Critically acclaimed Chess movies

Actors : Martin Kabanza, David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, Madina Nalwanga,
Directors : Mira Nair,

A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.

Actors : Tobey Maguire, Peter Sarsgaard, Liev Schreiber, Michael Stuhlbarg,
Directors : Edward Zwick,

Set during the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers and his own struggles as he challenges the Soviet Empire.

Actors : Wiley Wiggins, Patrick Riester, Tom Fletcher, Kriss Schludermann,
Directors : Andrew Bujalski,

A 1980s-set story centered around a man vs. machine chess tournament.

Actors : James Rolleston, James Napier Robertson, Cliff Curtis, Kirk Torrance,
Directors : James Napier Robertson,

A brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life.

Actors : Stuart Wilson, John Turturro, Emily Watson, Geraldine James,
Directors : Marleen Gorris,

Two worlds collide when an eccentric genius falls in love with a strong-willed society beauty.

Actors : Jennifer Beals, Francis Renaud, Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline,
Directors : Caroline Bottaro,

Middle-aged chambermaid Hélène's newfound obsession with the game of chess leads her to seek the tutelage of a reclusive American expat, transforming both of their ho-hum lives in the ...

Actors : Rachel Bay Jones, John Leguizamo, Corwin C. Tuggles, Michael Kenneth Williams,
Directors : John Leguizamo,

The true story of the Miami Jackson High School chess team which was the first inner city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship.

Actors : Alex Hill, Cuba Gooding Jr., Dennis Haysbert, George Dick,
Directors : Jake Goldberger,

Ex-felon, Eugene Brown, establishes a Chess Club for inner city teenagers in Washington, D.C.

Actors : Michael Pressman, Lisa Chess, Alan Rosenberg, Stephen Tobolowsky,
Directors : Michael Pressman,

Television director and producer Michael Pressman mounts a production of Frankie and Johnny in the Clare de Lune starring his wife, Lisa Chess. But their attempts to stage the play and work...

Actors : Max Pomeranc, Ben Kingsley, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen,
Directors : Steven Zaillian,

A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Giancarlo Esposito, Sean Nelson, N'Bushe Wright,
Directors : Boaz Yakin,

Death and violence anger a 12-year-old drug courier, who puts his employer's against each other.

Actors : Cassie Brennan, Dimitri Agado, Ivan Cisneros, José D. Cantú,
Directors : Carmen Marron,

Since he was 5 yrs old, Jose's abuelita taught him to play chess like his grandfather who was a champion in Mexico. Now as part of the Brownsville school team, Jose has the chance to use ...

Actors : Christopher Lambert, Daniel Baldwin, Diane Lane, Tom Skerritt,
Directors : Carl Schenkel,

A chess grandmaster is in a big tournament, and when his lover is found painted up and the blood drained out of her body he becomes a chief suspect. After he gets a call from the killer ...

Actors : Ettore Bassi, Massimo De Rossi, Toni Bertorelli, Barbora Bobulova,
Directors : Claudia Florio,

Maria Adele is a 17-year-old chess prodigy who is tormented by terrible nightmares. Although she knows these nightmares are somehow connected to her childhood, she remembers nothing of ...

Actors : Shawna Shattuck, Shevonne Durkin, Chris Cleveland, Kimberly Guerrero,
Directors : Ron Galloway,

Folly Island tells a tale of romantic musical chairs which occurs amongst feuding sisters and a group of friends on a weekend trip to the beach. It features golf, fishing, swamp chess, a ...

Actors : Nicolas Wright, Rachelle Lefevre, Nwamiko Madden, James A. Woods,
Directors : Phil Price,

Tommy Linklater is an eighteen-year old magician. The magic he performs is often minor - re-directing croquet balls, making cards appear in closed purses - it is always genuine; he actually...

Actors : Lucy Akhurst, Stephen Moyer, Marlene Dunn, Tom McCamus,
Directors : Gary Boulton-Brown,

In a remote arctic research station, government agents Brach and Schiller discover the mysterious genetic scientist Dr. Clerval. A psychological chess game ensues. What links Schiller to ...

Actors : Chris Parnell, Wendie Malick, Anna Chlumsky, Tovah Feldshuh,
Directors : Matthew Miele,

Ensemble drama about conversations overheard in a bistro. Two chess players see unfolding dramas. A couple on an uncomfortable blind date, while a marriage crumbles. Film-noir fans thinks they're witnessing a real-life murder.

Actors : Sonia Vachon, Mylène St-Sauveur, Marc-André Grondin, Normand D'Amour,
Directors : Éric Tessier,

5150 ELM'S WAY is located at the end of a quiet street in a small town. When Yannick fell off his bike, he knocked at the door of the Beaulieu residence so he could clean the blood off his ...

Actors : Hedo Davis, Christine Manoukian, Ricco Chapa, Damian Chapa,
Directors : Damian Chapa,

A bio about the life of Bobby Fischer.