Movies: Chess

The World Chess Championship is a juicy battle, rife with passion, power and money. Boris Gelfand has spent his entire life getting ready for this moment; he was raised to become a champion since the age of six. His father devoted all his life to cul...

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Two men and their charming friendship....

A young man prefers to play chess rather than taking a swim. Only by moonlight does he go for a swim alone. Or so he thinks....

Martin wants to reconcile with his son Lucas, however, Lucas blames his father for the accidental death of his mother Julia. The reunion unleashes a tense exploration of their emotions and wounds that have yet to heal....

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Beyond the Board draws parallels between life and chess, showing how life is like a game where every move we make can lead to a win, a loss, or a lesson. Through quiet moments and daily struggles, the film connects the strategy of the game to the cho...

Several days in the lives, and profiles of, the owners and players of the open air street chess tables in downtown San Francisco. An informative and insightful portrait of a freely public, yet effectively anonymous, subculture: a unique and colorful ...

An inspiring creative documentary that follows the story of one of Uganda's unsung heroes - Robert Katende. Popularly known as 'Coach Robert', he was able to transform a little unknown slum in the outskirts of Kampala, into an internationally recogni...

In an alternate reality where the decline of nations has given rise to corporatist regimes, any trace of culture or tradition is suppressed by these new leaders to prevent the masses from reclaiming a national identity. However, rebel cells have emer...

A world-famous chess grandmaster is led into a game of psychological cat and mouse when he accepts a challenge from an overzealous fan....

One day, a 17-year-old boy finds a "cup phone" pointing toward the unknown and ends up forming a relationship with a mysterious girl....

A documentary about the top Dutch chess players of 1979...

In an old library, two armies of chess pieces are about to start a war....

Marcel Duchamp and French director Jean-Marie Drot discuss life, art, and chess....

A metaphysical odyssey of the Individua members as they grapple with mysterious masked figures and the imminent waiting for them at the end of the snowy forest....

An epic battle between a knight and a pawn is about to start!... Except it doesn't, they're actually chess pieces...

It would be chess that brought nightmares and hell to a dreamlike, fairy-tale universe. Chess was trying to manipulate the universe and humanity. It controlled its own destiny. Time had stopped, and now flowed with strategy. To stop it, a fair match ...

Two friends steal a crystal ball in an antique store, but the owner takes cruel revenge using a magic chess set....

An unusual game of chess between two rivals....