MOVIES WITH CHESS SCENES by Bill Wall
$1,000,000 Duck (1971) - Professor Albert dooley (Dean Jones) plays chess
3 Godfathers (1948) - Robert Hightower (John Wayne) plays chess with Marshall Sweet (Ward Bond)
3 Worlds of Gulliver, The (1960) - the king of Brobdignag (Gregoire Aslan) plays chess with Gulliver (Kerwin Matthews)
8x8: A Chess Sonata (1957) - directed by Hans Richter; Marcel Duchamp plays Man Ray
10 Things I Hate About You (1999) - chess set in the living room
12 Monkeys (1995) - lady with chessmen
13 Frightened Girls (1963) - diplomats playing chess
13 Rue Madeline (1946) - soldiers playing chess
21 Grams (2003) - Sean Penn playing computer chess
24 - (2004 TV) - an episode with chess
42 Up (1998) - chess is mentioned
48 Hours (1988 TV) Episode: Capture the Queen
49th Parallel (1941) - chess game played by radio
52 Pick Up (1986) - chess set on a table
1984 (1955)
1984 (1984) - Winston Smith (John Hurt) plays chess
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - astronaut Frank Poole (Gary Lockwood) vs. HAL 9000 (voiced by Douglas Rain)
2010 (1984) - HAL 9000 is rebooted and asks for a game of chess
5150, Rue des Ormes (2009)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932) - with Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis; chess set in backround at the warden's (Arthur Byron) house
A Lovesong for Bobby Long (2004)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
A Woman's Face (1941) - Joan Crawford playing chess with Melvyn Douglas on a small magetic set
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) - Professor Allen Hobby (William Hurt) lectures about early artifical beings could play chess
Aalavandhan (2001) (Abhay) - psychopath Abhay Kumar (Kamal Hassan) is a chess player
Abandon (2002) - Katie Burke (Katie Holmes) drinks while playing chess
Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (1926) - silhouette chess film
ABC Murders (1992 ITV) - chessboard in a scene
Abominable Dr. Phibes, The (1971) - Dr. Vesalius (Joseph Cotton) playing chess with Lem (Sean Bury)
Above Suspicion (1943) - Richard Myles (Fred MacMurray) and Francis Myles (Joan Crawford) go to a woodcarver's shop in search of chess pieces
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) - Jim Carrey playing Simon Callow; lots of movie mistakes
Achtung! Wer kennt diese Frau? (1934 German) - scene with a chess set
Across the Bridge (1957) - Karl Schaffner (Rod Steiger) plays on a peg set
Act of Murder, An (1948) - Calvin Cooke (Frederic March) and Jim Wilder (Will Wright) play a game of chess
Action of the Tiger (1957) - Tracy Malvoisie (Martine Carol) walks into a hotel where they play chess
Actors, The (2003) - O'Malley (Michael Caine) sitting by his chess set
Addams Family, The (1991) - The Thing plays Gomez Adams (Raul Julia) and wins hands down, observed by Anjelica Huston
Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938 French) - Maurice de Saxe (Piere Fresnay) playing chess
Adventures of Ford Fairlane, The (1990) - Julian Grendel (Wayne Newton) displays a chess set in his apartment
Adventures of Morph: A Game of Chess (May 1, 1981, BBC) - clay animation
Adventures of Prince Achmed, The (1926) - animated German film with a princess playing chess
Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955) - Quentin Durwood (Robert Taylor) plays chess with Isabelle (Kay Kendall)
Affairs of Anatol, The (1921) - Vivian (Gloria Swanson) playing chess
Against the Wind (1948) - chess is being played in the background of a room
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989 TV) Episode: Sad Cypress
Age Old Friends (1989) - Cooper (Hume Cronyn) plays chess with Aylott (Vincent Gardenia)
Agency (1981) - with Lee Majors; chess set on the coffee table
Agent Red (2000) - Russian taxi driver Ziggy (Allan Kolman) has a chess set on his car
Agnes Escapes From the Nursing Home (1988) - animated movie
Agon (2003) - two players playing chess
Ajnabee (2001) - chess pieces in the background
Aladdin (1992) - Genie (voice by Robin Williams) loses a chess game to the magic carpet
Alamo, The: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987) - chess set in a house
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (180) - chess play in Alcatraz
Alfie (2004)
Alfred the Great (1969) - Michael York, David Hemmings, Prunella Ransom
Algiers (1938) - chess playing in the background
Alice (1990) - with Mia Farrow; chess set on a coffee table
Alice in Storageland (2004) - chess guy 1 (Charlie Paine) plays chess guy 2 (Charles Francis Xavier)
Alice in Wonderland (1933) - Alice (Charlotte Henry) talks to chess pieces
Alice in Wonderland (1976) - Alice (Kristine De Bell) with chess scenes
Aliens Are Coming, The (1980) - chess set on a night stand
All Night Long (1981) - chess set on a coffee table
All the King's Horses (1991) - computer chess set
All The President's Men (1976) - radio news about the Fischer-Spassky match in 1972
All The Pretty Horses (2000) - John Grady Cole (Matt Damon) playing Luisa (Angelina Torres) chess
Almost Famous (2000) - soundtrack has a song, "Your Move" referencing chess
Alone in the Dark (1982) - patients in a mental ward playing chess
Along Came a Spider (1969) - Berkeley Chess Club mentioned
Along Came Polly (2003) - Reuben Feffer (Ben Stiller) says Polly Prince (Jennifer Aniston) was in the chess club
Am Ende Der Hochzeitsnacht (Labyrinth of Lies) (2002 German TV) - Karel (Samuel Fritzi) and girl plays chess
Amanda and the Alien (1999) - chess in a cafe
Amazing Stories, The Movie VI (1985) - chess club members in a high school
Ambushers, The (1968) - chess set on table
Amen (2002) - has a German chess player (Hinnerk Schonemann) in this World War II setting
American Gambit (1988) - Garry Kasparov's simul against 6 U.S. Juniors
American Kickboxer 1 (1990) - chess set in B.J. Quinn's (John Barrett) house
American Kickboxer 2 (1993) - Uncle Francis (Greg Lewis) with a chess set
American Outlaws (2001) - chess is mentioned
American Prince: The John F. Kennedy, Jr. Story (2003) - chess play in Central Park
American Virgin (2000) - chess set on a table during a bedroom scene with Joey (Bob Hoskins) and Katrina (Mena Suvari)
American Werewolf in London, An (1981) - bald man (Brian Glover) playing chess in a pub with another player (Rik Mayall)
Amityville 1992: It's About Time (1992) - Rusty (Damon Martin) plays chess with Iris Wheeler (Nita Talbot)
Amour, Delices et Orgues (1946 French) - two players playing chess and two kibitzers
Anastasia (1997) - Dimitri (voice of John Cusack) and Vladimir (voice of Kelsey Grammer) play chess (animated)
Anatomie (Anatomy) 2 (2003) - Jo Hauser (Barnaby Metscharut) playing chess
And Now the Screaming Starts (1973) - Charles Fengriffen (Ian Ogilvy) studies a chess position
And the Sea Will Tell (1991) - Mac Graham (James Brolin) plays chess
And Then There Were None (1945) - chess set in the library
Android Affair (1995) - android plays chess
Angel Face (1953) - Diane (Jean Simmons) playing Charles (Herbert Marshall)
Angels (1991) - two recent dead guys playing chess
Angels and Insects (1996) - chess set
Angels Don't Sleep Here (2001) - Mayor Harry Porter (Roy Scheider) plays chess
Angry Red Planet, The (1959) - Theodore Gettel (Les Tremayne) analyses a chess position
Angus (1995) - Ivan (George C Scott) and Angus Bethune (Charlie Talbert) play chess in a park
Animal Crackers (1930) - Marx Brothers
Animal Kingdom, The (1932) - Mr. Collier (Henry Stephenson) plays chess
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - Anne Boleyn (Genevieve Bujolrd) plays chess with Henry VIII (Richard Burton)
Annie (1981) - bodyguards Asp (Roger Minami) and Punjab (Geoffrey Holder) playing chess
Antelope chess Game (1995)
Anthony Adverse (1936) - Anthony Adverse (Frederic March) plays chess with Ferdinando (Paul Sotoff)
Antitrust (2000) - large chess set and chess references
Any Given Sunday (1999) - chess set in the background
Apollo 11 (1996) - chess in Mission Control
Apple Dumpling Gang, The (1975) - chess set in the background of the fire department
Appointment in Honduras (1953) - Captain McTaggart (Stanley Andrews) playing chess with Harry Shepard (Zachary Scott)
Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravits, The (1974) - chess game being played at the summer resort
Arch of Triumph (1948) - Dr. Ravic (Charles Boyer) plays chess with Boris Marozov (Louis Calhern)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956) - Phineaus Phogg (David Niven) has a chess set in his home
Around the World Under the Sea (1964) - Hank Stahl (Keenan Wynn) playing chess
Arthur (1981) - Hobson (John Gielgud) and Arthur Bach (Dudley Moore) play chess
Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988) - chess sets
Arzt aus Leidenschaft (1959)
Ascenseur Pour l'Echafaud (1957)
Assassination Bureau, the (1969) - chess set
Assassins (1995) - Robert Rath (Sylvestor Stallone) plays chess
Assigned Servant, The (1911) - directed by John Gavin; Australian film
Asylum (1970) - chess set in the office
At Gunpoint (1955) - Walter Brennan
At Land (1944) - chess game
At Sword's Point (1952) - a game of chess being played
Austin Powers II - The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) - Austin Powers (Mike Myers) playing Ivana Humpalot (Kristen Johnsen)
Autumn Sonata (1978) - chess set
Avant Garde (2003)
Avengers, The (1998) - Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman (also TV version)
Awakenings (1990) - chess being played in a mental ward
Babes in Arms (1939) - Mickey Rooney refers to a game of chess
Babette's Feast (1987) - two soldiers play chess
Babylon A.D. (2008)
Bach and Broccoli (1986) - Jonathan Barlow (Raymond Legault) says he is good in chess
Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, The (1947) - Thaddeus (Harry Davenport) and Dr. Beemish (Ray Collins) play chess
Back Against the Wall (2000) - Levey (Martin Shannon) plays chess with Ed (Ernie Frantz)
Back in the USSR (1992) - Georgi (Ravil Issyanov) studies a chess position
Back to the Future III (1990) - Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) plays chess with a dog
Backbeat (1992) - story of the Beatles; a game of chess is disrupted
Backyard, The (2002) - wrestlers say they used to play chess
Bad Boys II (2003) - Mike Lowrey's (Will Smith) class photo mentioning chess
Bad Company (2002) - Kevin Pope (Chris Rock), chess hustler Jake Hayes (Chris Rock) and Gaylord Oaks (Anthony Hopkins) play chess
Balalaika (1939) - chess being played in a Russian tavern
Banacek (TV) - several episodes with chess references with George Peppard; he had a chess-playing bookseller friend
Bandidas (2006)
Bandits of Corsica (1953) - a chess game mentioned that was played in the past
Barber of Stamford Hill, The (1963) - Mr. Figg (John Bennett) plays chess with Dober (Maxwell Shaw)
Barretts of Wimpole Street, The (1957) - Henry (Nicholas Hawtrey) and Octave (Kenneth Fortescue) play chess
Baseball (1994) - PBS documentary with chess references
Basic (2003) - Hardy (John Travolta) with chess set on the table
Batman (1989) - chess set can be seen
Batman Begins (2005) - "Crane was just a pawn"
Batman Forever (1995) - chess riddle
Beach, The (2000) - homemade chess set
Bear Island (1980) - Heddi Lindquist (Vanessa Redgrave) and Thaddeus Lechinski (Christopher Lee) play chess
Beast, The (1988) - Samad (Erick Avari) and Koverchenko (Jason Patrick) play chess
Beast Must Die, The (1974) - Bennington (Charles Gray) and Dr. Lundgen (Peter Cushing) play chess
Beast With Five Fingers (1946) - Composer Conrad Ryler (Robert Alda) plays pianist Francis Ingram (Victor Francen) chess
Beat the Devil (1953) - Mrs. Gwendolyn Chelm (Jennifer Jones) plays chess with Harry Chelm (Edward Underdown)
Beau Travail (1999)
Beautician and the Beast, The (1997) - Boris Pochenko (Timothy Dalton) mentions chessboard
Beautiful Mind, A (2001) - chess set in background on stone bench
Beauty and Denise (1989) - chess set in the room of Slade (David Carradine)
Beauty and the Beast (1946) - chess game being played
Beauty and the Beast (1991) - Gaston (voice of Richard White) plays chess with a townsman
Beavis and Butt-Head do America (1996) - Agent Fleming (voice of Robert Stack) mentions pawns
Becket (1964) - the French King (John Gielgud) plays a game of chess
Bedazzled (2000) - the Devil (Elizabeth Hurley) plays and angel (Gabriel Casseus)
Before Winter Comes (1969) - Soviet commander (Gertan Klauber) has a chess set
Beginning of the End, The (1947) - chess set at the home of Einstein (Ludwig Stossel)
Behind Enemy Lines (1996) - Hillary Matthews
Bela (1966)
Best House in London, The (1969) - harem girls playing chess
Best Seller (1987) - chess set on a coffee table
Best Thief in the World, The (2004) - Michael Silverman
Betty in Blunderland (1934) - Betty Boop meets some chess pieces
Beverly of Graustark (1926) - Oscar (Marion Davies) plays chess with a military man (Antonio Moreno)
Beware of Pity (1946) - based on a novel by Stefan Zweig
Beyond the Stars (1989) - chess set in the room of Paul Andrews (Martin Sheen)
Beyond the Universe (1981) - Dr. David Tratz (David Ladd) mentions chess
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) - Harris Allsworth (David Gurian) plays chess with Kelly MacNamura (Dolly Read)
Bicentennial Man (1999) - Richard Martin (Sam Neill) plays chess with his wife (Wendy Crewson)
Big Brass Ring, The (2000) - Blake Pellerin (William Hurt) mentions a chessboard
Big Fix, The (1978) - Moses Wine (Richard Dreyfuss) mentions he was a member of the chess club
Big Lebowski, The (1998) - a chess set at the mansion of Leboeski (David Huddleston)
Big Picture, The (1989) - the father (Vladimir Scomarovsky) plays chess with Joey (C.W. Hemingway)
Big Red (1962) - chess set in the home of James Haggin (Walter Pidgeon)
Big Sleep, The (1978) - Philip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) studies a chess position
Big Tease, The (1999) - chess set dressed up in hula skirts and decorations
Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) - chess being played in heaven
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1988) - chess set in background of the White House
Billion Dollar Brain (1967) - Leo Newbigen (Karl Malden) plays chess with Anya (Francoise Dorleac)
Bishop Murder Case, The (1930) - Philo Vance (Basil Rathbone) is the chess-playing sleuth
Bitter Moon (1992) - chess set in the stateroom of Oscar (Peter Coyote)
Bittersweet Love (1976) - Robert Lansing playing chess with Scott Hylands
Black and White (1999)
Black and White Like Day and Night (1978) - Thomas Rosenmund (Bruno Ganz) as an obsessive chess master
Black Caesar (1973) - Fred Williamson
Black Cat, The (1934) - Hjalmar Poelzig (Boris Karloff) checkmates Dr. Vitus Werdegast (Bela Lugosi) (impossible chess position)
Black Cat, The (1990) - chess board on the wall
Black Cat White Cat (1999) - man playing a chess game
Black Hawk Down (2001) - several chess scenes
Black Knight (2001) - Lord Percival (Vincent Regan) and Jamal Walker (Martin Lawrence) play chess
Black Mask, The (1989) - Simon (Jet Li) plays chess with Rock (Matt McKenzie)
Black Room, The (1935) - Gregor (Boris Karloff) plays chess with Col. Hassel (Thuston Hall)
Black Rose, The (1950) - William of Gurnie (Tyrone Power) plays chess with General Bayan (Orson Welles)
Black Roses (1989) - Matthew Moorhouse (John Martin) plays chess with another teacher
Black Shield of Fallworth (1954) - chess play and chess sets
Blade (1998) - a chess set in the room of Dr. Karen Jensen (N'Bushe Wright)
Blade Runner (1982) - J.F. Sebastian (William Sanderson) plays chess with Scott Tyrell (Joe Turkel)
Blazing Saddles (1974) - The Waco Kid (Gene Wilder) checkmates sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little)
Blind Alley (1939)
Blind Swordsman, The, Episode 12: Zatoichi and the Chess Expert, The (1965)
Bliss of Mrs. Blossom, The (1967) - chess set in the attic of Ambrose Tuttle (James Booth)
Blitz (1994)
Blob, The (1958) - Officer Ritchie (George Karas) plays chess
Blondie's Big Deal (1949) - boys playing chess
Blood and Sand (1941) - Dona Sol (Rita Hayworth) shows chess to Juan Gallardo (Tyrone Power)
Blood of Heroes, The (1989) - a chess variant is played at a camp
Blood of the Innocent (1994) - chess set outside
Blue Routes (1947 Russian) - a story showing the Soviet Navy disarming minefields laid by the Nazis using a chess knights tour
Blue Steel (1990) - chess being played in a park
Bluebeard (1972) - Bluebeard (Richard Burton) plays chess with Anne (Joey Heatherton)
Bobby (2006) - Anthony Hopkins plays chess with Harry Belafonte
Body, The (2000) - two players playing chess in Jerusalem
Bodyguard, The (1992) - Frank Farmer (Kevin Costner) plays chess with his dad (Ralph Waite)
Bogie: A Biography (1980 TV) - Humphrey Bogart (Kevin O'Connor) playing chess
Boguljubov Blunders (1972) - animated cartoon
Bone Collector, The (1999) - Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington) plays computer chess
Bonfire of the Vanities, The (1990) - chess set in the house of Sherman McCoy (Tom Hanks)
Bonzo Goes to College (1952) - Grandpa Drew (Edmund Gwenn) plays chess
Boom! (1968) - Flanders (Richard Burton) sees a chess position and says, "Mate in two."
Border Incident (1949) - chess scene with George Murphy, Henry DeSilva and Charles McGraw
Boris and Natasha (1988) - reference to just being pawns in the game
Born American (1986) - living chess
Bottom (1992 BBC) - Ritchie Richard (Rik Mayall) challenges Eddie Hitler (Abe Edmundson) to a game of chess
Bourne Identity, The (2002) - Matt Damon; chess set on the ship
Bowrey Champs (1949) - Muggs McGinnis (Leo Gorcey) makes a eference to a chess game
Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976 TV) - Todd (John Travolta) plays chess with the doctor (Ralph Bellamy)
Boys' Night Out (1962) - husband is playing chess
Brainwashed (Die Schachnovelle) (1960) - Dr. B. (Curt Jurgens) plays chess; based on Zweig's The Royal Game
Breaker! Breaker! (1976) - Judge Trimmings (George Murdock) teaches the barmaid (Miranda Garrison) how to play chess
Breaking Through (1996)
Brewster McCloud (1971) - a chess set at Hascal Weeks's (William Windom) house
Bride Wore Red, The (1937) - Billie Burke playing chess with Reginald Owen
Bringing Out the Dead (1999) - chess set on a coffee table in the living room
Brink's Job, The (1978) - chess set in the store
Brotherhood of War, The (2004) - "you dirty pawn of American imperialism"
Brothers McMullen (1995)
Brute Force (1947) - Spencer (John Hoyt) plays chess, observed by Burt Lancaster and Howard Duff
Buffy, The Vampire Slayer (1992) - chess poster
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937) - chess being played on a ship
Bullet for Joey, A (1955) - chess game between a man and a woman
Bullets Over Broadway (1994) - chess being played in front of a cafe
Burning Secret (Brennendes Geheimmis) (1988) - several chess scenes; magnetic chess; outdoor chess in the snow
But Not For Me (1959) - Matt MacDonald (Lee J. Cobb) mentions chess
Butterfly Effect, The (2004) - prison chess set
Buvos Vadasz (Magic Hunter) (1994) - Max (Gary Kemp) is assigned to protect Maxim (Alexander Kaidanovsky), a chess master
By the Sea (2004) - Bobby Darin (Kevin Spacey) playing chess
Cabaret (1972) - chess game being played at a picnic table
Cabin Boy (1993) - chess pieces in the backgorund
Cacho Room (2002)
Caddyshack II (1988) - Ty Webb (Chevy Chase) hits a golf ball that fell on some chess pieces
Calabuig (1956 Spanish) - a parson playing chess with a lighthouse keeper by phone
Calcium Kid, The (2004) - "an innocent pawn in the whole thing"
California (1946) - Faro Coffin (Albert Dekker) at his chessboard
Camelot (1967) - chess set in one of the scenes
Campo Mamula (1959 Yugoslav) - chess set made of white and brown bread in a Nazi concentration camp
Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness (1969) - Anthony Newley plays chess
Canadian Bacon (1995) - Stu Smiley (Kevin Pollak) plays chess with R.J. Hacker (G.D. Spradlin)
Cannon for Cordoba (1970) - George Peppard
Capablanca (1987) - story of Jose Capablanca
Cape Fear (1962) - Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck) has a chess set in his study
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1973) - Professor Grost (John Cater) plays chess with Dr. Marcus (John Carson)
Captain Lightfoot (1955) - Regis O'Donnel (Denis O'Dea) plays chess in a bar
Captain Newman, M.D. (1964) - patients playing chess at a mental ward
Captain Scarlett (1952)
Captive Heart (1948) - chess play in a POW camp
Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (1987) - chess them of Alice in Wonderland
Carey Treatment, The (1972) - Joshua Randall (Alex Dreier) asks if someone plays chess
Casablanca (1942) - Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) studying a chess position
Casino Royale (2006) - chess prodigy mentioned
Casper (1995) - chess set in one of the scenes
Cass Timberlane (1948) - Cass Timberlane (Spencer Tracy) teaches chess to Virginia (Lana Turner)
Cassandra Crossing (1977) - peg chess set on the bed of Jennifer (Sphia Loren)
Castle of Death (1988)
Cat From Outer Space (1978) - Ken Berry and McClean Stevenson
Catherine the Great (2005) - chess scenes with Emily Bruni and Dan Badarau
Cats and Dogs (2001) - chess game is mentioned
Catwoman (2004) - Patience Phillips (Halle Berry) has a glass chess set
Cellar Dweller (1988) - chess box on a coffee table
Cellblock Sisters (1995) - April (Annie Wood) plays chess in a prison yard
Chained (1934) - Neptune plays chess with a bald man on a ship
Chaindance (1990) - several scenes with chess; board set up wrong (white to the left)
Chameleon (1995)
Chaplin (1992) - chess set in one of the scenes
Charade (1953) - Babcock (James Mason) plays chess
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981) - Charlie Chan (Peter Ustinov) references a blind chessplayer
Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) - Charles Zaraka (Morgan Wallace) plays chess at his mansion
Charlie Chan At the Wax Museum (1940) - chess automaton
Charlie's Angels (TV)
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) - Alex (Lucy Liu) beating a kid (Joshua Miller)
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) - chess is mentioned
Check (2008)
Checkmate (1995) - x-rated video with chess and mating
Checkmate (2003) - board set up wrong
Chemical Wedding (2008)
Chess Dispute, A (1903) - British silent comedy; two men play chess and a move is disputed; Directed by Robert Paul
Chess Fever (1925) (Shakmatnaya Goryachka); Russian silent film with Capablanca
Chess Fundamentals (1950) - chess instructional film
Chess Game, The (1968) - directed by Eric Wright
Chess Games (1964) - Marcel Duchamp and chess
Chess in Pieces: 21st Century Art (2003 TV) - about chess and art
Chess Kids (1996) - 1990 World Youth Chess Championship documentary in Wisconsin
Chess-Nuts (1932) - Betty Boop cartoon by Max and David Fleischer
Chess of Life (1916) - Vera Kholodnaya waltzing on top of a large chess board
Chess Players, The (Shatranj Ke Khilari) (1977) - film from India
Chess Queen, The (1916) - silent cartoon
Chess Set, The (2004)
Chess Wars - The Execution of a king (1996) - Art Data Interactive short movie
Chicken Little (2005) - Chicken Little asked to join the chess club
Children of Dune (2003 cable) - chess scene with Alex Newman and Barbara Kodetova
Childs Play 2 (1990) - chessboard and chess set in some of the scenes
China Seas (1935) - chess play on a ship
Chinese Caper, The (1980) - Everett Madden (Victor Buono) plays chess with Ming (Tsai Hung)
Chinese Cat, The (1944) - Thomas Manning (Sam Flint) studying a chess position
Chip vs. the Chessmaster (1991 TV) - NOVA episode on computer chess
Chisum (1970) - John Chisum (John Wayne) mentions the map is a chessboard
Chloro Power! (2006 video)
Christine (1983) - Arnie Cunningham (Keith Gordon) says he was in the chess club
Christmas Tree, The (1969) - chess scene with William Holden, Virni Lisi, and Brook Fuller
Chronicles of Riddick (2004) - chess-like game played
Cincinnati Kid, The (1965) - Edward G. Robinson
Cinderella (1912) - directed by Colin Campbell
Clairvoyant (1982) - chess set on the dresser
Clay Pigeons (1998) - Lester Long (Vince Vaughn) mentions chess
Clear and Present Danger (1994) - chess set on the coffee table
Clerks (1994) - Randal (Jeff Anderson) mentions a guy on a chess team
Clive of India (1935) - a game of living chess
Cloak and Dagger (1985) - chessboard in one of the scenes
Clownhouse (1988) - scene with chess pieces
Cobb (1994) - chess set in a scene
Cobweb, The (1955) - Dr. McIver (Richard Widmark) and Mark (Tommy Rettig) playing chess
Coffee and Language (2000) - chess scene with Chopper Bernet and Janis de Lucia Allen
Cold Heaven (1992) - chess set in the office
Colditz Story, The (1955) - scnew with small chess set in POW camp
Collectors, The (2000) - chess scene with Rick Fox
College Road Trip (2008)
Color of Money, The (1986) - Felsen (Paul Newman) mentions chess
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1969) - Dr. Forbin (Eric Braeden) plays chess with Colossus
Columbo (TV) - with Peter Falk; several chess references; On March 4, 1973 there was "The Most Dangerous Match" with chessplayers
Come Blow Your Horn (1963) - chess game being played
Coming Home (1978) - chess playing in the hospital ward
Coming-Out Party (1961) - chess set in a POW camp
Comme Une Image (2004)
Committed (1990) - chess set in the office
Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, The (1970) - Dexter Reilly (Kurt Russell) identifies a chess painting
Condemned, The (1948 French) - chess game being played
Condition Red (1995) - Gidell Ryan (Cynda Williams) plays chess in prison
Condorman (1981) - chess set in the studio of Woody (Michael Crawford)
Confidence (2003) - Jake Vig (Edward Burns) mentions how many moves a chessplayer can see
Confessions - Two Faces of Evil (1994) - several chess scenes
Conquering Power, The (1921) - chess set in a scene; starring Rudolf Vealentino and Alice Terry
Contender, The (2000) - Jackson Evans (Jeff Bridges) mentions chess
Conversaciones con mama (2004)
Cookout, The (2004) - checkmate in one move is mentioned
Cops and Robbers (1973) - chess set on glass table
Copycat (1995) - Dr. Helen Hudson (Sigourney Weaver) plays chess on the Internet
Cornered (1945) - Manuel Santana (Morris Carnovsky) playing chess at a party
Corruption (1968) - chess set in the library
Cosmic Man, The (1959) - stars John Carradine; bedridden boy has a chess set
Couch, The (1962) - chess set in a hospital room
Count of Monte Cristo (2002) - Edmund Dantes (James Caviezel) carries a chess king
Counter Measures (1998) - wooden chess set
Counterfeit Traitor (1962) - chess play in an air raid shelter
Countess Dracula (1970) - chess play by Master Fabio (Maurice Denham), Dobi (Nigel Green), and Toth (Sandor Eles)
Coupling (2000 TV) Episode: Bed Time
Courageous Mr. Penn (1941) - Mr. Pepys (Henry Oscar) plays chess in a tavern
Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door (2001) - Radical Edward plays chess
Craze (1973) - chess set in the showroom of Neal Mottram (Jack Palance)
Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961) - girl (Santo Noemi Gonzalez) plays chess
Creatures, Les (1966) - Ducasse (Lucien Bodard) plays chess with Edgar (Michel Piccoli)
Creepers (1984) - chess set in several scenes
Creeping Flesh (1972) - chess set in the office of Dr. Hilbern (Christopher Lee)
Creepshow (1982) - Dexter Stanley (Fritz Weaver) plays chess with Henry Northup (Hal Holbrook)
Cries and Whispers (1973) - Maria (Liv Ullmann) mentions chess
Criminal Passion (1994) - reference to a chessplayer
Criss-Cross (1949) - Finchley (Alan Napier) is playing a game of chess
Crossing, The (1999) - wooden chess set on table
Crow, The: Salvation (2000) - Alex Corvis (Eric Mabius) plays chess with Peter Walsh (Grant Shaud)
Cruising (1980) - Captain Dave Enelson (Paul Sorvino) is playing a chess computer
Crusades, The (1935) - Conrad (Joseph Schildkraut) plays chess with Prince John (Ramsay Hill)
Cry Freedom (1987) - chess set in the office of Donald Woods (Kevin Kline)
Cry of the Owl (1987) - chess is mentioned by an old man
Cry of the Weak (1919) - Dexter (Frank Elliott) plays chess with Judge Creighton (Walt Whitman)
Cube Zero (2004) - Eric Wynn plays blindfold chess against his co-worker, Dodd
Curse of the Fly (1965) - Ronay (Jeremy Wilkins) has a chess set
Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) - Alexander King (Fred Clark) wishes his monkey could play chess
Curse of the Werewolf (1961) - chess set in the home of the Marquis Siniestro (Anthony Dawson)
D-Tox (2002) - Sylvester Stallone
Da Vinci Code, The (2006)
Daisy Miller (1974) - chess set in a pool
Damn the Defiant! (1962) - chessboard in the home of Admiral Jackson (Walter Fitzgerald)
Damnation Alley (1977) - Sgt Keegan (Paul Winfield) plays chess with Maj Denton (George Peppard)
Dances With Wolves (1990) - two soldiers playing chess
Dangerous Moonlight (1941) - Pete Peters (Percy Parsons) plays chess with Steve Radetsky (Anton Walbrook)
Dangerous Moves (La Diagonale du fou) (1984) - Akiva Liebskind (Michel Piccoli) plays Pavius Fromm (Alexander Arbatt)
Dangerous Partners (1945) - chess set in the room of Profesor Budlow (Felix Bressart)
Dante's Peak (1997) - chess set on the coffee table of Dr. Harry Dalton (Pierce Brosnan)
Dark Mirror (1946) - Scott Elliot (Lew Ayers) studys a chess position
Dark Past, The (1948) - starring William Holden and Lee J. Cobb
Dark Wind (1994) - Lt. Joe Leaphorn (Fred Ward) has a chess set
Darklings, The (1999 TV) - Chris Jackson (Ryan de Boer) has a chess set
Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (1995) - Peter Rooker (Jeff Fahey) owns a chess set
Darling Lil (1970) - chess set on a table
Das Leben ist eine Baustelle (1997)
Das Wachsfigurenkabinett (Waxworks) (1924) - Harun al Raschid (Emil Jannings) playing chess
David and Lisa (1962) - David Clemons (Keir Dullea) plays chess with Simon (Matthew Anden)
Dawn of the Dead (2004) - Police officer Kenneth (Ving Rhames) plays chess with (Bruce Bohne)
Day After Tomorrow, The (2004) - Brian Parks (Arjay Smith) says he was president of the chess club
Day of the Assassin (1979) - chess talk between Mr. Gomez (Henry Silva) and Tom Fleming (Chuck Connors)
DC Sniper: 23 Days of Fear (2003 cable) - John Muhammad (Bobby Hosea) plays chess with Lee Malvo (Trent Cameron)
Dead and Buried (1981) - Dobbs (Jack Albertson) mentions chess
Dead Beat (1994) - chess set by the the fireplace
Dead by Sunset (1995 TV) - chess set in several scenes
Dead Man's Eyes (1944) - chess set in the study
Dead of Winter (1987) - Dr. Joseph Lewis (Jan Rubet) plays chess with Mr. Murray (Roddy McDowall)
Dead Poets Society (1989) - chess play in the study room
Deadbolt (1992) - Alec (Adam Baldwin) plays chess
Deadlier Than the Male (1967) - huge mechanical chess board; Richard Johnson and Nigel Greene
Deadly Affair, The (1967) - chessboard by the fireplace
Deadly and the Beautiful, The (1973) - chess play on an island
Dear God (1996) - chess is mentioned
Death Match (1994) - chess and checkers mentioned
Death of the Incredible Hulk (1990 TV) - Dr. David Banner (Bill Bixby) and Dr. Ronald Pratt (Philip Steling) play chess
Death Valley (1982) - chess play in the park
Death Wish IV: The Crackdown (1987) - chess set on the coffee table
Deathstalker III: The Warriors from Hell (1988) - bodyguard (Oscar Serafin) plays chess with dwarf (Jesus Juarez)
Deconstructing Harry (1997) - chessmen in Harry Block's (Woody Allen) apartment
Deep Dark Secrets (1987) - chess set in a room
Deepstar Six (1988) - Dr. Diane Norris (Cindy Pickett) studying a chess position
Def by Temptation (1990) - chess set on the floor
Demon Seed (1977) - Walter Gabler (Gerit Graham) plays chess with a computer
Der Henker von London (1963)
Der Klosterjager (1953) - chess being played in the monastery
Der Schatz der Azteken (1965)
Der Schweigende Stern (1959)
Der Veruntbreute Himmel (1958)
Der Zarewitsch (1954)
Deserter, The (Polish film) - SS troop playing chess
Design for Scandal (1941) - Rosalind Russell
Desire (1962 Czech) - puppet film with chess players
Desperate Measures (1998) - Peter McCabe (Michael Keaton) plays chess with a computer
Destinazione Piovarolo (1955)
Det sjunde seglet (1957) - with Ingmar Bergman
Detonator (2003) - chess played outside in the background on a table
Detective, The (1954) - Alec Guinness
Deterrence (1999) - Taylor Woods (Michael Mantell) and Lizzie Woods (Kathryn Morris) play chess
Devil and Max Devlin, The (1981) - Max Devlin (Elliott Gould) plays chess with Penelope Hart (Susan Anspach)
Devil Times Five (1985) - David (Leif Garrett) plays chess with Dr. Harvey Beckman (Sorrell Booke)
Devil's Nightmare, The (1971) (Castle of Death) - chess play
Devotion (1946) - several chess sets in the house
Dezerter (1958) (The Deserter) - Polsh film; soldier studying a game of chess
Diary of Anne Frank (1959) - Mr. Frank (Joseph Schildkraut) plays chess with Mrs. Frank (Gusti Huber)
Die Abenteuer Des Prinzen Achmed (The Adventures of Prince Achmed) (1936) - German animated film
Die Another Day (2002) - chess play outside a Cuban hospital
Die Buddenbrooks (1959)
Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck (1953) - Arabs playing chess
Die Grunstein Variante (1985)
Die Hard II (1990) - "my little pawn now"
Die Haupter meiner Lieben (1999)
Die Herrin von Atlantis (1932) - Heinz Klingenberg playing chess with Brigitte Helm
Die Schachnovelle (1961 German) - chess played in a prison cell
Die Spur Fuhrt Nach Berlin (1952)
Die Todesstrahlen des Dr. Mabuse
Diese Nacht Vergess Ich Nie (1949)
Dirty Dozen, The (1967) - chess set in the upstairs room
Dirty Pretty Things (2002) - Dr. Okwe (Chiwetel Ejiofor) plays chess with Guo Yi (Benedict Wong); board set up wrong
Disappearance (1977) - chess set in the room
Disorderlies (1987) - chess set in the house
Distinguished Gentleman, The (1992) - chess set on the office desk
Disturbing Behavior (1998) - chess in the cafeteria
Dobrovoltsky (1958)
Docteur Petiot (1990) - The doctor (Michel Serrault) plays chess
Doctor Dolittle (1967) - song includes a line about playing chess with camels
Doctor, You've Got to be Kidding (1967) - Harlan Wycliff (George Hamilton) plays chess
Doctor Who (1963 TV) Episode: The Robots of Death: Part 1
Dogfight (1991) - chess sets on the tables
Dogma (1999) - reference to pawns and checkmate
Dogs of War, The (1980) - Jamie Shannon (Christopher Walken) plays computer chess
Doing Hard Time (2004)
Dominatrix Chess Gambit (2001 video) - x-rated film with chess references
Don Juan DeMarco (1995) - chess set in Dr. Jack Mickler's (Marlon Brando) office
Don't Drink the Water (1969) - Comrade Krojack (Michael Constantine) plays on a pocket chess set
Don't Go Near the Water (1957) - Lt Max Siegel (Glenn Ford) plays chess with Mr. Alba (Romney Brent)
Don't Sleep Alone (1997) - chess set in the background
Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959) - Donald Duck plays chess
Double Bunk (1961)
Double Deal (1950) - chess set on the bar
Double Door (1934)
Double O Kid, The (1992) - chess sets and computer chess
Dovolena s Andelem (1952)
Dr. Blood's Coffin (1961)
Dr. Who (TV)
Dracula 2000 (2000) - Abraham Van Helsing (Christopher Plummer) hides vials in his chessboard
Dracula Rising (1992) - Alec (Doug Weat) plays chess with a corpse
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1996) - chess set in the library of Dr. Seward (Harvey Korman)
Dragonheart (1996) - chess set
Dream Trap (1989) - chess club at college campus
Dreams (1955) - refernece to weekly chess play
Dropouts (2000) - strip chess
Drums of Tahati (1954) - Mike Macklin (Dennis O'Keefe) plays chess with Pierre Duvois (Francis L. Sullivan)
Dry White Season, A (1989) - Mr. McKenzie (Marlon Brando) with a chess set at his desk
Duchess of Idaho (1950) - chess set in Douglas Morrisssen's (John Lund) home
Dustin Diamond Teaches Chess (2001 video) - with Senior Master David Glicksmand and Dustin Diamond (Screech)
Dying on the Edge (2001) - several chess scenes
Dzhentlmeny udachi (1972)
Eagle and the Hawk (1933) - chess set in the pilot's quarters
Earth vs. The Flying Saucers (1956) - chess set knocked over during a scramble
East of Eden (1955) - chess is mentioned
East Side, West Side (1949) - Nora Kernan (Gale Sondergaard) plays chess with Brandon Borne (James Mason)
Echec au Roi (Check to the King) (1931) - board set up wrong
Edge of Sanity, The (1989) - Dr. Henry Jekyll (Anthony Perkins) plays chess
Edward II (1992) - chess game being played
Edward My Son (1949) - chess scene with Spencer Tracy
Ein Fall fur den Fuchs - Schachmatt (2004)
Einfach Klasse (1999)
El Cid (1960) - chess set in one scene
El Juego de Arcibel (2003)
El Padrino (2004)
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977 TV) - chess set in the background
Electric Dreams (1984) - computer that plays chess
Elvis (1979 TV) - chess set at Graceland
Embryo (1976) - Frank Riley (Roddy McDowall) plays chess with Victoria Spencer (Barbara Carrera)
Emil und die Detektive (2001)
Empire of the Sun (1987) - chess set in a Japanese camp in China
Endgame (2000)
Endless Game, The (1991) - scenes with a chess set
Enemy Below, The (1954) - chess on a U-boat
Enigma (2001) - chess played at Bletchley Park
Entente Cordiale (1939)
Entr' Acte (1924) - Marcel Duchamp playing chess with Man Ray
Entrusted (2003) (TV) - the son, Thomas von Gall (Thomas Sangster), is a chess genius
Ernest Goes to Jail (1990) - Ernest (Jim Varney) mentions a comparison with chess
Eroticon (1929, Czech) - chess play between husband and wife's lover
Escape 2000 (1981) - Charles Thatcher (Michael Craig) plays chess with Secretary Mallory (Noel Ferrier)
Escape From DS-3 (1981) - Andy Lavette (Jackson Bostwick) plays chess with Jesse Michaels
Escape From Sobibor (1987 TV) - Lt. Sasha Pechersky (Rutger Hauer) plays chess with Leon Feldhemler (Alan Arkin)
Escape to Athena (1979) - chess set in the POW camp
Escape Under Pressure (2000) - scene with a small magnetic chess set
Eternal Evil (1987) - Mick (Ron Lea) plays chess with Bill Pearson (Philip Spensley)
Europa (1991)
Europe After the Rain (1978) - cartoon chess
Evening Guests (1942 French) - scene with a chess game; Arletty plays the she-devil
Evening Star, The (1996) - Ben Johnson
Everything Happens at Night (1939) - chess game being played
Evil of Dracula (1974) - chess is mentioned
Ex Inferis (2003)
Exodus (1960) - directed by Otto Preminger; Lakavitch (Gregory Ratoff) plays chess
Exorcist, The (1973) - chess set on the desk
Experiment Perilous (1944) - chessmen mentioned
Experts, The (1988) - computer chess
Explosive Generation, The (1961)
Extraordinary Seaman, The (1969) - Admiral Barnwell (Barry Kelly) and Admiral Shimagoshi (Jerry Fujikawa) play chess
Eye of the Cat (1969)
F.B.I., The (1972 TV) - The Episode "A Game of Chess" aired November, 1972
Fabulous Adventures of Marco Polo (1965) - Folco Lulli playing chess
Faces (1968) - chess painting
Faculty, The (1998) - two students playing chess
Fairy Tale - A True Story (1997) - Arthur (Paul McGann) is a chess player; Bill Stewart in the chess MC
Falcon and the Snowman, The (1985) - chessboard in the apartment of Christopher Boyce (Timothy Hutton)
Falcon Strikes Back, The (1943) - Bruno Steffan (Andre Charlot) plays chess with Mr. Wong (Richard Loo)
Family Ties (1986 TV) - Alex (Michael J. Fox) tries to beat a Russian chess player in the college play-off
Fanny (1961)
Fanny and Alexander (1983) - chess players playing chess back stage
Fanny by Gaslight (1944) - Fanny (Phyllis Calvert) plays chess with Clive Seymour (Stuart Lindsell)
Far Out Man (1990) - chess mural
Farewell to Arms, A (1957) - Father Galle (Alberto Sordi) plays chess with Dr. Rinaldi Alessandro (Vittorio De Sica)
Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid (1986) - chess game between Howard and Mouka (Peter Linari)
Fate's Chessboard (Fate's Bond) (1916) - silent movie
Father Brown (1954) - Alex Guinness
Father's Betrayal, A (1997) (Indefensible: The Truth about Edward Brannigan)
Fathom (1967) - Sergei Serapkin (Clive Revill) mentions skill at chess
Favorite Place, A (2008)
Fearless Vampire Kiilers, The (1967) - chess set in the castle
Fence, The (1994) - chess in the prison yard
Fiddler on the Roof (1971) - Jews playing chess on a bench
Fifth Floor (1980) - a scene with a chess set
Fight Club (2000) - tables with a chessboard
Fighting Kentuckian, The (1949) - Willie Payne (Oliver Hardy) playing chess
Fighting Temptations (2003)
Final Frolics of Mr. Bean, The (1994 video)
Finian's Rainbow (1968) - a game of chess
Finding Neverland (2004) - Johnny Depp playing chess
Fire and Sword (1982) - Queen Isolde (Antonia Preser) plays chess against King Mark (Leigh Lawson)
Fire Down Below (1997) - chess scene with Lisa Coles
Firefox (1982) - chess set on a table
Firehead (1991) - chess set on the coffee table
First Daughter (2004)
Five Fingers (2006) - Ahmat (Laurence Fishburne) interrogates Martijn (Ryan Phillippe) while playing chess
Five Golden Hours (1961) - Mr. Bing (George Sanders) plays chess with Aldo Bondi (Ernie Kovacs)
Flaklypa Grand Prix (1975) - puppet animation with chess
Flashback (1990) - John Buckner (Kiefer Sutherland plays chess with Huey Walker (Dennis Hopper)
Flesh Eating Mothers (1988) - chess is mentioned
Flesh + Blood (1985) - chess set on a table
Flight Command (1940) - chess in the rec room
Flight of the Navigator (1986) - picture of a chess set
Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
Flood Tide (1958) - David Gordon (George Nader) plays chess with Anne (Cornell Borchers)
Flubber (1997) - Professor Phillip Brainard (Robin Williams) has a chess set
Fly, The (1958) - Francois Delambre (Vincent Price) has a chess set in his study
Fly Boys (2006) - checkers and chess being played in the bar
Following Her Heart (1994)
Fool There Was, A (1915) - directed by Frank Powell starring Theda Bara and Edward Jose
Fool's Mate (1989)
Foolproof (2003) - chess scenes with Ryan Reynolds and David Suchet
For a Few Dollars More (1965) - chess set on the counter
For Love or Money (1963) - chess in the opening theme credits
Force 10 From Navarone (1978) - Commandant's office has a chess set
Foreign Correspondent (1940) - chess game being played at the police station
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Forgotten, The (2004) - a chess scene with Julianne Moore and an inlaid chess board on a round table
Formula, The (1980) - game room has a chessboard; chess is mentioned
Forrest Gump (1994) - chess set at the VA hospital
Four Daughters (1938) - Benjamin Crowley (Frank McHugh) plays chess with Ernest (Dick Foran)
Four Feathers (2002) - chess set in a tent
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed! (1970) - chess played at a rooming house
Frankenstein: The True Story (1974 TV) - Victor Frankenstein (Leonard Whiting) plays chess with his wife
Frantic (1957) - two players playing chess in a motel room
Frasier (1996 TV) - episode called chess pains
Frauen sind keine Engel (1943)
Free Enterprise (1999) - chess is mentioned
Fresh (1994) - Sam (Samuel L Jackson) playing Fresh (Sean Nelson) speed chess
Friday the 13th, Part 2 (1981) - Paul (John Furey) plays chess with Ginny (Amy Steel)
From Russia With Love (1963) - chess game played by Kronsteen (Vladek Sheybal) and McAdams (Peter Madden); Sean Connery playing Daniela Bianchi
Front, The (1976) - Howard Prince (Woody Allen) plays chess with Alfred Miller (Michael Murphy)
Full Moon in Blue Water (1988) - The General (Burgess Meredith) plays chess with Jimmy (Elias Koteas)
Funeral in Berlin (1966) - Col Stok (Oscar Homolka) asks Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) if he plays chess
Fury, The (1978) - chess being played
Futureworld (1976) - Chuck Brown (Peter Fonda) and Traly Ballard (Blythe Danner) play holo-chess
G.I. Blues (1960) - chess play in Otto's bar
Game, The (1990) - Leon Hunter (Curtis Brown) plays chess
Game, The (1997) - chess set appears in a scene
Game of Death, The (1979) - chess board in a scene
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine (2003)
Games (1967) - several scenes with chess
Gamma People, The (1955) - Howard Meade (Leslie Phillips) plays Mike Wilson (Paul Douglas)
Gangsters and Philantropists (Polish) - the boss of the gang plays chess
Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1971) - Alberto (Helmut Berger) plays chess
Gateway (1938) - Grandpa Hlawek (Maurice Moscovich) plays chess
Geliebte Diebin (2002)
General Crack (1930) - Duke of Kurland (John Barrymore) playing chess with Archduchess Maria Luisa (Marian Nixon)
General Electric Theater (1956 TV) - Episode #5 12, "The Chess Game" with Ronald Colman, Russ Conway, Maxine Cooper
George of the Jungle (1996) - Ape (John Cleese's voice) playing chess
Geri's Game (1997) - animation by Jan Pinkava and Pixar
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978) (French) - Christian Beloeil (Riton) plays chess
Getaway, The (1972) - Doc McCoy (Steve McQueen) plays chess
Getting In (1994) - Rupert Grimm (Andrew McCarthy) plays chess
Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai (1999) - Ghost Dog (Forest Whitaker) plays chess with Raymond (Isaach De Bankole)
Ghost Fever (1987) - chess set in the game room
Ghost of Berkeley Square, The (1948)
Ghost of Flight 401, The (1978) - chess set in one scene
Ghost in the Palace, The - Polish puppet movie with chess
Ghost in the Shell (1996) - "just another pawn in this whole thing"
Ghost Talks, The (1949) - two skeletons playing chess
Ghost Ship, The (1943)
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) - chess set in the judge's study
Gift Horse, The (1952) - two crewmen playing chess
Girl from Petrovka, The (1974) - Joe Varney (Hal Holbrook) plays chess
Girl in Black Stockings, The (1957)
Girl in the Cafe, The (2005) - chess is mentioned
Girl in the Kremlin, The (1957) - the Count (Maurice Manson) plays chess
Gleaming the Cube (1989) - Brian Kelly (Christian Slater) plays chess with Vinh Kelly (Art Chudabala)
Glimmer Man, The (1996) - Jack Cole (Steven Seagal) talks about chess
Go-Between, The (1971) - chess set in several scenes
God Told Me To (1976) - chess set in a scene
Godzilla vs. Megaguiras (2000) - chess set in several scenes
Going My Way (1944) - Frank McHugh, Bing Crosby
Gold (1974) - Dr. Manfred Steyner (Bradford Dillman) plays chess with Stephen Marais (Tony Beckley)
Golden Boy (1939) - Mr. Bonaparte (Lee J. Cobb) plays chess with Mr. Carp (William Strauss) in the store
Golden Rendezvous (1977) - Man (Joe Powell) plays chess with a nurse (Lyn Hooker)
Goodbye Paradise (1983) - large chess set on a beach
Good Will Hunting (1997) - Will (Matt Damon) plays chess with Skylar (Minnie Driver)
Good Year, A (2006) - The young Max Skinner (Freddie Highmore) cheats to checkmate his uncle Henry (Albert Finney)
Goodbye Lover (1999) - chess piece in a scene
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July (1988) - Peter Getner (Kai Wulff) plays chess with George (Chris Sarandon)
Grosstadnacht (1950)
Grass Arena, The (1991) - John Healy (Mark Rylance) plays chess
Grave Secrets (1989) - chess set on a table
Great Chess Movie, The (1983) - documentary about chess
Great Dictator, The (1940) - directed by Charlie Chaplin; Mr. Jaekel (Marulee Maskovic) plays chess
Great Escape, The (1963) - James Garner; checkmate reference
Great Mouse Detective (1991) - animated movie with a chess board and pieces
Greatest Battle, The (1978) - General Foster (Henry Fonda) by a chess set
Greedy (1994) - chess set in several scenes
Greeks had a Word for It, The (1932) - Schatze (Joan Blondell) playing chess with Polaire (Madge Evans)
Green Man, The (1956)
Greetings (1968) - chess in Greenwich Village
Gremlins (1984) - chess set in the Chinatown basement shop
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) - chess set in the antique shop
Grey Owl (1999)
Gross Anatomy (1989) - chess set in the dorm room
Grossmeister (1973) - Russian film about chess; with Viktor Korchnoi
Ground Zero (1988) - Harvey Denton (Colin Friels) plays a chess computer
Grumpier Old Men (1995) - John Gustafson (Jack Lemmon) plays chess with Ariel (Ann-Margaret)
Grumpy Old Men (1993) - John Gustafson (Jack Lemmon) plays chess with Ariel (Ann-Margaret)
Guadalcanal Diary (1943) - chess play on Guadalcanal
Guest in the House (1944) - Scott McKay playing chess with Jerome Cowan, observed by Aline MacMahon
Guilty Hands (1931) - chess set in the trophy room
Guinquette (1959)
Gun in Bety Lou's Handbag, The (1992) - chessmen in one scene
Hackers (1995) - Nikon (Laurence Mason) plays chess in a park
Hail, Hero! (1969) - chess in a rest home
Hallelujah Trail, The (1965) - chess pieces in the tent of Col Gearhart (Burt Lancaster)
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) - chessmen in the study
Hamlet (1996) - chess set in the library
Hamlet Liikemaailmassa (1987)
Hangmen Also Die (1943)
Hanna and her Sisters (1986) - chess set in a few scenes
Happy, Texas (1999) - chess set on a table
Hard Contact (1969) - James Coburn
Hard Way, The (1991) - The Party Crasher (Stephen Lang) plays chess
Hardware (1990) - Lincoln (William Hootins) plays chess with Vernon (Paul Mackenzie)
Harlem Nights (1989) - Bugsy Calhoun (Michael Lerner) plays chess with Joe Leoni (Joe Pecoraro)
Harold and Maude (1971) - chess is mentioned
Harriett the Spy (1996) - the question is asked if the girl plays chess
Harrison Bergeron (1995) - Harrison Bergeron (Sean Astin) plays chess with Garth (Matthew Ferguson)
Harry and Tonto (1974) - Harry Coombs (Art Carney) plays chess
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone (2001) - wizard chess
Hart to Hart (TV) - several episodes with chess
Hart's War (2002) - chess set in the barracks
Harum Scarum (1965) - Princess Shalimar (Mary Ann Mobley) plays chess with King Toranshah (Philip Reed)
Harvest, The (1993) - chess set on the office desk
Hatari! (1962) - chess being played in the lobby
Hatley High (2003) - Tommy Linklater and Melanie play chess; the coach is a Soviet chess defector; US against Russians
Haunting of Morella, The (1990) - Gideon Locke (David McCallum) plays chess with Dr. Gall (Jonathan Farwell)
Havana (1990) - chessboard in the country home
Have Gun - Will Travel (TV)
Having a Wild Weekend (1965) - chess play by the Dave Clark Five
He Got Game (1998) - chess is mentioned
He Who Gets Slapped (1924) - Baron Regnard (Marc McDermott) plays chess
Head in the Clouds (2004)
Head of State (2003)
Headspace (2004) - Alex Borden (Christopher Denham) meets chess player Harry Jellenek (Eric Kastel)
Heart (1985) - chess set in the cabin
Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The (1968) - John Singer (Alan Arka) plays chess
Heaven is a Playground (1991) - glass chess set
Heaven Sent (1988)
Hell Bound (1931) - Platinum Reed (Lola Lane) plays chess with Dr. Robert Sanford (Lloyd Hughes)
Hell is for Heroes (1962) - chess play in a tavern
Hellraiser V: Inferno (2000) - Joseph Thorne (Craig Sheffer) plays chess
Hell Unlimited (1936) - animated
Her Twelve Men (1954) - Homer Curtis (Rex Thompson) plays chess
Hercules (1997) - chess-like game
Hercules in New York (1970) - chess set on a coffee table
Hero (2004) - Nameless defeats Sky (Donnie Yen) at the House of Chess
Hidden Agenda (1998)
Hide and Seek (1963) - David Garrett (Ian Carmichael) plays chess with Frank Melnicker (George Pravda)
High Hopes (1988) - Shirley (Ruth Sheen) pplays chess with Cyril (Philip Davis)
Hiding Place, The (1975) - chess bing played
High Wall, The (1947) - Steve Kenet (Robert Taylor) mentions chess
Highlander (1986) - chess in the visitor's area of a hospital
Hill, The (1965) - chess set on a desk
Himmel Ohne Sterne (1955)
Hindenburg, The (1975) - chess set on the zeppelin
His Kind of Woman (1951) - Dr. Martin Krafft (John Mylong) plays chess with himself
HIs Wife's Friend (also known as The White Rook) (1919) - Dorothy de Grasse plays chess with Richard Neill
History of the World, Part 1 (1985) - King Louis XVI (Mel Brooks) plays living chess
Hold That Baby! (1949) - Nose Mason (John Kellogg) plays chess
Hold That Line (1952) - chess play at an Ivy League college
Holiday (1938) - a scene with a chess set
Hollywood Sign, The (2001)
Hoodlum (1997) - Bumpy Johnson (Laurence Fishburne) plays chess
Horror of Dracula (1958) - chess set in the castle
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Hot Millions (1968) - chess being played in the background
Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1959) - Sherlock Holmes (Peter Cushing) puzzles over a chess move
Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1977) - chess set in one scene
Hour Before Dawn, The (1944)
House of Frankenstein (1945) - Hussman (Sig Ruman) plays chess with Inspector Arnz (Lionel Atwill)
House of Strangers (1949) - chess bing played at a bar
House of Usher (1990) - chess set in the library
House of Whipcord, The (1974) - Judge Bailey (Patrick Barr) with a chess set
How to Make a Monster (2001) - a chess move is mentioned
How to Play Chess (2005 Video) - instructor is Alexandra Kosteniuk
Howard's End (1992) - chess set in one scene
Howards of Virginia, The (1940) - starring Cary Grant; chess being played in a pub (thanks to Louis Dorse)
Hucksters, The (1947) - Deborah Kerr
Hudson Hawk (1991) - "what a pawn I was"
Hudson's Bay (1940) - guards playing chess
Human Chessboard, The (Dangerous Business) (1920) - silent movie
Human Comedy, The (1943) - soldiers studying a chess position
Humanoid Woman (1981) - chess set in one scene
Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) - guards and a chess game
Hunt for Red October, The (1990) - Capt. Mark Ramius (Sean Connery) mentions chess
Hurricane, The (1937) - chess is mentioned
Hussite Trilogy (1956, Czech) - Czech king dies while playing chess
Hustler, The (1961) - chess set on a table
Hysteria (1996)
I Have Nothing to Say, and I'm Saying It (1990) - chess game being played
I Like to Play Games (1995)
I Love Trouble (1994) - Chess Chemical
I See You (2002) - chess sets in the rooms
I Surrender, Dear (1948)
I'll be There (2003)
I'm with Lucy (2002)
I, Monster (1971) - chess set in the drawing room
Ibraham (2007)
Ice Cream Man (2000)
If the Shoe Fits (1991) - chess set in the mansion
If Tomorrow Comes (1986 TV)
Il Battellieri del Volga (1958)
Il Cielo Cade (2000)
Il Mistero del Tempio Indiano (1963)
Il Postino (The Postman) (1995) - chess is mentioned
Illusion (1941 German) - chess play in the living room
Im Sonderauftrag (1959)
Imagine (1972) - John Lennon plays chess with Yoko Ono
Imagine: John Lennon (1988) - chess pieces in background
Immortal Beloved (1994) - Franz Josef Guicciardi (Luigi Diberti) playing chess on his peg set
Immortel: ad vitam (2004) - "you're the pawn and I'm the player"
Impossible Years (1968) - Dr. John Kingsley (David Niven) with his chess set
Impulse (1990) - Lottie Mason (Theresa Russell) mentions a chessboard
In Enemy Hands (2004)
In the Name of the Father (1993) - chess sets in prison
In the Open (1999) - a chess tournament
Independence Day (1997) - David Levinson (Jeff Goldblum) plays chess with his father (Judd Hirsch) in Manhattan
Independent, The (2000)
Innocent Blood (1992) - chess set in the living room
Innocent Man, An (1989) - Jimmy Rainwood (Tom Selleck) plays chess with Virgil Cane (F. Murray Abraham)
Innocent Move (1993)
Inside Out (1975) - Sly Wells (Robet Culp) plays chess with a kid (Stephen Curtis)
Insomnia (2002) - Walter Finch (Robin Williams) with a chess set at his house
Inspector Clouseau (1968) - chess set knocked over
Instant Karma (1990) - chess set in a scene
Interpreter, The (2005) - chess game being played
Intersection (1994) - chess set in a few scenes
Interview With the Assassin (2003) - chess set on a coffee table
Invisible Boy, The (1957) - Timmie Merrinoe (Richard Eyer) plays chess with a supercomputer and his father (Philip Abbott)
Invisible Ghost, The (1941) - Paul Dickson (John McGuire) plays chess with Charles Kessler (Bela Lagosi)
Ipcress File, The (1965) - chess position being studied
Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
Island of Dr. Moreau, The (1996) - chess board in one scene
Island of Lost Women (1959) - Urania (Diane Jegens) plays chess with Mercuria (June Blair)
It Will Soon Rain (1959 Russia) - the Ruler of the World plays chess against the witch Drought
It! The Terror from Outer Space (1958) - Eric Royce (Dabbs Greer) plays chess with Carruthers (Marshall Thompson)
It's In the Bag (1945) - chess being played
Ivan The Terrible (Ivan Groznij) (1944) - large chessboard in one scene
Ivanhoe (1952) - chess set in a house
Jack Reed Death and Vengeance (1996 TV) - chess set in several scenes
Jack the Bear (1993) - Grandpa Glickes (Stefan Geirasch) plays chess with Jack (Robert Steinmiller, Jr)
Jack's Back (1988) - chess set on a desk
Jacke wie Hose (1953)
Jade (1995) - chess set in a room
Jakob the Liar (1999) - Max Frankfurter (Alan Arkin) plays chess with Rosa (Nina Siemaszko)
Jamaica Inn (1939) - chess set in the mansion
Jan Hus (1954)
Jane Eyre (1995) - chess game in progress
Jason and the Argonauts (1963) - Zeus (Niall MacGinnis) and Hera (Honor Blackman) play chess with the Argonauts' fates
Jassy (1947) - Jassy Woodruff (Margaret Lockwood) plays chess with Nick Halmar (Basil Sydney)
Jayhawkers, The (1959)
Jedi Who Loved Me, The (2000) - holographic chess
Jefferson (1997 PBS) - Jefferson's chess set
Jekyll & Hyde, Together Again (1982) - chess scene with Krista Errickson and Mark Blankfield
Jericho Mile (1979)
Jeux d'enfants (2003)
Jezebel (1938) - General Bogardus (Henry O'Neill) playing chess
JFK (1991) - scenes with a chess set
Jigsaw Man, The (1984) - two KGB agents (Matthew Scurfield and Robert Austin) play chess
Joan of Arcadia (2005 TV) - episode called Game Theory with the chess player god (John Marshall Jones)
Joanna (1968) - Donald Sutherland
Johnny Rocco (1958)
Johnny Yuma (1966)
Josepha (1982) - Claude Brasseur plays chess with Bruno Cremer as Miou-Miou watches
Joy Luck Club, The (1993) - Waverly Jong (Vu Mai) is a chess champion
Judas Kiss (1998) - Lizard Browning (Gil Bellows) plays chess
Juggernaut (1974) - chess in the captain's cabin
Julia (1977) - chess play in a cafe
Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) - Arthur Lincoln (Roscoe Lee Browne) plays chess
Jurassic Park (1993) - chess on a computer screen
Just Married (2003)
Justice (1999) - board set up wrong
K (1997)
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) - chess play on a sub
K-911 (1999) - chess play in the park
K-Pax (2001) - chess play in the day room
Keep 'em Flying (1941) - Abbott and Costello playing chess
Keeper of the Flame (1942) - Spencer Tracy
Kees de Jongen (2003)
Kermesse heroique (1935)
Kids (1995) - chess is mentioned
Kill Reflex, The (1975) - chess set in the apartment
Killer Elite, The (1975) - chess set on a coffee table
Killer Inside Me, The (1976) - chess set in the study
Killers in the House (1998) - chess set in the bedroom
Killing, The (1956) - Maurice Oboukhoff (Kola Kwariani) kibitzing chess
King and I, The (1956) - chess being played
King and the Chorus Girl (1937) - Count Humbert Bruger (Edward Everett) plays chess with Countess Anna (Mary Nash)
King of Chess (Kei Wong) (1992) - with John Sham Ki and Tony Leung Ka-fai
King of Hearts (1966) - General Geranium (Pierre Brasseur) plays chess
Kingdom of Heaven (2004) - King Baldwin (Edward Norton) with a chess set
King's Little Tragedy, The (1936 German) - the chessmen move by themselves
King's Thief, The (1955) - chess set in the house
Kings and Queens (2007)
Kings Go Forth (1958) - Lt Sam Loggins (Frank Sinatra) plays chess with Blair (Leora Dana)
Kiss and Kill (1968) - Governor Mexical (Christopher Lee) plays chess with Carl (George Gotz)
Kiss Before Dying, A (1991) - chess set near a computer
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) - James Cagney
Kissed (1996)
Kite, The (2005)
Klingenhof (2005)
Knight Moves (1993) - Peter Sanderson (Christopher Lambert) as chess grandmaster playing Arthur Bliss
Knight to f4 (2005)
Knights of the Round Table (1953) - Sir Lancelot (Robert Taylor) plays chess with Lady Guenerve (Ava Gardner)
Knights of the South Bronx (2005 TV) - Richard Mason (Ted Danson) teaches chess to the underprivileged kids in the Bronx; a few mistakes in the movie
Knock On Any Door (1949) - Andrew Morton (Humphrey Bogart) plays chess with friend (Susan Perry)
Kona Coast (1968) - Richard Boone and Joan Blondell with a chess set on the table
Kotch (1971) - chess set in a window display
Kreutzersonate (1937)
Kubrick2001: The Space Odyssey Expained - nice Flash movie with chess at http://www.kubrick2001.com
Kuroshitsuji (2008 TV)
L'Amant de Lady Chatterley (1955)
L'Oeil du Main
La Belle et la Bete (1946)
La Diagonale du Fou (1984)
La Fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo (1965)
La Fille De Feu (1958)
La otra cara de la luna (2000)
La Partie D'Echecs (1994)
La Provinciale (1953) - Gina Lollobrigida
La Regina Degli Scacchi (1999)
La Terza Stella (2005)
La Verite (1960) - Bridgette Bardot
Lachine (1939)
Lady Dragon 2 (1993) - chess is mentioned
Lady Escapes, The (1937) - Michael Hilton (Michael Whelan) plays chess
Lady From Shanghai, The (1948) - judge plays chess
Lady in Cement (1968) - Al Munger (Martin Gabel) plays chess with Paul (Steve Peck)
Lady Jane (1985) - Lady Jane Grey (Helena Carter) plays chess with Guilford Dudley (Cary Elwes)
Lady Killer (1996) - chess set in a scene
Lake House, The (2006)
Lang Leve De Koningen (Long Live the Queen) (1995)
Last Action Hero (1993) - chess scene
Last Castle, The (2001) - Lt. Gen Eugene Irwin (Robert Redford) plays chess
Last Embrace (1979) - chessboard on a coffee table
Last of Shiela, The (1973) - scene with a chess set
Last Piece Standing, The (2005)
Last Train from Bombay (1952) - chess scene with John Hall and Michael Fox
Laura (1944) - Gene Tierney
Laure ou Une sensuelle rencontre (2003)
Law and Order: Criminal Intent (2005 TV) - detective Goran (Vincent D'Onofrio) plays chess with a one-time chess prodigy who becomes a fugitive
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - British soldiers playing chess
Le Diable Souffle (1947)
Le Diagonale de Fou (1985)
Le Feu Follet (1963)
Le Joueur D'Echecs (The Chess Player) (1927) - Baron von Kempelen (Charles Dullin) playing the Turk chess automaton
Le Maitre des Echecs
Le Miracle des Loups (1924) Bische (Raymond Bernard) playing chess
Le Monde sans Soleil (The World Without Sun) (1964) - by Jacques Cousteau
Le Mort en ce Jardin (1956)
Le patrie (French) - game of chess is played
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The (2003) - chess set in the men's club
Leading Man, The (1996)
Leap of Faith (1992) - Jonas Nightengale (Steve Martin) plays chess with Boyd (Lucas Haas)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945) - chess set in the house
Left Hand of God (1955) - Father O'Shea (Humphrey Bogart) plays chess with Dr. Dave Sigmond (E.G. Marshall)
Legally Blonde II (2003)
Lenny Henry Show, The (2004, BBC) - investigating a chess champion
Les Creatures (1966, French) - Edgar plays chess with a keeper of a lighthouse
Les Maudits (1947)
Les Trois Mousquetaires (1953)
Les Visiteurs du Soir (Visitors of the Night) (1942 French) - chess in the courts of French aristocrats
Lethal Weapon (1987) - chess set in the background
Letters from a Killer (1998) - Race Darnell (Patrick Swayze) plays chess with Horton Weaver (Roger Mosley)
Libido (1973)
Life as a House (2001) - Kevin Kline; board set up wrong
Lifechild Chronicles (2004)
Like Father, Like Son (1987) - chess set on a coffee table
Like Mike (2002) - chess is mentioned
Likeness in Stone, A (2000)
Lion in Winter, The (1968) - King Philip (Timothy Dalton) plays chess with Geoffrey (John Castle)
Liquidator, The (1965) - chess set on a coffee table
List of Adrian Messenger (1963) - chess set on a table
Little, Colonel (1935) - Shirley Temple and Lionel Barrymore (Colonel Lloyd)
Little Man Tate (1991) - chess play
Little Minister, The (1950 TV) - chess position
Little Rascals, The (1994) - monkey plays chess
Locura de Amor (1948 Spanish) - Spanish noblemen playing chess
Lodger, The (1926) - the lodger, Jonathan Drew (Ivor Novello) plays chess with Daisy Bunting (June Tripp); directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Logan's Run (1976) - set set on the coffee table
Lolita (1962) - Humbert Humbert (James Mason) plays chess with Charlotte Haze (Shelley Winters) and mates Lolita (Sue Lyon)
London by Night (1937) - chess mentioned
Lonely Guy, The (1984) - a chess machine with arm playing Charles Grodin
Long Live the Queen (1995) - chess pieces come alive
Longest Day, The (1962) - chess play in the background
Longstreet (1972 TV) - episode "Eye of the Storm" about Mike Longstreet (James Franciscus) trying to retrieve a jade chess set
Lookout, The (2007)
Lost (2004 TV) - episode "The Beginning of the End"
Lost and Found (1979) - the English professor (George Segal) plays chess with Eden Marshall (Hollis McLaren)
Lost Horizon (1937) - Bob Conway (Ronald Colman) plays chess with Chang (H.B. Warner)
Lost Horizon (1973) - Chang (John Gielgud) plays chess with Richard Conway (Peter Finch)
Lost Missle, The (1958) - scrambling pilots knock over chessboard
Lost People, The (1949) - chess in the background
Lost Souls (2000) - chess set on a coffee table
Love at Large (1990) - chess king is mentioned
Love Goddesses, The (1965) - chess is mentioned describing Bridgette Helm
Love Song for Bobby Long, A (2004) - checkmate reference
Love-Ins, The (1967) - two kids playing chess
Loverboy (1989) - chess on a coffee table
Lucky Luke (1991) - Terrence Hill
Lucky Number Slevin (2006) - Morgan Freeman playing chess
Luckytown (2000) - James Caan
Lucrece Borgia (1953)
Lush Life (1993) - Forest Whitaker
Luxury Liner (1948) - chess is mentioned
Luzhin Defence, The (2000) - Alexander Luzhin (John Turturro) playing chess with Turati (Fabio Sartor)
Lux Video Theater (1952 TV) - "The Game of Chess" Episode #2.25, starring Vincent Price
M*A*S*H (1970) - chess outside a tent
MacGyver (1986 TV) - Marvin Kaplan plays a chess master in "A Prisoner of Conscience" episode
Mackintosh Man, The (1973) - Ronald Slade (Ian Bannen) plays chess with Joseph Reardon (Paul Newman)
Madamoiselle Fifi (1944) - Jean Cornudee (John Emery) plays chess with a priest (Edmund Glover)
Magic Sword, The (1962) - Siamese twins (Nick and Paul Bon Tempi) plays chess with a chimnp
Magic Toys (1953 Soviet) - cartoon film with magic chessmen
Magnificent Doll (1946) - David Niven, Burgess Meredith
Magnificent Obsession (1954) - chess in the lounge
Magnolia (2000) - chess set on a table in the background
Magnum, P.I. (1986 TV)
Malcom X (1992) - chess set in the background
Malina (1993)
Mame (1974) - chess being played at a party
Man Called Noon, The (1973) - chess play at the beginning of the movie
Man for All Seasons, A (1988) - chess set in the house
Man Hunt (1941) - A German doctor (Ludwig Stossel) plays chess
Man From U.N.C.L.E, The (TV)
Man I Married, The (1940) - chess is mentioned
Man in the Mirror (1968) - Beaumont Sutton (Frederick Jaeger) plays chess
Man Inside, The (1990) - Gunther Wallrath (Jurgen Prochnow) plays chess with Henry Tabel (Peter Coyote)
Man of the Year (2006)
Man on the Moon (1999) - chess is mentioned on the soundtrack
Man Who Captured Eichmann, The (1996) - Danny (Michael Tucci) and Dr. Klein (Michael Laskin) play chess
Man With the Golden Gun (1974) - chess pieces in one scene
Man With the Power, The (1977) - A school teacher (bob Neill) moves chess pieces
Man Without a Face, The (1993) - chess set in the bedroom
Man's Past, A (1927) - Lt. Destin (Arthur Carew) plays chess with Dr. Fontaine (Ian Keith)
Manchrian Candidate, The (1962) - chess set by the bed
Mandalay (1934) - chess being played
Mandy (1953) - grandfather of Mandy playing chess by correspondence
Mansion Mystery (1941) - an elderly man (Bob Hope) drops a pawn underneath the bed
Marianna Ucria (1996)
Marathon Man (1976) - chess set knockled over
Marie Galante (1934) - chessmen in a scene
Mark of Zorro (1940) - Diego (Tyrone Power) waiting to start a game with the Padre (Eugene Pallette)
Mask of the Avenger (1951) - Anthony Quinn and John Derek
Masque of the Red Death (1991) - living chess game
Masques (Masks) (1987) - Christian Legagneur (Phillipe Noiret) plays chess with Roland Wolf (Robin Renucci)
Massacre at Central Hight (1976) - chess mentioned in a song
Massive Retaliation (1984) - chess set in a scene
Master Spy, The (1964) - Stephan Murray
Match Point (2005)
Matchstick Men (2003) - chess on a coffee table
Matrix Reloaded, The (2002) - chess set in a room
Mavet (2004)
Max and Helen (1990) - two Jews playing chess
Maximum Risk (1996) - chess set in a scene
Maybe Baby (1988) - chess set above the fireplace
McGyver (TV)
McKenzie Break, The (1970) - Lt Hall (Constantin de Goguel) plays chess with Sgt. Major Cox (Patrick O'Connell)
McLintock! (1963) - McLintock (John Wayne) plays chess
McMillan and Wife (TV) - episode with chess
Mean Guns (1997) - Ice-T
Meet Me in St. Louis - Grandpa (Harry Davenport) mentions chess
Magaforce (1982) - Col Guerera (Henry Silva) plays chess with Ivan (Michael Kulcsar)
Melinda (1972) - Frankie Parker (Calvin Lockhart) plays chess with Tank Robinson (Rockne Tarkington)
Memento (2000) - chess play in the background
Men in Exile (1937) - Mortimer Jones (Olm Howland) plays chess with Gem Alcatraz (Carlos De Valdez)
Men of War (1995) - Nicholas Gunner (Dolph Lundgen) examines a chess position
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills (1994 TV) - chess is mentioned
Mephisto Waltz, The (1971) - chess set on a table
Merlin of the Crystal Cave (1992) - Merlin (Jody David) playing chess with Ambrosius (Robert Powell)
Merry Andrew (1958) - Andrew Larabee (Danny Kaye) plays chess
Merton of the Movies (1947) - chess play at the club
Meteor (1979) - Dr. Duboff (Brian Keith) plays chess
Metropolitan (1990) - Audrey Roget (Carolyn Farina) plays chess with Charlie Black (Taylor Nichols)
Michailo Lomonossow (1955)
Midas Run (1969) - chess is mentioned
Midnight (1989) - chess set in one scene
Midnight Clear, A (1991) - Stan Schutzer (Ayre Gross) plays chess with Bud Miller (Peter Berg)
Midnight in St. Petersburg (1995) - chess is mentioned
Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982) - Professor Leopold (Jose Ferrer) plays chess
Mighty Pawns, The (1987 PBS) - A teacher (Terence Knox) introduces inner city kids to chess
Mighty Wind, A (2003) - chess is mentioned
Mikhail Lomonosov (1955, Soviet) - chess play in the movie about the Soviet physicist
Milagro Beanfield War, The (1988) - Amarante Cordova (Carlos Riquelme) plays chess with Coyote Angel (Robert Carricut)
Million Pound Note, The (1953) - Gregory Peck
Mind Over Mayhem (1974 TV) - robot plays chess with Steve Spelburg (Lee Montgomery)
Miracle of the Wolves, The (Le Miracle des Loups) (1924) - King Louis XI (Charles Dullin) playing chess
Miracle on 34th Street (1947) - chess play in the background
Mirele Efros (1939)
Miss V From Moscow (1942) - Henri (Paul Weigel) plays chess with Wolfgang Heinrich (John Vesper)
Missing (1982) - chess in Washington Square is mentioned
Mission Impossible (TV)
Mission Mars (1967) - Nick Adams plays chess while Darren McGavin watches
Mister Cory (1957) - father (Willis Bouchey) plays chess with mother (Louise Lorimer)
Mlodosc Chopina (Chopin's Youth) (1952) - chess play in a Warsaw cafe
Moderne Mitgift (1932)
Monkey Business (1931) - Harpo and Chico Marx as chess kibitzers
Monkey Shines (1988) - chess is mentioned
Monsieur Albert (1932)
Monster High (1989) - Egbert Hoser (Troy Fromin) plays chess
Moon and Sixpence (1959) - Lawrence Olivier
Moon Pilot (1962) - chess set in the hotel room
Morituri (1965) - Robert Crain (Marlon Brando) has a chess set
Moron Movies (1985) - chess set
Mosquito Squadron (1969) - chess game in the background
Most Dangerous Game, The (1932) - outdoor chess
Most Dangerous Match (1973 TV) - Emmett Clayton (Laurence Hrvey) plays a grandmaster
Most Wanted (1997) - chess is mentioned
Mother Night (1996) - Howard Campbell (Nick Nolte) plays chess with George Kraft (Alan Arkin)
Motherland (1945, French) - chess play in the background
Moulin Rouge! (2001) - chess set in the background
Move 5 (2005)
Moving Target (1996) - sidwalk chess
Mr. Ed (1961 TV) - "Ed Cries Wolf" Mr. Ed tries to play a game of chess wil Wilbur
Mr. Frost (1989) - Mr. Frost (Jeff Goldblum) plays chess
Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) - Glenn Holland (Richard Dreyfuss) plays chess with Bill Meister (Jay Thomas)
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939) - Prof. Hildebrand (Lionel Atwell) plays chess with Handrick Manderson (Joseph Schildkraut)
Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944) - chess is mentioned at a USO club
Mrs. Miniver (1942) - chess set in one scene
Mulholland Falls (1996) - chess play in the background
Mummy, The (1999) - chess set in the entrance
Munich (2005)
Munster, Go Home (1966) - chess set in a bar
Murder By Death (1976) - chess set in the study
Murder By Decree (1979) - chess set in the house
Murder By the Book (1987) - chess is mentioned
Murder in the First Degree (1995) - chess set in prison
Murder of Crows, A (1999) - chess set in the judge's chambers
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes (TV 2000) - episode: The White Knight Stratagem
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986 TV) - Inspector Auguste Dupin (George C. Scott) plays chess
Muse, The (1999) - chess set on a coffee table
Mutants in Paradise (1987) - chess is mentioned
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) - chess set on the ship
My Cousin Vinny (1992) - Judge Haller (Fred Gwynne) plays chess
My Name is Joe (1998)
Myra Breckenridge (1970) - chess set in one scene
Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau (1988) - chessplayer in the background
Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916); Douglas Fairbanks (Coke Ennyday)
Mystery Men (1999) - Ray (Ben Stiller) mentions chess
Mystic River (2003) - chess set on a coffee table
Naked Gun 33-1/3: The Final Insult (1994) - Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) and Tanya Peters (Anna Nicole Smith) in a chess scene
Naked Lunch (1991) - chess is mentioned
Napoleon (1925) - Napoleon (Albert Dieudonne) plays chess with Gen. Hoche (Pierre Batcheff)
Napoleon (2002) - Napoleon (Christian Clavier) plays chess with Josephine (Isabella Rossellini)
Natural Born Killers (1994) - two inmates playing chess
Natural Enemy (1997)
Nero Wolfe (1977 TV) - chess set on a coffee table
Never on Sunday (1960) - chess scene with Melina Mercouri
Never Say Never Again (1983) - guards playing chess
New Adventures of Puss-in-Boots, The (1958 Soviet) - decor and costumes with chess motif
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) - Lenin (Michael Bryan) playing chess with Trotsky (Brian Cox)
Night Before, The (1988) - chess set in the bedroom
Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon, A (1988) - chess sets in a cafe
Night into Morning (1951) - chess set with Nacy Davis Reagan and Ray Milland
Night Moves (1975) - Harry Moseby (Gene Hackman) plays chess
Night of the Howling Beast (1976) - chess game played
Night of the Running Man (1994) - chess set in the foreground
Nightmare (1981) - chess set on a coffee table
Nightwsimming (2003)
Ninja Man (2002) - chess set in a scene
Ninth Gate, The (1999) - chess engraving
No Contest (1994) - chess on a beach
No Man's Land (2001) - Col Soft (Simon Callow) has a chess set
No Name on the Bullet (1959) - John Gant (Audie Murphy) plays chess
Nobody Waved Goodbye (1964)
North and South - Book II (1986 TV) - chess set in a room
North Star, The (1943) - Kolya (Dana Andrews) plays chess with Grisha (Eric Roberts)
Northwest Passage (1940) - chess set in the mansion
Nothing Personal (1980) - Dr. Roger Keller (Donald Sutherland) plays chess with Paxton (Roscoe Lee Browne)
Nuns on the Run (1990) - chess pieces in a lab
Nutty Professor, The (1996) - chess set in Dean Richmond's (Larry Miller) office
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000) - chess set on a coffee table
O Lucky Man (1973) - chess play in a van
Octagon, The (1980) - chess play in a park
October (1937, Russia) - Kerensky playing chess
Octopussy (1983) - chess sets in a scene
Of Kings and Queens (1952) - chess instruction film
Of Love and Desire (1963)
Oktyabr (1927) - directed by Sergei Eisenstein
Old Chess Players, The (1912)
Oliver! (1968) - Mr. Brownlow (Joseph O'Conor) plays chess
Oliver Twist (1948)
Omar Khayyam (1957) - chess set in a scene
Omega Code, The (1999) - "a pawn in something"
Omega Man, The (1971) - Neville (Charlton Heston) plays chess
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) - chess play in the background
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - Olympe (Virginia North) plays chess with Draco (Gabriele Ferzetti)
On The Chessboard of Fate (1914)
Once Bitten (1985) - cabin boy vampire (Stuart Charno) plays chess with another vampire (Jeb Adams)
One Is A Lonely Number (1972)
One Night at McCool's (2001) - "just a pawn to manipulate"
One of Our Spies is Missing (1966)
One Spy Too Many (1966)
One That Got Away, The (1958) - chess set in a prisoner's room
One, Two, Three (1961) - chessboard is mentioned
Onegin (1999)
Ordeal by Innocense (1984) - Arthur Calgary (Donald Sutherland) plays chess
Othello (1995) - chess set in a scene
Others Will Follow You (1949, Poland) - chess scene of Nazis playing chess
Our Man in Havana (1960) - Alec Guinness playing Ernie Kovacs
Out of Africa (1985) - chess play in a men's club
Out of Reach (2004)
Out of Sight (1998) - George Clooney
Out of the Ashes (2003)
Outpost In Morocco (1949) - chess set in a dingin room
Outriders, The (1950) - chess by a camp fire
Owl and the Pussycat, The (1971) - Barbra Streisand and George Segal
Padosi (1941)
Pagemaster, The (1994) - chess set in the background of a mansion
Pallbearer, The (1996) - yearbook mentions chess
Pals (1987) - Jack Stobbs (George C. Scott) plays chess at a park bench
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951) - Geoffrey Fielding (Harrold Warrender) plays chess
Paperman, The (1971)
Paradine Case, The (1948) - Sir Simon Flaquer (Charles Coburn) plays chess with Judy (Isobel Elsom)
Pardosi (1939 India) - chess played in India
Parent Trap, The (1961) - Charles McKendrick (Charles Ruggles) teaches Sharon (Haley Mills) chess
Paris Express (1953) - Kees Popinga (Claude Rains), Louis De Koster (Herbert Lom), and Lucas (Marius Goring) play chess
Passage, The (1979) - Paul (Paul Clemons) and Leia (Kay Lenz) play chess
Passionate Pastime (1958) - chess history documentary by Hans Richter
Passport to Danger (1954 TV) Episode: Sofia
Patrie, La (1946) - chess being played
Pawn, The (1998) - chess references
PCU (1994) - a chess club banner in the background
Peaches (1964)
Pearl Harbor (2001) - chess being played over the airwaves
Penelope (2006)
Penitentiary II (1982) - Too Sweet (Leon Isaac Kennedy) plays chess with Ellen Johnson (Peggy Blow)
Pennies From Heaven (1936) - drifter (Bing Crosby) plays chess with girl (Edith Fellows) (board set up wrong)
People Under the Stairs, The (1991) - chess set on a table
Perfect Furlough (1958) - chess game at a radar installation
Perfect Storm, The (2000) - chess set on the bar at the Crows Nest Inn
Perfect Weapon, The (1991) - chess set on a table in the background
Perkins 14 (2009)
Perry Mason (1987-90 TV) several episodes with chess
Pet Shop (1994)
Phantoms (1998) - chess set in one scene
Phenomenon (1996) - George Malley (John Travolta) playing Doc Brunder (Robert Duvall)
Phenomenon II (2003)
Philadelphia (1993) - chess being played on the sidewalk
Piano Player, The (2002) - chess set on desk
Picture of Dorian Gray, The (1945) - chess set on a table
Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) - chess image on a computer screen
Planet of the Apes (2001) - "the devil's pawn"
Play Dirty (1968) - Captain Douglas (Michael Caine) is playing chess with a friend
Play it Again, Sam (1970) - chess set on a table
Play Misty for Me (1971) - Clint Eastwood
Pledge, The (2001) - old man playing chess in a nursing home
Pocahontas II: Journey to the New World (2000) - chess references
Pocketful of Miracles (1961) - chess set in a room
Poet, The (2003)
Pokeman: The Movie 2000 (2000) - chess is mentioned
Police Academy 6 - City Under Siege (1989) - chess on the sidewalk
Police Story - The Watch Commander (1988) - Jack Warden
Poodle Strings (1998)
Portrait in Black (1960) - Matthew (Lloyd Noland) plays chess
Possession (2002)
Postman, The (Il Postino) (1995) - chess is mentioned
Pote Tin Kyriaki (1960)
Prelude to a Kiss (1992) - chess set in the background
Prescription: Murder (1968) - chess set in the apartment
Pret-a-Porter (1994) - "a pawn in this game"
Pretty Maids All In A Row (1971) - Tiger (Rock Hudson) plays chess
Pretty Woman (1990) - Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) and Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) plays chess
Pride and Prejudice (1995) - chess set in several scenes
Primal Fear (1996) - chess is mentioned and a scene with a chessboard
Prince and the Pauper, The (1937) - chess played at an inn
Prince and the Pauper, The (1962) - Tom Canty (Sean Scully) plays chess
Prince and the Showgirl (1957) - chess set on a table
Princess Bride, The (1987) - chess set in the castle
Prison (1988) - Burton Cresus (Lincoln Kilpatrick) plays chess in prison
Prisoner, The (1967 TV) - episode "Arrival" Live chess in a village
Prisoner, The (1989 TV) - episode of Matlock with chess being played in prison
Prisoner Checkmate, The
Prisoner of Second Avenue, The (1974) - Jack Lemmon
Prisoner of Zenda, The (1922) - Princess Falvia (Alice Terry) plays chess with Marshall von Strakencz (Edward Connelly)
Prisoner of Zenda, The (1937) - castle has sculpted bases that look like pawns
Prisoner of Zenda, The (1952) - Prince Rudolf (Stewart Granger) has a chess set
Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The (1939) - Lady Penelope Gary (Olivia DeHavilland) defeats Elizabeth (Bette Davis) in chess
Project Shadowchaser (1992) - chess is mentioned
Project X (1987) - chess set in the background
Prospero's Books (1991) - nymphs play chess
Proud Princess, The (1952, Czech) - king trying to escape mate through his checkerboard court
Proud Rebel, The (1958) - chess is mentioned
Psychomania (1971) - chess set on the coffee table
Public Defender (1931) - John Kirk (Purnell Pratt) and Charles Harmer (Frank Sheridon) play chess
Punisher, The (2004)
Pursuit to Algiers (1945) - Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) plays chess
Python (2000) - Lenny (Keith Coogan) plays chess with Boone (David Bow)
Queen of the Road (1984)
Queen Sacrifice (1988) - Davey (Duane Philips) plays chess
Quentin Durwood (1955) - see the Adventures of Quentin Durwood
Quest, The (1986) - Mr. Kaufmann (David Ravenswood) plays chess
Qui Perd Gagne (2004)
Quick (1993) - bodyguard (Jeff Cadiente) plays chess with Janet Sakamoto (Tia Carere)
Quo Vadis? (1951) - chess being played in Nero's time
Race for Life (1954) - Pic (George Couloris) plays chess with Larry (Richard Conte)
Rachel Papers, The (1989) - Charles Highway (Dexter Fletcher) plays chess with a computer
Radio Bugs (1944) - chess game in the living room
Radio Days (1987) - chess is mentioned
Rage and Honor: Hostile Takeover (1994) - chess pieces on a table
Rage At Dawn (1955)
Raging Moon, The (1971)
Ragtime (1981) - Grandmaster Lubomor Kavalek makes a cameo appearance
Raiders of Shalimar (1978) - Sir John Locksley (Rex Harrison) plays chess
Raise the Titanic (1980) - chess and Grandmaster Boleslavsky is mentioned
Rambo III (1988) - chess set in a scene
Rapid Fire (1992) - chess is mentioned
Ratboy (1986) - chess set on a coffee table
Ravenous (1999) - Major Knox (Stephen Spinella) plays chess with Private Cleaves (David Arquette)
Ray (2004) - Ray Charles (Jamie Foxx) playing chess
Razor's Edge, The (1946) - Larry Darrell (Tyrone Power) plays chess
Red Heat (1988) - Art Ridzik (Jim Belushi) plays chess with a chess computer
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004)
Ref, The (1994) - several chess references and chess board
Remontons les Champs-Elysees (1938)
Rent-A-Cop (1988) - chess set in the library
Rent-A-Kid (1995) - Brandon Ward (Amos Crawley) plays chess with Lawrence Cady (Christopher Lloyd)
Requiem for a Chessplayer (2008)
Resident Evil (2002) - chess references
Resurrected, The (1992) - John March (John Terry) has a chess set in his office
Return From the Ashes (1965) - Maximillian Schell playing Ingrid Thulin
Return of Mr. Moto, The (1965) - Mr. Moto (Henry Silva) playing chess
Return of Sherlock Holmes, The - The Abbey Grange (July 16, 1986 ITV and PBS TV) - chessboard in one scene
Return of the Mod Squad (1979 TV) - Jason (Todd Bridges) plays chess
Revenge of the Nerds (1984) - chess play in the gym
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987) - Booger (Curtis Armstrong) plays chess with Harold (Andrew Cassese)
Revenge of the Teenage Vixens from Outer Space (1984) - chess is mentioned
Revolver (2005)
Richie Rich (1994) - chess set in the room
Ride With the Wind (1994) - chess being played in a hospital
Ridicule (1996) - Mathilde (Judith Goldreche) plays chess with Gregoire (Charles Berling)
Riot (1969) - Indian Joe (Ben Carruthers) plays chess
Rip Girls (2000)
Rivals in Love (1993) - chess in Washington Square Park
Robin Hood (1922) - chess set in the castle background
Rocky IV (1985) - Duke (Tony Borton) plays chess with KGB agent (Anthony Maffatone)
Rollercoaster (1977) - chess clock in a scene
Romeo Must Die (2000)
Rondo (1966) - Judge Mladen (Stevo Zignon) plays chess with Fedja (Relja Basic)
Rosamunde Pilcher (2002)
Rosemary's Baby (1969) - chess set on the coffee table
Rosentrasse (2002)
Rot und Blau (2003)
Rough Cut (1980) - chess set on a coffee table
Run (1991) - large chess set
Run for Cover (1955) - Swenson (Jean Hersholt) plays chess with Helga (Viveca Lindfors)
Run for the Money (2001) - the Karamozov brothers (Boiko Boyanov and Mitko Hristov) plays chess
Runaway Jury (2003) - Gene Hackman in front of chess set on table
Russia House, The (1990) - chess is mentioned
Russians Are Coming!, The Russians Are Coming!, The (1965) - chess play on a sub
S.F.W. (1994) - chess on a coffee table
Sabotage (1996) - Michael Bishop plays chess with Prof. Simon Follenfant (John Neville)
Sabrina (1995) - chess set on a coffee table
Sacred Flame, The (1935)
Sadko (The Magic Voyage of Sinbad) (1953, Russia)
Safe Place, A (1971) - Noah (Orson Welles) plays chess
Sait-on Jamais (1957)
Salvador (Puig Antich) (2006)
Samson and Delilah (1949) - chess set in a scene
Sangaree (1953) - chess set in the study
Santa with Muscles (1996) - chess set on a table
Saturday the 14th Strikes Back (1988) - chess set on the TV
Saturn 3 (1980) - Major Adam (Kirk Douglas) and Alex (Farrah Fawcett) play chess
Savage Mutiny (1953) - ches is mentioned
Saved By the Bell (1991 TV) - episode called "Check Your Mate" where Screech Powers (Dustin Diamond) plays in the chess championship
Saving Silverman (2001) - photos of chess playing
Scandal (1989) - chess set in a scene
Scandalous (1984) - Col Wilfred Sayle (John Gielgud) plays chess
Scapegoat, The (1959) - French count (Alec Guinness) plays chess with his mother (Bette Davis)
Scaramouche (1952) - chess is mentioned
Scared Stiff (1945) - about a chess editor (Jack Haley) at a newspaper looking for jade chess pieces
Scarlet Pimpernel (1935) - aristocrats playing chess
Scarlet Pimpernel (1999) - two men playing chess in a salon
Schachnovelle (1960)
Schatten der Nacht (1949)
Schindler's List (1993) - chess set on a table
Schneemann sucht Schneefrau (2002)
Schultze Gets the Blues (2003)
Schusse aus dem Geigenkasten (1965)
Schwarz und Weiss wie Tage und Nachte (1978)
Scream of Fear (1961) - chess is mentioned
Scream of Stone (1991) - chess game is mentioned
Sea Chase, The (1955) - Chieff Schmitt (John Qualen) plays chess with Elsa Keller (Lana Turner)
Sea Hawk, The (1942) - Don Jose Alvarez de Cordoba (Claude Rains) plays chess with Dona Maria (Brenda Marshall)
Sea of Love (1989) - chess set on a coffee table
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) - the story of prodigy Josh Waitzkin (Max Pomeranc) playing chess
Searching Wind, The (1946) - Sam (Douglas Dick) plays chess with his grandfather
Sebastian (1968)
Second Woman, The (1951) - chessmen in the background
Secret Agent, The (1996) - chess game being played
Secret Beyond the Door (1948) - chess being played
Secret War of Harry Frigg, The (1968)
Secret Window (2004) - Johnny Depp has a chessboard on his table
Seinfeld (TV)
Sellout, The (1976) - figurine chess pieces in one scene
Sender, The (1982) - chessboard in a scene
Senior Trip (1992) - chess is mentioned and implied
Sensation (1936)
Sense and Sensibility (1995) - chess set in the library
Separate Tables (1958) - hotel has a chess set
September (1987) - chess set in the summer home
Serpico (1973) - Frank Serpico (Al Pacino) with a chess set
Seven (Se7en) (1995) - Detective Lt. William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) plays chess
Seven Days to Noon (1950) - chess is mentioned
Seven Percent Solution (1976) - chess pieces on a table
Seventh Seal, The (1956) (Det Sjunde Inseglet) - Antonious Block (Max Von Sydow) playing chess with Death (Bengt Ekerot)
Shadow, The (1994) - chess is mentioned
Shadow, The: The Chess Club Murders (1941 radio)
Shadow Conspiracy (1996) - chess set on a coffee table
Shadow of China (1991) - Henry Wong (John Lone) plays chess with Burke (Colin George)
Shadows on the Wall (1986) - sheriff Jim Donner (Michael Loggins) has a chess set
Shaft (2000) - Mr. P playing chess; board set up wrong in the bar
Shallow Hal (2001) - chess set in one scene
Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) - Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) says that chess is a game of kings
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991) - Sherlock Holmes (Christopher Lee) plays chess with Dr. Watson (Patrick Macnee)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) - Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) playing chess
Shine (1996) - David (Alex Ratalowicz) plays chess
Shining Through (1992) - chess set on the beside table
Ship of Fools (1965) - Dr. Schumann (Oska Werner) plays chess with Capt. Thiele (Charles Korvin)
Shot in the Dark, A (1964) - chess set in the mansion
Siege of Firebase Gloria, The (1989) - two Army recruits are playing chess
Siesta (1987) - chess is mentioned
Signals (1959 Polish) - chess play in a hospital room
Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) - Pilcher (Paul Lazar) and Roden (Dan Butler) playing chess
Silent Fall (1994) - chess set in the living room
Silent Partner (1978) - Miles Cullen (Eliot Gould) plays chess
Silent Running (1971) - chess being played on a magnetic chess set
Silent Star (Milczaca Gwiazda) (1960 Germany-Poland) - An Omega robot master chess player
Silverado (1985) - Sheriff Tom Langston (John Cleese) plays chess
Simon Birch (1998) - sign that says chess club
Sindbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977) - Princess Farah (Jane Seymour) plays chess with a monkey
Sinners (1989) - chess being played in the back room
Sins of the Mother (1991)
Siren of Atlantis (1949) - Queen Antinea (Maria Montez) plays chess
Sgt. Bilko (1996) - chess clock on a table
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) - chess set on a table
Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) - man plays chess with the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague
Slacker (1991) - chess play at an outdoor cafe
Slam Dunk Ernest (1994) - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar mentions chess
Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity (1987) - chessboard is mentioned
Sleeper (1973) - chess set on a coffee table
Sleepwalkers (1992) - chess set in the upstairs room
Sleuth (1972) - chess set in the mansion
Sling Blade (1996) - chess game in the background
Slipper and the Rose, The (1976) - chess set in the castle
Slipstream (1989) - chess is mentioned
Smilin' Through (1932) - Sir John (Leslie Howard) plays chess with Dr. Owen (O.P. Heggie)
Smilin' Through (1941) - Reverend Owen Harding (Ian Hunter) plays chess with Sir John (Brian Aherne)
Smiling Lieutenant, The (1931) - Princess Anna (Miriam Hopkins) sitting at a chessboard with Lt von Preyn (Maurice Chevalier)
Smog (1962)
Sneakers (1992) - Martin Bishop (Robert Redford) has a chess set
Snow Dogs (2002) - chess players (Phillip Beer and George Labelle) in a hardware store
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) - Nels Godmundsson (Max von Sydow) plays chess with Kazzuo Miyamato (Rick Yune)
Some Came Running (1958) - chess set in the upstairs study
Some Kind of Nut (1969) - chess being played in the park
Son of Alibaba (1952) - the caliph (Victor Jory) plays chess with Kareeb (Philip Van Zandt)
Song of Norway (1970) - Henrik Ibsen (Frederick Jaeger) plays chess with Edvard Grieg (Toralv Maurstad)
Song of Russia (1943) - chess set in the barracks
Song of Scheherazade (1947) - Admiral Vladimir Gregorovitch (Brian Donlevy) plays chess
Sonnenallee (1999)
Sons of Katie Elder (1965) - Billy Wilson (Paul Fix) plays chess with Harry Evers (Sheldon Allman)
Sonny & Cher Show (TV) - Jerry Lewis as the chessplayer
Souls of the Sea (1937) - Cary Cooper
South Pacific (1958) - chess being played in the hospital ward
Spartacus (1960) - checkmate is mentioned
Spectacle Maker, The (1934)
Spice World (1998) - Ginger (Geri Halliwell) plays chess with Scary (Melanie B)
Spiderman (2002) - chess is mentioned by the photographer
Spiderman 2 (2004) - picture of two men playing chess
Spies Like Us (1985) - scene with a chess set
Splash! (1984) - chess play in the park
Spookies (1986) - Kreon (Felix Ward) playing chess
Spring Reunion (1957) - chess team is mentioned
Spy Game (2001) - chess game at a Christmas party
Spy Kids (2001) - chess play in the park
Spy Kids II: Island if Lost Dreams (2002) - chess set in the tree house
Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977) - chess play on a sub
Spy Who Shagged Me, The (1999) - Mike Meyers
Spylarks (1965) - chess set in the office
Squaw Man, The (1931) - directed by Cecil B. DeMille; Warner Baxter, Paul Cavenaugh
St. Ives (1976) - chess set on a coffee table
Stairway to Heaven (1947) - Peter (David Niven) playing chess with June (Kim Hunter)
Stalag 17 (1953) - chess set in the hut
Stalking Hand, The (2005)
Star! (1968) - two Persian maidens playing chess
Star Trek (1979) - Leonard Nimoy (and TV version)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) - Data (Brent Spiner) says he plays chess
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) - David Marcus (Merritt Butrick) mentions pawns
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) - Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) solves a futuristic chess problem
Star Wars (1977) - hologrpahic chess
Starship Troopers 2 - Hero fo the Federation (2004)
State Secret (1950) - Col Galcon (Jack Hawkins) plays chess with Dr. John Marlowe (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr)
Stay (2005) - Dr. Leon Patterson (Bob Hoskins) as a blind chess master
Stealing Heaven (1988) - Count Abelard (Derek de Lint) plays chess with Fulbert (Denholm Elliott)
Steel (1997) - chess play in the rec room
Stepford Wives, The (2004) - chess on the coffee table
Stepmom (1998) - Luke Harrison (Ed Harris) plays chess with Ben (Liam Aiken)
Stick (1985) - chess set in the high rise
Stiff Upper Lips (1998)
Stigmata (1999) - chess set
Stir Crazy (1980) - two inmates playing chess
Stitches (1985) - chess set in the hospital
Stone Cold Dead (1980) - Julian Kurtz (Paul Williams) plays chess with Bernice Carnival (Andree Cousineau)
Storm in Summer, A (2000) - Peter Falk
Story of Dr. Wassell (1944) - chess game on a ship
Story of Three Loves (1953) - box of chessmen
Storyville (1992) - chess set in the study
Straw Dogs (1971) - David (Dustin Hoffman) playing chess with Amy Summer (Susan George)
Streets of Gold (1986) - chess play in the background
Stripes (1981) - chess set on the coffee table
Student Teachers, The (1973)
Stupids, The (1996) - chess game is mentioned
Submarine X-1 (1968) - Lt Robert Gogen (William Dysart) playing chess with Lt. Davies (David Sumner)
Substitute, The (1995) - Wellman (Richard Brooks) plays chess with Rem (Luis Guzman)
Subterraneans, The (1960) - chess set in a room
Sugar Hill (1994) - Roemello Skuggs (Wesley Snipes) plays chess with Rick (Steve Harris)
Sum of All Fears (2002) - chess game is mentioned
Superfly (1972)
Superman II (1980) - Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) plays chess with his sidekick (Ned Beatty)
Superman III (1983) - chess set
Supernova (2000) - Benjamin (Wilson Cruz) plays chess with a computer
Surviving the Game (1994) - Mr. Wolfe (Murray Abraham) plays chess with Burns (Rutger Hauer)
Susan and God (1940) - Amos (Sam Harris) plays chess with Hutchie (Nigel Bruce)
Susie Q (1995) - chess set in a classroom
Suspense: Cagliostro and the Chess Player (1953 TV)
Svengali (1931) - chess set in a Paris flat
Swamp Thing, The (1982) - chessplayer mentioned
Swan Princess (1994) - chess bing played in this animated movie
Sweet Charity (1969) - chess on a coffee table
Sweetener (2007)
Swept From the Sea (1998) - chess is mentioned
Swimming with Sharks (1995) - chess on a coffee table
Sword in the Desert (1949)
Sworn to Vengeance (1993) - Robert Conrad
Sygnaly (1959)
T.R. Sloane (1979) - the Director (Dan O'Herily) plays chess with a computer
Tailor of Panama, The (2001) - chess set in one scene
Takeover, The (1995)
Taking Care of Business (1990) - chess set in the screening room
Tale of Two Cities, A (1935) - chess being played in the background
Talented Mr. Ripley, The (1999) - Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law) plays chess with Tom Ripley (Matt Damon)
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) - Maddox (Philip Lenkowsky) plays chess with Jer (Ashton Wise)
Tales from the Hood (1995) - chess set on the plantation
Talk of the Town (1942) - Leopold Dilg (Cary Grant) plays chess with Prof. Michael Lightcap (Ronald Colman)
Tammy and the Doctor (1963) - Jason Tripp (Reginald Owen) plays chess with Mrs. Call (Beulah Bondi)
Taps (1981) - scenes with chess sets
Tarzan Triumphs (1943) - chess play in a tent
Teacher's Pet (1958) - chess set in the apartment
Team America: World Police (2004) - chess being played backstage by the puppets
Tempest, The (1983) - Miranda (J.e. Taylor) plays chess with Ferdindnad (Nicholas Hammond)
Temptation (1946) - chess set in the study
Tennessee's Partner (1955) - chess being played
Terminal Error (2001) - chess being played at a nuclear power plant
Terminal Island (1973) - Bobby (Sean Kenney) plays chess
Terminal Man (1974) - chess being played at a party
Terra Nova (1998)
Terror of Frankenstein, The (Victor Frankenstein) (1975)
Terror of the Tongs (1961) - chess set at a gambling house
Texas Justice (1995) - chess set at an antique shop
Thank You Lucky Stars (1943) - song mentions game of chess
That Night (1992) - Rick (C. Thomas Howell) plays chess
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) - chess game is mentioned
They Crawl (2001) - chess on a coffee table
They Might be Giants (1971) - chess set on a table
Thief of Baghdad, The (1940) - Jaffar (Conrad Veidt) plays chess with the Sultan of Basra (Miles Malleson)
Thief Who Came to Dinner, The (1973) - Webster McGee (Ryan O'Neal) is the chess burglar
Thing, The (1951) - scientists Dr. Ambrose (Edmond Breon) and Dr. Redding (George Fenneman) playing chess in the building
Thing, The (1982) - R.J. McReady (Kurt Russell) plays a chess computer
Thirty-Nine Steps, The (1978) - chess set by the fireplace
This Time for Keeps (1947)
This Time Forever (1980) - patients playing chess at a hospital
Thomas Crown Affair, The (1968) - Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen) plays Vicki Anderson (Faye Dunaway)
Thomas Crown Affair, The (1999) - checkmate is mentioned
Those Redheads from Seattle (1953) - chess set in a scene
Three Musketeers, The (1921) - King Louis XIII (Adolphe Menjou) playing chess with Cardinal Richeliue (Nigel de Brulte)
Three Musketeers, The (1948) - chess is mentioned
Three Musketeers, The (1973) - living chess
Three Musketeers, The (1977) - chess play in this animated film
Thrill of a Romance (1945) - chess being played in the lobby
Throw Mama from the Train (1987) - chess set in the middle of the bedroom
Thunderbird Six (1968) - chess set on an airship
Thunderbirds Are Go (1966) - Brains examines a chess position
Thunderbirds in Outer Space (1981) - chess is mentioned
Timbuktu (1959) - Victor Mature
Time After Time (1979) - H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) plays chess with Dr. John Stevenson (David Warner)
Time to Die, A (1983) - chess set blows up
Time Warp (1981) - a computer can play chess
Timemaster (1995) - chessboard is mentioned
Titanic (1953) - two passengers playing chess
To Be or Not To Be (1942) - chess being played in a basement
To Kill a King (2003)
Todo un hombre (1943)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) - scene with a chess set and chess references
Tony Rome (1967) - chess set in the mansion
Toronto Stories (2008)
Torremolinos 73 (2003)
Torn Curtain (1966) - chess play in a coffeee house
Touch of Class, A (1973) - chess is mentioned
Tough Guys (1986) - chess set in the rest home
Tournament, The (1959) - Polish animated cartoon film
Towering Inferno, The (1974) - chess set in the office
Toy Story 2 (1999) - drawer with chessmen
Toy Tiger (1956) - chess set on a table
Trading Places (1983) - chess being played at the men's club
Traffic (2000) - chess set in the office
Train de Vie (1998)
Training Day (2001) - chess is mentioned
Traitor (2008)
Treasure Planet (2002) - chess set in a scene
Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977 TV) - chess is mentioned as Lee's favorite game
Triple Cross (1967) - figurine chess set in a scene
Triplecross (1995) - Teddy Cooper (Michael Pare) plays chess with Biggs (Gene Mack)
Tripoli (1950) - Humat Karamanly (Philip Reed) plays chess with Countess D'Arneau (Maureen O'Hara)
Troll (1998) - chess set in the apartment
Tron (1982) - chess program mentioned
Truth, The (La Verite) (1960) - chess scene with Brigitte Bardot and Sami Frey
Tulips (1981) - Gabe Kaplan playing chess
Twelve Chairs, The (1970) - chess club in Russia
Twice Around the Daffodils (1962) - a chess whizz in a sanatorium
Twilight (1998) - scene with a chess set
Twin Peaks (1990-91 TV) - an episode with chess
Twins (1988) - Julius Benedict (Arnold Schwarzeneggar) mentions chess
Two Girls & A Guy (1998) - visible chess set
Two Hands (1999)
Two Minute Warning (1976) - chess mentioned and being played
Two Weeks Notice (2002) - several scenes of chess play and chess sets
Ulzana's Raid (1972)
Unbearable Lightness of Being (1987) - chess being played in Prague
Uncovered (1994) - Chess expert Domenec (Paudge Behan)
Undercover Kids (2004)
Unguarded Moment, The (1956) - chess set in the living room
Unholy Love (1928)
Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business (1998) - chess set in one scene
Unmasking the Idol (1986) - chess is mentioned
Unnameable, The (1992) - chess set in the study
Unsuspected, The (1947) - Steven Howard (Michael North) plays chess with Althea (Audrey Totter)
Untamed Heiress (1954) - Judy Canova and Donald Barry
Untouchables, The (1959-1962) - In 1962, there was an episode called "The Chess Game"
Up Close and Personal (1996) - Warren Justice (Robert Redford) is playing chess with a hustler (Guillermo Gentile)
Up From the Depths (1979) - Mr. Holland (Ken Metcalfe) plays chess
Upside of Anger, The (2005) - "I don't need you using my daughter as a pawn"
V for Vendetta (2005)
Valhalla (1986)
Vampire's Kiss (1988) - chess set on a table
Vanishing, The (1993) - chess set on a coffee table
Vasen (1962)
Vault of Horror (1973) - chess pieces on a coffee table
Velvet Touch, The (1948) - chess is mentioned
Victory (1981) - chess set in a POW camp
Vigilante (1982) - chess play in the background of a prison
Vigilante Cop (1991)
Village of the Damned (1960) - children playing chess
Vinci (2004)
Virgin Queen, The (1955) - chess is mentioned
Virtuosity (1995) - futuristic version of chess
Virus (1999) - chess on a Russian ship
Visitors, The (Les Visiteurs) (2003) - chess is mentioned
Vitus (2006)
Voice of the Whistler (1945) - Richard Dix
Volga Boatmen, The (French-Italian film) - chess play (board set up wrong)
Voltaire (1933) - Voltaire (George Arliss) plays chess with Dr. Tronchaut (David Torrence)
Vows of Deception (1996)
Vstrechnyj (1932)
Wag the Dog (1997) - chess is mentioned
Walk Like a Man (1987) - chess play in the background of a country club
Walking My Baby Back Home (1953) - scene with a chessboard
War and Peace (1956) - Col Dolokhov (Helmut Dantine) plays chess
Wargames (1983) - WOPR contains chess programs
Warlock: The Armegeddon (1993) - Kenny Travis (Chris Young) plays chess with Will Travis (Steve Kahan)
Waterdance, The (1992) - chess being played in a hospital
Waterhole #3 (1967) - chess being played at a bordello
Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992) - room with a chess set
Waxworks (1924) - Haroun-al-Raschid (Emil Jannings) plays chess
Way Home, The (2004)
We're Talking Serious Money (1992)
Web, The (1947) - Lt. Damico (William Bendix) playing chess
Wedding with Obstacles (1950 Czech) - main character solves chess problems
Weekend at Bernie's II (1992) - scene with a chess set
Weekend Warriors (1986) - chess sets in the rec room
Weird Science (1985) - chess is mentioned
Welcome to L.A. (1976) - chess set in a waiting room
West Wing, The (2002 TV) - The President (Martin Sheen) plays chess with Sam (Rob Lowe) and Toby (Richard Schiff)
Wharf Rat, The (1916) - directed by Chester Withey; Mae Marsh
What Dreams May Come (1998) - Dr. Christy Nielsen (Robin Williams) plays chess with Marie (Jessica Brooks Grant)
What the Peeper Saw (1971) - chess set is mentioned
What Women Want (2000) - scene where chess is mentioned from a movie on TV
What's New, Pussycat (1965) - Victor Shakapopolus (Woody Allen) plays chess
Whatever It Takes (2000)
Whistle Blower, The (1986) - Col Dodgson (Bill Wallace) playing chess
White Cliffs of Dover, The (1944) - Hirum Dunn (Frank Morgan) plays chess with Col Forsythe (C. Aubrey Smith)
White Nights (1985) - chess is mentioned
White Sands (1992) - chess set on a coffee table
Willie and Phil (1980) - Ray Sharkey playing chess with Michael Ontkean
Witness to the Mob (1998)
White Water Summer (1987) - Alan (Sean Astin) plays chess with Vic (Kevin Bacon)
Who'll Stop the Rain (1978) - Smitty (Ray Sharkey) plays chess with Danskin (Richard Masur)
Wild Geese, The (1978) - Sir Edward Matherson (Stewart Granger) plays chess
Wild Thing (1987) - Laurie (Christine Jones) plays chess with Chopper (Robert Davi)
Wilson (1944) - chess being played in the press room
Wind Across the Everglades (1958) - Gypsy Rose Lee playing chess
Wind and the Lion, The (1975) - Rai-suli (Sean Connery) playing chess with Mrs. Edith Pedecaris (Candice Bergen)
Windtalkers (2002) - two Marines play chess
Wing and a Prayer (1944) - chess in the recreation area
Wing Commander (1999) - chess in the rec room
Winter Kills (1979) - chessboard at the beginning of the movie
Wishing Ring, The (1914) - The heroine plays a game of chess.
Witchboard II: The Devil's Doorway (1993) - folded chess board
Without a Clue (1988) - Dr. Watson (Bem Kingsley) plays chess
Wolfen (1981) - chess set on top of a TV
Woman in the Dark (1951) - Tant Maria (Edit Angold) plays chess with Papa (Martin Garralaga)
Woman on the Beach, The (1947) - Todd Butler (Charles Bickford) plays chess
Women In Love (1969)
World Chess Festival (1988) - documentary on the tournament at St John, New Brunswick, Canada
World for Ranson, The (1954) - Alexis Pederas (Gene Lockhart) plays chess
Wrestling Ernest Hemmingway (1993)
Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy (1965) - Loreta Venus (Lorena Velazquez) plays chess with a cop
Write to Kill (1990)
Wuthering Heights (1939) - Edgar Linten (David Niven) plays chess against his father (Cecil Humphreys)
X-Men (2000) - Xavier (Patrick Stewart) playing chess with Magneto (Ian McKellen) in the final scene
X2: X-Men United (2003) - several chess scenes
X-Men: The Last Stand (X-Men 3) (2006)
Yankee Pasha (1954) - chess set in a scene
Yanks (1979)
Yentl (1983) - father (Nehemiah Persoff) plays chess
You're in the Army Now (1941) - Homer Smith (Jimmy Durante) plays chess with Breezy Jones (Phil Silvers)
You've Got Mail (1998) - chess set in the background
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) - Elizabeth Hardy (Sophie Ward) plays chess with Watson (Alan Cox)
Za wami pojda inni (1949)
Zalobnici (1960)
Zathura (2005) - meteor shower destroys chess set in house
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman and the Chess Expert (1965)
Zebrahead (1992) - chess is mentioned
Zivot je Cudo (2004)
Zoolander (2001) - Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) playing chess in the outake
Zotz! (1962) - professors playing chess
Zwolf Stuhle (2004)
Zugvogel (1998)
Zugzwang (1988) - Anatoly Karpov
Zwei Whisky und ein Sofa (1963)
Note: a more thorough list can be found in the book
Chess in the Movies
by Bob Basalla