Gambling movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant gambling movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspense, serious, entertaining, interesting and tense films and TV shows about / with gambling, casino, poker, betrayal, dishonesty, money, card playing, gambler, gambling addiction and greed plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Hong Kong and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as gambling: 21 (2008), The Gambler (2014), Mississippi Grind (2015), Rounders (1998), Sneaky Pete (2015), Molly's Game (2017), Indecent Proposal (1993), The Last Casino (2004), All In (2006), Snatch (2000).
Best films
New films
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
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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, tense, realistic, cynical, independent film ...
Plot:
gambling, addiction, gambling addiction, gambling debt, gambler, writers, gangster, human nature, moral dilemma, character study, police investigation, family relations ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, california, usa, nevada ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Gerry is a talented but down-on-his-luck gambler whose fortunes begin to change when he meets Curtis, a younger, highly charismatic poker player. The two strike up an immediate friendship and Gerry quickly persuades his new friend to accompany him ...
Style:
road movie, depressing, tense, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
gambling, casino, poker, friendship, road trip, money, money problems, gambling addiction, crime gone awry, redemption, debt, partner ...
Time:
year 2015, y2k, 70s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa, north america, southern usa, memphis ...
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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 ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, “reuniting” with Pete’s estranged family, a colorful, dysfunctional group that threatens to drag him into a world ...
Style:
captivating, ironic, suspenseful, melancholic, independent film ...
Plot:
gambling, escapades, investigation, dishonesty, family problems, danger, con man, family relations, greed, adaptation, twists and turns, female nudity ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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202K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
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:
freeze frame, art house, social, thought provoking, political ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
poker, trial, gambling, father daughter relationship, lawyer, female protagonist, court, card playing, strong female lead, woman, illegal gambling, fbi ...
Time:
year 2017, future, 2000s, 2010s
Place:
new york, colorado, los angeles, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Robert Redford stars as billionaire John Gage, who offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband (Woody Harrelson) $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife (Demi Moore).
Style:
sexy, sexual, emotional, erotic, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
adultery, sexual relations, gambling, sex, husband wife relationship, love triangle, infidelity, love story, money problems, casino, moral dilemma, cuckold ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada, los angeles, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A University teacher finds three bright students and decides to teach them how to count cards to make lots of money. As they learn how to play the casinos, things get tricky when the debt owing teacher informs them that their front man wants ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, mathematics, college, student life, teachers and students, manipulation, college graduate, power relations, dishonesty, ambition, card playing, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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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:
realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
gambling, poker, medical school, rivalry, contests and competitions, follow your dream, ego clash, underdog, buddies, ambition, college, casino ...
Place:
usa, texas
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970K
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The second film from British director Guy Ritchie. Snatch tells an obscure story similar to his first fast-paced crazy character-colliding filled film “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.” There are two overlapping stories here – one is the ...
Style:
witty, funny, clever, humorous, dark comedy ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
heist, caper, organized crime, gambling, gangster, sarcasm, underground fighting, twists and turns, group of criminals, cons and scams, master criminal, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s, year 2000, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, britain, antwerp, belgium ...
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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 ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the rise and fall of poker legend Stu "The Kid" Ungar.
Style:
serious, realistic, period piece, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
gambling, rise and fall, gambler, human spirit, ambition, rivalry, tragic hero, life is a bitch, hopes, addiction, genius, legend ...
Place:
las vegas
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126K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them. He needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a Winner Take All poker game that begins in a few days. He tries to win some, tries to collect a few debts, and ...
Style:
surprise ending, humorous, exciting, funny, light ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night
Plot:
gambling, poker, cons and scams, gambler, twists and turns, unlikely partners, outlaw, bank robbery, card playing, con men, robbery, strong female character ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, victorian era, 1800s, 60s
Place:
oregon, persia, america, mississippi, usa ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A former college athlete joins forces with a sports consultant to handicap football games for high-rolling gamblers.
Style:
inspirational, intense, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gambling, football, american football, greed, father son relationship, cons and scams, addiction, money, rags to riches, manipulation, workplace, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
new york, puerto rico, las vegas, boston, new jersey ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Paramedic Vincentas is a passionate gambler, who is forced to make radical decisions to return the debts. An idea strikes Vincentas to create an illegal game related to his profession. Love, life and death will be at stake.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, stylized, realistic ...
Plot:
gambling, workplace, workplace romance, life is a bitch, workplace intrigue, love and romance, disorder, dishonesty, unsupportive coworkers, loan shark, risk, addiction ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A pool shark takes the ultimate gamble when she kidnaps her own son and flees her ex-husband.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, gloomy, crying ...
Plot:
billiards, gambling, hopes, family relations, kidnapping, family problems, addiction, parents and children, dysfunctional family, introspection, going straight, starting over ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
canada, new york, usa
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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 ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Macao
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Chow Yun-Fat plays Ko Chun, an extremely talented and well known gambler. On the eve of a big confrontation with a famous Singaporean gambler, Ko walks into a trap set by Knife, an avid but a so-so gambler (Andy Lau), meant for an Indian servant. ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, semi serious, cult classic, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
poker, gambling, card playing, memory loss, gambler, triad, betrayal, comeback, kung fu, casino, martial arts, bodyguard ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, tokyo, san francisco
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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
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
London cop and compulsive gambler Harry Clayton is on the verge of losing everything. On the night when his huge debts are to be called in, he meets the enigmatic Eve, who gives him a mysterious bracelet said to endow the wearer with immense luck. ...
Style:
detective, captivating, exciting, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
luck, gambling, superhero, corruption, criminal, love interest, frame up, conspiracy, murder, suspicion, interrogation, lucky charm ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly ...
Style:
costume drama, romantic, melancholic, surreal, captivating ...
Plot:
gambling, religion, obsession, wager, inheritance, friendship, fall in love, obsessive quest, love and romance, introspection, church, destiny ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, turn of the century, year 1997 ...
Place:
australia, england, britain, europe, sydney australia ...
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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
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Is it just another evening at the hugely popular Italian restaurant of proprietor and bookmaker Louis Cropa in New York? Anything but as tonight's guests include; a local police detective and his wife specially invited by the owner; on the ...
Style:
witty, stylized, realistic, humorous, talky ...
Plot:
gambling, gangster, hitman, mafia, cooking, organized crime, crime gone awry, complex characters, violent content, lifestyle, family relations, siblings relations ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, california, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A gambler is targeted for murder during the wedding of his daughter to his protege.
Style:
feel good, captivating, entertaining, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot:
gambling, casino, luxury, escapades, lifestyle, money, satire, gangster, poker, assassination, underworld, wedding ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
china, macau, thailand
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Following his confrontation with the nefarious DOA organization, Ken (Chow Yun Fat) is looking forward to going back to enjoying his retirement. His rest is cut abruptly short when his protégé Vincent (Shawn Yue), who's now working for ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, entertaining, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gambling, casino, gambler, escapades, card playing, money, luxury, lifestyle, satire, money problems, crime boss, underworld ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
macau, asia, las vegas, china, thailand
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46K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.
Style:
bleak, psychological, disturbing, tense, visually appealing ...
Plot:
russian roulette, gambling, game of death, greed, organized crime, murder, profanity, danger, fish out of water, survival, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, new york, midwest, grand central station manhattan new york city, delaware ...
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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 ...
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Chow returns to play Ko Chun, a skilled gambler who now lives in retirement in France. Wu Xingguo plays an evil gangster who forces Ko out of retirement by killing his pregnant wife. Ko is forced to team up with a variety of other people to win out ...
Style:
slapstick, exciting, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gambling, martial arts, gunfight, gambler, chinese mafia, triad, disorder, master warrior, heroes, criminal's revenge, hopes, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
france, china, taiwan, asia, europe
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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, bookies, college, unlikely criminals, friendship, crime gone awry, betrayal, buddies, fish out of water, cons and scams, gambling addiction, card playing ...
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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
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