Illegal gambling movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant illegal gambling movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, tense, suspense and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with illegal gambling, gambling, rivalry, violence, gangster, family relations, murder, organized crime, money and poker plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Action genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as illegal gambling: Molly's Game (2017), Peaky Blinders (2013), Hard Luck Love Song (2020), Boiler Room (2000), Ana (2020), Private Call (2001), Walking Tall (1973), Lucky Girl (2001), The Odds (2011), Blackbeard's Ghost (1968).

List of illegal gambling movies

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 7.4
 186K
Molly's Game (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada, China
Duration: 140 min.
Story: 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.
Style: inspirational, smart, freeze frame, psychological, witty ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: poker, trial, gambling, female protagonist, lawyer, father daughter relationship, court, card playing, fbi, woman, strong female lead, mafia ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, future, 2000s
Place: new york, los angeles, colorado, manhattan new york city
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 8.8
 638K
Peaky Blinders (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 2109 min.
TV show
Story: A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
Style: serious, atmospheric, tense, stylized, captivating ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: organized crime, gangster, gang, mafia, gang war, determination, cruelty, mob boss, power struggle, crime boss, family relations, rivalry ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, ancient times, 1910s, victorian era
Place: england, britain, ireland, birmingham alabama, london
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Hard Luck Love Song (2020)
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Jesse, a charismatic but down on his luck troubadour, finds himself at an existential crossroads as bad choices catch up with him during an unexpected reunion with Carla, an old flame.
Style: sincere, psychological, touching, romantic, talky ...
Plot: love story, illegal gambling, character study, love and romance, love, couple relations, couples, friendship, true love, love affair, love interest, music ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
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 7.0
 56K
Boiler Room (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm, which puts him on the fast track to success, but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.
Style: suspense, psychological, clever, intense, tense ...
Plot: wall street, entrepreneur, stock broker, business, stock market, finance, entrepreneurship, caper, crime gone awry, greed, trading, marketing ...
Time: 20th century, year 2000, 90s, future, 2000s
Place: new york, bolivia, long island, usa, manhattan new york city
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 5.9
 2K
Ana (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Puerto Rico
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ana meets Rafa in a chance encounter and they embark on a road trip to try and save him from bankruptcy, or worse.
Style: sincere, realistic, humorous, captivating, road movie
Plot: road trip, friendship, journey, illegal gambling, save the day, bankruptcy, father daughter relationship, girl, gas station, natural disaster, 11 year old girl, bare chested male ...
Place: puerto rico
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 4.7
 178
Private Call (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In order to avenge the murder of an old friend, a recently suspended female police officer goes undercover at an illegal gambling den where the winning prize is a night with one of the female staff.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, sexploitation film
Plot: undercover cop, police officer, prostitute, police, illegal gambling, prostitution, murder investigation, undercover, policewoman, fighting crime, stormy night, one night stand ...
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 6.9
 7K
Walking Tall (1973)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Buford Pusser's a wrestler, whose wife wants him to settle down, so they go to his home town in Tennessee, where he plans to get into business with his father. But he is shocked to discover all sorts of graft and corruption going on. And when ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: revenge, vigilantism, vigilante, redneck, small town, danger, sheriff, police corruption, corruption, fighting crime, criminal syndicate, law enforcement ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 60s
Place: tennessee, usa
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Kakegurui Part 2: Desperate Russian Roulette (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A school appears peaceful from a distance, but a fierce gambling battle takes place once again. Yumeko Jabami is involved in the battle.
Style: tense, captivating, talky, suspenseful, clever ...
Plot: gambling, school, secret, organized crime, money, gambler, gangster, card playing, thug life, illegal gambling, poker player, gang warfare ...
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 6.5
 1K
Lucky Girl (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Kaitlyn is a high school student whose obsession with gambling leads to her accumulating a mountain of debt. Her habit also causes a high degree of family tension.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, psychological, thought provoking
Audience: teens
Plot: gambling addiction, gambling, money raising, addiction, debt, obsession, teenage life, kids in trouble, family in crisis, life is a bitch, parents and children, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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 5.1
 531
The Odds (2011)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A murder mystery set in the world of illegal teenage gambling. A 17-year old must find his best friends' killer before the game is exposed.
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: poker, murder, gambling, investigation, uncover truth, youth, amateur detective, dishonesty, suburbs, rivalry, danger, handgun ...
Time: 21st century
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Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Peter Ustinov stars as the eponymous wraith, who returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Elsa Lanchester (Stowecroft). The villains want to kick Lanchester and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good ...
Style: entertaining, light, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: pirate, ghost, gambling, witch, college, afterlife, magic, betrayal, superhero, male female relationship, fish out of water, supernatural ...
Place: new england
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Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: In prohibition-era Chicago, the corrupt sheriff and Guy Gisborne, a south-side racketeer, knock off the boss Big Jim. Everyone falls in line behind Guy except Robbo, who controls the north side. Although he's out-gunned, Robbo wants to keep his ...
Style: retro, spoof, parody, realistic, not serious ...
Plot: robin hood, mafia, forgery, dancing, crime boss, gangster, smuggler, prohibition era, christmas, speakeasy, orphanage, tap dance ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa
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 8.3
 4K
Kaiji (2007)
Genre: Animation, Action, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Kaiji Itou is a good-for-nothing loiterer who spends his days drinking beer and stealing hubcaps-that is, until he ends up being tricked by his former co-worker. Unable to suddenly repay his friend's huge debt all by himself, Kaiji is offered a ...
Style: anime, psychological, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Plot: risk, gambling, survival, quest, rivalry, danger, loan shark, contests and competitions, social decay, rich and poor, deathtrap, intrigue ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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A Man Called Nereus (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: This Metaphysical Dark Action Comedy "A MAN CALLED NEREUS" is the debut feature of writer/director Nathan Hill, for Armored Vision. Nereus is an autistic man who is being held captive by the Filaria crime family due to his unique ability ...
Plot: time travel, kidnapping, illegal gambling, physics, gambling, organized crime, autism, metaphysics, outer space, glider
Place: arizona, mexico
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Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 150 min.
Story: At her 70th birthday celebration, the aged mother of the Gu family suffers from a stroke, which precipitates her decline into dementia. Who will take care of her? The four brothers face crucial changes in their relationships to one another, as they ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, anime, beautiful
Plot: family relations, river, lifestyle, wildlife, mountain cabin, nature, mother in law daughter in law relationship, birthday, grandmother granddaughter relationship, real estate, heart attack, urbanization ...
Time: year 2017, year 2019, 2010s
Place: china
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 6.3
 102K
Revolver (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Hotshot gambler Jake Green (Jason Statham) is long on bravado and seriously short of common sense. Rarely is he allowed in any casino because he's a bona fide winner and, in fact, has taken so much money over the years that he's the sole ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, stylized, clever, spiritual ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gambling, gangster, chess, mob boss, philosophy, criminal heroes, ex convict, cons and scams, criminal's revenge, con artists, group of criminals, mafia ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, britain, europe
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 6.3
 5K
Kansas City (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Robert Altman's story is a riff on race, class, and power cross-cuts between the two kidnappings and the background of corrupt politics and virtuoso jazz music. It all takes place in Kansas City in 1934.
Style: talky, atmospheric, neo noir, realistic, serious ...
Plot: jazz, kidnapping, women, loneliness, music, addiction, gangster, politics, jazz musician, violence, political corruption, corruption ...
Time: 1930s, year 1996, 20th century, year 1934
Place: missouri, kansas city, usa, kansas
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The Brotherhood (1976)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Liao Jiang is the lowest ranking member of a gang that holds up a jewelery store. Subsequently the three other gang members die, and their gold haul goes missing. Liao Jiang and his new gang member Huge Eyes are then forced to turn to a triad gang ...
Plot: gang war, triad, revenge plot, robbery, stolen gold, illegal gambling, gang member, sex show, gang leader, martial arts, jewel theft, stabbed in the back
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 4.7
 67
Joey Boy (1965)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it better. In a cellar beneath his East London fish shop, a gambling club thrives – and austerity provides a nice black-market sideline. But ...
Style: independent film, gaming
Plot: world war two, prison, illegal gambling, bet, gambling, army, donkey, mule
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Buppah Rahtree 3.1: Rahtree Reborn (2009)
Genre: Horror, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Surrounded by tranquility of the apartment, a horrible spirit in the room 609 is lurking, and going to be awaken. This time the terrors are triplex. It is time for Oscar apartment to renovate after the death of the former owner. Now, it's ...
Style: bleak, scary, rough, suspense
Plot: revenge, ghost, reincarnation, rape, supernatural, danger, violence, dwarf, revenge from beyond the grave, barber, haunted house, rape and murder ...
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 6.7
 2K
Trouble Man (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: It seems that masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete. Chalky and Pete hire the cool, loose, elegant Mr. T to fix things. Then, the masked manipulators set up the death of a collector for a rival gang lord. It looks ...
Style: neo noir, crime drama, cult classic, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, exploitation, black, frame up, female boss, music, woman with a gun, boxing, gambling, police, murder, billiards ...
Time: year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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The Return of the Jonsson League (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Criminal trio strike at furniture store, discover a secret network for shipping computers to the Soviet Union.
Style: not serious, realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat
Plot: heist, partner, disorder, criminal heroes, dishonesty, master criminal, farce, cons and scams, silly humor, secret, security guard, burglary ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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Tazza: The High Rollers (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A guy with a talent for cards makes his way into the dangerous world of underground gambling in this crime thriller from South Korea. Go-ni (Jo Seung-woo) is a small-town guy with a big appetite for gambling. Convinced he's on a hot streak one ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir
Plot: gambling, vengeance, ambition, prodigy, obsessive quest, gambler, love affair, tragic love, grudge, cons and scams, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea
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 5.4
 517
Hit Me (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Sonny lives with his retarded older brother, and works as a bellhop at a second-rate hotel. This changes when Monique a beautiful, suicidal nut-case checks in.
Style: erotic, independent film, neo noir, realistic, serious ...
Plot: crime gone awry, femme fatale, heist, hotel, profanity, chance, sexual content, gangster, violent content, disorder, eating disorder, danger ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., montreal, paris france, iceland
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 7.0
 292K
Rush Hour (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the ...
Style: humorous, funny, buddy comedy, exciting, action comedy ...
Audience: family friendly, chick flick, teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, police, kung fu, reluctant partners, fight scenes, buddy cop, two man army, buddy, chase, african american, triad, fbi ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century, year 1997
Place: los angeles, china, california, hong kong, usa
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 5.6
 34K
Fighting (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Small-town boy Shawn MacArthur has come to New York City with nothing. Barely earning a living selling counterfeit goods on the streets, his luck changes when scam artist Harvey Boarden sees that he has a natural talent for streetfighting. When ...
Style: intense, suspense, atmospheric, harsh, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot: street fighter, boxing, martial arts, boxer, battles, streetfighting, athlete and trainer, mixed martial arts, life philosophy, rags to riches, brutality, hip hop ...
Time: year 2009, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, bronx new york city, alabama ...
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 6.9
 753
Lucan (2013)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 63 min.
TV show
Story: Drama about infamous aristocrat Lord Lucan, who mysteriously disappeared in 1974 after being accused of murdering his children's nanny.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, captivating, detective ...
Plot: abusive husband, murder, estate, crumbling marriage, family relations, custody, dysfunctional family, custody battle, accusation, true crime, post war, murder mystery ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1974, 2000s
Place: england, london, english channel
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Do Dooni Chaar (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A middle-class father in India struggles through a series of unexpected events for upholding respect and smiles.
Style: semi serious, humorous, sincere, captivating, light ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick
Plot: family relations, working class, society, social differences, ambition, parents and children, family life, friendship, road trip, middle class, hardcore, respect ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia, new delhi
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 3.9
 508
Bare Knuckles (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Women will go to extreme lengths for those they love and single mother Samantha Rogers is no exception. Along with her young daughter, Milla, Sam struggles to make ends meet, taking her licks as a stunt double by day and cocktail waitressing at a ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, rough, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, female boxer, boxing, contests and competitions, single parent, family relations, ambition, female fight, single mother, trophy, love, brutality ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Forced to Fight (2011)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Once a legend in the brutal world of illicit underground fighting, Shane Slavin (Daniels) decides to turn his life around, promising his wife and young son he's fought his last battle. But when his younger brother betrays a ruthless crime boss ...
Style: exciting, realistic, rough, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, mixed martial arts, martial arts tournament, master warrior, contests and competitions, parents and children, heroes, ambition, family relations, siblings relations, fight, kickboxing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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