Game Documentaries
by robertgreen33 | created - 15 May 2018 | updated - 01 Jul 2018 | PublicA list of Video Game and Pinball Documentaries
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1. From Bedrooms to Billions (2014)
150 min | Documentary
'From Bedrooms to Billions' is a 2 and a half hour feature length documentary movie telling the remarkable, true story of the British Video Games Industry from 1979 to the present day. ... See full summary »
Directors: Anthony Caulfield, Nicola Caulfield | Stars: Shahid Ahmad, Nigel Alderton, Nick Alexander, Chris Anderson
Votes: 552
2. From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years! (2016)
152 min | Documentary
How the Commodore Amiga helped influence a generation of Developers to take Video Gaming to a whole new level.
Directors: Anthony Caulfield, Nicola Caulfield | Stars: Shahid Ahmad, Richard Aplin, Brian Bagnall, Kellyn Beeck
Votes: 416
3. Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters (2011)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary
A documentary that captures the greatest world record Tetris players as they prepare for the Classic Tetris World Championship. From the days of Thor Aackerlund and his historic victory at ... See full summary »
Director: Adam Cornelius | Stars: Thor Aackerlund, Pat Contri, Harry Hong, Jesse Kelkar
Votes: 1,594
4. 8 Bit Generation: The Commodore Wars (2016)
100 min | Documentary
When Jack Tramiel invented Commodore in the 1970's, he envisioned computing for the masses and not just the upper classes. Spearheading the personal technology revolution and combatting ... See full summary »
Director: Tomaso Walliser | Stars: Chuck Peddle, Jack Tramiel, Steve Wozniak, Bil Herd
Votes: 215
5. Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade (2007)
R | 90 min | Documentary
1982's Video Game World Champions share their philosophies on joysticks, groupies and life.
Director: Lincoln Ruchti | Stars: Walter Day, Ben Gold, Steve Sanders, Kent Farries
Votes: 1,442
6. Atari: Game Over (2014)
TV-14 | 66 min | Documentary
A crew search for all of the old Atari 2600 game cartridges of "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" that were tossed into a landfill in the 1980s.
Director: Zak Penn | Stars: Zak Penn, Joe Lewandowski, Robert Rentschler, Paul Sanchez
Votes: 6,085
7. 100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience (2012)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary
100 Yen is a historical documentary about the evolution of arcades and the culture surrounding it - from the birth of arcades to the game centers that still thrive today.
Director: Brad Crawford | Stars: Brian Ashcraft, Daigo Umehara, Aaron Chmielowiec, Mike Ross
Votes: 148
8. All Work All Play (2015)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary
This Is a documentary about life and struggle of people for becoming professional gamers.
Director: Patrick Creadon | Stars: Judy Barbosa, Søren Bjerg, Michal Blicharz, Jarett Cale
Votes: 812
9. Game Loading: Rise of the Indies (2015)
92 min | Documentary, Biography, History
GameLoading Rise of the Indies is a feature documentary exploring the world of indie game developers, their craft, their games, their dreams, and how they have forever changed the landscape of games culture.
Directors: Anna Brady, Lester Francois | Stars: Shawn Allen, Robin Arnott, Mark Backler, Kathryn Barrett
Votes: 315
10. Gamer Age (2014)
92 min | Documentary, Biography, History
An anthropological look into the rich culture of video games.
Director: Ian Santer | Stars: Brent Bushnell, Nolan Bushnell, Joe Ciaramelli, Holly Conrad
Votes: 73
11. Get Lamp (2010)
78 min | Documentary
With limited sound, simple graphics, and tiny amounts of computing power, the first games on home computers would hardly raise an eyebrow in the modern era of photorealism and surround ... See full summary »
Director: Jason Scott Sadofsky | Stars: Ernest Adams, Scott Adams, Hollywood Anderson, Jim Aspnes
Votes: 1,799
12. High Score (2006)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary
Although technology continues to evolve, a group of die-hard gamers refuses to abandon the classic arcade games of yesteryear. The 80's live on for these enthusiasts, who compete against ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Mack | Stars: Bill Carlton, Robert Mruczek, Terry Nelson, Todd Rogers
Votes: 310
13. Indie Game: The Movie (2012)
Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary, Drama
A documentary that follows the journeys of indie game developers as they create games and release those works, and themselves, to the world.
Directors: Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky | Stars: Jonathan Blow, Brandon Boyer, Renaud Bédard, Anthony Carboni
Votes: 21,427
14. King of Chinatown (2010)
Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary
King of Chinatown documents the two-year journey of professional video game player Justin Wong as he, along with his manager, TriForce, attempt to make a career of gaming in the competitive Street Fighter 4 scene.
Directors: Jordan Levinson, Calvin Theobald | Stars: Justin Wong, Isaiah TriForce Johnson, Daigo Umehara, Ryan Gutierrez
Votes: 131
15. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)
PG-13 | 79 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Die-hard gamers compete to break world records on classic arcade games.
Director: Seth Gordon | Stars: Steve Wiebe, Billy Mitchell, Mark Alpiger, Adam Wood
Votes: 37,536 | Gross: $0.68M
16. The King of Arcades (2014)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary
Follow the rise and fall of the King of Arcades as one man pursues his dream against all odds.
Director: Sean Tiedeman | Stars: Richie Knucklez, Walter Day, Billy Mitchell, Eugene Jarvis
Votes: 620
17. The Lost Arcade (2015)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary
The story of Chinatown Fair, the legendary arcade located in the heart of New York's Chinatown. This documentary explores how the arcade became a shelter to a community as diverse as the city surrounding it and changed lives in doing so.
Director: Kurt Vincent | Stars: Anthony Cali, Henry Cen, Akuma Hokoru, Seth Killian
Votes: 394 | Gross: $0.01M
18. Nintendo Quest (2015)
TV-PG | 91 min | Documentary, Adventure, Family
An adventure-filled documentary on Nintendo that follows two gaming enthusiasts, as they hit the open road in hopes of buying all the 678 official retail-licensed Nintendo games in 30 days with no online purchases.
Director: Robert McCallum | Stars: Jay Bartlett, Robert McCallum, Thor Aackerlund, Barry Hitchings
Votes: 1,091
19. The Space Invaders: In Search of Lost Time (2012)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Beginning with Space Invaders in 1978, arcade games began to appear everywhere. By 1982, there were 13,000 dedicated arcade locations across North America. It was the Golden Age of Arcade ... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Von Ward | Stars: Chris Alcott, Pete Ashdown, Jean Baudin, Deb Bazzano
Votes: 138
20. Special When Lit (2009)
G | 97 min | Documentary
What made more money than the entire American movie industry through the 50s and 60s? Pinball. Special When Lit rediscovers the lure of a lost pop icon. A product of the mechanical and ... See full summary »
Director: Brett Sullivan | Stars: Roger Sharpe, Rick Stetta, Sam Harvey, Tim Arnold
Votes: 714
21. The Future of Pinball (2006)
Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary
In 1998 pinball was dying, thanks to a saturated market and shrinking player base. Williams, the world's largest pinball manufacturer, planned to abandon the game in favor of the more ... See full summary »
Director: Greg Maletic | Stars: Duncan Brown, Larry DeMar, George Gomez, Steve Kordek
Votes: 174
22. Us and the Game Industry (2014)
90 min | Documentary
Experience recent designs for video games in the 21st Century. The developers, their peers and the world of support structures for these expose the magic explored in a number of games. ... See full summary »
Director: Stephanie Beth
Votes: 80
23. The Video Craze (2013)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
A documentary on classic video arcade collectors across North America. Those who were the first to look into the neon haze of a vector/raster screen and fall in love. The first quarter poppers, the "vidiots" who never grew up.
Director: Dave Danzara | Stars: Bryan Armitage, Nathan Barnatt, Chris Connally, Dave Danzara
Votes: 101
24. Video Games: The Movie (2014)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, History
Learn how video games are made, marketed, and consumed by looking back at gaming history and culture through the eyes of game developers, publishers, and consumers.
Director: Jeremy Snead | Stars: Sean Astin, Al Alcorn, Peter Armstrong, Cliff Bleszinski
Votes: 5,590 | Gross: $0.02M
25. The Commodore Story (2018)
120 min | Documentary
The Commodore Story of the PET Vic20 C64 and Amiga from engineers, games developers and how Commodore influenced the first 8-bit generation users.
Director: Steven Fletcher | Stars: Rob Hubbard, Ben Daglish, David Pleasance, Dave Haynie
Votes: 430
26. Viva Amiga: The Story of a Beautiful Machine (2017)
Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary
In a world of green on black, they dared to dream in color. 1985: An upstart team of Silicon Valley mavericks created a miracle: the Amiga computer. A machine made for creativity. For games... See full summary »
Director: Zachary Weddington | Stars: Trevor Dickinson, Dave Haynie, Robert J. Mical, Dave Needle
Votes: 247
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