Best Chess movies

Actors : Dong-wook Kim, Ji-Young Park, Min-jun Kim, Yeo-jeong Jo,
Directors : Dae-seung Kim,

A tragic love triangle story between Hwa-Yeon, a daughter of a nobleman, her true love Kwon-Yoo, a servant and the man who will be King, Prince Sungwon.

Actors : Kaneko Iwasaki, Shintarô Katsu, Mikio Narita, Chizu Hayashi,
Directors : Kenji Misumi,

A samurai with a high skill in chess makes friends with Zatoichi, who finds that things become peculiar in his presence.

Actors : Luisa-Céline Gaffron, Gerhard Flödl, Samuel Finzi, Clemens Berndorff,
Directors : Philipp Stölzl,

To withstand the psychological torture of the Gestapo, a lawyer imprisoned by the Nazis rescues himself in the world of chess.

Actors : Chiranjit, Dipankar Dey, Rituparna Sengupta,
Directors : Pathikrit Basu,

A young chess prodigy Surya, emerges from the streets of North Kolkata to achieve the prestigious title Grandmaster. Through numerous challenges Surya gets support from his grandfather, mother and coach who serves as pillars of strength

Actors : Isabelle Nanty, Mizanur Rahaman, Assad Ahmed, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Pierre-François Martin-Laval,

The story of Fahim Mohammad, world junior chess champion, born in Bangladesh in 2000, and currently playing in France.

Actors : Nicolas Wright, Rachelle Lefevre, Nwamiko Madden, James A. Woods,
Directors : Phil Price,

Tommy Linklater is an eighteen-year old magician. The magic he performs is often minor - re-directing croquet balls, making cards appear in closed purses - it is always genuine; he actually...

Actors : Luis Politti, Ana Torrent, Agustín González, Héctor Alterio,
Directors : Jaime de Armiñán,

In a town near Salamanca, an eccentric widower, aged 60, is captivated by an imp, a precocious 13 year old. Alejandro is wealthy and alone, passing time with music, chess, and his shotgun. ...

Actors : Joan Prades, Ariel Castro, Javier Montó, Raquel Escribano,
Directors : Miguel Ángel Toledo,

The chess player Raúl invites his estranged wife Ana and his son Nico to travel with him during Christmas to an isolated cabin in a snowy mountain expecting to reconcile with her. On the ...

Actors : Samantha Eggar, Maximilian Schell, Ingrid Thulin, Herbert Lom,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

In Paris, a Polish gigolo marries a rich Jewish doctor and stands to inherit her estate when she is deported to Dachau by the Nazis.

Actors : Oona Laurence, Janeane Garofalo, Tovah Feldshuh, Ralph Macchio,
Directors : Evan Oppenheimer,

A young girl finding her way around the city and her own life through chess lessons. This is also about being open to all the clues about your life and your options that surround you everyday.

Actors : Fengliang Yang, Gerhard Olschewski, Ming Gao, Zifeng Liu,
Directors : Jianxin Huang,

Engineer Zhao Shuxin likes playing chess a lot. Once during his business trip, he loses a black cannon chessman which leads to unexpected consequences for him.

Actors : Magne-Håvard Brekke, Viktoria Kozlova, Michelangelo Passaniti, Lou de Laâge,
Directors : Elodie Namer,

Budapest International Chess Tournament. The most likely winner: Cal Fournier (22), French champion, immature genius, socially awkward, compulsive player. But this time, an unusual 9-...

Actors : Anant Nag, Vanita Vasu, Loknath, Ramesh Bhat,
Directors : Sunil Kumar Desai,

An anonymous, mysterious caller who claims to be a huge fan of Revanth, the Chess Grandmaster from India, challenges him in many ways. It results in an inner quest for him as he literally sets out to track down the elusive caller.

Actors : Stevo Zigon, Milena Dravic, Relja Basic, Boris Festini,
Directors : Zvonimir Berkovic,

Every Sunday, lonely bachelor and refined judge Mladen goes to play chess with his friend, sculptor Fedji. Slowly, he engages in a love affair with Neda, Fedia's wife, and almost invisibly,...

Actors : Rodney Lam, Fajah Lourens, Josylvio, Liza Sips,
Directors : Danny Leysner,

When Winston Righter decides eligible to stand for the presidency in Suriname, he is confronted with his criminal past. A chess breaks loose as he competes with justice and the underworld.

Actors : Gary Kemp, Péter Vallai, Sadie Frost, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy,
Directors : Ildikó Enyedi,

Film about a child's perception of an adult world. Story centers on a police marksman who is assigned to protect a Russian chess grand master who does not know about his protection. Then ...

Actors : Gonzales, Tiga Sontag, Peaches, George Anthony,
Directors : Adam Traynor,

Hershell & Thadeus, two chess-playing brothers and their unhealthy rivalry over both the chessboard and a woman. Hershell is a chess purist, the prodigal son, Thadeus a disciplined, ...

Actors : James Wilby, Pierre Richard, Denis Lavant, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Yves Hanchar,

In 19th century, a disillusioned priest helps a young boy drifter who's a chess wunderkind to move on up in life and social structures using his talent. Years later, he's a success, but game of life and love has higher stakes than chess.

Actors : Ettore Bassi, Massimo De Rossi, Toni Bertorelli, Barbora Bobulova,
Directors : Claudia Florio,

Maria Adele is a 17-year-old chess prodigy who is tormented by terrible nightmares. Although she knows these nightmares are somehow connected to her childhood, she remembers nothing of ...

Actors : Nadezhda Pavlova, Aleksandr Samoylov, Aleksandr Abdulov, Nikolay Volkov,
Directors : Igor Usov,

Such dodgy combination with antique chandelier could come up only chess-player.