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Death race (2008) - the race even has typical video game rules, like power-ups that you drive over!

I agree!
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I don't know - the original Death Race (1975) had a more video game feel to it.

They actually did make a video game out of it - sort of
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My pick for movie to game conversion would be Battle Royal (2000) .
Trying to survive on an island with random weapons, while all your classmates are trying to kill you, would make for an interesting FPS or even adventure / strategy / survival game.

pretty much sums up what it's about. Characters, psychology, and feelings - exactly the things a videogame is incapable of. The action and the plot, on the other hand, are not important to BR.

I wouldn't say incapable, just extremly difficult to convey, for example FFVII gave me quite the emotional attachment to the death of aeries.

The movie's official tagline, "Have you ever killed your best friend?" pretty much sums up what it's about. Characters, psychology, and feelings - exactly the things a videogame is incapable of.

I've been brought to the edge of tears by singleplayer game storylines just as with film storylines. It's not common for games to be as well executed as films, but it's not impossible.

Also, DayZ plays a lot like Battle Royale - you're stuck on an island scavenging and killing for supplies. You're able to befriend other people that you find, but never able to trust them. The gameplay is all about psychology, and after playing a perma-death character for 12 hours in a killing field, it can conjure up some intense feelings too.
e.g. http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/56-dayz-stories/page__st__640#entry279936

If battle royale was done well -- so that the game version was still about psychology and trust and betrayal, it would be an absolutely amazing game... but yes, if it were just a regular deathmatch shooter, it would be mediocre.