Films like The World Champion
Some sporting victories are about more than just claiming a title. Some of them go down in history. The film follows the most dramatic and legendary showdown in the history of chess – the match between Anatoly Karpov, then world champion, and Viktor Korchnoi, a recent emigrant fr...
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Queen of Katwe
Film · 2016 · also dramaA young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.
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Pawn Sacrifice
Film · 2015 · also dramaDuring the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire.
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Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Film · 2004 · also dramaThe story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.
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Searching for Bobby Fischer
Film · 1993 · also dramaA seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
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The Iron Ivan
Film · 2014 · also dramaHe was called the Champion of Champions. The strength and strong-willed character Poddubniy composed legends. And 50 great fighter effortlessly overcame young athletes, a...
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TalhotBlond
Film · 2012 · also dramaThomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultim...
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The Scarlet and the Black
Film · 1983 · also dramaFr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become s...
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Resurrecting the Champ
Film · 2007 · also dramaUp-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an oppor...
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Fast Girls
Film · 2012 · also dramaA street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
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Come Sunday
Film · 2018 · also dramaEvangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
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