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Poolhall Junkies (2002)
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Poolhall Junkies (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A retired pool hustler is forced to pick up the stick again when his brother starts a game he can't finish.
Style: clever, witty, entertaining, stylized, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, inspirational, suspense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: gambling, billiards, con artists, con men, gangster, vengeance, friendship, life philosophy, underdog, money, betrayal, justice, crime gone awry, hustler, orphan, rivalry, ambition, opponent, small time, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, heist, revenge, fight, drug deal ...
Time: year 2002, 20th century, contemporary
Place: new orleans, new jersey
Keyword: gangsters, sport, jewish

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspense and tense films with plots about dishonesty, gambling, cons and scams, money, heist, casino and hustler mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Poolhall Junkies: The Hustler (1961), Shade (2003), The Color of Money (1986), Nine Queens (2000), The Hard Word (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Hustler (1961)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: 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.
Style: black and white, atmospheric, suspense, psychological, cynical ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: billiards, gambling, hustler, suicide, success, ambition, lifestyle, rivalry, championship, cons and scams, obsession, idealism ...
Time: 20th century, year 1961, 60s
Place: usa, california, louisville kentucky, san francisco, kentucky
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Shade (2003)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean "The Dean" Stevens, a well-known cardsharp, in a rigged game. However, they first need ...
Style: surprise ending, clever, tense, intense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gambling, betrayal, gangster, organized crime, dishonesty, caper, twists and turns, brutality, criminal heroes, ambition, rivalry, revenge ...
Time: year 2003
Place: usa, los angeles, california, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Color of Money (1986)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, ...
Style: road movie, realistic, talky, stylized, clever ...
Audience: teens, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: billiards, hustler, gambling, on the road, scam, great ending, business, mentor, manipulation, youth, redemption, comeback ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place: chicago, atlantic city new jersey, usa
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100%
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Nine Queens (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 114 min.
Story: An Argentinian crime drama revolving around a sheet of rare stamps (the Nine Queens).
Style: tense, mindfuck, suspenseful, atmospheric, tricky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: plot twist, swindle, partner, manipulation, twists and turns, justice, police, robbery, partners in crime, mind game, great ending, con men ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: argentina, buenos aires argentina, venezuela, latin america, italy
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The Hard Word (2002)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Three fraternal bank robbers languishing in jail, discover a profitable (if not dodgy) way to spend their time. Crime can most certainly pay, if you "know wot I mean?" However when sex and greed rear-up between the good crims and the bad ...
Style: suspense, stylized, tense, cynical, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, chase, vengeance, lawyer, twists and turns, robbery, greed, cons and scams, criminal heroes, dishonesty, frame up, siblings relations ...
Time: year 2002
Place: australia, melbourne, sydney australia
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Criminal (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Needing a new partner capable of intricate cons, Richard Gaddis, recruits Rodrigo, a crook with a perfect poker face. The two plan a big-time scam: selling a fake Silver Certificate to currency collector William Hannigan. Rodrigo distrusts his new ...
Style: suspenseful, tricky, psychological, talky, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: con artists, twists and turns, forgery, manipulation, heist, plot twist, justice, con men, caper, crime gone awry, partner, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Rich, successful Bryce meets beautiful Lissa at a bar one night and invites her back to his house, not suspecting for a moment that Lissa isn't really who she seems. What unfolds next is a dangerous, tangled web of double-crosses and seduction.
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, tricky, cynical ...
Plot: heist, manipulation, twists and turns, small town, betrayal, murder, cons and scams, dishonesty, nothing goes right, disorder, couples, caper ...
Time: 20th century, year 1999, 90s
Place: usa, nevada, portland oregon
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100%
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Leatherheads (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A light hearted comedy about the beginnings of Professional American Football. When a decorated war hero and college all star is tempted into playing professional football. Everyone see the chance to make some big money, but when a reporter digs up ...
Style: witty, feel good, inspirational, intense, stylized ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: american football, football, underdog, sport team, justice, redemption, life philosophy, vengeance, rivalry, cheerleader, hopes, ambition ...
Time: 1920s, post world war one, 1900s, 1910s, 20th century
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Four college friends become small-time bookies, only to find their world spinning dangerously out of control when their greed attracts the attention of organized crime.
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, realistic
Plot: gambling, college, bookies, unlikely criminals, friendship, buddies, crime gone awry, betrayal, cons and scams, fish out of water, hustler, casino ...
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Empire (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A big time drug dealer Victor Rosa is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a Wall St. stockbroker. Thinking this will be his chance to go out on top Victor soon finds out that he has ...
Style: intense, stylized, melancholic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, organized crime, gangster, greed, twists and turns, drug dealing, wall street, ghetto, criminal heroes, going straight, cons and scams, mafia ...
Time: year 2002
Place: usa, new york, miami, bronx new york city, manhattan new york city
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Little Athens (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A day in Athens, Arizona, as teens and twenty-somethings navigate life without a compass. Jimmy has gambling debts and sees a chance to steal and sell a dead-man's stash of drugs. The corpse's cousin smells a rat. Jessica, who is ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspense, independent film, crying
Plot: youth, friendship, eviction, kids in trouble, crime gone awry, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, family relations, misfit, society, vengeance, drug dealing ...
Place: arizona, usa
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Fish in a Barrel (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: 6 gun wielding people are trapped in a NY loft with $4 million in stolen diamonds.
Style: semi serious, cynical, humorous, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: crime gone awry, rivalry, heist, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, betrayal, disorder, alcohol abuse, brother brother relationship, thief, diamond ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Billy Hoyle and Sidney Deane are an unlikely pair of basketball hustlers. They team up to con their way across the courts of Los Angeles, playing a game that's fast dangerous - and funny.
Style: light, entertaining, feel good, buddy comedy, talky ...
Plot: basketball, friendship, buddies, buddy, hip hop, black, con artists, ghetto, ambition, contests and competitions, blacks and whites, sex scene ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, 20th century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Every Monday night The Boys put on skates and leave their troubled lives behind.
Style: semi serious, realistic, not serious, humorous
Audience: teens
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A street-smart pool player falls in with a pack of hustlers. As he rises in the underground circuit, he lands in the middle of a match between his boss and a crooked cop.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, tense, neo noir
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Style: erotic, independent film, neo noir, realistic, serious ...
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The Art of the Steal (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Crunch Calhoun, a third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief, teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in the world. But it's not just about the book for Crunch — he's keen to rewrite some ...
Style: clever, entertaining, witty, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, art, robbery, con men, conspiracy, caper, revenge, motorcycle, police investigation, twists and turns, gang, cons and scams ...
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Country: USA, Germany, Australia
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A professional poker player whose astounding luck at the table fails to translate into his lonesome love life attempts to win the World Series of Poker while simultaneously earning the affections of a beautiful Las Vegas singer.
Style: clever, exciting, entertaining, suspense, feel good ...
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Time: year 2007, 2000s, year 2003, 21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the ...
Style: clever, psychological, suspense, serious, tense ...
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Time: year 2014, 21st century
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City of Ghosts (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A con man travels to Cambodia (also on the run from law enforcement in the U.S.) to collect his share in an insurance scam, but discovers more than he bargained for
Style: intense, stylized, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: betrayal, father son relationship, character study, greed, chases and races, police investigation, law enforcement, dishonesty, cons and scams, friendship, unlikely friendships, fbi ...
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The Operator (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A scoundrel is tormented by a seemingly-omniscent telephone operator.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, independent film ...
Plot: gambling, infidelity, vengeance, mind game, family problems, couples, womanizer, investigation, danger, downfall, family in danger, false accusation ...
Time: 90s
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100%
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Mean Streets (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
Style: neo noir, tense, realistic, atmospheric, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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100%
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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 ...
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100%
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Yonkers Joe (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Yonkers Joe tells the story of a dice hustler whose determination to make one last grab for a big score in Vegas is complicated by the reappearance of his estranged, mentally challenged son into his life.
Style: touching, realistic, serious, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot: casino, gambling, redemption, cons and scams, family relations, mentally challenged, hopes, one last chance, heist, parents and children, father, son ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, las vegas, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Matchstick Men (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.
Style: psychological, feel good, entertaining, psychological thriller, twisted ...
Plot: con artists, twists and turns, cons and scams, mental illness, con men, heist, greed, slick, plot twist, psychology, father daughter relationship, obsession ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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100%
 6.6
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Stickmen (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Jack, Thomas and Wayne are the Stickmen. They like nothing more than having a beer in one hand, a pool cue in the other, a coin on the table and a sexy bird or two. They play pub pool for fun and money at Dave's bar. Desperate to get out of ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, biting, offbeat ...
Plot: billiards, ambition, buddies, rivalry, comedy of errors, contests and competitions, gangster, cons and scams, race against time, heist, gambler, gambling ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.2
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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 ⇓
30%
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Ocean's Twelve (2004)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Danny Ocean reunites with his old flame and the rest of his merry band of thieves in carrying out three huge heists in Rome, Paris and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.
Style: entertaining, clever, stylized, exciting, intellectual ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, date night, boys' night, teens
Plot: heist, robbery, con artists, perfect crime, thief, caper, master thief, planning, con men, art thief, money, criminal's revenge ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: las vegas, rome italy, europe, iran, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.1
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The Poker Club (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Four friends discover and accidentally kill a burglar -- who may not be alone -- in the kitchen during their weekly poker night.
Style: suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: gambling, poker, disposing of a dead body, chase, buddies, betrayal, rivalry, vengeance, manslaughter, danger, basement, stripper ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 7.3
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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 ⇓
30%
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