More". IndieWire. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  15. ↑ Houlihan, Ryan (2020-10-31). "'Polybius' is real". Input. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  16. ↑ "League of Legends Origins". Netflix. 2019. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  17. ↑ Wilkinson, Sue (5 November 2019). "Uncle Art, Scarborough and the story of a pioneer of gaming music". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  18. ↑ Felperin, Leslie (2022-06-21). "Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest review – lovable gamers on mission to break record". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  19. ↑ Sheehan, Gavin (2023-01-09). "We Review The Video Game Documentary Running With Speed". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  20. ↑ https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/grand-theft-hamlet-filmmakers-interview-sxsw-1234964017/
  21. ↑ Saito, Stephen (2024-03-11). "'Grand Theft Hamlet' Review: A Captivating Staging of Shakespeare in 'Grand Theft Auto' Changes the Game". Variety. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  22. ↑ https://collider.com/george-romero-resident-evil-trailer/
  23. ↑ O'Rourke, Ryan (2023-03-29). "'George Romero's Resident Evil' Trailer Explores the Director's Would-Be Video Game Adaptation". Collider. Retrieved 2023-04-08.

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