Queen of Chess
A Hungarian girl dreams of conquering international men’s chess. After a 15-year battle against world champion Garry Kasparov and her domineering father, Judit Polgár revolutionizes the sport’s patriarchal culture to become one of the greatest chess prodigies in history and the greatest woman chess player of all time.
Geri's Game
An aging codger named Geri plays a daylong game of chess in the park against himself. Somehow, he begins losing to his livelier opponent. But just when the game's nearly over, Geri manages to turn the tables.
Wazir
'Wazir' is a tale of two unlikely friends, a wheelchair-bound chess grandmaster and a brave ATS officer. Brought together by grief and a strange twist of fate, the two men decide to help each other win the biggest games of their lives. But there's a mysterious, dangerous opponent lurking in the shadows, who is all set to checkmate them.
Endgame
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, Jose has the chance to use his skills and for once in his life, finds himself in the spotlight, as he tries to help his team make it to the Texas state finals. As their coach, Mr. Alvarado, teaches his students the meaning of perseverance and team effort in the face of adversity, Jose discovers his own strengths and uses them to bring his broken family together.
Pawn Sacrifice
American chess champion Bobby Fischer prepares for a legendary match-up against Russian Boris Spassky.
Fresh
Death and violence anger twelve year old drug courier Fresh, who sets his rival employers against each other.
A Little Game
Ostracized at her posh new uptown school and shaken by the death of her beloved grandmother, a 10 year-old downtown girl finds an unlikely mentor in the form of an irascible chess-master, who uses the game to teach Max lessons in resilience, perseverance, and how to embrace inevitable change.
Gourmet Detective
Famed culinary consultant Henry Ross is a charming food industry insider in San Francisco. When suspicious sabotage ends in a shocking murder at his friend’s five-star restaurant, Henry is put on the case with strong-willed police detective and single mom, Maggie Price. Despite Maggie’s protests, they must work together to decipher the clues and investigate all of San Francisco’s top culinary pros.
White Tiger
Three crooks pull off a magnificent crime. As they're forced to hide out together they slowly begin to distrust each other.
Keeper of the Flame
Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.
Queen to Play
Hélène, a housekeeper at a ritzy hotel in Corsica, is devoted to her family but lacks any passion in her own life. When she sees a handsome couple play a passionate game of chess, she becomes inspired to play herself. Hélène's working-class husband and spoiled daughter are soon bewildered by her obsession with chess. They also grow suspicious of Hélène's close relationship with Dr. Kröger, her eccentric American expat tutor.
Critical Thinking
Based on a true story from 1998, five Latino and Black teenagers from the toughest underserved ghetto in Miami fight their way into the National Chess Championship under the guidance of their unconventional but inspirational teacher.
Night of the Demon
An anthropology professor and his students attempt to track down a Bigfoot responsible for a rash of violent murders, only to uncover something even more sinister.
Night Moves
Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case - a former Hollywood actress wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.
The Coldest Game
Warsaw, Poland, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Josh Mansky, a troubled math genius and former US chess champion, is recruited to hold a dangerous public match against the Soviet champion, while playing the deadly game of espionage hidden in the darkest shadows of a hostile territory.
Chess Story
1938. While the Nazi troops march into Vienna, the lawyer Josef Bartok hastily tries to escape to the USA with his wife but is arrested by the Gestapo. Bartok remains steadfast and refuses to cooperate with the Gestapo that requires confidential information from him. Thrown into solitary confinement, Bartok is psychologically tormented for months and begins to weaken. However, when he steals an old book about chess it sets him on course to overcome the mental suffering inflicted upon him, until it becomes a dangerous obsession.
Mind Games - The Experiment
Can exercise sharpen the brightest minds? In this ground-breaking experiment, four world-class gamers, competing in eSports, Chess, Mahjong and Memory Games, put this to the test.
Creating the Queen's Gambit
A fascinating character. Exquisite sets. A wig for every era. The stars, creators and crew reveal how the hit series about a chess prodigy came to life.
The Chess Players
In the year 1856, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the King of Awadh, one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British intend to control this rich land and send General Outram to clear way for an annexation. Pressure is mounting amidst intrigue and political maneuvers, but the Nawab whiles away his time in pursuit of pleasure and religious practice. The court is of no help either — noblemen Mir and Mirza ignore all duties and spend their days playing endless games of chess. Based on Munshi Premchand's short story of the same name. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2010.
Queen of Katwe
A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.
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Rory Kennedy
Director
Avtar Gill
as
Commissioner G.B. Singh
Aditi Rao Hydari
as
Ruhana Ali
Neil Nitin Mukesh
as
Wazir
Manav Kaul
as
Yazaad Qureshi
Ivonne Coll
as
Abuelita
Valente Rodriguez
as
Coach Stevens
Justina Machado
as
Karla
Edward Zwick
Director
Tobey Maguire
as
Bobby Fischer
John Lennon
as
Himself
John Kennedy Jr.
as
Himself
F. Murray Abraham
as
Chess Hustler
Giancarlo Esposito
as
Esteban
Samuel L. Jackson
as
Sam
Fina Strazza
as
Jez
Olympia Dukakis
as
YaYa
Samantha Ferris
as
Captain Forsyth
Rukiya Bernard
as
Dee Dee
Andrew Kavadas
as
Jenkin
Raymond Griffith
as
Roy Donovan
Forrest Tucker
as
Geoffrey Midford
Audrey Christie
as
Jane Harding
Darryl Hickman
as
Jeb Rickards
John Roy
as
Police Officer at Funeral
Sandrine Bonnaire
as
Hélène
Kevin Kline
as
Kröger
Jennifer Beals
as
L'Américaine
Alexandra Gentil
as
Lisa
John Leguizamo
Director
Mike Benitez
as
Jitney Bus Driver
Rachel Bay Jones
as
Principal Kestel
Shane Dixon
as
Monster
Melanie Griffith
as
Delilah 'Delly' Grastner
Susan Clark
as
Ellen Moseby
Edward Binns
as
Joey Ziegler
James Woods
as
Quentin
Cezary Kosinski
as
John Gift
Bill Pullman
as
Joshua Mansky
Robert Wieckiewicz
as
PKiN Director
John F. Kennedy
as
Self
Philipp Stölzl
Director
Oliver Masucci
as
Dr. Josef Bartok
Rolf Lassgård
as
Owen McConnor
Eric Bouwer
as
Schiffsarzt Dr. Wouters
Stephen Fry
as
Self - Narrator
Richard Attenborough
as
General Outram
Shabana Azmi
as
Khurshid, Mirza's wife
Amitabh Bachchan
as
Narration
Mira Nair
Director
Lupita Nyong'o
as
Nakku Harriet
David Oyelowo
as
Robert Katende
Russel Savadier
as
Russian Chess Official
Jan Pinkava
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