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Movies by Lists - Checkmate! (The Great Chess Movies) (150 [256])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
8 X 8 - A Chess Sonata in 8 MovementsIt is a fairy tale for the subconscious based on the game of chess. Partly Sigmund Freud, partly Lewis Carroll.1955Jean Cocteau, Hans RichterMusic5.8 (285 votes)8020240803
13 TzametiA man takes over a dead man's task without realizing the horror it entails.2005Géla BabluaniCrime, Drama, Thriller7.4 (17.3K votes)9320211228
18 BronzemenDuring the Qing dynasty, the young son of a Ming dynasty general is sent to the Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts, so that he may seek revenge for his dead father. But he must endure the test of the temple's legendary 18 Bronzemen1976Joseph KuoAction, Drama, War6.4 (398 votes)9520211228
36th Chamber Of Shaolin, TheA man studies kung fu at the Shaolin Temple to fight back against the oppressive Manchu government.1978Chia-Liang LiuAction, Adventure, Drama7.7 (15.9K votes)11620211228
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance71 scenes revolving around a recent immigrant, a couple that has just adopted a daughter, a college student and a lonely old man.1994Michael Haneke (*)Drama7.2 (7.6K votes)10020211228
1984In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.1984Michael RadfordDrama, Sci-Fi7.1 (70.5K votes)11320211228
2001 A Space Odyssey The Monoliths push humanity to reach for the stars; after their discovery in Africa generations ago, the mysterious objects lead mankind on an awesome journey to Jupiter, with the help of H.A.L. 9000: the world's greatest supercomput1968Stanley Kubrick (*)Adventure, Sci-Fi8.3 (642.5K votes)14920211228
5150 Elms Way [5150 rue des Ormes]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 hands. But Jack Beaulieu and his family had 2009Éric TessierDrama, Horror, Thriller6.6 (3.4K votes)11020211228
Alamut Ambush, TheThis British espionage thriller stars Terence Stamp as David Audley, former Oxford professor turned intelligence agent.1986Ken GrieveThriller, War5.8 (34 votes)9420240803
Alice [Neco z Alenky]A surrealistic revision of Alice in Wonderland.1988Jan Svankmajer (*)Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller7.5 (12.5K votes)8620211228
Alice Through the Looking GlassAlice visits the magical kingdom on the other side of the looking glass.1998John HendersonFantasy, Family5.5 (1.5K votes)8320211228
Alice Through the Looking GlassAlice returns to the whimsical world of Wonderland and travels back in time to help the Mad Hatter.2016James BobinAdventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery6.2 (102.8K votes)11320211228
AnnaBeneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.2019Luc Besson (*)Action, Thriller6.7 (74.4K votes)11820211228
Arcibel's Game [El juego de Arcibel]A chess columnist ends in prison when one of his columns is mistakenly seen as a subversive attack. From there he invents a game of war and strategy and a cellmate who escapes uses it initiating a real revolution. Gripping story.2003Alberto LecchiDrama, Fantasy6.9 (296 votes)11520240803
Beautiful Mind, AAfter John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.2001Ron HowardBiography, Drama8.2 (897.8K votes)13520211228
Bishop Murder Case, TheWhen the body of a man nicknamed "Cock Robin" is found with an arrow in the heart on an archery range along with a chess bishop as a clue, Philo Vance investigates.1929David Burton, Nick GrindeDrama, Mystery6.1 (678 votes)8820211228
Black and White Like Day and Night [Schwarz und weiss wie Tage und Nachte]A scientist who swore off playing chess after a nervous breakdown as a boy wunderkind, creates an undefeated chess program. But the Russian world champ beats Tommy Rosemund's masterwork in a televised match. So the West German mathem1978Wolfgang Petersen (*)Drama6.8 (137 votes)10320211228
Blade RunnerA blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator.1982Ridley Scott (*)Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller8.1 (738.2K votes)11720211228
Bobby Fischer LiveA bio about the life of Bobby Fischer.2009Damian ChapaBiography4.4 (87 votes)10520240803
Born InvincibleTwo warlord chiefs, a ton-fa wielder who can destroy an opponents weapon and a Tai Chi expert that is impervious to weapons, send a pair of killers to track down and kill an old master swordsman who has given up fighting. When the ki1978Joseph KuoAction7.0 (487 votes)8320220423
Brainwashed [Schachnovelle]In 1938 Austria shortly after the Nazi occupation, a prominent Viennese intellectual, Werner von Basil, is arrested for smuggling art treatures out of the country and imprisoned by the Gestapo in a hotel room without any mental suste1960Gerd OswaldDrama, Sport, War6.9 (574 votes)10220220414
Brief History of Time, AA film about the life and work of the cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, who despite his near total paralysis, was one of the great minds of all time.1991Errol Morris (*)Documentary, Biography7.3 (5.5K votes)8020211228
Capablancanan1987Manuel HerreraDrama6.8 (58 votes)9620240803
CasablancaA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.1942Michael Curtiz (*)Drama, Romance, War8.5 (558.2K votes)10220220423
Chess Dispute, AA stationary camera looks on as two dapper gents play a game of chess. One drinks and smokes, and when he looks away, his opponent moves two pieces. A fight ensues, first with the squirting of a seltzer bottle, then with fisticuff...1903Robert W. PaulShort, Comedy5.8 (739 votes)120240803
Chess Fever [Shakhmatnaya goryachka]With an international chess tournament in progress, a young man becomes completely obsessed with the game. His fiancée has no interest in it, and becomes frustrated and depressed by his neglect of her, but wherever she goes she finds1925Vsevolod Pudovkin, Nikolai ShpikovskyComedy, Short7.2 (1.3K votes)2820211228
Chess Game, The [La partie d'échecs] In 19th century, a disillusioned priest helps a young boy drifter who's a chess wunderkind to move on up in life and social structures using his talent. Years later, he's a success, but game of life and love has higher stakes than...1994Yves HancharComedy, Drama6.3 (257 votes)11020240803
Chess Player [Le joueur d'échecs]A toymaker in Poland specializes in building lifesize mechanical men. He builds a chess-playing "automaton" to hide a pretty young Polish activist who is being hunted by occupying Russian forces.1938Jean DrévilleDrama, Fantasy6.7 (60 votes)7020211228
Chess Player, The [Le Joueur d’Echecs]In 1776, an inventor conceals a Polish nobleman in his chess-playing automaton, a machine whose fame leads it to the court of the Russian empress.1927Raymond BernardDrama, Fantasy, War6.9 (314 votes)13520211228
Chess Story [The Royal Game]To withstand the psychological torture of the Gestapo, a lawyer imprisoned by the Nazis finds refuge in the world of chess.2021Philipp StölzlDrama, Thriller, War6.8 (4.1K votes)11020231109
Chessplayer, The [El jugador de ajedrez]In 1934 Diego Padilla wins the Spanish Championship of Chess and meets a French journalist, Marianne Latour, and they fall in love. At the end of the Civil War, Marianne convinces Diego to live in France with their daughter, where sh2017Luis OliverosDrama, History, War6.3 (710 votes)9820211228
ClueSix guests are anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner, but after their host is killed, they must cooperate with the staff to identify the murderer as the bodies pile up.1985Jonathan LynnComedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller7.3 (92.8K votes)9420211228
Coldest Game, TheDuring 1962's Cuban missile crisis, a troubled math genius finds himself drafted to play in a U.S.-Soviet chess match -- and a deadly game of espionage.2019Lukasz KosmickiHistory, Sport, Thriller6.2 (9.9K votes)10220211228
Collector of Brains, The [Le collectionneur des cerveaux]A young pianist is shocked when she witnesses a strange chess tournament with a robot. Could there be a gruesome secret behind this exhibition?1976Michel SubielaHorror, Mystery6.0 (320 votes)9320240803
Colossus The Forbin ProjectThinking this will prevent war, the US government gives an impenetrable supercomputer total control over launching nuclear missiles. But what the computer does with the power is unimaginable to its creators.1970Joseph SargentSci-Fi, Thriller7.1 (8.8K votes)10020211228
Computer ChessA 1980s-set story centered around a man vs. machine chess tournament.2013Andrew BujalskiComedy6.2 (4.6K votes)9220220414
Creatures, The [Les créatures]A young mute woman, living in a small village, is expecting a baby. Her husband is at the same time writing a novel and using the villagers as his characters. In the creative process, reality and imagination are constantly intertw...1966Agnès Varda (*)Drama, Fantasy6.5 (845 votes)9220220531
Critical ThinkingThe 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.2020John LeguizamoDrama6.5 (2.8K votes)11720240803
CubeSix complete strangers with widely varying personalities are involuntarily placed in an endless maze containing deadly traps.1997Vincenzo NataliDrama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi7.2 (224.2K votes)9020211228
Cube ZeroA young programmer whose job is to watch over the reality-warping Cube defies orders to rescue an innocent mother trapped in one of its rooms.2004Ernie BarbarashDrama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller5.7 (39.8K votes)9720211228
Dangerous Moves [La diagonale du fou]During the Cold War, the World Chess Championship clashed complete opposites - personal and political.1984Richard DemboDrama, Sport, Thriller6.7 (1.5K votes)10020240416
Dark Horse, TheA brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life.2014James Napier RobertsonBiography, Drama7.5 (6.2K votes)12420211228
Deadlier Than the MaleBritish agent Bulldog Drummond is assigned to stop a master criminal who uses beautiful women to do his killings.1967Ralph ThomasAdventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.3 (1.7K votes)9820211228
Demon SeedA scientist creates Proteus--an organic super computer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creators wife.1977Donald CammellHorror, Sci-Fi6.3 (8.9K votes)9420211228
Donald in Mathmagic LandDonald's goes on an adventure in which it is explained how mathematics can be useful in real life. Through this journey it is shown how numbers are more than graphs and charts, they are geometry, music and magical living things.1959Les Clark, Joshua Meador, Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske, Norman FergusonAnimation, Short, Family, Fantasy7.8 (2.5K votes)2720240803
Dragon's Lair II - TimewarpThe evil wizard Mordroc has kidnapped princess Daphne to marry her. Dirk the Daring will have to use a magical time machine to free Daphne again.1991Don BluthAction, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi7.4 (303 votes)020240803
Einstein and EddingtonDrama about the development of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, and Einstein's relationship with British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, the first physicist to experimentally prove his ideas.2008Philip MartinBiography, Drama, History7.3 (6.5K votes)9420211228
EndgameHD. A troubled middle-school boy from a poor Texas border town finds himself through his school's chess team.2015Carmen MarrónBiography, Drama5.4 (354 votes)9020220415
Entr'acteAn absolute dada movie. Somebody gets killed, his coffin gets out of control and after a chase it stops. The person gets out of it and let everybody who followed the coffin dissapear.1924René Clair (*)Short7.4 (3.8K votes)2220211228
EntrustedHoping to entrap Maria von Gall, who runs a courageous underground railroad for Jews in France, the Nazis kidnap her son Thomas, a brilliant 11-year-old chess master. An exchange arrangement goes awry and he sees her die in a hail...2003Giacomo BattiatoDrama, Thriller6.3 (701 votes)13020220806
ErotikonA young woman is seduced and abandoned by a man who was invited to stay at his home by her father in a stormy night. Noticing that she is pregnant, the girl decides to leave home and start a new life.1929Gustav MachatýDrama, Romance7.1 (582 votes)8520220806
FahimThe story of Fahim Mohammad, world junior chess champion, born in Bangladesh in 2000, and currently playing in France.2019Pierre-François Martin-LavalBiography, Comedy, Drama6.9 (1.9K votes)10720240803
Fermat's Room4 mathematicians are invited to solve an enigma. Once there, they're locked in a mechanically shrinking room and given 1 minute to solve each puzzle via cellphone while also figuring out why they're there.2007Luis Piedrahita, Rodrigo SopeñaMystery, Thriller6.7 (21.1K votes)8920211228
Final MoveA psychic and a cop track a serial killer who is copying a killer who just got executed.2006Joey TravoltaThriller3.7 (474 votes)9120240803
Final MoveTo save his daughter's life and restore his reputation, disgraced ex-detective Nick Mathers must catch the sadistic Grand Master killer before time runs out, and the final piece is taken in the deadly game of chess.2013Jon CohenThriller4.2 (83 votes)10520240803
Five Deadly Venoms [Wu Du]The final student of a dying martial arts master is instructed to locate the previous five students and defeat any evil ones among them.1978Cheh ChangAction, Drama, Mystery7.0 (7K votes)10120211228
Five Element NinjasWhen five ninjas whose fighting styles are based on natural elements unleash their fury on a rival school, a lone survivor vows deadly revenge.1982Cheh ChangAction, Drama7.3 (2.8K votes)10720211228
Five FingersIn Morocco to assist with the creation of a food charity, a Dutchman is abducted by a terrorist.2006Laurence MalkinDrama, Thriller6.3 (8.1K votes)8720220723
FreshDeath and violence anger a twelve-year-old drug courier, who sets his employers against each other.1994Boaz YakinCrime, Drama, Thriller7.6 (13.1K votes)11420211228
From Russia With LoveJames Bond willingly falls into an assassination plot involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E.1963Terence YoungAction, Adventure, Thriller7.4 (130.1K votes)11520211228
Fugitive, TheDr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt led by a seasoned U.S. Marshal.1993Andrew DavisAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.8 (284.5K votes)13020211228
FutureworldUpon uncovering the dirty secret of futuristic theme-park Futureworld, an ex-employee is killed after he tips off two other reporters who decide to do an undercover investigation.1976Richard T. HeffronSci-Fi, Thriller5.8 (10.5K votes)10820211228
Game NightA group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves entangled in a real-life mystery when the shady brother of one of them is seemingly kidnapped by dangerous gangsters.2018John Francis Daley, Jonathan GoldsteinAction, Comedy, Crime, Thriller6.9 (224.1K votes)10020211228
Game Of DeathKill or be killed is the golden rule of the Game of Death. Sucks for seven millennials who ignored that rule. Now each one's head will explode unless they kill someone. Will they turn on each other to survive, or will this sunny d...2017Sebastien Landry, Laurence Morais-LagaceHorror, Thriller5.2 (1.9K votes)7320220822
Geri's GameGeri sets up a chess game to play his greatest opponent - himself.1997Jan PinkavaAnimation, Short, Comedy, Family7.8 (27.1K votes)520240803
GiftedFrank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.2017Marc WebbDrama7.6 (112.7K votes)10120220415
Go Master, The [Wu Qingyuan]A Chinese man becomes an expert player of the traditional game of Go.2006Zhuangzhuang TianBiography, Drama, Romance6.1 (592 votes)10420240803
Grass Arena, TheThe Grass Arena is a biopic based on the autobiography of John Healy. Raised in an ultra religious family, with an abusive father, young Johnny soon learns that he has to learn to defend himself. He takes up boxing, but soon falls vi1992Gillies MacKinnonDrama8.0 (109 votes)9020211228
Hara-Kiri - Death of a Samurai [Ichimei]A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.2011Takashi Miike (*)Drama7.3 (8.3K votes)12820211228
Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsAn ancient prophecy seems to be coming true when a mysterious presence begins stalking the corridors of a school of magic and leaving its victims paralyzed.2002Chris Columbus (*)Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery7.5 (604.1K votes)16120211228
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneAn orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.2001Chris Columbus (*)Adventure, Family, Fantasy7.6 (737.8K votes)15220211228
Headspace25-year-old Alex Borden is handsome, charming, and intelligent. In fact, he may be too smart for his own good, as his life is swiftly becoming a living hell. Alex's nightmare begins when he meets Harry, a mysterious artist and che...2005Andrew van den HoutenHorror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller4.6 (2K votes)220220912
HellraiserA woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body so he can escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their sadistic underw1987Clive BarkerHorror, Thriller7.0 (115.5K votes)9420211228
Hellraiser 2 - HellboundKirsty is brought to an institution after the horrible events of Hellraiser (1987), where the occult-obsessive head doctor resurrects Julia and unleashes the Cenobites and their demonic underworld.1988Tony RandelHorror, Thriller6.5 (46.9K votes)9720211228
Hellraiser 3 - Hell on EarthAn investigative reporter must send the newly unbound Pinhead and his legions back to Hell.1992Anthony HickoxHorror5.5 (29.9K votes)9720211228
History of the World - Part 1Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.1981Mel Brooks (*)Comedy, History, Musical6.9 (48.6K votes)9220211228
HoomaniaFollow Kris Atwood into a land of comical game people where you'll be chased by an army of chessmen, taunted by a daffy dodo bird, tempted by goodie-gobbling sluggards, and learn about wisdom from a wise old owl. Based on the Book...1985Rick GarsideAnimation, Short, Family, Fantasy6.0 (59 votes)3720240803
HypercubeEight strangers awaken with no memory, in a puzzling cube-shaped room where the laws of physics do not always apply.2002Andrzej SekulaDrama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi5.6 (66.2K votes)9420211228
Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting, The [L'hypothèse du tableau volé]Two narrators, one seen and one unseen, discuss possible connections between a series of paintings. The on-screen narrator walks through three-dimensional reproductions of each painting, featuring real people, sometimes moving, in an1978Raúl RuizDrama, Mystery7.4 (1.1K votes)6620211228
Independence DayThe aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.1996Roland Emmerich (*)Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi7.0 (556.7K votes)14520211228
Invincible ArmourHwang Jang Lee is a corrupt Ming guard who frames John Liu for murder. A wanted fugitive, John hides out with a teen who is an expert in the infamous Iron Armor technique, a technique that means the expert can withstand anything. How1977See-Yuen NgAction, Drama7.0 (928 votes)9020211228
Invincible Buddhism Kung FuTwo warlord chiefs, a ton-fa wielder who can destroy an opponents weapon and a Tai Chi expert that is impervious to weapons, send a pair of killers to track down and kill an old master swordsman who has given up fighting. When the ki1978Joseph KuoAction7.0 (487 votes)8320220423
JumanjiWhen two kids find and play a magical board game, they release a man trapped in it for decades - and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game.1995Joe JohnstonAdventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy7.0 (331.8K votes)10420211228
Killing, TheCrook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.1956Stanley Kubrick (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller8.0 (87.3K votes)8420211228
King of Chess [Qi wang]Hong Kong ad man Ching (John Shum) is recruited by an old friend to boost the rating of a tv game show in Taiwan. After discovering a child with psychic abilities, he sets up a televised chess tournament between the boy and a powe...1991Ho Yim, Hark TsuiDrama6.9 (377 votes)10920240803
Knight MovesDuring a chess tournament, grand master Peter is suspected of murdering Debi after sex. He helps the police as the murders continue.1992Carl SchenkelCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.1 (8.5K votes)11620211228
Knights of the South BronxA business man decides that he wants to teach school in the inner city and chooses a tough school in the South Bronx. He teaches the children how to play the game of chess, and along the way they learn a lot about life.2005Allen HughesDrama6.7 (1.1K votes)8920240803
Life of a KingEx-felon, Eugene Brown, establishes a Chess Club for inner city teenagers in Washington, D.C.2013Jake GoldbergerDrama6.9 (6.4K votes)10020211228
Little Man TateA single mother raises a child prodigy on her own, struggling to give him every opportunity he needs to express his gift.1991Jodie FosterDrama6.6 (14.8K votes)9920211228
Long Live the Queen [Lang leve de koningin]A fairytale about a young girl who learns to play chess and at the same time finds her father.1995Esmé LammersAdventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy7.3 (1.3K votes)11820240803
Luzhin Defence, TheTwo worlds collide when an eccentric genius falls in love with a strong-willed society beauty.2000Marleen GorrisDrama, Romance6.9 (4.4K votes)10920211228
Maniac, The [Una partita a scacchi]An insane asylum is shown, with various inmates. One of the patients constantly plays chess, and one day makes his escape, carrying his board and chessmen. He boards a railroad train and enters a compartment occupied by a traveler...1912Luigi MaggiShort, Drama, Horror, Thriller5.2 (21 votes)820240803
Matter Of Life And Death, AA British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.1946Michael Powell, Emeric PressburgerDrama, Fantasy, Romance, War8.1 (21.4K votes)10420211228
Mighty Pawns, TheCaring and tough: That's how you could describe the principal, teacher, and parent who combined their efforts to transform a struggling bunch of misfits, otherwise known as D Class, into a united team of national chess contenders.1987Eric LaneuvilleDrama, Family, Sport6.6 (57 votes)5720240803
Mystery Of Chess Boxing, TheSupposedly dead, embittered former official, The Ghost Face Killer has returned and seeking revenge on those martial arts masters than once opposed him - his name is infamous and his Five Elements fighting style is deadly. Meanwhile,1979Joseph KuoAction, Drama6.9 (607 votes)9020211228
Nemesis GameAn introspective university student with an unhealthy interest in riddles and puzzles becomes involved in a sinister mind game that results in murder.2003Jesse WarnMystery, Thriller5.4 (2.3K votes)9220240205
New Adventures of Puss in Boots, The [Novye pokhozhdeniya Kota v Sapogakh]Girl Luba had a dream. She, the daughter of a chess king in a fairyland, became the victim of a cunning political conspiracy of two cards - the Peak Jack Krivello and the Cross Dame Dvuliche.1958Aleksandr RouFamily6.8 (174 votes)8720240803
October - Ten Days that Shook the World [Oktyabr]A large-scale view on the events of 1917 in Russia, when the monarchy was overthrown.1927Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Sergei M. EisensteinDrama, History7.5 (7.7K votes)9520211228
Omega Man, TheBiological war has decimated life on Earth. Los Angeles is a windswept ghost town where Robert Neville tools his convertible through sunlit streets foraging for supplies.1971Boris SagalAction, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller6.5 (30.9K votes)9820211228
One, Two, ThreeIn West Berlin during the Cold War, a Coca-Cola executive is given the task of taking care of his boss' socialite daughter.1961Billy Wilder (*)Comedy7.9 (20.7K votes)10420211228
Only Lovers Left AliveA depressed musician reunites with his lover. Though their romance, which has already endured several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.2013Jim Jarmusch (*)Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance7.3 (97.8K votes)12320211228
Pawn SacrificeSet 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.2014Edward Zwick (*)Biography, Drama, History, Sport, Thriller7.0 (43.9K votes)11520211228
PiA paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.1998Darren Aronofsky (*)Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.4 (175.8K votes)8420211228
ProdigyA father must protect his estranged son from the outside world when the boy accurately predicts three end-of-world events.2018Nathan LeonDrama, Thriller3.5 (321 votes)11120240803
Queen of KatweA Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.2016Mira NairBiography, Drama, Sport7.4 (17.2K votes)12420220415
Queen to Play [Joueuse]A chambermaid on Corsica is obsessed with chess after seeing a US expat play it lovingly with l'Américaine. She cleans his house and now also plays with him on Tuesdays.2009Caroline BottaroDrama6.9 (2.9K votes)10120211228
QuintetDuring a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called "Quintet." For one small group, this obsession is not enough; they play the game with living pieces ... and only the winner survives.1979Robert Altman (*)Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi5.1 (3.3K votes)11820211228
Return from the AshesIn Paris, a Polish gigolo marries a rich Jewish doctor and stands to inherit her estate when she is deported to Dachau by the Nazis.1965J. Lee ThompsonCrime, Drama, Thriller7.0 (908 votes)10520220315
Return of the 18 Bronzemen [Yong zheng da po shi ba tong ren]The reigning Qing Emperor dies and his fourth son changes his father's will to his favor and becomes the new emperor. He disguises himself as a commoner, and becomes a disciple in the Shaolin Temple in order to become a kung fu ma...1976Joseph KuoAction, Adventure, War6.1 (256 votes)9320240803
Return Of The Five Deadly VenomsThe final student of a dying martial arts master is instructed to locate the previous five students and defeat any evil ones among them.1978Cheh ChangAction, Drama, Mystery7.0 (7.1K votes)10120211228
RevolverGambler Jake Green enters into a game with potentially deadly consequences.2005Guy Ritchie (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.4 (93.9K votes)11120211228
RondoEvery Sunday, lonely bachelor and refined judge Mladen goes to play chess with his friend, sculptor Fedji. Slowly, he engages in a love affair with Neda, Fedia's wife, and almost invisibly, a love triangle forms. Chess board is the c1966Zvonimir BerkovicDrama, Music, Romance8.1 (573 votes)9520211228
SabotageFormer special services agent plays an intricate game of chess involving several federal agencies. Queen takes pawn.1996Tibor TakácsAction, Drama, Thriller5.8 (1.8K votes)9920240803
Scared StiffThe jumpy chess editor at a newspaper accidentally gets involved in some murders at a sleazy tavern run by a pair of bizarre brothers.1945Frank McDonaldMystery, Comedy5.0 (193 votes)6520211228
Searching For Bobby FisherA prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.1993Steven ZaillianBiography, Drama, Sport7.4 (39.6K votes)10920211228
Seduction [Erotikon]A young woman is seduced and abandoned by a man who was invited to stay at his home by her father in a stormy night. Noticing that she is pregnant, the girl decides to leave home and start a new life.1929Gustav MachatýDrama, Romance7.2 (562 votes)8520211228
Seventh Seal, TheA knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.1957Ingmar Bergman (*)Drama, Fantasy, History8.2 (179.1K votes)9620211228
Shatranj Ke KhilariWazed Ali Shah was the ruler of one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British, intent on controlling this rich country, had sent General Outram on a secret mission to clear the way for an annexation. While pressure was m1977Satyajit Ray (*)Comedy, Drama, History7.7 (3.5K votes)12920211228
Shawshank Redemption, TheTwo imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.1994Frank Darabont (*)Drama9.3 (2.5M votes)14220211228
Sherlock Holmes - A Game of ShadowsDetective Sherlock Holmes is on the trail of criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty, who is carrying out a string of random crimes across Europe.2011Guy Ritchie (*)Action, Adventure, Mystery7.5 (441K votes)12920211228
Sherlock Holmes Faces DeathDuring WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime from a long list of suspects including the owners1943Roy William NeillCrime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller7.0 (4.5K votes)6820211228
Son of Cain [Fill de Caín]A wealthy Spanish family whose teenage son is very troubled, they hire a psychologist to help him, but nothing is what it seems like in the beginning.2013Jesús MonllaóThriller6.1 (829 votes)9020220822
SpectreA cryptic message from James Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover the existence of a sinister organisation named SPECTRE. With a new threat dawning, Bond learns the terrible truth about the author of all his pain in his most r2015Sam MendesAction, Adventure, Thriller6.8 (430.5K votes)14820220423
Stalag 17After two Americans are killed while escaping from a German P.O.W. camp in World War II, the barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.1953Billy Wilder (*)Comedy, Drama, War8.0 (54.8K votes)12020211228
Star WarsLuke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vad1977George Lucas (*)Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi8.6 (1.3M votes)12120211228
Tales of the Unusual [Yonimo kimyô na monogatari - Eiga no tokubetsu hen]A four-part anthology in the spirit of The Twilight Zone, this film starts off with a group of commuters stranded at a train station in the rain, listening to stories told by one of the group. These include tales of a group stranded 2000Mamoru Hoshi, Masayuki Ochiai, Hisao Ogura, Masayuki SuzukiComedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance6.9 (367 votes)12620211228
TauA woman is held captive by a scientist in a futuristic smart house, and hopes to escape by reasoning with the Artificial Intelligence that controls the house.2018Federico D'AlessandroSci-Fi, Thriller5.8 (31.5K votes)9720220822
Thief Who Came To Dinner, TheA computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he starts making waves an insurance investigator hounds him. He also meets a woman who becomes his accomplice.1973Bud YorkinComedy, Romance6.2 (992 votes)10420211228
Thing, TheA research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.1982John Carpenter (*)Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi8.1 (402.6K votes)10920211228
Thomas Crown Affair, TheA debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist, only to match wits with a sexy insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.1968Norman Jewison (*)Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller7.0 (24.5K votes)10220211228
Tournament, The [Le tournoi]Budapest International Chess Tournament. The most likely winner: Cal Fournier (22), French champion, immature genius, socially awkward, compulsive player. But this time, an unusual 9-years-old Hungarian opponent disrupts this smoo...2015Élodie NamerDrama, Sport5.7 (501 votes)8320240803
TronA computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.1982Steven LisbergerAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi6.8 (118.5K votes)9620211228
TRON LegacyThe son of a virtual world designer goes looking for his father and ends up inside the digital world that his father designed. He meets his father's corrupted creation and a unique ally who was born inside the digital world.2010Joseph KosinskiAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi6.8 (327.4K votes)12520211228
Two Weeks NoticeA lawyer decides that she's used too much like a nanny by her boss, so she walks out on him.2002Marc LawrenceComedy, Romance6.2 (115.2K votes)10120211228
UncoveredWhile restoring an old painting showing a woman and two men playing chess, Julia discovers the text "Who killed the knight" underneath the paint. The owner of the painting tells her that one of his forefathers was killed, the paintin1994Jim McBride (*)Mystery, Thriller5.8 (2.4K votes)10320211228
W [W is War]A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.1983John Badham (*)Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.1 (103.8K votes)11420230424
WarGamesA young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.1983John Badham (*)Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.1 (97K votes)11420211228
WarGames - The Dead CodeThe United State's Department of Homeland Security is led to believe an American teen hacker playing a terrorist-attack simulator game online is a real terrorist out to destroy the U.S.2008Stuart GillardDrama, Sci-Fi, Thriller4.5 (5K votes)10020240803
WaterlooFacing the decline of everything he has worked to obtain, conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte and his army confront the British at the Battle of Waterloo.1970Sergey BondarchukAction, Biography, Drama, History, War7.3 (10K votes)12320211228
WazirA grief-stricken cop and an amputee grandmaster are brought together by a peculiar twist of fate as part of a wider conspiracy that has darkened their lives.2016Bejoy NambiarAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.1 (20.1K votes)10320240803
Whatever WorksA middle-aged, misanthropic divorcé from New York City surprisingly enters a fulfilling, Pygmalion-type relationship with a much younger, unsophisticated Southern girl.2009Woody Allen (*)Comedy, Romance7.1 (73.4K votes)9320211228
Wonderful WorldBen Singer has his cynical worldview darkened by his roommate Ibu's sudden medical situation, though the arrival of Ibu's sister, Khadi, might remedy both men's ills.2009Joshua GoldinComedy, Drama, Romance6.0 (2.5K votes)8920240803
Word WarsA look at the obsessive world of competitive Scrabble.2004Eric Chaikin, Julian PetrilloDocumentary, Comedy6.9 (1.7K votes)8020240407
World Champion, The [Chempion mira]In 1978, young ambitious Soviet chess champion Anatoly Karpov must defend his title against a former mentor and defector to the West Viktor Korchnoi. Their face-off becomes the most dramatic championship match in chess history.2021Aleksey SidorovDrama, History, Sport6.3 (756 votes)14520240803
X-MenIn a world where mutants (evolved super-powered humans) exist and are discriminated against, two groups form for an inevitable clash: the supremacist Brotherhood, and the pacifist X-Men.2000Bryan Singer (*)Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi7.4 (596.5K votes)10420211228
Young Sherlock HolmesWhen assorted people start having inexplicable delusions that lead to their deaths, a teenage Sherlock Holmes decides to investigate.1985Barry Levinson (*)Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller6.8 (20.8K votes)10920211228
Young Victoria, TheA dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.2009Jean-Marc ValléeBiography, Drama, History, Romance7.3 (60.7K votes)10520211228
Zathura - a Space AdventureTwo young brothers are drawn into an intergalactic adventure when their house is hurled through the depths of space by the magical board game they are playing.2005Jon FavreauAction, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi6.2 (100.9K votes)10120211228
Zatoichi and the Chess ExpertA samurai with a high skill in chess makes friends with Zatoichi, who finds that things become peculiar in his presence.1965Kenji MisumiAction, Adventure, Drama7.4 (1.4K votes)8720211228
Zero CharismaAn overgrown nerd who serves as Game Master of a fantasy board game finds his role as leader of the misfits put into jeopardy when a new initiate enters the group.2013Katie Graham, Andrew MatthewsComedy, Drama6.3 (2.7K votes)8620211228
Grossmeyster1973Sergey MikaelyanBiography, Drama, Sport6.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Qi wang1988Wenji TengDrama6.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Great Performances1971nanMusic, Musical7.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Great Performances: Chess in Concert2009Hugh WooldridgeMusic, Musical8.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Tetris1984Alexey Pazhitnovnan8.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Battle Chess1988nanAction, Fantasy, Sport6.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine2003Vikram JayantiDocumentary6.7 (Unkn) Excluded
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story2010Kevin TostadoDocumentary, History, Sport6.1 (Unkn) Excluded
The Fugitive1963nanAdventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller8.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Chess Kids1996Lynn HamrickDocumentary7.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Ataxx1991nanFantasy8.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Chasing Einstein2019Steve Brown, Timothy WheelerDocumentary7.1 (Unkn) Excluded
The Prince of Chess2005Øyvind Von Doren AsbjørnsenDocumentary7.7 (Unkn) Excluded
Have Gun - Will Travel1957nanWestern8.4 (Unkn) Excluded
The Mentalist: 18-5-42010Charles BeesonCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Hawking2013Stephen FinniganDocumentary, Biography, Comedy, Drama7.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Chessgame: The Alamut Ambush1983Ken GrieveThrillernan (Unkn) Excluded
Monk: Mr. Monk and the Genius2008Michael W. WatkinsComedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery8.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Bobby Fischer Against the World2011Liz GarbusDocumentary, Biography, History, Sport7.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Chess-Nuts1932Dave Fleischer, Shamus CulhaneAnimation, Short, Comedy, Family6.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Kein Abend wie jeder andere1976Hermann LeitnerComedy6.1 (Unkn) Excluded
The Prisoner1967nanDrama, Mystery, Sci-Fi8.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Jack & Bobby: Chess Lessons2004David PetrarcaDrama, Romance, Sci-Fi8.9 (Unkn) Excluded
CheckMating1996William AzaroffDrama, Short, Romance7.0 (Unkn) Excluded
Checkmate1960nanCrime, Drama, Mystery7.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Frasier: Chess Pains1996Gordon HuntComedy8.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Checkmate2015Timothy Woodward Jr.Action, Crime, Thriller2.7 (Unkn) Excluded
Bottom: Culture1992Ed ByeComedy8.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Anything to Win: The Mad Genius of Bobby Fisher2006nanDocumentary8.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Columbo: The Most Dangerous Match1973Edward M. AbromsCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Battle Chess 40001992nanFamily, Sci-Finan (Unkn) Excluded
Illegal Move2016Sana Srinivasan, Kyle LopezAnimation, Short5.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Masterpieces of the British Museum: The Lewis Chessmen2006Christabel GingellDocumentarynan (Unkn) Excluded
De stelling Van Foreest, een schaakfamilie2017Maarten Schmidt, Thomas DoebeleDocumentary7.0 (Unkn) Excluded
The Chess Set2005Alex MurawskiShort, Dramanan (Unkn) Excluded
Die Schachspielerinnen2012Stephan HilpertDocumentary, Drama, Sportnan (Unkn) Excluded
Glory to the Queen2020Tatia Skhirtladze, Anna KhazaradzeDocumentary7.6 (Unkn) Excluded
The Avengers: Room Without a View1966Roy Ward BakerAction, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.4 (Unkn) Excluded
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Killer Moves2014Alec SmightCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Mega Mindy: De bijenkoning2007nanAdventure, Crime, Mysterynan (Unkn) Excluded
Pawns2011Roy SchwartzComedy, Familynan (Unkn) Excluded
Checkmate2010Arvin N. BernerDrama, Mystery4.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Brooklyn Castle2012Katie DellamaggioreDocumentary7.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Die Grünstein-Variante1985Bernhard WickiDrama7.7 (Unkn) Excluded
Numb3rs: Checkmate2008Stephen GyllenhaalCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Algorithms2013Geetha J, Ian McDonaldDocumentary, Sport6.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Q*bert1982nanFamily6.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Chess Me Out2008Davide FasoloDocumentary, Short, Sport8.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Zugzwang1989Mathieu CarrièreDrama6.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Mission: Impossible: A Game of Chess1968Alf KjellinAction, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Midsomer Murders: The Sicilian Defence2013Alex PillaiCrime, Drama, Mystery7.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Beladingala Baale1995Sunil Kumar DesaiDrama, Fantasy, Romance8.6 (Unkn) Excluded
House M.D.: The Jerk2007Daniel SackheimDrama, Mystery8.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Alfred J. Kwak: De witte koningin1990Vivian Pieters, Hiroshi SaitôAnimation, Adventure, Drama, Family7.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Ivory Tower2010Adam TraynorComedy, Drama6.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Critical Role2015nanAdventure, Fantasy9.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Lexx: The Game2002Paul DonovanAction, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi8.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Endgame1999Luis CámaraShort, Comedy6.2 (Unkn) Excluded
The Chess Game2022Will TaylorDramanan (Unkn) Excluded
Tales of the Unexpected: The Best Chess Player in the World1984Graham EvansComedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller6.0 (Unkn) Excluded
L'incarnation de William Sherp1913Georges-André LacroixShort5.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Chess Match2020Timothy SerewiczDrama, Thriller7.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Chess Titans2007nanSport7.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Geliebte Diebin2002Thomas RothAction, Crime, Romance, Thriller5.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Jouer sa vie1982Gilles Carle, Camille CoudariDocumentary6.9 (Unkn) Excluded
TableTop2012nanComedy, Game-Show8.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Odysseus' Gambit2011Àlex LoraDocumentary, Short, Biography, Drama, Music, War8.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Alfred J. Kwak: Het schaakspel1990Vivian Pieters, Hiroshi SaitôAnimation, Adventure, Drama, Family7.7 (Unkn) Excluded
Gamemaster2020Charles MruzDocumentary6.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Queen of Cactus Cove2005Anna ChristopherShort, Comedy7.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Queen Sacrifice1988Julian RichardsComedy, Drama, Romance, Short6.6 (Unkn) Excluded
The Prisoner1967nanDrama, Mystery, Sci-Fi8.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Chess Masterworks2012Pamela J. ConnHistorynan (Unkn) Excluded
Chess2016Michel CosmaComedy, Drama, Fantasynan (Unkn) Excluded
Land of the Giants: Deadly Pawn1969Nathan JuranSci-Fi7.3 (Unkn) Excluded
The Queen's Gambit2020nanDrama8.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess1990nannan5.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Barbaric Genius2011Paul DuaneDocumentary6.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Intellivision Classic Games1999nanAction, Adventure, Family, Sport7.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Endeavour: Game2017Ashley PearceCrime, Drama, Mystery8.2 (Unkn) Excluded
The Avengers: Lobster Quadrille1964Kim MillsAction, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Family Ties: Checkmate1986Sam WeismanComedy, Drama, Family7.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Dave vs Death2011Patrick HagartyShort, Comedy, Horror7.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin2018Alan ByronDocumentary6.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Minesweeper1989nanAction, Adventure6.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Gone2005Christopher SwartoutCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.7 (Unkn) Excluded
Checkers1980nanFamily3.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Leverage: The Queen's Gambit Job2011Jonathan FrakesCrime, Mystery, Thriller8.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Magnus2016Benjamin ReeDocumentary7.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Rampart1991nanAction6.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Golubye dorogi1948Vladimir BraunAdventure, Drama, War6.7 (Unkn) Excluded
Sekai no asobi taizen 512020Atsushi Nakaonan7.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Check2021Chandra Sekhar YeletiAction, Crime, Thriller6.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Belyy sneg Rossii1980Yuri VyshinskyBiography, Drama6.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Duels2014nanDocumentary, Biography, History7.7 (Unkn) Excluded
Hikaru no go2001nanAnimation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sport8.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Chess Moves1985David G. HillierShort, Music8.7 (Unkn) Excluded
Hatley High2003Phil PriceComedy, Romance6.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Star Trek1966nanAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi8.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Qi hun2020nanDrama, Fantasy, Sport8.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Chess Match: Hitler Vs. Stalin2013Glenn HansenShort, Comedynan (Unkn) Excluded
Mind Games - The Experiment2023Matt Hill, Ben AddelmanDocumentary5.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Torre X Torre2018Juan Obregón, Roberto GarzaDocumentary7.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Me and Bobby Fischer2010Friðrik GuðmundssonDocumentary6.7 (Unkn) Excluded
Checkmate2017Michael KhazenShort, Crime, Horror, Thrillernan (Unkn) Excluded