Bookie movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant bookie movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, independent film, humorous, semi serious and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with bookies, gambling, gangster, dishonesty, murder, friendship, police officer, bare chested male, rivalry and pistol plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres shot in USA, Canada, India and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as bookie: Money Kings (1998), Mankatha (2011), Against All Odds (1984), Bad Lieutenant (1992), The Natural (1984), Who's Got the Action? (1962), Bookie (2023), Dirty Work (1998), Salut cousin ! (1996), Little Miss Marker (1980).

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 5.8
 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
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 7.7
 16K
Mankatha (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story: Vinayak and his 4 team members rob a booty of 500 crores INR. Trouble starts when two of the team betrays them.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, rough, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, gambling, betrayal, faked death, law enforcement, bookies, dishonesty, gang, chases and races, tough law enforcer, bad cop, pretense ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
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Against All Odds (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: She was a beautiful fugitive. Fleeing from corruption. From power. He was a professional athlete past his prime. Hired to find her, he grew to love her. Love turned to obsession. Obsession turned to murder. And now the price of freedom might be ...
Style: neo noir, sexy, suspense, scenic, suspenseful ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gangster, murder, couples, mother daughter relationship, american football, power relations, dangerous attraction, rescue, against the odds, danger, dishonesty, love triangle ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles, mexico, latin america, california, usa
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 7.0
 47K
Bad Lieutenant (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.
Style: neo noir, independent film, disturbing, detective, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: gambling, redemption, police, rape, corruption, drug addiction, masturbation, baseball, police corruption, heroin, police lieutenant, nun ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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 7.4
 52K
The Natural (1984)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league in this magical sports fantasy. With the aid of a bat cut from a lightning struck tree, Hobbs ...
Style: inspirational, romantic, realistic, touching, atmospheric ...
Audience: date night
Plot: baseball, underdog, femme fatale, coach, attempted murder, haunted by the past, comeback, villain, death of father, reporter, baseball player, lightning ...
Time: 1930s, year 1984, 1920s, 20th century, year 1939
Place: new york, usa, chicago, baltimore
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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
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Who's Got the Action? (1962)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A lawyer begins to win after his wife secretly becomes his bookie to save their money.
Style: not serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: gambling, bookies, casino, gangster, forces of nature, cons and scams, disorder, nothing goes right, rivalry, ambition, dishonesty, contests and competitions ...
Time: 60s
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 7.4
 4K
Bookie (2023)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: A veteran bookie struggles to survive the impending legalization of sports gambling, increasingly unstable clients, family, co-workers, and a lifestyle that bounces him around every corner of Los Angeles, high and low.
Plot: bookies, female nudity, debt, worker, interracial romance, money problems, lifestyle, male protagonist, grandmother grandson relationship, gambling, gambling debt, interracial friendship ...
Time: 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, southern california
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 6.4
 30K
Dirty Work (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Unemployed and recently dumped, Mitch and his buddy Sam start a revenge-for-hire business to raise the $50,000 that Sam's father needs to get a heart transplant. The dirty duo brings down a movie theater manager and hires hookers to pose as ...
Style: humorous, funny, talky, melancholic, semi serious ...
Plot: vengeance, redemption, prank, prostitute, farce, dishonesty, down on your luck, infidelity, underdog, buddies, partner, dumb ...
Time: 90s, year 1998
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 5.9
 312
Salut cousin ! (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Algeria, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Alilo arrives in Paris, met by his hip cousin Mok. Alilo is to pick up a suitcase of dresses to smuggle back to Algiers for resale. He's lost the dressmaker's address and his boss is gone for five days, so he stays in the Moskova ...
Plot: sociology, arab, migration, immigrant, friendship, rap, culture clash, racism, cousin cousin relationship, fall in love, bookies, suitcase
Place: algeria, paris france, france
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Little Miss Marker (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Sorrowful Jones is a cheap bookie in 1930's. When a gambler leaves his daughter as a marker for a bet, he gets stuck with her. His life will change a great deal with her arrival and his sudden love for a woman also involved in gambling ...
Style: family comedy, semi serious, realistic, talky, witty ...
Audience: kids
Plot: youth, bookies, gangster, gambling, custody, parents and children, love and romance, mischievous children, unlikely partners, opposites attract, dishonesty, couples ...
Time: 1930s, year 1980
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All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Ireland, UK, USA, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When a casino owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default since all dogs go to heaven. However, since he wants to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the ...
Style: touching, sad, sweet, sentimental, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: dog, childhood, afterlife, animal, orphan, heaven, angel, talking animal, anthropomorphic animal, furry, friendship, death ...
Time: 1930s, 90s, 20th century, year 1939
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa
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 6.5
 32K
Stretch (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A hard-luck limo driver struggling to go straight and pay off a debt to his bookie takes on a job with a crazed passenger whose sought-after ledger implicates some seriously dangerous criminals.
Style: exciting, humorous, dark comedy, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, gangster, revenge, gambling debt, limousine driver, fbi agent, cocaine, sex scene, money falling through the air, limousine, female nudity, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa, beverly hills
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 7.0
 14K
Owning Mahowny (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
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, suspenseful ...
Plot: gambling, gambling addiction, addiction, business, embezzlement, poker, casino, greed, police investigation, gambler, banker, embezzler ...
Time: 80s, year 2003, 20th century
Place: las vegas, atlantic city, toronto ontario canada, new jersey, atlantic city new jersey ...
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Mikey and Nicky (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In Philadelphia, a small-time bookie who stole mob money is in hiding and he begs a childhood friend to help him evade the hit-man who's on his trail.
Style: neo noir, crime drama, independent film, talky, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: friendship, hitman, on the run, gangster, mafia, organized crime, urban, inspiration, stoner, memory, cat and mouse, big city ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
Place: philadelphia, new york, pennsylvania
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 6.6
 531
The Ride (1997)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A has-been cowboy is given a second chance at the hands of an unexpected teacher.
Style: sad, independent film, uplifting, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night, teen drama
Plot: child cancer, cowboy, christian, horse, sad ending, faith, youth, family relations, orphan, religions or cults, redemption, hopes ...
Time: 90s
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Lies My Father Told Me (1975)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A Jewish boy grows up in 1920s Montreal with a grandfather who tells stories and a father who won't work.
Style: independent film
Plot: judaism, boy, youth, renaissance, jewish culture, fishing, nostalgia, working class, tragic event, antique shop, bigger dreams, invention ...
Time: year 1975, 1920s
Place: eastern europe, middle east, montreal, canada
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 6.3
 18K
Dreamscape (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A government funded project looks into using psychics to enter people's dreams, with some mechanical help. When a subject dies in his sleep from a heart attack Alex Gardner becomes suspicious that another of the psychics is killing people in ...
Style: surreal, psychological, cult classic, futuristic, suspense ...
Plot: dream, psychic, psychic power, conspiracy, nightmare, lucid dream, nuclear holocaust, scientist, train, monster, surrealism, u.s. president ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: washington d.c., illinois
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 5.2
 2K
Khiladi 420 (2000)
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story: Wealthy, world-wide business-man Shyam Prasad Bharadwaj would like to get his only daughter, Rittu marry to his business-partner Dev Kumar Malhotra. But what Shyam is unaware of is Dev is not what he claims to be but merely a con-man who is in debt ...
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, exciting, thought provoking
Plot: murder, woman kills a man, uxoricide, lie, self sacrifice, death sentence, unrequited love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father daughter relationship, death of father, chase, wedding ...
Place: toronto ontario canada
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 5.5
 489
Catacombe (2018)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Pro soccer player Jermaine Slagter is entering his last days at his club. Outside of the field his life is falling apart.
Plot: gambling, football, soccer, mobster, violence, daughter, divorce, homeless, aging, extortion, poverty, debt ...
Place: caribbean, china
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fired. Outside, blind man Wally Karue hears the shot but cannot see the perpetrator. Both are arrested, but escape to form an unlikely partnership. Being ...
Style: funny, humorous, light, not serious, slapstick ...
Audience: kids
Plot: deaf, disability, murder, blindness, farce, chase, blind man, witness, mute or deaf, friendship, deafness, odd couple ...
Time: 80s
Place: manhattan new york city
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 7.0
 317K
Public Enemies (2009)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, ...
Style: suspense, stylized, factual, exciting, intense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: bank robbery, bank robber, gunfight, mobster, group of criminals, heist, manhunt, criminal heroes, organized crime, gangster, fbi, mafia ...
Time: 1930s, year 2009, 20th century, 2000s, year 1933
Place: chicago, indiana, usa, tucson arizona, illinois ...
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 5.3
 374
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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 6.1
 3K
Kid Galahad (1962)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Kid Galahad is a 1962 musical film starring Elvis Presley as a boxer. The movie was filmed on location in Idyllwild, California and is noted for having a strong supporting cast. Most critics rate it as one of Presley's best performances. The ...
Style: psychotronic, esoteric, realistic, serious, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: boxing, elvis presley, meme, bike, music, gangster, gambling, friends, tough heroes, rising to stardom, athlete and trainer, lifestyle ...
Time: 60s
Place: new york, usa, new york state
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 7.4
 18K
Kaminey (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Guddu and Charlie are identical twins born and raised in the slums of Mumbai. They dream of leaving the squalor behind and moving into a life of prosperity and dignity. Though they look alike, the two are as different as chalk and cheese. One lisps, ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, semi serious, rough, cult classic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: manhunt, chase, lifestyle, love and romance, down on your luck, life is a bitch, reluctant partners, chases and races, lookalikes, partner, police corruption, friendship ...
Time: year 2009
Place: asia, india
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The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A UFO is stranded on earth and impounded by the US government. Its pilot, a cat with a collar that gives it special powers, including the ability to communicate with humans, has eluded the authorities and seeks the help of a scientist in order to ...
Style: cute, humorous, mysterious, freeze frame, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: cat, talking cat, alien, ufo, benign alien, dog, human alien relationship, space, space and aliens, friendly alien, telekinesis, mind power ...
Time: year 1978
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 6.2
 8K
Car Wash (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar's Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens of eccentric customers -- including a smooth-talking preacher, a wacky cab driver and an ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot: workplace, blaxploitation, car wash, black, culture clash, misfit, ambition, interracial relations, workplace situations, car, muslim, fired from the job ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 7.4
 60K
Buffalo '66 (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: 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.
Style: black comedy, psychological, dark comedy, art house, cult classic ...
Plot: alienation, prison, kidnapping, stockholm syndrome, bowling, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, gambling, relationships, blackmail, debt, strip club ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: new york state, new york, usa
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Calendar Girl (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Like many adolescent boys, Roy Darpinian had the hots for movie divas, and one in particular was his wet dream as half of America's in the 1950s: Marilyn Monroe. The difference is, one summer holiday he actually decided to enlist his spineless ...
Style: teen sex comedy, road movie, independent film, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: beach, chase, high school, hollywood, obsession, coming of age, death, love, summer, marijuana, bad father, on the road ...
Time: year 1993, 60s, 1950s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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 5.9
 2K
Bookies (2003)
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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