Chess
Movies about or featuring chess.
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Schwarz und weiß wie Tage und Nächte (1978 TV Movie)
A scientist who swore off playing chess after a nervous breakdown as a boy wunderkind, creates an undefeated chess program... (103 mins.)
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
“ a.k.a "Black and White As Day and Night" ” - raisleygordon
3.
Brainwashed (1960)
In 1938 Austria shortly after the Nazi occupation, a prominent Viennese intellectual, Werner von Basil... (103 mins.)
Director: Gerd Oswald
4.
The Chess Player (1927)
In 1776, an inventor conceals a Polish nobleman in his chess-playing automaton, a machine whose fame leads it to the court of the Russian empress. (135 mins.)
Director: Raymond Bernard
5.
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944)
Charlie Chan investigates the locked-room murder of a chess expert. (66 mins.)
Director: Phil Rosen
“ a.k.a "The Chinese Cat" ” - raisleygordon
7.
Fresh (1994)
Michael (or Fresh as he's well known) is a 12-year-old drug pusher who lives in a crowded housing project with his cousins and aunt... (114 mins.)
Director: Boaz Yakin
8.
The Invisible Boy (1957)
A ten-year-old boy and Robby the Robot team up to prevent a Super Computer from controlling the Earth from a satellite. (90 mins.)
Director: Herman Hoffman
9.
Knight Moves (1992)
A chess grandmaster is in a big tournament, and when his lover is found painted up and the blood drained out of her body he becomes a chief suspect... (108 mins.)
Director: Carl Schenkel
10.
Knights of the South Bronx (2005 TV Movie)
A business man decides that he wants to teach school in the inner city and chooses a tough school in the South Bronx... (89 mins.)
Director: Allen Hughes
11.
The Luzhin Defence (2000)
Two worlds collide when an eccentric genius falls in love with a strong-willed society beauty. (109 mins.)
Director: Marleen Gorris
12.
Mighty Pawns (1987 TV Movie)
Inner city kids are given new direction when they are convinced to join the school chess team. (57 mins.)
13.
The Other Man (2008)
The story of a husband who suspects his wife of adultery, and sets out to track down the other man in her life. (88 mins.)
Director: Richard Eyre
14.
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer. (109 mins.)
Director: Steven Zaillian
15.
The Seventh Seal (1957)
A man seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague. (96 mins.)
Director: Ingmar Bergman
16.
Stalag 17 (1953)
When two escaping American World War II prisoners are killed, the German POW camp barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer. (120 mins.)
Director: Billy Wilder
17.
Swept from the Sea (1997)
The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century... (115 mins.)
Director: Beeban Kidron
18.
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist, only to match wits with a sexy insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man. (102 mins.)
Director: Norman Jewison
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From Russia with Love (1963). I think it was the second Bond film no?
tigerprowl wrote:
Page isn't loading for some reason, you might just want to copy and paste the list here.
It loads when I click on it, but I have learned to accept "computer weirdness" and did as you requested. Such does not permit re-ordering the list alphabetically or by release dates, or most importantly, simply clicking on the movie to see the full Imdb description.
I previously posted a link to an Imdb list of 500 Movies with chess and they seemed to include movies with a glimps of a chess board.
This shorter list seems to be more discriminating, and the movies generally have chess as having a major function in the plot. Several omissions such as Queen to Play, but you may find it to be worth a peak.
I would like to see Dangerous Moves, as (from the description) the chess is followable.
http://www.imdb.com/list/WmCOcOQAyIE/?ref_=tt_rls_2