Chess Movies

Several days in the lives, and profiles of, the owners and players of the open air street chess tables in downtown San Francisco. An informative and...

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.

Beyond the Board draws parallels between life and chess, showing how life is like a game where every move we make can lead to a win, a loss, or a...

A documentary about the top Dutch chess players of 1979

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...

Three weeks to make three films. Filmed in my last semester before College. "Time", "One Night", "8x8".

It would be chess that brought nightmares and hell to a dreamlike, fairy-tale universe. Chess was trying to manipulate the universe and humanity. It...

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...

Documentary about an unlikely youth chess team from Indianapolis who went on surprise the chess world with their success. The team, made up of young...

He wears a red beret to make it easy for folks to find him on a busy New Orleans French Quarter street, where he's set up a folding table and a...

Elliott, a lonely young man with no family, learns of a deceased grandfather he never knew. Feeling robbed of such a connection, he decides to hire...

A delusional young boy explains a day in his life and his passion for Chess.

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...

An intense chess match between two men who become increasingly judgmental on the inside.

What starts as a friendly chess game, quickly progresses into a full blown conflict.

A Grim Reaper forms an unlikely friendship with a young girl.

An unusual game of chess between two rivals.