The Game: The Documentary vs The Great Chess Movie

The Game: The Documentary has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for The Great Chess Movie). The Game: The Documentary is the shorter watch at 52m compared with 1h 19m. The Great Chess Movie is the older of the two (1982 against 2005). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Game: The Documentary posterThe Game: The Documentary2005 VS The Great Chess Movie posterThe Great Chess Movie1982
The Game: The DocumentaryThe Great Chess Movie
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 7.5/10
Year20051982
Length52m1h 19m
GenresDocumentary, MusicDocumentary
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorDamon JohnsonCamille Coudari, Gilles Carle
Main castBusta Rhymes, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, Game, Floyd BanksPascal Rollin, Anatoli Karpov, Viktor Kortchnoi, Fernando Arrabal, Boris Spassky

Synopsis

The Game: The Documentary

See the movie that started it all.

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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