Bodyguard of Lies vs The Great Chess Movie
Bodyguard of Lies has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for The Great Chess Movie). The Great Chess Movie is the shorter watch at 1h 19m compared with 1h 30m. The Great Chess Movie is the older of the two (1982 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bodyguard of Lies
The Great Chess Movie| Bodyguard of Lies | The Great Chess Movie | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1982 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 19m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Dan Krauss | Camille Coudari, Gilles Carle |
| Main cast | – | Pascal Rollin, Anatoli Karpov, Viktor Kortchnoi, Fernando Arrabal, Boris Spassky |
Synopsis
Bodyguard of Lies
Exposes the tangled web of deception spun by the U.S. government during its 20-year war in Afghanistan, revealing the campaign of lies and misinformation fed to the American public. Through shocking testimonies from government insiders, confidential documents, and private audio recordings of those at the highest levels of the military and elected leadership, this gripping documentary urges a reckoning with the wider implications of government…
The Great Chess Movie
In this Gilles Carle feature documentary on the game of chess, the international chess match is cast as a classic Western shoot-out. Three chess greats dominate the film: Russia's Anatoly Karpov; Viktor Korchnoi, a Russian defector; and American Bobby Fischer. Chess aficionados Camille Coudari and Fernando Arrabal analyze the personalities and strategies of the players and comment on the interplay of politics and chess.
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