God of War (2018)

Santa Monica Studio took a rage-fueled action mascot and turned him into a complicated, emotionally repressed father trying not to pass his trauma to his son — and it actually worked. The single continuous camera shot across the entire game was a technical flex, but the real achievement is making you cry over a character who used to just rip heads off minotaurs. Kratos saying "Do not be sorry. Be better." is the best parenting advice in any medium.