Movies and TvShows featuring "playing-a-video-game" theme.

Regular Show is a surreal comedy that takes place in a park. Mordecai and Rigby, the main characters, are slackers who work as groundskeepers. They often find themselves in bizarre situations and go on fantastical adventures. The show combines humor, pop culture references, and absurdity to create an entertaining and unique viewing experience.

High schooler Rakuro loves beating bad games. But can he discover all the secrets hidden in a best-selling VR game?

Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

In Gun Gale Online, a popular virtual reality game, one player finds herself on a thrilling adventure as she participates in a high-stakes battle-royale tournament. With a traumatic past, she must overcome her fears and forge new friendships while facing intense gunfights and challenging obstacles.

Across continents and decades, five brilliant friends make earth-shattering discoveries as the laws of science unravel and an existential threat emerges.

When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends set out to rescue him before he becomes a museum toy property. Along the way, Woody discovers that he was once the star of a popular children's show called Woody's Round-Up. As they face various obstacles, Woody and his friends must decide what truly matters to them.

DOG, tired of being alone in Manhattan, builds a robot companion. Their friendship grows, but is tested when DOG abandons ROBOT at the beach. Will they ever reunite?

Raquel has been in love with her neighbor Ares for a long time. When he starts having feelings for her, despite his family's disapproval, Raquel is determined to make him fall in love with her. However, she refuses to lose herself in the process.

Rita, an underrated lawyer working for a large law firm more interested in getting criminals out of jail than bringing them to justice, is hired by the leader of a criminal organization.

A teenager summons the courage to help a friendly robot known as A.R.I. kidnapped by a ruthless lab director working for a powerful corporation seeking to turn him into a dangerous weapon in order to rule the world.

TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You is a romantic comedy TV show that follows the story of a young man named Nasa Yuzaki, who falls in love at first sight with a girl named Tsukasa Tsukuyomi. After a series of unexpected events, Nasa marries Tsukasa and they begin their newlywed life together. The show explores their unique relationship and the challenges they face as they navigate the ups and downs of married life.

In the virtual reality game New World Online, a girl named Maple decides to focus solely on increasing her defense abilities to avoid taking damage. As she explores the game with her unique playstyle, she encounters various other players and together they form the guild 'Maple Tree.' Despite her unconventional approach, Maple becomes a formidable force in the game and attracts the attention of other players. BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. is a comedic and light-hearted anime series that follows Maple's adventures and the friendships she forms within New World Online.

In the year 2045, people escape the desolation of Earth by engaging in the virtual reality world of the OASIS. When the creator of the OASIS dies, he challenges players to find his Easter Egg, promising them his fortune and control of the OASIS. Wade Watts, a young Gunter, teams up with fellow players to complete the quests and defeat the evil conglomerate IOI, who also seeks the Easter Egg. Together, they uncover the truth about the creator's regrets and ultimately gain control of the OASIS.

Aliens misinterpret video feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war and attack Earth in the form of these games. A group of unlikely heroes, including a software installer, the President of the United States, and a criminal, must use their gaming skills to save the world. They face challenges from Galaga, Centipede, Pac-Man, and more. With the help of video game characters like Donkey Kong and Q*Bert, they defeat the aliens and restore peace. Along the way, they learn the importance of teamwork and friendship.

The King's Avatar follows the story of Ye Xiu, a top-tier professional player of the multiplayer online game Glory. After being forced to retire, Ye Xiu returns to the gaming world to create a new team and reclaim his lost glory.

After her boyfriend breaks up with her for another girl, Akane Kinoshita decides she is going to make him regret his decision. Unexpectedly, however, she meets a socially awkward gamer who might just solve all of her problems.

Johnny Blaze sells his soul to the Devil to save his father's life and becomes the Ghost Rider, a bounty hunter sent to hunt down sinners. He must confront his own inner demons and protect his loved ones from the forces of evil. With his newfound powers, he fights against Blackheart and his gang, using his supernatural abilities to defeat them and save the world from their evil plan.

Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! follows the story of an introverted college student named Shinichi Sakurai who prefers to be alone. However, his solitude is interrupted by Uzaki Hana, an eccentric and energetic girl who loves to socialize and hang out. Despite his initial reluctance, Shinichi gradually discovers the joys of friendship and the excitement of stepping outside his comfort zone.

Tech billionaire Miles Bron invites his friends for a getaway on his private Greek island. When someone turns up dead, Detective Benoit Blanc is put on the case. During the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020, Detective Benoit Blanc is hired to investigate the death of Helen's twin sister, Cassandra 'Andi' Brand. Andi had committed suicide and sent an email threatening to expose evidence that could bring down Miles' empire. Helen believes Andi was murdered and invites Blanc to a murder mystery weekend on Miles' private island. As Blanc investigates, he discovers a web of deceit, betrayal, and a dangerous new technology called Klear. In the end, Blanc exposes Miles as the killer, leading to the destruction of his reputation and the revelation of Klear's dangers.

Six years after the events of "Wreck-It Ralph," Ralph and Vanellope, now friends, discover a wi-fi router in their arcade, leading them into a new adventure. After saving the arcade from the Cy-Bugs invasion and from Turbo's revenge, six years have passed when Wreck-It Ralph and Vanellope von Schweetz are still best friends who hang out every night after work in Litwak's Family Fun Center and Arcade. However, six years of being a racer in Sugar Rush has caused Vanellope to express quandaries with the increasing predictability of her game, so Ralph tries to surprise Vanellope with a new hidden track in Sugar Rush. Vanellope enjoys the track but goes against the controls of the player to ride it, causing the wheel on the console to get stuck, and the player to accidentally remove the wheel from the game. Mr. Litwak inadvertently breaks the wheel while trying to reattach it. Knowing that the company who made the part went out of business years ago, Litwak has no choice but to unplug Sugar Rush, rendering Vanellope and its citizens homeless. After a conversation with Fix-It Felix Jr. in Tapper's, Ralph decides to venture with Vanellope via the newly installed Wifi router to the Internet to find and purchase a new wheel for Sugar Rush from eBay. The two follow Litwak's avatar and meet KnowsMore, a search engine who points them towards eBay. Ralph and Vanellope successfully acquire the wheel via auction, but find they have no money to complete its purchase, which they are told will expire within 24 hours. After consulting a pop-up advertiser named Spamley, Ralph and Vanellope venture to a popular online game, Slaughter Race, to steal a valuable car they can sell to cover the auction. After engaging in a high-speed chase throughout Slaughter Race, the car's owner Shank commends Vanellope for her racing skills, causing visible jealously in Ralph at the budding friendship. Despite not allowing the pair to take her car, Shank points the duo towards video sharing site BuzzzTube after posting a video of Ralph taking a leaf blower to the face. They meet up with an algorithm named Yesss who gives Ralph the funds earned from his videos' popularity. When the money earned turns out to not be enough to keep Vanellope from returning to Slaughter Race to consult Shank, Ralph decides to make more videos playing off the top trends to earn more money. Ralph becomes a viral sensation with Yesss playing off this by having her assistants venture out into the internet and spamming users with pop up ads. Wanting to feel useful, Vanellope offers up her services as a pop-up advertiser. Not wanting Vanellope to fall back into Slaughter Race, Ralph has Yesss appoint her to the fansite Oh My Disney! where Vanellope realizes that she is an unauthorized advertiser and ends up meeting the Disney Princesses. The Princesses speak to Vanellope and stress the importance of finding and pursuing one's dream through song, inspiring her to return to Slaughter Race. Meanwhile, Ralph successfully earns the money for their eBay bid, despite being hurt after reading the rude and mean-spirited comments posted on his videos. After being accidentally answered over the phone and put on mute, Ralph finds Vanellope back in Slaughter Race confiding in Shank about her desire to stay there and leave the arcade. Desperate to not lose his friend, Ralph approaches Spamley about any possible virus that would make Slaughter Race more boring and less desirable for Vanellope. Spamley takes Ralph to the dark web where they meet Double Dan, who gives them an insecurity virus that analyzes any imperfection and spreads it to other parts of its surrounding area. The virus, scanning Vanellope, spreads her glitch throughout Slaughter Race, causing the game to shut down and reboot, almost killing Vanellope and Ralph in the process until Ralph breaks out from the game before it shuts down. Vanellope discovers Ralph's actions and berates him for them, asking him to leave her alone. The surviving virus escapes Slaughter Race and scans Ralph's insecurities and spreads them throughout the Internet itself. The virus manifests into hundreds of alternate versions of Ralph that tear up the Internet in a rampant search for Vanellope. With the help of Knowsmore and Yesss, the pair attempt to lead the horde of virus Ralphs to an anti-virus software. The virus Ralphs form a giant Ralph that capture Vanellope, as Ralph attempts to fight them off. Ralph catches their attention and calls them out on their selfish possessiveness of Vanellope, claiming that letting go and accepting her choice to stay in Slaughter Race does not have to mean the end of their friendship, and can actually strengthen their bond. Having let go of his insecurities, the gigantic virus Ralph disappears, in the process dropping Ralph, who is saved with the help of Spamley and the Disney Princesses. The Internet is restored and Vanellope decides to stay in Slaughter Race, with Ralph returning to the arcade and participating in activities with the other arcade members, while regularly video chatting with Vanellope. He watches the sunrise from Game Central Station, coming to peace with the changes in his life as he heads to work with Felix. In a mid-credits scene, Ralph and Vanellope crash a child's Pancake Milkshake game on her iPad. In a post-credits scene, a Frozen 2 trailer is teased, only for Ralph to rickroll the audience.