20 movies like Computer Chess, ordered by similarity : My Art(2016), Playtime(1967), Monster in a Box(1991), Next of Kin(1984), Was weg is, is weg(2012), Gaz Bar Blues(2003), My Life as a Zucchini(2016), Big(1988), Lost in America(1985), Stranger Than Paradise(1984), Good Posture(2019), Sing Street(2016) ...
Comedy
USA
2013
91 Minutes
Myles Paige James Curry Robin Schwartz Gerald Peary Wiley Wiggins Patrick Riester Jim Lewis Freddy Martinez Bob Sabiston
developer human chess player amusing creative chess tournament 1980s technology challenge discovery 1980s
A 1980s-set story centered around a man vs. machine chess tournament.
Comedy, Drama
2016
86 Minutes
Parker Posey Lena Dunham John Rothman Joshua Safdie Robert Clohessy Barbara Sukowa Al Thompson Grace Dunham Laurie Simmons Benjamin Eakeley Garland Hunter
artist friend dog man amusing charming emotional endearing cheeky creative new york city gallery office garden restaurant artistic struggle creative process creative block friendship small town
Frustrated by her lack of recognition, a middle-aged artist leaves the city for upstate New York to regain her creative spark.
Comedy
France|Italy
1967
93 Minutes
Jacques Tati Barbara Dennek Jacqueline Lecomte Valérie Camille France Rumilly France Delahalle
man tourist salesman woman friend amusing intricate paris restaurant street office airport car modernity technology human connection gadgets city life tourism discovery
Monsieur Hulot curiously wanders around a high-tech Paris, paralleling a trip with a group of American tourists. Meanwhile, a nightclub/restaurant prepares its opening night, but it's still under construction.
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1991
88 Minutes
writer amusing brooding creative witty london stage writer's block performance alienation suicide writing pursuit escape discovery 1980s
This is the story of Spalding Gray and his attempt to write a novel. It is a first person account about writing and living, and dealing with success while trying to be successful.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
1984
72 Minutes
Patrick Tierney Berge Fazlian Sirvart Fazlian
young man father mother daughter impostor stranger creative profound disturbing amusing psychiatrist's office family home canada family dysfunction new identity parenthood adoption therapy video tape transformation
Unhappy living with his loveless parents, a young man convinces a family of Armenian immigrants that he's their long-lost son and moves in with them, improving all of their lives in the process.
Comedy, Drama
Germany
2012
80 Minutes
Florian Brückner Mathias Kellner Maximilian Brückner Johanna Bittenbinder Heinz Josef Braun Nina Proll Jürgen Tonkel Siegfried Terpoorten Marie Leuenberger
uncle man activist brother girlfriend brooding profound amusing melodramatic inspiring bavaria village nuclear safety coma environment journey brother relationship metamorphosis quest discovery
Three brothers are finding her way home after a disastrous accident of her uncle in their childhood.
Comedy
2003
115 Minutes
Serge Thériault Gilles Renaud Sébastien Delorme Danny Gilmore Maxime Dumontier Fanny Mallette Gaston Caron Gaston Lepage Daniel Gadouas Claude Legault Réal Bossé
gas station owner son neighbor photographer friend brother amusing touching montreal, quebec gas station family home parkinson's disease family business loss theft father/son relationship discovery sacrifice love
The owner (Serge Thériault) of a Montreal gas station/cafe deals with three sons, customers and the changing times.
Animation, Comedy, Drama
Switzerland|France
2016
66 Minutes
orphan police officer amusing charming cheeky confident creative endearing heartwarming inspiring playful positive foster home switzerland france meaning of life trust true love growing up orphans
After losing his mother, a young boy is sent to a foster home with other orphans his age where he begins to learn the meaning of trust and true love.
Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
1988
104 Minutes
Tom Hanks Elizabeth Perkins Robert Loggia John Heard Jared Rushton David Moscow Jon Lovitz Mercedes Ruehl Josh Clark Tracy Reiner Oliver Block
boy friend owner executive love interest rival charming positive amusing new jersey new york city carnival office toy store mistaken identity toys coming of age competition loneliness discovery
A wishing machine turns a boy into a 35-year-old man (Tom Hanks) with a fun job and a girlfriend (Elizabeth Perkins).
Comedy
USA
1985
91 Minutes
Albert Brooks Julie Hagerty Michael Greene Tom Tarpey Garry Marshall Maggie Roswell Ernie Brown Art Frankel Joey Coleman Don Gibb
yuppie husband wife quirky amusing los angeles las vegas arizona winnebago casino american dream disillusionment gambling road trip unemployment quest discovery 1980s
A husband and wife in their 30s decide to quit their jobs, live as free spirits and cruise America in a Winnebago.
Comedy, Drama
USA|West Germany
1984
90 Minutes
John Lurie Eszter Balint Richard Edson Cecillia Stark Danny Rosen Rammellzee Tom DiCillo Richard Boes Rockets Redglare Harvey Perr Brian J. Burchill
slacker best friend cousin gambler aunt drug dealer offbeat calm witty quirky new york city cleveland florida movie theater car hotel boredom luck road trip culture clash
A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2019
91 Minutes
Emily Mortimer Norbert Leo Butz Ebon Moss-Bachrach Condola Rashad Grace Van Patten Nat Wolff Mary Holland John Early Timm Sharp
woman man family amusing charming touching spirited positive inspiring brooklyn, n.y. responsibility self-discovery creative process love growing up 2010s
Set in current day Brooklyn, Good Posture is the gentle comedy story of a lazy but charming and beautiful young woman who has got used to using men to make her life easier, but after finally pushing one man too far, is forced to discover that she can live a happier life by taking responsibility for herself and not rely on those around her as easy props.
Romance, Comedy, Drama, Music
Ireland|UK
2016
106 Minutes
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo Lucy Boynton Jack Reynor Aidan Gillen Maria Doyle Kennedy Mark McKenna Kelly Thornton Ian Kenny Ben Carolan Percy Chamburuka Karl Rice
teen boy teen girl friend band member parent older brother amusing charming cheeky confident engaging inspiring uplifting dublin harbor street city home high school band
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
Comedy
USA
1990
102 Minutes
Marlon Brando Matthew Broderick Bruno Kirby Penelope Ann Miller Frank Whaley Jon Polito Paul Benedict Richard Gant Kenneth Welsh Pamela Payton-Wright BD Wong
mafia boss student thief mobster amusing madcap outlandish witty new york city organized crime endangered species corruption discovery growing up 1980s
An N.Y.C. film school student accepts a job with a local mobster who resembles a famous cinema godfather and who takes the young man under his wing, after demanding total loyalty.
Comedy
France
1983
91 Minutes
Arielle Dombasle Amanda Langlet Féodor Atkine Pascal Greggory Simon de la Brosse Rosette Michel Ferry Marie Bouteloup
womanizer cousin teen girl old flame divorcée middle-aged man witty calm tender amusing normandy coast beach house seaside beach france summer vacation love triangle misunderstanding cousin relationship coming of age
Marion is about to divorce from her husband and takes her 15-year-old niece Pauline on a vacation to Granville. She meets an old love...
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
85 Minutes
Jesse Wakeman Kris Avedisian Louisa Krause Ted Arcidi Shawn Contois Kate Fitzgerald Patrick Languzzi Robby Morse Levy Alexander Cook Kyle Espeleta
man childhood friend neighbor family member co-worker businessman cheeky emotional creative new york city wall street rhode island train boat funeral going home childhood friends loss memories self-discovery
With sudden passing of his grandmother, Peter Latang returns to his hometown and encounters his long lost, childhood friend, Donald Treebeck. What begins as a simple favor, turns into a long day's journey into the past.
Comedy
USA
1983
96 Minutes
Tom Cruise Rebecca De Mornay Bronson Pinchot Joe Pantoliano Richard Masur Curtis Armstrong Nicholas Pryor Janet Carroll Shera Danese Raphael Sbarge Bruce A. Young
student prostitute best friend pimp mother father amusing wild crafty chicago house school street adolescence senior year sex friendship prostitution transformation discovery
A Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.
Horror, Comedy
UK
2018
118 Minutes
Marianne Jean-Baptiste Sidse Babett Knudsen Hayley Squires Leo Bill Julian Barratt Steve Oram Zsolt Páll Gwendoline Christie Barry Adamson Jaygann Ayeh Richard Bremmer
customer department manager store clerk stranger boss man brooding disturbing eerie gripping offbeat uneasy department store home city shop curse strangers consequences strange behavior
In Fabric is a haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store and follows the life of a cursed dress as it passes from person to person, with devastating consequences.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Comedy, Action, Fantasy
USA
2014
121 Minutes
Chris Pratt Zoe Saldana Dave Bautista Lee Pace Michael Rooker Karen Gillan Djimon Hounsou Benicio Del Toro John C. Reilly Glenn Close Laura Haddock
adventurer bounty hunter villain raccoon humanoid superhero brash cheeky confident space spaceship cabin forest waterfall prison chase truce team power misfits
A group of intergalactic criminals must pull together to stop a fanatical warrior with plans to purge the universe.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
119 Minutes
Michael Keaton Zach Galifianakis Edward Norton Andrea Riseborough Amy Ryan Emma Stone Naomi Watts Lindsay Duncan Merritt Wever Jeremy Shamos Bill Camp
action hero actor broadway director girlfriend daughter ex-wife creative charming emotional amusing dark apartment new york city broadway theater backstage street restaurant acting father/daughter relationship challenge
A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.
Comedy
USA
2009
155 Minutes
Hanno Höfer Constantin Popescu Diana Cavallioti Radu Iacoban Vlad Ivanov Tania Popa Liliana Mocanu Alexandru Potocean Teo Corban Emanuel Parvu
truck driver restaurant owner communist inspector activist amusing cheeky dark romania restaurant house small town van communism conformity uncertainty dilemma urban legends discovery transformation
War stories and life lessons from the industry's top writers.