checkmate

5 movies and shows

Sleuth

Fri, 12 Oct 2007

On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer matches wits with the struggling actor who has stolen his wife's heart.

Oliver is a young and talented chess player. He lives with his brother, Liam, and his sick grandfather. The new therapy to cure their grandfather costs a fortune. Oliver therefore takes part in small chess competitions to pay off the debts. That changes when he is asked to take part in a psychological experiment that will earn him a lot of money, but turns out to be life-threatening.

Checkmate

Fri, 09 May 2025

When starting a chess game, João does everything he can to try to emerge victorious. During the game, strange things start to happen in your home. To try to understand what is happening, João will need to gather strength to defeat his biggest adversary: himself.

Checkmate

Sun, 03 Sep 2023

A teenage boy's mother needs money for surgery, but she can't afford it. After he finds a poster for a chess competition with a grand prize of $10k, he enters without knowing anything about the game to win the cash prize.