Drama
Since he was 5 yrs old, Jose's abuelita taught him to play chess like his grandfather who was a champion in Mexico. Now as part of the Brownsville school team, Jose has the chance to use his skills and for once in his life, finds himself in the spotlight, as he tries to help his team make it to the Texas state finals. As their coach, Mr. Alvarado, teaches his students the meaning of perseverance and team effort in the face of adversity, Jose discovers his own strengths and uses them to bring his broken family together.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Brave the Dark
Madame Claude
My Life Without Me
Walk the Line
Open Hearts
Italian for Beginners
The Strange Portrait of the Lady in Yellow
The Secret Life of Words
Pani's Box
The Last Resort
Lost in Translation
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
Braveheart
Dead Poets Society
Boys Don't Cry
Of the Unknown
Boys
Ted K
Perfect Sisters
The Sisterhood of Night
SIMILAR MOVIES
Brave the Dark
IMDB 6.3 | Jan , 2025
When Mr. Deen discovers one of his students has been living out of his car and thrown into jail, he decides to bail him out. Determined to curb Nate’s self-destructive behavior, Deen quickly discovers a host of dark secrets slowly tearing Nate apart. What began as a good deed becomes a desperate fight to save Nate from his own demons. As Nate spirals deeper into despair, Deen must decide how far he’s willing to go to save a kid on the brink of losing everything—even himself.Madame Claude
IMDB 5.7 | Apr , 2021
Paris, the late 1960s. Madame Claude is at the head of a flourishing business dedicated to prostitution that gives her power over both the French political and criminal worlds. But the end of her empire is closer than she thinks.My Life Without Me
IMDB 6.1 | Mar , 2003
A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness.Walk the Line
IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 2005
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.Open Hearts
IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 2002
Cecilie and Joachim are about to get married when a freak car accident leaves Joachim disabled, throwing their lives into a spin. The driver of the other car, Marie, and her family don’t get off lightly, either. Her husband Niels works in the hospital where he meets Cecilie and falls madly in love with her.Italian for Beginners
IMDB 6.4 | Dec , 2000
Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.The Strange Portrait of the Lady in Yellow
IMDB 5.1 | Dec , 2004
A woman takes a shower when she suddenly hears something. What is causing the sound and what is it that we see?The Secret Life of Words
IMDB 7 | Dec , 2005
A solitary nurse bonds with a badly burned patient who survived an accident on an oil rig.Pani's Box
IMDB 8 | Sep , 2013
A 10 year old girl escapes the grim reality of her situation by creating a world where all of her hopes and dreams come true.The Last Resort
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2025
When a Danish family finds themselves on a Greek holiday island in 2015, in the midst of the first major refugee crisis in Europe in our time, our northern European, well-intentioned, humanistic values are put to the test.Lost in Translation
IMDB 7.4 | Sep , 2003
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
IMDB 6.6 | Nov , 2002
The strange comedy film of two close brothers; one, Wilbur, who wants to kill himself, and the other, Harbour, who tries to prevent this. When their father dies leaving them his bookstore they meet a woman who makes their lives a bit better yet with a bit more trouble as well.Braveheart
IMDB 7.9 | May , 1995
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.Dead Poets Society
IMDB 8.3 | Jun , 1989
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.Boys Don't Cry
IMDB 7.4 | Sep , 1999
A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.Of the Unknown
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2014
A short visual meditation, OF THE UNKNOWN is set in Hong Kong where millionaires and the ‘working poor’ live side by side in one of Asia’s wealthiest and most densely populated cities. The film explores how our notions of freedom and happiness are shaped by the place we occupy, both literally and metaphorically, in our society. What is the importance of freedom when one faces a daily struggle for survival? Is it even possible to have dreams, or to dream, if one was never given any opportunities in life? https://vimeo.com/113548756Boys
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2015
Markus is in an institution for young sex offenders. He is a shy boy whose face tells wordless stories. There is no physical proximity at the institution, so the inmates wrestle. It is a place where skinlessness quivers in the air. Markus's only friend in the institution is the wayward, violent Tobias. Markus's trial approaches, and then Tobias will find out why Markus has been locked up.Ted K
IMDB 6 | Oct , 2021
The True Story of Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber, who wants to destroy modern technology to create a world for himself in the Montana wilderness.Perfect Sisters
IMDB 5.8 | Apr , 2014
Tired of their mother's alcoholism and a string of her abusive boyfriends, two sisters plot to kill her.The Sisterhood of Night
IMDB 6.2 | Apr , 2015
When a teenage girl says she's the victim of a secret network called The Sisterhood of Night, a quiet suburban town becomes the backdrop for a modern-day Salem witch trial.