A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
Casts Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Nirenberg, Robert Stephens, David Paymer, Hal Scardino, William H. Macy
MOVIE COMMENTS
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The Weather Man
Something's Gotta Give
London
Cocktail
Terjebak Nostalgia
Unknown Blonde
Gigli
Half Nelson
Shine
Tonight at Noon
What Have I Done to Deserve This?
La Cocina
Two Lovers
The Legend of 1900
In America
Marathon Man
Center Stage
Poolhall Junkies
G
Uptown Girls
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Weather Man
IMDB 6.1 | Oct , 2005
A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.Something's Gotta Give
IMDB 6.6 | Dec , 2003
When perpetually single, aging music industry exec Harry Sanborn, and his latest trophy girlfriend, Marin, arrive at her mother's beach house in the Hamptons, they find that her mother, playwright Erica Barry, also plans to stay for the weekend. Erica is scandalized by the relationship and Harry's sexist ways. But when Harry has a heart attack while there, and the doctor prescribes bedrest, his only option is to stay at the Barry home. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.London
IMDB 6 | Sep , 2005
London is a drug laden adventure that centers on a party in a New York loft where a young man is trying to win back his ex-girlfriend.Cocktail
IMDB 6.1 | Jul , 1988
After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style, and Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money.Terjebak Nostalgia
IMDB 4 | Dec , 2016
Raisa’s (Raisa Andriana) accidental meeting with her idol, Sora (Maruli Tampubolon), a talented pianist, grows to dating. But, the relationships is disturbed when he gets the scholarship to continue his musical studies at Juilliard School of Music, New York. They parts. Promises pronounced, that after finishing the study, Sora will make an album of music for Raisa. Two years later, with the same clothes when accompanying Sora to the airport, Raisa picks up her lover. The plane from New York lands according to schedule, but Sora is not in that flight. Jasmine, Sora's mother, said he lost during the hurricane Sandy swept New York.Unknown Blonde
IMDB 2 | Apr , 1934
An unprincipled hustler who makes his living getting--or making up--evidence in divorce cases finds that he's framing his own daughter.Gigli
IMDB 4 | Aug , 2003
Gigli is ordered to kidnap the psychologically challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor. When plans go awry, Gigli's boss sends in Ricki, a gorgeous free-spirited female gangster who has her own set of orders to assist with the kidnapping. But Gigli begins falling for the decidedly unavailable Ricki, which could be a hazard to his occupation.Half Nelson
IMDB 6.6 | Aug , 2006
Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.Shine
IMDB 7.4 | Aug , 1996
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.Tonight at Noon
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2026
Lee and Mae are a couple trying to work out their differences. As Mae struggles with memories of a former flame, Lee, who is a writer, works through his frustration by forming his problems into a story in his mind. And that's when everything starts shifting back and forth from reality to Lee's imagination.What Have I Done to Deserve This?
IMDB 7.1 | Oct , 1984
A henpecked housewife ekes out a meager existence, surrounded by a host of colorful characters: her ungrateful husband, her delinquent sons, her headstrong mother-in-law, and her sex worker neighbor, among others.La Cocina
IMDB 6.9 | Oct , 2024
In the sweltering back kitchen of a Times Square restaurant, undocumented cook Pedro is caught between mounting pressures at work and a complicated romance with waitress Julia. When money goes missing, suspicion spreads, igniting tensions that threaten to upend the fragile hopes of the staff.Two Lovers
IMDB 6.9 | Nov , 2008
A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with two women.The Legend of 1900
IMDB 8.2 | Oct , 1998
Musician Max Tooney goes to sell his prized Conn trumpet to a music shop, where he plays the instrument one last time. The shopkeeper recognises the song as one on a record matrix he found and asks who the piece is by. Tooney tells the story of an infant found abandoned in the first class dining room of the four-stacker ocean-liner SS Virginian on 1 January 1900. Danny Boodman, a coal-man from the boiler room, names the boy Danny Boodman T. D. Lemon 1900, after himself, the fruit crate the boy was found in, and the year, and raises him as his own.In America
IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 2003
A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.Marathon Man
IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 1976
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.Center Stage
IMDB 6.9 | May , 2000
A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.Poolhall Junkies
IMDB 6.3 | Jun , 2002
A retired pool hustler is forced to pick up the stick again when his brother starts a game he can't finish.G
IMDB 6.6 | May , 2002
A young Hip Hop star named Summer G falls for a middle to upper class sister while in college. After she rejects him for a fellow social climber, Summer G spends ten years building a Hip Hop empire, then moves to the Hamptons where he finds the object of his affections.Uptown Girls
IMDB 6.9 | Aug , 2003
Molly Gunn, the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny to Ray - the precocious, oft-ignored daughter of a music executive - she learns what it means to be an adult while teaching Ray how to be a child.