Chess Movies

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...

A documentary about the top Dutch chess players of 1979

2ⁿ is a story about the exponential growth of numbers raised to powers. Part of the Mathematica Peep Shows, one of five films made to accompany...

In the gripping drama "God Help Us", a desperate man stands on the edge of self-destruction caught in a supernatural game of life and death. An Angel...

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

Branko Kralj is an alienated businessman and avid chess fan. He is married to the attractive Visnja and they have a son. Their marriage is weak and...

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

Two men and their charming friendship.

Angela Su’s fictional artist Rosie Leavers is the last remaining person to upload her consciousness to a video game. Contemplating during a...

Two retired, aging British officers meet in the club of special forces' veterans where they stress their conflicted views about WW2 in the former...

A chess game between two brothers gets ugly.

When Death wants to bring the plague to Württemberg in 1349, he has not reckoned with the two guard soldiers Volckel and Utz, who engage him in...

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.

Short film interpretation of Jorge Luis Borges poem Ajedrez. Narrated in Chinese. Features the Wei Yi Immortal game against Lazaro Bruzon. Originally...

A couple's break up gets out of hand as the man tries to woo his woman back in a strange house. Hijinks ensue.

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