Top 20 movies like Chess Story

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.

Schachnovelle is of 1 hour(s) and 52 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Walker & Worm Film, Dor Film, BR, ARD Degeto, ORF, StudioCanal. It was released on 2021-09-23. It has the tagline: He turned resistance into a game It has an average vote of 7.086 on TMDB.

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1. 0s & 1s

0s & 1s

Los Angeles, 2006. Life is Easy 2.0 for James Pongo. He has a cushy job, a busy social life and an alluring love interest all through the click of a mouse. But when he wakes up after a night of reckless partying to discover that his computer is missing, James' hyper-connected reality takes a nosedive. Told entirely through the websites, programs, games and social networks, 0s & 1s uses James Pongo's nihilistic adventure to question our growing dependency on these alternate digital realities.

It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.

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2. Dark, Almost Night (Ciemno, prawie noc)

Dark, Almost Night

A reporter, Alicja Tabor, after many years returns to her hometown of Wałbrzych to write a report about kidnapped children and also to face her own dark family history.

It has an average vote of 4.1 on TMDB.

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3. Cycle (Cycle)

Cycle

A messed-up astronaut runs from the deadly black fog that slowly covers everything. He seems to have only a short memory but he needs to find a way out. We repeatedly follow him through different strange scenes where he seems to meet the same people on an on again, but each time they are different and the stories they tell seem to differ as well. The film focuses on a universal problem solving situation rather than on classic linear storytelling.

It has an average vote of 4.4 on TMDB.

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4. Apfelsenfsuppe (Apfelsenfsuppe)

Apfelsenfsuppe

(Apfelsenfsuppe)

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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5. Forebodings (Передчуття)

Forebodings

Slow life in a small seaside town N is suddenly disturbed by a local scandal around a man who has recently passed away. Only his wife and his friend know where he was buried, and they refuse to tell the others, seemingly in accordance to his last will. Each character seeks answers to the questions of their own, but they are searching on the outside, inquiring society and each other, so their efforts are futile. Something is about to happen.

It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.

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6. Prestij Meselesi (Prestij Meselesi)

Prestij Meselesi

The film, which deals with the birth and rise of the Prestige Music generation, tells the passions and life struggles of artists, including Özcan Deniz, Haluk Levent and Mahsun Kırmızıgül, from the 1990s to the present.

It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.

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7. It's Just a Phase, Honeybunny (Es ist nur eine Phase, Hase)

It's Just a Phase, Honeybunny

The successful writer Paul and the sought-after voice actress Emilia were always considered to be the absolute dream couple by friends: Harmonious, happy, successful, with three charming children named Bo, Marie and Fe. But now, in their late 40s, their relationship is threatened by a crisis.

It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.

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8. Virgin Mountain (Fúsi)

Virgin Mountain

Fúsi finds comfort in the familiarity of his routines, until an involuntary dance class forces him to encounter the real world.

It has an average vote of 7.186 on TMDB.

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9. Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom)

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

A documentary on the unrest in Ukraine during 2013 and 2014, as student demonstrations supporting European integration grew into a violent revolution calling for the resignation of President Viktor F. Yanukovich.

It has an average vote of 7.942 on TMDB.

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10. Black Site

Black Site

A group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret prison must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When he escapes, his mysterious and deadly agenda has far reaching and dire consequences.

It has an average vote of 6.237 on TMDB.

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11. Frantic

Frantic

The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris and, to find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.

It has an average vote of 6.732 on TMDB.

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12. The Devil's Own

The Devil's Own

Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows nothing about Frankie's real identity. Their surprising friendship, and Tom's growing suspicions, forces Frankie to choose between the promise of peace or a lifetime of murder.

It has an average vote of 6.172 on TMDB.

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13. The Informer

The Informer

In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the lives of his loved ones.

It has an average vote of 6.544 on TMDB.

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14. The Innocents (De uskyldige)

The Innocents

Four children become friends during the summer holidays, and out of sight of the adults they discover they have hidden powers. While exploring their newfound abilities in the nearby forests and playgrounds, their innocent play takes a dark turn and strange things begin to happen.

It has an average vote of 6.938 on TMDB.

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15. Operation Finale

Operation Finale

In 1960, a team of Israeli secret agents is deployed to find Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi architect of the Holocaust, supposedly hidden in Argentina, and get him to Israel to be judged.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

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16. 30 Minutes or Less

30 Minutes or Less

Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and advise him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else...

It has an average vote of 5.759 on TMDB.

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17. Back to the Outback

Back to the Outback

Tired of being locked in a reptile house where humans gawk at them like they are monsters, a ragtag group of Australia’s deadliest creatures plot an escape from their zoo to the Outback, a place where they’ll fit in without being judged.

It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.

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18. Last Night in Soho

Last Night in Soho

A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it seems, and time seems to be falling apart with shady consequences.

It has an average vote of 7.341 on TMDB.

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19. District B13 (Banlieue 13)

District B13

Set in the ghettos of Paris in 2010, an undercover cop and ex-thug try to infiltrate a gang in order to defuse a neutron bomb.

It has an average vote of 6.789 on TMDB.

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20. 3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma

In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the "3:10 to Yuma", a train that will take the killer to trial.

It has an average vote of 7.209 on TMDB.

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