Resident Evil (2002)

Released by Capcom in 1996, Resident Evil was one of the first ‘survival horror’ games, in which players face terrifying monsters and only have limited resources to defeat them.

The movie adaptation cast Milla Jovovich as the amnesiac heroine Alice, who must battle the zombified residents of Racoon City. Director Paul W.S. Anderson wisely delivered exactly the kinds of scares and tension that the game had delighted its fans with and, despite not being particularly popular with critics, it was a hit.

Five sequels followed, which together made $1.2 billion at the box office, making Resident Evil the most successful franchise adapted from a video game in movie history.