Movies: Chess

  • 2021
    This is Not a Game

    This is Not a Game (2021)

    This is Not a Game

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    Angela Su’s fictional artist Rosie Leavers is the last remaining person to upload her consciousness to a video game. Contemplating during a pandemic year which also saw people’s resistance movements in many parts of the world, the work pinpoints the ...

    This is Not a Game
  • 1969
    Kings

    Kings (1969)

    Kings

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

    Kings
  • 1969
    The Pawn and the King

    The Pawn and the King (1969)

    The Pawn and the King

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    The Pawn and the King
  • 2018
    Make Your Move

    Make Your Move (2018)

    Make Your Move

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    Two chess champions have a secret match to decide once and for all which of them is the better player....

    Make Your Move
  • 2020
    The Bourgeois

    The Bourgeois (2020)

    The Bourgeois

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

    The Bourgeois
  • 1969
    The Man in the Red Beret

    The Man in the Red Beret (1969)

    The Man in the Red Beret

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    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 couple of chessboards since 1981. He takes on all comers for $5 a game. He's probably the most famous ches...

    The Man in the Red Beret
  • 2024
    God Help Us

    God Help Us (2024)

    God Help Us

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    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 and a Demon engage in an otherworldly game of chess to determine the man's fate. Tension rises as th...

    God Help Us
  • 2016
    Chess Poem

    Chess Poem (2016)

    Chess Poem

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    Short film interpretation of Jorge Luis Borges poem Ajedrez. Narrated in Chinese. Features the Wei Yi Immortal game against Lazaro Bruzon. Originally created as an assignment for Werner Herzog's online class on film making (one room, two actors, one ...

    Chess Poem
  • 2023
    Checkmate

    Checkmate (2023)

    Checkmate

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    A teenage boy's mother needs money for surgery, but she can't afford it. After he finds a poster for a chess competition with a grand prize of $10k, he enters without knowing anything about the game to win the cash prize....

    Checkmate
  • 1979
    The Love For Wood

    The Love For Wood (1979)

    The Love For Wood

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    A documentary about the top Dutch chess players of 1979...

    The Love For Wood
  • 2025
    Beyond the Board

    Beyond the Board (2025)

    Beyond the Board

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    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 lesson. Through quiet moments and daily struggles, the film connects the strategy of the game to the cho...

    Beyond the Board
  • 2024
    The Adjournment

    The Adjournment (2024)

    The Adjournment

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    A boy plays a chess game against an unknown opponent that gets stranger as he goes on....

    The Adjournment
  • 2025
    The 64th Square

    The 64th Square (2025)

    The 64th Square

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

    The 64th Square
  • 2022
    En Prise

    En Prise (2022)

    En Prise

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    An epic battle between a knight and a pawn is about to start!... Except it doesn't, they're actually chess pieces...

    En Prise
  • 2024
    A Collection of Images From My Last Year of Naivety

    A Collection of Images From My Last Year of Naivety (2024)

    A Collection of Images From My Last Year of Naivety

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

    A Collection of Images From My Last Year of Naivety
  • 2025
    No Fools

    No Fools (2025)

    No Fools

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    No Fools
  • 1969
    House Rules

    House Rules (1969)

    House Rules

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

    House Rules
  • 2025
    Piezas Rotas

    Piezas Rotas (2025)

    Piezas Rotas

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    Martin wants to reconcile with his son Lucas, however, Lucas blames his father for the accidental death of his mother Julia. The reunion unleashes a tense exploration of their emotions and wounds that have yet to heal....

    Piezas Rotas
  • 1963
    Marcel Duchamp: A Game of Chess

    Marcel Duchamp: A Game of Chess (1963)

    Marcel Duchamp: A Game of Chess

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

    Marcel Duchamp: A Game of Chess
  • 1969
    Street Games

    Street Games (1969)

    Street Games

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    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 insightful portrait of a freely public, yet effectively anonymous, subculture: a unique and colorful ...

    Street Games