Movies About Chess

  • 15. Critical Thinking

  • 5.2
  • Based on a true story that took place in Miami in 1998; the Miami Jackson High School chess team is motivated by a committed teacher to become the first inner-city team to win the US Chess...Read more Championship.


  • 14. The Chessplayer

  • 5.2
  • After deciding to flee the Spanish Civil War and reside in German-occupied Paris, a Spanish chess player is accused of espionage. He gets sent to a prison run by a Nazi man, who has a passion for...Read more chess.


  • 12. Fresh

  • 5.3
      • MPAA
      • R
  • In Brooklyn, New York, Fresh, a 12-year-old drug courier, finds himself caught in a complicated web of poverty, corruption and endless racial tension.


  • 11. Knight Moves

  • 5.2
      • MPAA
      • R
  • A group of murders occur against several women, during a major chess tournament. However, suspicions turn towards the player Peter Sanderson, who has just lost his girlfriend. A call from the real...Read more killer prompts him to cooperate with two investigators and a psychology researcher, to solve the problem.


  • 10. The Dark Horse

  • 5.3
  • A brilliant chess player from New Zealand with bipolar disorder finds purpose when he volunteers to coach young members of a chess club.


  • 9. Life of a King

  • 5.3
      • تقييمنا
      • Adult Supervision
      • MPAA
      • PG-13
  • An ex-felon with an unmatched love for chess establishes a chess club for teenagers in the slums of Washington, D.C., hoping to turn their violent-driven sides into tamed and focused ones.


  • 8. Queen to Play

  • 5.3
      • MPAA
      • Unrated
  • A house cleaning service worker becomes obsessed with chess overnight after she sees an American expatriate playing the game while living in Corsica, so they agree to set up a date to play together.


  • 7. Bobby Fischer Against the World

  • 5.3
      • MPAA
      • Unrated
  • A documentary that chronicles the life of the iconic chess master Bobby Fischer, from his difficult childhood, through his worldwide fame, to becoming a fugitive until his death in 2008.


  • 6. The Luzhin Defence

  • 5.3
      • MPAA
      • PG
  • A professional chess player arrives in an Italian town to take part in an upcoming competition, but things take an unexpected turn when he has an emotional adventure with a woman of a different...Read more background.


  • 4. Magnus

  • 5.3
      • MPAA
      • NR
  • A documentary that follows Norwegian chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen, who became a grandmaster when he was 13 and won the 2013 FIDE World Chess Championship.