10 Greatest Video Game Movies Of All-Time

Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva is without question the most obscure video game movie on list, but you know what? In terms of overall quality, it's also probably the best video game of the lot. Which technically means it's the best video game movie ever made. Go figure.

Thing is, whilst most of films I've written about on the list are flawed and messy and - in some cases - so awful that they're kind of good, this film is just good. Like, it's a genuinely good movie. I know: stop the presses! Call the President!

Based on the popular Professor Layton video game franchise, it's remarkable that an animated flick inspired by a video game series which focuses on puzzle-solving somehow translated into a worthy film, and yet it did. 

Aside from being a breathtaking adventure in the Studio Ghibli vein (with wonderful animation and likeable characters), the most remarkable thing about the Eternal Diva is that it doesn't shy away from all that which made the video game franchise such a success: here's a flick that gives you the opportunity to solve puzzles as the characters in the movie do. It sounds weird, but it works.

As you might have guessed, Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva wasn't released in cinemas outside of the Asian market, but in Japan it was a major box office success. Without question, no other video game adaptation has managed to transfer elements of its gameplay to the cinematic form to such a success.

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