1. Developing Hell: The Making of Hades
This documentary takes you inside developer Supergiant Games for every step of the game’s journey: from before its surprise announcement, to its full launch almost two years later, and beyond, as the game grew into a worldwide phenomenon. The result is a unique chronicle of one of the most celebrated games of 2020, and an insightful look at how a small team can bring a game to life.
2. My Own Landscapes
Within the French and American armies, virtual reality prepares soldiers for their future battles just as it treats post-traumatic stress disorder after their baptism of fire. Antoine Chapon meets Cyril, former military video game designer and a veteran, who is dealing with the return to civilian life and loss of identity.
3. Confidences (Confidences)
CONFIDENCES is a 2016 documentary proposing to understand where the future of video games. Meet video game professionals who will offer their insights, unveiling a new perspective on this sector, seen from the inside.
4. How Videogames Changed the World
From Pong to Grand Theft Auto, Charlie Brooker delves into the history of videogames and pulls out a selection of its most significant titles. From Atari to Angry Birds, How Videogames Changed the World explores how interactive entertainment evolved from a penny arcade diversion into a medium that some believe is art, and shows how it is changing the way we work, communicate and, of course, play. Joined by Jonathan Ross, Dara O'Briain and gaming legends like Will Wright and John Romero, Brooker looks at how videogames have become the most progressive art form of the last 40 years. This humorous and insightful tour will surprise and entertain the uninitiated and dedicated gamers alike.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
5. Joystick Warriors
For years, there has been widespread speculation, but very little consensus, about the relationship between violent video games and violence in the real world. Joystick Warriors provides the clearest account yet of the latest research on this issue. Drawing on the insights of media scholars, military analysts, combat veterans, and gamers themselves, the film trains its sights on the wildly popular genre of first-person shooter games, exploring how the immersive experience they offer links up with the larger stories we tell ourselves as a culture about violence, militarism, guns, and manhood. Along the way, it examines the game industry's longstanding working relationship with the US military and the American gun industry, and offers a riveting examination of the games themselves -- showing how they work to sanitize, glamorize, and normalize violence while cultivating dangerously regressive attitudes and ideas about masculinity and militarism.
6. The Video Game Revolution
A light-hearted look at the worldwide phenomenon of video games, and how they have revolutionized technology and forever changed popular culture.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
7. Frag
Exploited, abused and sometimes abandoned most gamers fail to reach the top, but like all sports heroes exist. FRAG is the true story of professional video gaming outlining the evolution of the 1980’s arcade game competitions to the elite tournaments of today for millions of dollars around the globe.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
8. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
In this hilarious arcade showdown, a humble novice goes head-to-head against the reigning Donkey Kong champ in a confrontation that rocks the gaming world to its processors! For over 20 years, Billy Mitchell has owned the throne of the Donkey Kong world. No one could beat his top score until now. Newcomer Steve Wiebe claims to have beaten the unbeatable, but Mitchell isn't ready to relinquish his crown without a fight. Go behind the barrels as the two battle it out in a vicious war to earn the title of the true King of Kong.
It has an average vote of 7.756 on TMDB.
9. Inside the Dragon's Lair
Inside The Dragon's Lair takes a journey into the ongoing history of one of the most popular video games of all time - Dragon's Lair. The film will give the audience an in-depth view of the extensive production process that created this revolutionary game. Utilizing the laserdisc medium, this technologically advanced game was a marvel during its release in 1983 and has changed the video gaming world forever. The documentary will revisit the game from its initial conception to its most current release, showing the many different variants and iterations of the game. Also featured will be interviews of the original creators Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, John Pomeroy, and Rick Dyer. Additional interviews will feature artists and programmers involved in the game's production, collectors, technical gurus and die-hard fans.
10. Equinox: Serious Fun
Take a step into the exciting new world of video game entertainment, and hear from the people responsible for the biggest smash hits on your computer!
11. Operation: Jane Walk
The war zone of a dystopian multiplayer shooting game is used to embark some urban explorers on a winter walk, avoiding the combats whenever possible, as peaceful observers, inhabitants of a digital world, which is a detailed replica of Midtown Manhattan.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
12. Nintendo Quest
Homer's Odyssey meets King of Kong as two über geeks try to collect all 678 officially licensed Nintendo Entertainment System game cartridges in 30 days, WITHOUT the aid of online purchasing.
It has an average vote of 5.851 on TMDB.
13. 8 Bit Generation: The Commodore Wars
The rise and fall of Commodore computers in the 70s and 80s as described by the people who created the companies and technologies.
It has an average vote of 6.462 on TMDB.
14. Bambi Hunter
Lockdown, lack of green space, Don Quixote and video games.
15. Forerunners : The History Of The PC Side-Scroller
3D Realms has teamed up with some of the most iconic legends behind one of the oldest genre of video games to bring you a piece of gaming history like no other.
16. Video Games: The Movie
From executive producer Zach Braff and director Jeremy Snead, "Video Games: The Movie" is an epic feature length documentary chronicling the meteoric rise of video games from nerd niche to multi-billion dollar industry. Narrated by Sean Astin and featuring in-depth interviews with the godfathers who started it all, the icons of game design, and the geek gurus who are leading us into the future, "Video Games: The Movie" is a celebration of gaming from Atari to Xbox and an eye-opening look at what lies ahead.
It has an average vote of 6.086 on TMDB.
17. SEASON 1: We are NYXL
In-depth documentary about the NYXL's highs and lows during the inaugural season of Overwatch League with never seen before behind the scenes footage.
18. From Dreams - The Making of the Last of Us: Left Behind
Go behind-the-scenes to explore the themes of love and loss and how The Last of Us: Left Behind single player story chapter was created.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
19. Witchcraft: The Making of Bayonetta
This 78-minute documentary covers every aspect of this iconic game’s creation through interviews with director Hideki Kamiya, Bayonetta character designer Mari Shimazaki, producer Yusuke Hashimoto, designers Hiroshi Shibata and Masaaki Yamada, and a selection of other important members of Platinum Games, the creators of the Bayonetta series. The documentary will take you deep into Bayonetta’s origins, in the words of the game creators themselves!
20. Second Skin
Second Skin takes an intimate look at three sets of computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by online virtual worlds. An emerging genre of computer software called Massively Multiplayer Online games, or MMOs, allows millions of users to interact simultaneously in virtual spaces. Of the 50 million players worldwide, 50 percent consider themselves addicted.
It has an average vote of 5.969 on TMDB.
