Games based on movies

In the 80s and the 90s we all saw a lot of good blockbuster movies come out. Some of them were good, some of them were bad. Unfortunately, most of video games based on movies (called 'tie-in') were really bad. Developers tried to put everything they could in those games and divided gameplay in different parts, each of them with a different gameplay: platform, driving sim, puzzle, etc. The best games based on a movie are those that focus on a single genre: Indiana Jones games, Star Wars games etc.

Most popular based on a movie games

The Lion King

actionDOS

Disney's Aladdin

actionDOS

Blade Runner

adventureWindows XP/98/95, Linux

Based on a movie games

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007: License to Kill

DOS19894/5 Quixel
A Nightmare on Elm street

DOS19893.9/5 Westwood Studios
Alien Trilogy

DOS19964.3/5 Probe Entertainment
Arachnophobia

DOS19914.1/5 Blue Sky Productions
Back to the Future Part 2

DOS19903.8/5 Images Software
Batman Returns

DOS19923.9/5 Spirit of discovery
Batman: the Movie

DOS19904.2/5 Ocean Software
Beauty and the Beast

DOS19924.1/5 Infogrames
Beethoven 2

DOS19933.1/5 Rozner Labs Software Group
Beetlejuice: Skeletons in the closet

DOS19923.9/5 Hi-Tech Expressions
Beverly Hills Cop

DOS19903.1/5 Tynesoft Computer Software
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

DOS19904.1/5 Off The Wall Productions
Blade Runner

Windows XP/98/95Linux1997protected4.2/5 Westwood Studios

Blade Runner is one of those point & click adventure games that somewhat manages to fully capture the spirit of a cult movie without copying the original plot. Fans of the Blade Runner movie will enjoy this game, even without Harrison Ford.
Blues Brothers RPG

Windows XP/98/952004freeware4/5
Bram Stoker's Dracula

DOS19934/5 Psygnosis
City of Lost Children

DOS19973.9/5 Psygnosis
Days of Thunder

DOS19903.9/5 Argonaut Games
Dick Tracy

DOS19903.2/5 Titus Interactive
Die Hard

DOS19893.3/5 Activision
Die Hard 2: Die Harder

DOS19923.4/5 Tiertex Design Studios
Disney's Aladdin

DOS19944.3/5 Virgin Interactive
Ghostbusters

DOS2006remake3.8/5

Ghostbusters is a abandoned action game based on the 80s hit movie Ghostbusters. Ghostbusters was released in 2006 as a remake of the game of the same name developed by Activision in 1984 for a number of platforms including C64, Atari 2600, ZX Spectrum.
Ghostbusters 2

DOS19893.8/5 Dynamix

Ghostbusters 2 is an abandoned action game based on the movie of the same name, set in New York. Ghostbusters 2 was developed by Dynamix and released by Activision in 1989. It's part of a series of games based on the popular Ghostbuster franchise, being the olny one developed for DOS.
Gremlins

DOS19842.8/5 Atari
Gremlins 2: The New Batch

DOS19903.4/5 Elite Systems
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Windows XP/98/9520014/5 KnowWonder
Home Alone

DOS19914/5 Manley Associates
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

DOS19924/5 Manley Associates
Hook

DOS19924/5 Shadow Software
Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures

Windows 3.xMac19964.1/5 LucasArts