gambling and poker movies
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1. The Gambler (III) (2014)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Literature professor and gambler Jim Bennett's debt causes him to borrow money from his mother and a loan shark. Further complicating his situation, is his relationship with one of his students. Will Bennett risk his life for a second chance?
Director: Rupert Wyatt | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Jessica Lange, John Goodman, Brie Larson
Votes: 73,537 | Gross: $33.68M
2. 21 (2008)
PG-13 | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Inspired by real events and people, 21 is about six MIT students who become trained to be experts in card counting in Black Jack and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.
Director: Robert Luketic | Stars: Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, Aaron Yoo
Votes: 266,405 | Gross: $81.16M
3. Runner Runner (2013)
R | 88 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore entrepreneur.
Director: Brad Furman | Stars: Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake, Gemma Arterton, Anthony Mackie
Votes: 65,686 | Gross: $19.32M
4. Rounders (1998)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama
A young, reformed gambler must return to playing high stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks, while balancing his relationship with his girlfriend and his commitments to law school.
Director: John Dahl | Stars: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Gretchen Mol, John Malkovich
Votes: 160,116 | Gross: $22.91M
5. The Poker Club (2008)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Four friends discover and accidentally kill a burglar -- who may not be alone -- in the kitchen during their weekly poker night.
Director: Tim McCann | Stars: Johnny Messner, Michael Risley, Jana Kramer, Lenny Levi
Votes: 431
6. Two for the Money (2005)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Sport
After suffering a career-ending knee injury, a former college football star aligns himself with one of the most renowned touts in the sports-gambling business.
Director: D.J. Caruso | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Al Pacino, Rene Russo, Armand Assante
Votes: 48,580 | Gross: $22.86M
7. The Color of Money (1986)
R | 119 min | Drama, Sport
Fast Eddie Felson teaches a cocky but immensely talented protégé the ropes of pool hustling, which in turn inspires him to make an unlikely comeback.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver
Votes: 93,231 | Gross: $52.29M
8. Owning Mahowny (2003)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A bank manager with: (a) a gambling problem and (b) access to a multimillion dollar account gets into a messy situation. Based on the story of the largest one-man bank fraud in Canadian history.
Director: Richard Kwietniowski | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, John Hurt, Maury Chaykin
Votes: 14,337 | Gross: $1.01M
9. The Sting (1973)
PG | 129 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning
Votes: 279,752 | Gross: $159.60M
10. High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story (2003)
R | 110 min | Biography, Drama
The story of poker legend Stuey Ungar. A gambler by the age of 10, Ungar won millions playing card games.
Director: A.W. Vidmer | Stars: Al Bernstein, Andrew N.S. Glazer, Michael Imperioli, Brian Kaplan
Votes: 2,299
11. The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
TV-14 | 102 min | Drama
An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
Directors: Norman Jewison, Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Steve McQueen, Ann-Margret, Edward G. Robinson, Karl Malden
Votes: 18,231 | Gross: $15.26M
12. All In (2006)
R | 98 min | Drama
Six medical students with unique talents pool their resources to win the World Series of Poker.
Director: Nick Vallelonga | Stars: Dominique Swain, Michael Madsen, Louis Gossett Jr., James Russo
Votes: 1,391
13. Shade (2003)
R | 101 min | Crime, Thriller
A group of hustlers encounter "The Dean" and pull off a successful sting that results in their pursuit by a vengeful gangster.
Director: Damian Nieman | Stars: Joe Nicolo, Carl Mazzocone Sr., George Tovar, Frank Medrano
Votes: 13,223 | Gross: $0.03M
14. California Split (1974)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
When a casual gambler (George Segal as Bill) befriends a professional one (Elliott Gould as Charlie), he begins to mirror his life, sending both deeper into the sleazy gambling world where the stakes keep getting bigger.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: George Segal, Elliott Gould, Ann Prentiss, Gwen Welles
Votes: 8,415 | Gross: $10.90M
15. The Cooler (2003)
R | 101 min | Drama, Romance
In an old school Las Vegas casino, its top gambling jinx breaks his curse when he falls in love, much to his boss' consternation.
Director: Wayne Kramer | Stars: William H. Macy, Maria Bello, Alec Baldwin, Shawn Hatosy
Votes: 35,493 | Gross: $8.24M
16. The Gambler (1997)
R | 97 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Sir Michael Gambon) must write a novel in twenty-seven days in a deal to pay off his gambling debts, and feverishly dictates the novel "The Gambler".
Director: Károly Makk | Stars: Michael Gambon, Jodhi May, Polly Walker, Dominic West
Votes: 446 | Gross: $0.01M
17. Deal (I) (2008)
PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy, Drama
As an ex-gambler teaches a hot-shot college kid some things about playing cards, he finds himself pulled into the world series of poker, where his protégé is his toughest competition.
Director: Gil Cates Jr. | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison, Maria Mason, Shannon Elizabeth
Votes: 4,645 | Gross: $0.06M
18. The Hustler (1961)
Not Rated | 134 min | Drama, Sport
An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.
Director: Robert Rossen | Stars: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott
Votes: 86,767 | Gross: $8.28M
19. The Hustler (1961)
Not Rated | 134 min | Drama, Sport
An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.
Director: Robert Rossen | Stars: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott
Votes: 86,767 | Gross: $8.28M
20. Croupier (1998)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama
An aspiring writer is hired as a croupier at a casino, where he realizes that his life as a croupier would make a great novel.
Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Clive Owen, Nick Reding, Nicholas Ball, Alexander Morton
Votes: 23,510 | Gross: $6.20M
21. Havana (I) (1990)
R | 144 min | Drama, Romance, War
In 1950s Cuba, a professional gambler falls for a woman heavily involved in the revolution movement.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Robert Redford, Lena Olin, Alan Arkin, Tomas Milian
Votes: 8,505 | Gross: $9.24M
22. The Gambler (1974)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama
Axel Freed is a literature professor. He has the gambling vice. When he has lost all of his money, he borrows from his girlfriend, then his mother, and finally some bad guys that chase him. Despite all of this, he cannot stop gambling.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Morris Carnovsky
Votes: 6,560 | Gross: $1.31M
23. Bookies (2003)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Centers on four college friends who become small-time bookies, only to find their world spinning dangerously out of control when their greed attracts the attention of organized crime.
Director: Mark Illsley | Stars: Nick Stahl, Johnny Galecki, Lukas Haas, Rachael Leigh Cook
Votes: 2,309
24. House of Games (1987)
R | 102 min | Crime, Thriller
A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
Director: David Mamet | Stars: Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Mike Nussbaum, Lilia Skala
Votes: 24,034 | Gross: $2.59M
25. Bob the Gambler (1956)
PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy, Guy Decomble
Votes: 13,353 | Gross: $0.02M
26. Bob the Gambler (1956)
PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy, Guy Decomble
Votes: 13,353 | Gross: $0.02M
27. God of Gamblers (1989)
R | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A master gambler loses his memory and is befriended by a street hustler who discovers his supernatural gambling abilities.
Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Andy Lau, Joey Wang, Charles Heung
Votes: 6,366
28. Dark City (1950)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Viveca Lindfors, Dean Jagger
Votes: 2,695
29. The Cheaters (1975)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Luca Altieri is a gambler. He likes cards and he is a master in playing poker. He is a cardsharper too. He begins working for "The President", who has many gambling houses and everything ... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Luc Merenda, Dayle Haddon, Corrado Pani, Enrico Maria Salerno
Votes: 365
30. Factotum (2005)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along the way, he fends off the distractions offered by women, drinking and gambling.
Director: Bent Hamer | Stars: Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei, Didier Flamand
Votes: 15,031 | Gross: $0.81M
31. The Music of Chance (1993)
R | 98 min | Drama
A thrill seeker agrees to help a shady professional gambler win a high stakes poker game. However, they lose and become captives of two eccentric rich men who decide to forcibly keep them on their remote gated ranch as indentured servants.
Director: Philip Haas | Stars: James Spader, Mandy Patinkin, M. Emmet Walsh, Charles Durning
Votes: 2,540 | Gross: $0.31M
32. Dinner Rush (2000)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
At a popular NYC Italian restaurant on a dramatic, busy evening, there are 2 gangsters, cop detective, food-critic, ex bookmaker owner, his chef son, indebted gambler sous-chef etc.
Director: Bob Giraldi | Stars: Danny Aiello, Edoardo Ballerini, John Rothman, Frank Bongiorno
Votes: 6,025 | Gross: $0.11M
33. Intacto (2001)
R | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
In a world where luck can be taken from a lucky person by a luckier person's touch, a small group of lucky people compete to be the luckiest and for the other contestants' luck.
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | Stars: Max von Sydow, Eusebio Poncela, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Mónica López
Votes: 13,630 | Gross: $0.30M
34. Fever Pitch (1985)
R | 96 min | Drama, Mystery
An investigative journalist gets hooked on the subject of his inquiry - professional gambling.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Catherine Hicks, Giancarlo Giannini, Bridgette Andersen
Votes: 348 | Gross: $0.62M
35. All or Nothing (I) (2013)
71 min | Thriller
Some games are played for fun, some are played for power, but this game is played for ultimate stakes. In the underground world of ultimate poker, only one person walks out a winner, but win or lose, sometimes winning just isn't enough.
Director: Dave McGlone | Stars: Sharon Clancy, Desmond Daly, Sam Power, Declan Reynolds
Votes: 32
36. Lesser Prophets (1997)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama
The police have three bookies under surveillance, but they escape and set up shop elsewhere. By chance, one of the police finds them; instead of turning them in, he demands money that his ... See full summary »
Director: William DeVizia | Stars: Michael Badalucco, Zachary Badalucco, Amy Brenneman, Dayton Callie
Votes: 466
37. Even Money (I) (2006)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama
Gambling addiction bring the stories of three otherwise unconnected people together as it destroys each of their lives.
Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: Kim Basinger, Forest Whitaker, Nick Cannon, Kelsey Grammer
Votes: 4,791 | Gross: $0.06M
38. Finder's Fee (2001)
R | 100 min | Drama, Thriller
A man finds a wallet containing a winning lottery ticket worth $6 million.
Director: Jeff Probst | Stars: Erik Palladino, Ryan Reynolds, Dash Mihok, Carly Pope
Votes: 3,312
39. Player 5150 (2008)
R | 91 min | Action, Drama
A day trader (Embry) and his fiancée (Robertson) get caught up in high stakes gambling.
Director: David Michael O'Neill | Stars: Ethan Embry, Kathleen Robertson, Christopher McDonald, Bob Gunton
Votes: 681
40. Follow the Bitch (1996)
R | 86 min | Comedy
A group of single guys meet for their weekly, all male, all-night poker game. One of the regulars invites a woman (Liz) to join and she turns out to be a very good player. Things get more ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Stone | Stars: Michael Cudlitz, Ray Porter, Dion Luther, Melissa Sullivan
Votes: 103
41. The Card Counter (2021)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
William Tell is an ex-military interrogator living under the radar as a low-stakes gambler. When he encounters a young man looking to commit revenge against a mutual enemy, he takes him on the casino circuit to set him on a new path.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe
Votes: 42,964
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