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Here you can find a list of 10 sci-fi movies that deserve to be made, but the appearance of Starcraft and Halo on the list sparked my interest. Should there be other video games that deserve movies?

I'd start off...

A Resident Evil based on the games
Okay, the original movie and Apocalypse were good movies, but after playing Resident Evil 4, it is clear that a single, super-human protagonist was a poor choice. Not to mention the extinction of the human race. The mansion could have been a good start, Resident Evils 2 and 3 would have been good as a single movie, and added the back story for Resident Evil 4, which has it's own lines for Leon, but tickles your back ear with signs that there is a lot going on behind the scenes.

Dead Rising
So maybe the Zombie Mall Movie genre has been done, but having a really good zombie movie would be a good thing. The Resident Evil movies moved from zombies being the enemies to, as said before, a super-human character fighting an evil corporation. Frank is simple, and a Dead Rising movie would have plenty of comedy aspects (cue zombie bowling sequence). No horror. Just action and comedy and many notes about Otis being pushy with communications.

Splinter Cell
Not a lot of depth, but with all the other Tom Clancy movies, why not give Sam Fisher a chance? He's a super-spy/super-stealth character that officially "does not exists", and you can place him behind the scene of world events while filling the rest of the story with old-fashioned brink of war suspense.

God of War (prequel?)
Kratos is one of the manliest figures ever, and it's time for a good movie about Greek mythology. The modern twist is enough to justify changing the gods and stories a little bit while letting Kratos go on a violent rampage. Shallow, yes, but 300 and Crank did ok, too.

Assassin's Creed
I think that the only thing bad about this game was the repetitive gameplay. Outside of that, the story was good. On one hand, we're exploring genetic memories for "something", while Desmond and the audience get close to Altair in a biblical/crusade story. It could have action and suspense, as well as a few "bad video game moments" to make the audience chuckle.

Half-Life
With Hugh Laurie as Gordon Freeman. End. of. Story.

Soul Calibur
So maybe the fighting game/movie has been done (MK), but Soul Calibur is comprised of many smaller stories that a movie could flesh out, such as Sigfried's conflict with the Soul Edge, turning him into Nightmare. Every character falls between salvation and redemption, and if you write in that characters have to fight for the Soul Calibur, you end up with a bit of mystery and suspense about who will be saved and who will be damned.

There is only one game that deserves it.

Duke Nukem.

Or or or or.

Portal.

Oh come on! How many shooter/shooter-esque movies do we need? gonk

He's got a point I would like to see something like zelda as much as the next person but I'm being realistic I'm also Picking ones with what I feel have more story then just shooting if it doesn't have a good story backing it it's just another mindless shooter but all of those have good stories even the other suggestion before mine

also take into acount Zelda is an excellent story but in todays society we have this strange attraction to shooting sex and violence hence the large populace of movies and games contain one if not all of the above Zelda is lacking in those but hey if someone does decide to make a movie ofit I'll jump behind that effort

You're wrong about backstory. That isn't what would kill a Zelda movie. The problem is that there is too much going on in Zelda games to make a movie. Think about it. Most Zelda games cover three dungeons, then all hell breaks loose and you have to fight through at least five more dungeons, plus final dungeons, plus bosses, plus conclusion. There's too much silent time when Link goes to work that would have to get cut, and like it or not, that's the bulk of what Zelda is about.

Great for games--it keeps you busy--but bad for movies.

As for shooters...they only make better movie-worthy stories because they cut that adventure aspect out that keeps Zelda form being a good movie. There's action and dialog. Some shooter might as well be C-list movies...

Resistance would be weird, to say the least, but I would much prefer a movie about that game..."Turning Point"?...whatever the one where the US stayed neutral and the Nazis invaded the East coast. That one. Better yet, Shattered Union. That game had the best trailer ever. Too bad that was all the story you got...

I can't see Shadow of the Colossus being a movie. It was a great game, but it had the same Zelda aspect of zero-dialogue--was all about exploring and beating Colossi.

GTA would be a good outlet for a modern gangster film. It might only have a niche appeal for those who are around while the games are popular, but it would about the same as Scarface.

Speaking of game movies and what not I just found out that whoever is making the kane and lynch film is planning to cast bruce willis as kane not a bad choice but I would have never guessed it if I hadn't read it

A grand theft auto series of Movies wouldn't be bad but it would be hard cause ur never with the same character for more then one game and if they do try to tackle that Niko would be the best character choice for Protanganist/anti hero

I still think fear should be a movie though that one stands out for thrills and chills