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Let's be honest, movie tie-in games tend to suck. However, when the license is given to the proper people, there can be a genuinely good movie to video game adaptation. Which one is the best you've played?

Mine would be the GBA version of Revenge of the Sith (which is ironically a better experience than the movie it's based on). It's a fun beat-em-up that only really suffers from downright hilarious writing (Anakin makes the change from good to evil in a ridiculously short amount of time).

the first Lego Star Wars was my favourite when I was younger.

The GBA port of the 2005 King Kong movie, which was a good Zelda clone with some good mechanics and quite a big world for the kind of game it is.
Of course, I may be biased since it was the first video game I ever owned and thus played it multiple times as a kid, but it's held up pretty well I guess ¯\(ツ)/¯

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee was awesome. The cheat codes made it even better.

The best one.

does this count, it's more based on the books, but it was tied into the movie

The new Mad Max game is pretty damn awesome. It feels like it belongs in the Mad Max universe while still having enjoyable gameplay, and I think that's pretty much the most important thing when it comes to a movie tie in.

Aladdin on SNES was honestly one of the best platformers of its time. I hear the Genesis version is also good but I never played that one tbh.

Star Wars Battlefront 2, I must have poured hundreds of hours into that game as a kid.

The Lego Star Wars games have given me the best times.

Would really like to buy it again from GOG

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

Harry Potter 1-4
Star Wars battlefront,Republic Commando
Mad Max the videogame
Spider-Man 1 and 2 console version

Shrek 2 PS2
The Spongebob Squarepants Movie Game PS2 & PC
The Lego Tie-in games
The Simpsons: Hit & Run The PC version apparently has modding capabilities has seen here
The Simpsons Game Wii & 360 versions
The Simpsons: Road Rage Console versions
SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge PS1 version

I'll be rather unoriginal and say Goldeneye is still a big favorite of mine, and what's interesting is now it comes in two flavors. First is the N64 original by Rare that uses the likenesses of the original actors, and helped pave the way for quality console shooters (since before this shooters were considered to be "only good on PC"). Yeah I know some aspects of it haven't aged well, but there's no denying the huge legacy it made.

And of course second you've got the reimagining developed by Eurocom for the Wii (though the 360 and PS3 got an enhanced port later) that redoes the movie's plot with Daniel Craig's version of Bond. Yeah I know this one's probably me cheating since this isn't a direct adaptation of the 1995 movie, but rather a reimagined update with the most recent Bond and completely redesigned levels and new mechanics (the game was built off the CoD engine and as such does feature mechanics from CoD, but there is a Classic setting that does do things like turn regen health off), but it's such a very well made retake on both the movie and the original game that I like to count it anyway.

Seriously an underrated FPS/brawler. Sure the framerate may be crap, but the game is fun nonetheless. That and the ability to have Jack say "I'm outta magazines!" constantly is really funny.

Any of the Lego games and Goldeneye for the wii.

The Lego Star Wars games (I've only played the first two and the Complete Saga).

So many memories of piledriving thugs from the top of the Empire State Building.

Also my list:
(the above but on Xbox)
SW: Battlefront 2
SW: Republic Commando
Lego Star Wars (Complete Saga)

Anyone played the Men in Black games for de ps1?
The movie one kinda hard but i really liked it as a kid, the other one is a fps based on the cartoon so i don't know if it counts.

This is the one that comes to mind when I think of a movie tie-in game. It's not amazing or anything, but it was pretty solid for what it was.