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"Chess based films" playlist


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Created by: hansol69

Movies: 20, TV Shows: 2 [scroll to tv]

Playlist description:  Chess based Movies and TV, some more loosely based around the game, but it's still part of the plot.



Movies (20)


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Endgame

Endgame (2015)

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, ...

Views: 677 • Reviews: 1
The Dark Horse

The Dark Horse (2014)

Drama 

The Dark Horse is an emotionally-charged and inspiring drama about a man who searches for the courage to lead, despite his own adversities - finding purpose and...

Views: 895 • Reviews: 0

Magnus

Magnus (2016)

From child prodigy to chess genius.

Views: 882 • Reviews: 0
Queen of Katwe

Queen of Katwe (2016)

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

Views: 2,688 • Reviews: 1

Fresh

Fresh (1994)

Death and violence anger a 12-year-old drug courier, who sets his employers against each other.

Views: 805 • Reviews: 3
Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin (2018)

Fascinating story of the 1978 World Chess Championship between the Soviet Communist Party's protege, Anatoly Karpov and the traitor and Soviet defector, Viktor ...

Views: 197 • Reviews: 0

64 Squares

64 Squares (2016)

A grief-stricken cop and amputee grandmaster are brought together by a peculiar twist of fate as part of a wider conspiracy that has darkened their lives.

Views: 933 • Reviews: 0
Pawn Sacrifce

Pawn Sacrifce (2014)

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 Emp...

Views: 1,886 • Reviews: 1

Life of a King

Life of a King (2013)

Drama 

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

Views: 1,370 • Reviews: 2
Barbaric Genius

Barbaric Genius (2012)

The remarkable story of John Healy's rise from wino and street thief to chess master and award-winning author.

Views: 63 • Reviews: 0

Brooklyn Castle

Brooklyn Castle (2012)

Amidst financial crises and unprecedented public school budget cuts, Brooklyn Castle takes an intimate look at the challenges and triumphs facing members of a j...

Views: 5,556 • Reviews: 0
Chess Kids Special Edition

Chess Kids Special Edition (2011)

Follow-up interviews with the original child chess prodigies, nearly 20 years later.

Views: 652 • Reviews: 0

Bobby Fischer Against the World

Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011)

'Bobby Fischer Against the World' is the first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer. The drama of B...

Views: 2,091 • Reviews: 0
Joueuse

Joueuse (2009)

Drama 

Sandrine Bonnaire and Kevin Kline (in his first French-speaking role) shine in this sophisticated feel-good comedy set in idyllic Corsica. Middle-aged chamberma...

Views: 4,502 • Reviews: 0

Knights of the South Bronx

Knights of the South Bronx (2005)

Drama 

The movie is based on the life & times of David MacEnulty who taught schoolchildren of the Bronx Community Elementary School 70 to play at competition level...

Views: 435 • Reviews: 1
The Luzhin Defence

The Luzhin Defence (2001)

Based on a novel by Vladimir Nabokov (the author of Lolita), this British film tells the story of Russian chess player Alexander Luzhin (John ...

Views: 7,603 • Reviews: 2

Geri's Game

Geri's Game (1997)

In an empty, tree-filled park, an old man sets out a game of chess. Sitting, he puts on spectacles and makes the first move: 1) e4. He removes his glasses, stan...

Views: 1,671 • Reviews: 0
Searching for Bobby Fischer

Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)

Josh Waitzkin is just a typical American boy interested in baseball when one day he challenges his father at chess and wins. Showing unusual precocity at the o...

Views: 17,995 • Reviews: 1

La diagonale du fou

La diagonale du fou (1984)

During the Cold War, the World Chess Championship clashed complete opposites - personal and political.

Views: 65 • Reviews: 0
Chess Fever

Chess Fever (1925)

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 frustr...

Views: 91 • Reviews: 13



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Endgame

Endgame (2011)

Crime  Drama 

Endgame is an original drama series centering on brilliant chess master, Arkady Balagan. Traumatized by the murder of his fiancée, Balagan has become a prisone...

Views: 260 • Followers: 2 • Reviews: 0
Season:1 Episode:13 (3 years ago)
The Queen's Gambit

The Queen's Gambit (2020)

Drama 

Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharp...

Views: 8,386 • Followers: 41 • Reviews: 11
Season:1 Episode:7 (4 years ago)



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