Chess Movies

"The Candidate" is a sports drama about a university chess player (Taishan) defending his spot in the team against a higher rated junior opponent...

Documentary about an unlikely youth chess team from Indianapolis who went on surprise the chess world with their success. The team, made up of young...

A delusional young boy explains a day in his life and his passion for Chess.

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...

Through the eyes of International Chess Master Paul Cassidy, this documentary traces a lifetime of strategy, triumph, and heartbreak, from...

The speed chess tournament that has taken place once in a month for already 35 years involves well-known people from the field of culture. The game...

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

A documentary about the top Dutch chess players of 1979

As death appears at an old man's door, the man has a simple request; One last game of chess.

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...

A boy plays a game of chess by himself but after looking away for a moment he realizes the pieces on the board have begun to move by themselves.

Selected for the Cannes 2012 Short Film Corner. A man is standing in the middle of a river when he receives a phone call asking about his current...

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...

He wears a red beret to make it easy for folks to find him on a busy New Orleans French Quarter street, where he's set up a folding table and a...

An intense chess match between two men who become increasingly judgmental on the inside.

Based on a chess set made of ivory, which came to the Habsburg court in Vienna from China, thoughts of Confucius, taken from the Book of Lun-Yü,...

It's constantly going on - the battle of the brains. Across the chessboard, people of all varieties and all ages meet. A rhythmic tribute to chess.