The 10 Best Licensed Games Based on Movies

From Spider-Man 2 to Alien Isolation, these are the best licensed games based on movies.Ah, the licensed video game. Once a collection of underwhelming retellings of big-screen blockbusters, littered with haunting polygonal nightmares and aimless Atari attempts, we’ve seen an uptick in actually good adaptations in recent years, with the upcoming Terminator 2D: No Fate looking like a promising attempt at turning James Cameron’s classic into some enjoyable retro action. So, we thought we’d pick out the best of the bunch. We do have a few little rules, though, that stop just any old film-adjacent game from making the list. They need to either be:A direct translation or adaptation of a feature filmAn official movie sequel or prequel.Or a game that attempts to continue the story or provide backstory and additional canonical lore.So, for example, Insomniac’s Marvel’s Spider-Man is not eligible as it takes place in a Marvel universe separate from the movies and is much more rooted in the original comic books, but the PS2’s Spider-Man 2 would be allowed due to it being directly based on the Sam Raimi film of the same name. Make sense? I hope so. Let’s rank the top 10 best licensed games based on movies.