The following is a list of documentaries about video games.
2000s 2006 Title Director/s Subject 8BIT Marcin RamockiJustin Strawhand The intersections of video games, art, and music
2007 Title Director/s Subject Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade Lincoln Ruchti The golden age of video arcade games The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters'https://web.archive.org/web/20071016074956/http://slamdance.com/2007/festival/film_detail.asp?film_id=994 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 Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza Follows seven people through the world of MMORPGs
2010s 2011 Title Director/s Subject Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Mastershttps://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/08/ecstasy-of-order-tetris/ Adam Cornelius A documentary following world-record holding Tetris players as they prepare for the 2010 Championships
2012 Title Director/s - Indie Game: The Moviehttps://whatculture.com/film/indie-game-the-movie-review-informative-emotional-documentary James SwirskyLisanne 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 Playinghttps://web.archive.org/web/20150626235856/http://www.pbs.org/pov/blog/pressroom/2015/06/pov-pbs-acquires-thankyouforplaying/ David OsitMalika Zouhali-Worrall Follows the creation of the arthouse video game That Dragon, CancerThe Lost Arcadehttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-21/in-the-lost-arcade-the-documentary-filmmaker-kurt-vincent-explores-the-communities-built-at-chinatown-fair Kurt Vincent About the influence of the Chinatown Fair arcade on the fighting game community and New York City as a whole.
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 ExistStuart BrownAbout the urban legend of Polybius.
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.Uncle ArtLucy LoweThe 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.
2020s 2022 Title Director/s SubjectCannon Arm and the Arcade Quest Mads Hedegaard Following the attempts of Kim "Cannon Arm" Kobke to break the world record of arcade game Gyruss.
2023 Title Director/s SubjectRunning With Speed Patrick LopeNicholas Mross Documentary about the speedrunning community narrated by speedrunning historian Summoning Salt.FPS: First Person Shooter David L. CraddockChristopher 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 SubjectGrand Theft Hamlethttps://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/grand-theft-hamlet-filmmakers-interview-sxsw-1234964017/Sam CranePinny GryllsDocumentary about a production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet delivered entirely in Grand Theft Auto Online during the COVID-19 lockdown in England in 2020.
2025 Title Director/s SubjectGeorge A. Romero's Resident Evilhttps://collider.com/george-romero-resident-evil-trailer/ 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.
See also List of films based on video games
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