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10 Best Movies Like The World Champion

If you loved The World Champion, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Queen of Katwe

Queen of Katwe

2016★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The World Champion for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master....

#2
Pawn Sacrifice

Pawn Sacrifice

2015★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The World Champion for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire....

#3
The Iron Ivan

The Iron Ivan

2014★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The World Champion for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

He was called the Champion of Champions. The strength and strong-willed character Poddubniy composed legends. And 50 great fighter effortlessly overcame young athletes, and questio...

#4
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius

Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius

2004★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The World Champion for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28....

#5
Searching for Bobby Fischer

Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The World Champion for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer....

#6
TalhotBlond

TalhotBlond

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The World Champion for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately lead...

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