10 Greatest Video Game Movies Of All-Time

6. Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (1997)

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is one of those films that the critics hated and the fans appeared to embrace. Kind of like what happened with Batman V Superman, but with way less media attention (because why would mainstream audiences care about a spin-off movie to a video game that came out in 1997?).

The plot of this film picks up two years after the end of the game, as a mysterious disease tears across the land and Cloud and his friends are tasked with trying to figure out what the heck is going on.

If you happen to be a fan of Final Fantasy VII - and which serious gamer isn't? - then Advent Children is a worthy enough follow-up to the acclaimed Square Enix game, with enough cool action, visual splendour and fan service to make sitting through its occasionally tedious runtime of 101 minutes worthwhile.

Whilst Advent Children didn't play in theatres overseas, it had a successful cinematic release in Japan and sold a ton of DVDs the world over. The biggest problem with the movie, perhaps, stems from the fact that, if you're unfamiliar with the game, then the plot is near on incomprehensible - hell, even somebody who has played Final Fantasy VII three times could come unstuck with this.

But given the fantastic animation and some a few breathtaking moments, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is still one of the better video game flicks out there.