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poster
Criterion Channel
90
8.2
/141034/
80
/2326/
81
/1605/
4.3
/162000/
96
/51/
96
/2271/
93
/17/

Yojimbo (1961)
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
86
7.9
/90114/
76
/1535/
76
/1031/
4.1
/56754/
94
/47/
92
/1351/
90
/18/
cc age 14+

The Hustler (1961)
Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.
poster
Kanopy
85
7.8
/179334/
79
/4179/
78
/2704/
4.1
/235261/
97
/35/
93
/2805/
80
/15/
cc age 15+

A Bronx Tale (1993)
Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his neighborhood - for a beautiful black girl.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
7.9
/94538/
76
/1627/
76
/1107/
4.0
/75195/
96
/68/
91
/1676/
86
/19/
cc age 12+

The Big Sleep (1946)
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
poster
85
7.7
/25017/
75
/492/
72
/374/
4.0
/40060/
99
/106/
87
/499/
96
/17/
cc age 11+

The Lady Eve (1941)
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
poster
85
8.3
/21950/
82
/465/
80
/350/
4.2
/21920/
87
/23/
96
/404/

To Live (1994)
Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.
poster
83
8.1
/199724/
78
/3491/
79
/3048/
4.4
/351110/
77
/151/
92
/2592/
89
/21/
cc age 12+

Barry Lyndon (1975)
An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.
poster
Starz
83
8.2
/608011/
81
/12193/
79
/6282/
4.2
/640892/
79
/77/
93
/12202/
73
/17/
cc age 18+

Casino (1995)
In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
poster
82
7.7
/35090/
77
/806/
76
/740/
4.2
/67082/
96
/24/
92
/611/
83
/17/

Fireworks (1997)
Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With his wife suffering from leukemia and his business partner paralyzed from a brutal gangster attack, Nishi borrows from a yakuza loan shark and then robs a bank to clear his debt.
poster
Netflix
80
7.4
/84987/
74
/4457/
72
/1249/
3.8
/516949/
81
85
/31/
cc age 8+

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)
A rich man learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes. He sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.
poster
80
7.1
/9231/
71
/210/
66
/133/
3.9
/32026/
87
/31/
83
/123/
85
/15/

California Split (1974)
Carefree single guy Charlie Waters rooms with two lovely prostitutes, Barbara Miller and Susan Peters, and lives to gamble. Along with his glum betting buddy, Bill Denny, Charlie sets out on a gambling streak in search of the ever-elusive big payday. While Charlie and Bill have some lucky moments, they also have to contend with serious setbacks that threaten to derail their hedonistic betting binge.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.4
/13967/
73
/490/
71
/368/
3.9
/27341/
96
/136/
80
/31/
84
/26/

After the Storm (2016)
Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
79
7.4
/344016/
73
/13735/
72
/5129/
4.0
/1450806/
91
/351/
52
/2789/
93
/59/
cc age 16+

Uncut Gems (2019)
A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.
poster
79
7.4
/14830/
72
/170/
70
/214/
3.8
/6986/
88
/43/
90
/377/
75
/31/

The Girl on the Bridge (1999)
It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. So she follows him. They travel along the northern bank of the Mediterranean to perform.
poster
MGM Plus
79
7.2
/25404/
71
/518/
68
/330/
3.7
/23535/
93
/30/
79
/464/
78
/13/

House of Games (1987)
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.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.5
/58710/
76
/1881/
76
/1208/
4.2
/597766/
95
/22/
87
/666/
71
/13/

Fallen Angels (1995)
An assassin goes through obstacles as he attempts to escape his violent lifestyle despite the opposition of his partner, who is secretly attracted to him.
poster
78
7.0
/11001/
68
/311/
68
/156/
3.7
/22169/
95
/40/
77
/200/
78
/10/

Lost in America (1985)
David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling around America...in a Winnebago.
poster
77
7.0
/2730/
72
/39/
65
/27/
3.7
/1847/
100
/15/
88
/48/

The Music of Chance (1993)
Two men face the consequences of gambling after playing with men beyond their league.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
76
7.2
/6537/
70
/99/
71
/78/
3.6
/3153/
91
/45/
85
/187/
79
/18/

Dinner Rush (2000)
One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic, Louis must fend off a hostile takeover from a pair of gangsters, to whom his sous-chef is in debt. Further, Louis has an argument with his son, the star chef, whose culinary creativity has brought success to the business.
poster
Fandor
76
7.5
/15770/
73
/493/
73
/323/
4.0
/37651/
96
/57/
83
/200/
85
/21/

Wake in Fright (1971)
A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
poster
MGM Plus
76
7.1
/59214/
70
/1375/
68
/924/
3.6
/121308/
82
/89/
83
/857/
78
/14/

Hard Eight (1997)
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
7.4
/66138/
73
/1377/
71
/1003/
3.8
/315369/
76
/59/
88
/1731/
69
/19/

Buffalo '66 (1998)
Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.
poster
Netflix
75
7.4
/200255/
75
/11076/
71
/3895/
3.6
/247591/
82
/304/
84
/959/
71
/46/
cc age 16+

Molly's Game (2017)
Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.
poster
75
7.1
/7028/
69
/181/
67
/121/
3.7
/13079/
82
/11/
77
/51/
65
/6/

The Gambler (1974)
New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
poster
75
7.0
/15855/
71
/324/
67
/185/
3.6
/9754/
78
/96/
75
/330/
70
/29/

Owning Mahowny (2003)
Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was astute, decisive and helpful. To his friends, he was a quiet, but humorous man who enjoyed watching sports on television. To his girlfriend, he was shy but engaging. None of them knew the other side of Dan Mahowny--the side that executed the largest single-handed bank fraud in Canadian history, grossing over $10 million in eighteen months to feed his gambling obsession.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
7.0
/24582/
69
/624/
67
/312/
3.5
/19736/
95
/58/
79
/547/
75
/28/
cc age 16+

Croupier (1998)
Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked into the world of the casino which takes its toll on his relationships and the novel he is writing.
poster
fuboTV
75
7.2
/69845/
73
/1630/
70
/1156/
3.6
/50512/
80
/45/
83
/2073/
68
/22/
cc age 13+

A River Runs Through It (1992)
The Maclean brothers, Paul and Norman, live a relatively idyllic life in rural Montana, spending much of their time fly fishing. The sons of a minister, the boys eventually part company when Norman moves east to attend college, leaving his rebellious brother to find trouble back home. When Norman finally returns, the siblings resume their fishing outings, and assess where they've been and where they're going.
poster
MGM Plus
75
6.9
/95854/
70
/2669/
65
/1144/
3.5
/63490/
89
/57/
70
/1409/
81
/22/
cc age 17+

Get Shorty (1995)
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
7.0
/15445/
72
/1340/
71
/200/
3.6
/98604/
82
/34/
87
/144/
64
/6/
cc age 16+

Snack Shack (2024)
Inseparable best friends AJ and Moose decide to run the local pool's snack shack after their plan to sell home-brewed beer goes down the drain. Things take a turn when they meet Brooke, an effortlessly cool lifeguard who puts their big plans, and friendship, at risk.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
80
74
7.8
/10969/
74
/192/
73
/172/
4.0
/12247/
85
/13/
89
/129/

The Set-Up (1949)
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
poster
Starz
78
74
7.2
/10760/
76
/250/
69
/195/
3.7
/8459/
100
/10/
80
/102/

Bend of the River (1952)
Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory...
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
74
7.1
/20603/
72
/392/
65
/247/
3.5
/23198/
91
/33/
83
/1107/
77
/13/
cc age 9+

Guys and Dolls (1955)
Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky Masterson that Sky cannot get virtuous Sarah Brown out on a date. Despite some resistance, Sky negotiates a date with her in exchange for bringing people into her mission. Meanwhile, Nathan's longtime fiancée, Adelaide, wants him to go legit and marry her.
poster
Netflix
74
8.2
/963215/
82
/21657/
78
/9613/
4.0
/684099/
74
/141/
93
/25437/
55
/31/
cc age 17+

Snatch (2000)
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookies, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewellers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
poster
Kanopy
73
72
7.2
/19307/
72
/366/
70
/289/
3.6
/9009/
86
/21/
78
/281/
67
/9/

The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
poster
75
72
7.5
/11276/
76
/351/
75
/219/
3.7
/6960/

Bang, Boom, Bang (1999)
Bank robber Kalle Grabowski escapes from prison while his unemployed smalltime crook buddy is sitting around doing nothing after he just lost all their money. A fast paced comedy from German director Peter Thorwarth.
poster
Disney Plus
71
6.8
/7305/
73
/279/
67
/151/
3.3
/3886/
82
/11/
71
/196/
71
/5/
cc age 6+

Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.
poster
71
6.7
/3540/
77
/174/
69
/22/
3.3
/731/
60
/10/
85
/101/

Let's Do It Again (1975)
Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However, their method for raising the money involves travelling to New Orleans and rigging a boxing match.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
6.6
/83945/
63
/1858/
61
/1209/
3.6
/59745/
86
/152/
57
/3488/
69
/32/
cc age 18+

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)
Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who receives a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to his heroic act, McDonagh injures his back and becomes addicted to prescription pain medication. He then finds himself involved with a drug dealer who is suspected of murdering a family of African immigrants.
poster
Kanopy
71
7.3
/166754/
74
/3782/
70
/1839/
3.6
/104308/
64
/80/
87
/4554/
53
/32/
cc age 16+

Rounders (1998)
Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Russian-American gangster Teddy KGB. Promising his partner Jo he'll give up, he meets up with best friend Lester 'Worm' Murphy, just out of prison and owing lots of money to the wrong kind of people. McDermott becomes his co-guarantor and now there's only one way to raise the money, the pair have to get back into the game.
poster
70
7.1
/21170/
72
/699/
71
/482/
3.8
/35967/
79
/28/
77
/231/
56
/13/

The Driver (1978)
The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful flight from the police a self-assured detective makes it his primary goal to catch the Driver. He promises pardons to a gang if they help to convict him in a set-up robbery. The Driver seeks help from The Player to mislead the detective.
poster
70
6.9
/3835/
63
/43/
58
/73/
3.5
/3958/
77
/13/
68
/33/

Les Biches (1968)
A bored bisexual millionaire picks up a young destitute street artist and whisks her away to her villa in Saint Tropez. They meet a dashing local architect and both fall for him, setting in motion a ménage à trois of deception and betrayal.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
70
7.3
/13142/
71
/231/
71
/240/
3.7
/12655/
81
/58/
83
/237/
63
/10/

The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
70
6.4
/27371/
63
/1427/
60
/552/
3.3
/31529/
91
/120/
55
/230/
77
/27/
cc age 16+

Mississippi Grind (2015)
Gerry is a talented but down-on-his-luck gambler whose fortunes begin to change when he meets Curtis, a younger, highly charismatic poker player. The two strike up an immediate friendship and Gerry quickly persuades his new friend to accompany him on a road trip to a legendary high stakes poker game in New Orleans. As they make their way down the Mississippi River, Gerry and Curtis manage to find themselves in just about every bar, racetrack, casino, and pool hall they can find, experiencing both incredible highs and dispiriting lows, but ultimately forging a deep and genuine bond that will stay with them long after their adventure is over.
poster
69
6.2
/46553/
60
/2775/
61
/1040/
3.3
/127488/
88
/227/
42
/124/
78
/48/
cc age 15+

The Card Counter (2021)
William Tell just wants to play cards. His spartan existence on the casino trail is shattered when he is approached by Cirk, a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel. Tell sees a chance at redemption through his relationship with Cirk. But keeping Cirk on the straight-and-narrow proves impossible, dragging Tell back into the darkness of his past.
poster
69
6.4
/5405/
69
/482/
70
/246/
3.3
/5588/
69
/13/
78
/49/

Animal World (2018)
Backed into a corner by mounting debts, a youth agrees to submit himself to a high stakes game of chance in international waters aboard a disused warship.
poster
74
69
7.2
/7045/
72
/231/
72
/179/
3.6
/6653/
87
/180/

God of Gamblers (1989)
Ko Chun, a renowned gambler, loses his memory in an accident and starts behaving like a child. Little Knife, an amateur gambler, offers him shelter and realizes that he has a penchant for gambling.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
68
6.8
/14095/
66
/252/
65
/188/
3.5
/3873/
73
/70/
82
/475/
59
/25/

Intacto (2001)
An enigmatic tale of four people whose lives are intertwined by destiny are subject to the laws of fate. They discover that luck is something they cannot afford to be without as they gamble with the highest stakes possible in a deadly game from which only one of them will emerge intact.
poster
76
67
7.3
/6232/
74
/170/
69
/108/
3.7
/5054/
88
/347/

The King and the Clown (2005)
Two clowns living in Korea's Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play that satirizes the king. They are dragged to the palace and threatened with execution but are given a chance to save their lives if they can make the king laugh.


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