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The Music of Chance (1993)
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The Music of Chance (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Two men face the consequences of gambling after playing with men beyond their league.
Style: independent film, depressing, surreal, twisted, psychological, atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful, road movie
Plot: gambling, gambler, casino, con artists, caper, millionaire, card playing, existentialism, hustler, hidden treasure, revenge, hitchhiker, life is a bitch, profanity, drifter, lottery, danger, down on your luck, countryside, human nature, buddies, dishonesty, violent content, captivity, wealth ...
Time: year 1993, 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
Keyword: wall, partners

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and independent film films with plots about dishonesty, life is a bitch, gambling, rivalry, friends, profanity and friendship mostly in Drama, Thriller and Biography genres. Some movies like The Music of Chance: All In (2006), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), Red Zone (2003), Finder's Fee (2001), Money Kings (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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All In (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Six medical students with unique talents pool their resources to win the World Series of Poker.
Style: psychological, realistic, captivating, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: gambling, poker, medical school, rivalry, contests and competitions, follow your dream, ego clash, ambition, buddies, underdog, college, casino ...
Place: usa, texas
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100%
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
Style: tense, clever, realistic, retro, light ...
Audience: manly
Plot: gambling, poker, blackmail, mind game, gambler, casino, adultery, jazz, gangster, friendship, card playing, hustler ...
Time: 1930s, year 1965, 20th century
Place: new orleans, ohio, usa, los angeles, southern usa ...
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37%
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Red Zone (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Mac and his high school gangster buddies try to take over the world of sports betting in a city filled with crime, prostitution and gambling. When the Mafia gets involved, they do whatever it takes to keep these tough young-bloods off their turf.
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, exciting ...
Plot: gambling, high school, casino, gangster, ambition, sport team, buddies, football, rivalry, friendship, danger, mafia ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Finder's Fee (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After finding a wallet in the street tepper calls the owner in order to return it. After making the call he discovers that the lottery ticket inside is a $6 million winner. To add to things his friends are on their way over for their weekly poker ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, neo noir ...
Plot: gambling, poker, lottery, dishonesty, cons and scams, casino, twists and turns, con artists, african american, gambler, wedding ring, cheating ...
Time: 20th century
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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 602
Money Kings (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Vinnie's a bookie, happily married, running his operation for 30 years out of his bar in Brooklyn. Times change, the boys up the chain want a bigger profit, so Vinnie's expendable He's assigned a hotheaded kid, Tony, the nephew of a ...
Style: serious, bleak, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gambling, bookies, loser, bet, life is a bitch, dishonesty, down on your luck, disorder, moral dilemma, unlikely partners, unlikely criminals, gangster ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, florida, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Dirty Dealing 3D (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A group of sexy casino dealers joins forces to try to save the sick child of one of their coworkers. When their unscrupulous boss (Michael Madsen) refuses to get the insurance company to help and then reneges on a promise to help raise the money, ...
Style: sexy, sentimental, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: cons and scams, gambling, dishonesty, caper, single mother, sexual content, poker, nudity, profanity, best friend, terminal illness, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, nevada, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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True Colors (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.
Style: talky, political, intense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: politics, friendship, political corruption, betrayal, manipulation, legal action, college, corruption, society, political intrigue, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1991
Place: usa, washington d.c., virginia, florida, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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 409
Ten Benny (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The story of a young shoe salesman whose overestimation of his own sharpness leads to gambling debts, pissed-off loan sharks, and overall misery.
Style: independent film, contemplative, gloomy, realistic, serious ...
Plot: profanity, violent content, gangster, best friend, sexual content, friendship, dangerous animal, twentysomething life, down on your luck, gambling, working class, parents and children ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Moyher's good boy Benny Silman from Brooklyn becomes an economics student at Arizona State University for the sun and sexy girls- and the proximity of gambling paradise Las Vegas. Benny aces his studies, being a mathematical genius, but the one ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, captivating
Plot: gambling, bookies, friendship, lifestyle, ambition, couples, culture clash, college life, youth, follow your dream, buddies, fall in love ...
Place: arizona, usa, new york, las vegas, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The World Made Straight (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In a rural Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, a rebellious young man struggles to escape the violence that would bind him to the past.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, tense, neo noir ...
Plot: civil war, starting over, haunted by the past, social relations, life is a bitch, friendship, danger, family relations, hopes, youth, coming of age, massacre ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: north carolina, usa, appalachia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Stick Up Kids (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: People always told Santos he was something special. His Uncle told him to get a skill, so he became a hustler and with his three,they became "The Stick Up Kids" Harlem would never be the same. They thought they had it all... Money, cars, ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rivalry, gang, friends, buddies, criminal's revenge, urban ghetto life, dishonesty, society, cons and scams, black, african american, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, harlem, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
A Stranger in the Kingdom (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A Vermont town in the 1950's hires a new minister based on his war record and capable presentation, but then are shocked when he shows up and is a black man. Things go completely wrong for ...
Style: independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: murder, false accusation, small town, racism, life is a bitch, legal, society, dishonesty, courtroom, social relations, price of justice, small town life ...
Time: 20th century, 50s
Place: vermont, usa, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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The Runaway (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: At the birth of two boys, one white and one black, a mysterious and powerful Conjure Woman (Maya Angelou) prophesies that they will start the change. Growing up as best friends in rural Georgia in the 1940s, the boys make a discovery that leads the ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: conspiracy, interracial relations, murder, social relations, dishonesty, law enforcement, lifestyle, society, friendship, life is a bitch, murder investigation, small town ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.1
 571
Black and Blue (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After a woman's husband beats and abuses her, she and her son join the witness protection program and move away secretly.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: domestic violence, kidnapped, hostage, abuse, abusive relationship, obsession, battered wife, abusive husband, family relations, family problems, witnessing a crime, hopes ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Imaginary Crimes (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A recently widowed, small-time hustler struggles to raise his two teenage daughters on his own and still make a dishonest living in 1950s Indiana.
Style: touching, sad, sentimental, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: coming of age, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family relations, hopes, hustler, cons and scams, down on your luck, terminal illness, human nature, life is a bitch, single parent ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 1950s, year 1994
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the rise and fall of poker legend Stu "The Kid" Ungar.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, suspense, period piece ...
Plot: gambling, gambler, ambition, human spirit, rivalry, rise and fall, life is a bitch, tragic hero, hopes, addiction, genius, loser ...
Place: las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Choking Man (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The social anxiety of a morbidly shy Ecuadorian dishwasher working in a Queens diner provides the psychological engine that powers this blend of drama and magical realism.
Style: realistic, touching, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: immigrant, city life, friendship, self discovery, restaurant, diner, workplace romance, workplace, family relations, social misfits, lonely, urban ...
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Saint John of Las Vegas (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An ex-gambler is lured back into the game by a veteran insurance-fraud investigator.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, road movie, offbeat ...
Plot: gambling, self discovery, on the road, going straight, life is a bitch, dishonesty, love and romance, hopes, starting over, escapades, down on your luck, dark humor ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 3.6
 436
Violent Blue (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Katarina is a music teacher obsessed with an unfinished symphony. She worries about her brother, Ondrej an introverted inventor whose financiers are reputedly shady and dangerous. Then one day, her ex-husband Pietro shows up in her house and locks ...
Style: serious, realistic, cynical, surreal, psychological ...
Plot: obsession, murder, losing-it hero, sexual relations, dishonesty, captivity, confined, danger, female nudity, social misfits, misfit, mute or deaf ...
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Waking Madison (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A woman suffering from multiple personality disorder tries to piece back together her life.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, realistic, serious, mind bending ...
Plot: mental illness, confined, mentally unstable, twists and turns, doctors and patients, power relations, dissociative identity disorder, dominatrix, psychiatrist, dishonesty, friendship, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Sand (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A young man tries running from his past by hiding from his two violent brothers, only to have them track and harass him and his friends.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: starting over, haunted by the past, life turned upside down, on the run, fall in love, life is a bitch, family problems, uninvited guest, homecoming, rivalry, sexual harassment, small town ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, mojave desert
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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 159K
Rounders (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
Style: neo noir, clever, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: gambling, poker, addiction, friendship, law student, debt, mafia, gambling debt, poker player, prison, underdog, ex convict ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, atlantic city, usa, atlantic city new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Steppenwolf (1974)
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, UK, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In the bourgeois circles of Europe after the Great War, can anything save the modern man? Harry Haller, a solitary intellectual, has all his life feared his dual nature of being human and being a beast. He's decided to die on his 50th birthday, ...
Style: surreal, existential, philosophical, cult classic, manga ...
Plot: existentialism, misanthropic man, mental disorder, buddhism, spirituality, jazz, mental illness, midlife crisis, unfulfillment, couple relations, redemption, split personality ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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A Good Baby (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A young loner wandering the back roads of North Carolina comes across an abandoned baby. He immediately starts seeking the baby's parents, but starts developing a bond with the child that explores his own isolated roots.
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, atmospheric, independent film ...
Plot: abandoned baby, missing child, family problems, family relations, orphan, adoption, missing person, isolation, violent content, rivalry, mentally challenged, misfit ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: north carolina, appalachia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Frame of Mind (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: What happens when the truth is not enough? A New Jersey police detective comes across new evidence in the Kennedy assassination
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective
Audience: boys' night
Plot: uncover truth, assassination, political conspiracy, state affairs, dishonesty, danger, law enforcement, kennedy assassination, violent content, profanity, conspiracy, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Into Temptation (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A call girl goes to a priest to confess a sin she hasn't committed yet: she plans to kill herself on her next birthday. Then she disappears and he goes looking for her, enlisting the help of an ad hoc congregation of troubled souls along the ...
Style: realistic, atmospheric, captivating, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: woman in danger, forgiveness, redemption, obsession, clergy, prostitute, society, priest, sin, illegal prostitution, suicide, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Walker Payne (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A small-town father is forced to make difficult, heartbreaking decisions in order to save his two daughters.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, emotional, gloomy
Plot: dog fighting, parents and children, family relations, life is a bitch, custody, gambling, unemployment, society, redemption, urban ghetto, nursing, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, south carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Almayer's Folly (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A tale of an occidental merchant, Kaspar Almayer, whose dreams of riches for his beloved daughter, Nina, collapse under the weight of his own greed and prejudice.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot: obsession, parents and children, family relations, society, tragic hero, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, ambition, hopes, racism, rivalry, gambling ...
Time: 20th century, 50s
Place: asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.1
 399
Riot (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal intertwined stories.
Style: independent film, anthology, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot: racism, black lives matter, discrimination, nypd, civil rights, hip hop, hip hop culture, die hard, drug addiction, rebellion, violent content, society ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: america, los angeles, south central los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.1
 119
Mr. Vincent (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A tale of obsession and jealousy
Style: independent film, realistic, psychological, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: couples, family problems, dangerous attraction, couple relations, human nature, musician's life, destructive relationship, love and romance, crumbling marriage, danger, introspection, down on your luck ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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