Chess Movies

The making of CHESS - from first reading to first night.

International crooks Sylvia, Roy and 'Count Donelli' come to America and cooperate to rob wealthy homes by using a gimmick known as a chess-playing...

A surrealist retelling of Caine and Abel in a black void, where a game of chess is taking place. A boxer uses a punching bag while watching from afar.

A chess champion and a poker hustler find themselves in a battle of wits after discovering a box full of money in a dumpster.

What if the events in a key era in our history were actually completely different than what our history textbooks try to tell us? What if Master Jan...

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

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,...

The thrilling, inside story of the psychology of sporting winners. Filmed during the world's strongest open chess tournament ever, "King's Gambit"...

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...

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...

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

Short TV film upon the story of Ludwik Niemojski of the same title, which was a part of his "Incredible Stories". It tells about Bartolomeo,...

Inner city kids are given new direction when they are convinced to join the school chess team.

A young chess prodigy is drawn into a dangerous underground circuit where every move carries life-or-death consequences.

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

Bagus (10) felt disappointed when his friends left him while playing. His sad feelings changed when he met the village head who invited him to play...

An aimless, uneducated young man discovers a new sense of purpose after developing a crush on a college student. Jimbo Cricket blends absurdist humor...

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...