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10 Best Movies Like Chess

If you loved Chess, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Heavenly Kid

The Heavenly Kid

1985★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chess for fans of Comedy & Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After dying in a car crash, Bobby Fantana is forced to pay for his misdeeds by becoming someone's guardian angel. He reluctantly agrees to watch over awkward high schooler Lenny Ba...

#2
Good Fortune

Good Fortune

2025★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chess for fans of Comedy & Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A well-meaning but rather inept angel named Gabriel meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker and a wealthy capitalist....

#3
Date with an Angel

Date with an Angel

1987★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chess for fans of Comedy & Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Aspiring composer Jim Sanders is engaged to spoiled rich girl Patty. But the morning after his bachelor party, Jim wakes up to discover a beautiful, broken-winged angel in his pool...

#4
Chéri

Chéri

2009★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chess for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love....

#5
Fairy Tales

Fairy Tales

1978★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chess for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

On his twenty-first birthday, the Prince goes on a quest that takes him across the land searching for the one woman that gets him sexually excited, Princess Sleeping Beauty....

#6
The Book of Life

The Book of Life

1998★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chess for fans of Comedy & Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

New Year's Eve takes on new meaning when the Devil, Jesus Christ, and Christ's assistant Magdalena discuss and debate the End of the World....

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