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The Gambler (2014)
77K
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 operator of an illicit gambling ring while garnering the attention of Frank, a paternalistic loan shark. As his relationship with a student deepens, Bennett must risk everything for a second chance.
Style:
clever, tense, realistic, cynical, independent film, cult classic, psychological, stylized, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gambling, addiction, gambling addiction, gambling debt, gambler, writers, gangster, moral dilemma, human nature, police investigation, character study, family relations, dishonesty, parents and children, life is a bitch, casino, mafia, literature, swindle, money, drug addict, computer, professor, real world, drug ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, california, usa, nevada, new jersey
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Most similar movies to The Gambler
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspense and tense films with plots about gangster, betrayal, dishonesty, gambling, dialogue, twists and turns and storytelling mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Gambler: Rounders (1998), 21 (2008), Owning Mahowny (2003), Croupier (1998), Uncut Gems (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
168K
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, mafia, addiction, friendship, casino, voice over narration, underdog, card playing, buddies, destructive relationship, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, atlantic city, usa, atlantic city new jersey, las vegas ...
Similarity:
75%
280K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent, student at M.I.T. in Boston who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine with the desire to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 for ...
Style:
clever, inspirational, suspense, teen, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night
Plot:
gambling, casino, mathematics, prodigy, blackjack, genius, card playing, youth, cheating, talented, professor, college ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, boston, harvard university, usa, massachusetts
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, melancholic, enigmatic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
gambling addiction, casino, gambling, gambler, poker, addiction, embezzlement, greed, relationships, banker, police investigation, compulsive gambler ...
Time:
80s, year 2003, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey, toronto ontario canada, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, realistic, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gambling addiction, college, addiction, gambler, poker, gambling debt, character study, bookies, hopes, gangster, casino, bet ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, las vegas, harvard university ...
Similarity:
100%
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25K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland, France, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
neo noir, clever, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gambling, casino, croupier, writers, terrorist, cons and scams, caper, addiction, greed, relationships, career change, bet ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998
Place:
england, london, ireland, europe, south africa ...
Similarity:
100%
350K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Howard Ratner, 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.
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspense, black comedy, dark comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
jeweler, money, scam, bet, gambling, adultery, auction, threat, danger, debt, infidelity, gem ...
Time:
year 2019, future, year 2012, year 2010, 2010s ...
Place:
new york, ethiopia, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.
Style:
neo noir, sexy, tense, cynical, suspense ...
Plot:
betrayal, con artists, femme fatale, con man, manipulation, nudity, hidden money, voyeurism, con trick, female nudity, caper, motel ...
Time:
90s, year 1990, 80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, arizona, phoenix arizona, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
tense, suspense, stylized, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gambling, poker, cons and scams, manipulation, temptation, corruption, casino, chase, conspiracy, money, twists and turns, dirty cop ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
costa rica, usa, latin america, puerto rico
Similarity:
50%
Movie in collections
129K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago – smuggling – to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.
Style:
sexy, realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
smuggling, robbery, drug lord, caper, gunfight, conspiracy, criminal heroes, brutality, dishonesty, danger, mafia, ship captain ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
south america, usa, new orleans, boston
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A compulsive gambler finds his new family's safety seriously threatened by a ruthless gambling boss.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
gambling, casino, gambling addiction, card playing, poker, gambler, pregnancy, gangster, addiction, bookies, dishonesty, survival ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Austria, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A compulsive gambler is forced to take a chance with his own life
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, erotic
Plot:
gambler, gambling addiction, drug, addiction, gambling, relationship problems, risk, lifestyle, life risking, social problems, life is a bitch, relationships ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
witty, clever, stylized, entertaining, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
billiards, gambling, con men, gangster, vengeance, friendship, life philosophy, underdog, money, justice, betrayal, crime gone awry ...
Time:
year 2002, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, new orleans
Similarity:
100%
64K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal skills and a gambling problem gets in trouble with the mob, he has one last play… and it's all or nothing.
Style:
suspenseful, stylized, brutal, intense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, gangster, betrayal, martial arts, redemption, tough heroes, dishonesty, gambling, profanity, lawyer, mafia, criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada, new orleans
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man, when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.
Style:
neo noir, cerebral, art house, independent film, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
nightclub, gambling, murder, female nudity, mafia, strip club, gambling debt, great ending, hitman, gangster, mobster, crime gone awry ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, texas
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, surprise ending, tricky, serious ...
Plot:
twists and turns, gambling, con game, cons and scams, betrayal, poker, con artists, mentor, greed, crime gone awry, obsession, loneliness ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington state
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.
Style:
suspense, harsh, stylized, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, police, gangster, nightclub, gang, cop, brothers, hitman, lone hero, multiple storylines, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, year 1988, 80s, 70s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
28%
1.5M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises ...
Style:
twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, clever, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
mafia, police, undercover cop, twists and turns, mole, organized crime, working undercover, mobster, espionage, plot twist, undercover, irish mob ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, america, persia, usa ...
Similarity:
28%
33K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all ...
Style:
realistic, period piece, stylized, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, casino, gambling, biopic, organized crime, hollywood, rise and fall, ambition, love affair, elimination, bohemian life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1991, year 1945, 1930s ...
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, usa, new york, california ...
Similarity:
27%
Movie in collections
14K
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, tense, intense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, poker, betrayal, vengeance, brutality, cons and scams, gangster, dishonesty, organized crime, casino, caper, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, las vegas
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Cisco is an ex-rock star who has become a drug dealer. A corrupt cop blackmails Cisco to sell marijuana for him. Cisco has one weekend to sell it to his friends.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, police corruption, tough law enforcer, drug dealing, law enforcement, dishonesty, drug abuse, false accusation, addiction, partner, drug, female nudity ...
Time:
70s, year 1972
Place:
los angeles, venice beach california
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Style:
neo noir, brutal, suspenseful, intense, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
robbery, violence, mafia, organized crime, gangster, hitman, poker, brutality, crime gone awry, assassin, murder, sex ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2008, 2000s, 70s ...
Place:
louisiana, usa, florida, orlando florida, new orleans
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Gambling addiction bring the stories of three otherwise unconnected people together as it destroys each of their lives.
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
gambling, addiction, obsession, bookies, destructive relationship, moral dilemma, couple relations, cons and scams, gangster, betrayal, dishonesty, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2006
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The film chronicles the exploits of the title character, Charlie, played by Raymond J. Barry (Training Day) a career criminal intent on scoring one last big pay day. When his "perfect crime" goes bad, Charlie flees to Los Angeles to hide ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal heroes, dishonesty, heist, family relations, strong violent content, betrayal, crime gone awry, parents and children, disorder, violence, mafia, robbery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
26%
Movie in collections
613K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
The life of the gambling paradise – Las Vegas – and its dark mafia underbelly.
Style:
realistic, clever, rough, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, casino, rise and fall, gangster, betrayal, money, gambling, greed, criminal heroes, mobster, cosa nostra ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1973 ...
Place:
las vegas, chicago, missouri, israel, usa ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Kirsten Dunst plays a young woman (Lidda), who is searching for her father (James Caan). She finds herself at odds with her boyfriend who wants nothing but a carefree lifestyle.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspense, independent film
Plot:
gambling, vengeance, criminal heroes, gangster, betrayal, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, parents and children, fall in love, estrangement, on the road, strip club ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Gambling fever -- along with a brutal bookie -- leads three crooked cops into a double-dealing scheme that lands them in hot water way over their heads.
Style:
neo noir, independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gambling, addiction, dirty cop, redemption, police corruption, betrayal, crime gone awry, crooked cop, cop, casino, police officer, death of protagonist ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, arizona, phoenix arizona, new jersey, california
Similarity:
25%
24K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big ...
Style:
emotional, neo noir, intense, talky, rough ...
Plot:
corruption, political corruption, murder, whistleblower, character study, police corruption, false accusation, mafia, injustice, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, criminal ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 90s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
25%
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, psychological, tense, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
gambling, poker, disposing of a dead body, chase, buddies, vengeance, betrayal, rivalry, manslaughter, card playing, danger, casino ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Impulse is a 1990 thriller film about a female police officer who works undercover as a prostitute on the streets of Los Angeles
Style:
neo noir, erotic, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vice squad, prostitution, drug dealer, drug abuse, gangster, district attorney, investigation, money, police, policewoman, female police officer, killer ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, stylized, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, betrayal, mafia, corruption, gangster, shootout, irish mob, loyalty, love triangle, blackmail, mobster, prohibition era ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1990, 1920s
Place:
usa, new orleans, new york
Similarity:
24%
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