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, serious, stylized, suspenseful, tense and suspense films and TV shows about / with gambling, casino, gambler, money, dishonesty, poker, card playing, hustler, profanity and addiction plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as gambling: 21 (2008), Mississippi Grind (2015), The Gambler (2014), The Last Casino (2004), Molly's Game (2017), Rounders (1998), The Grand (2007), Intacto (2001), Indecent Proposal (1993), Lay the Favorite (2012).

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 6.8
 265K
21 (2008)
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: suspense, clever, inspirational, surprise ending, exciting ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids
Plot: gambling, casino, mathematics, prodigy, youth, talented, professor, cheating, blackjack, genius, manipulation, card playing ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: las vegas, boston, harvard university, usa, massachusetts
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Mississippi Grind (2015)
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, tense, depressing, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: gambling, friendship, poker, road trip, money, gambler, money problems, redemption, crime gone awry, debt, unlikely partners, obsessive quest ...
Time: year 2015, y2k, 21st century
Place: new orleans, usa, southern usa, memphis, mississippi ...
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 6.0
 73K
The Gambler (2014)
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 ...
Plot: gambling, addiction, gambler, gambling debt, gambling addiction, gangster, human nature, moral dilemma, writers, character study, police investigation, casino ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: las vegas, los angeles, california, usa, nevada
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The Last Casino (2004)
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, realistic, serious, captivating, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gambling, student life, mathematics, college, teachers and students, manipulation, power relations, dishonesty, ambition, college graduate, card playing, cons and scams ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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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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 7.3
 159K
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
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 5.9
 6K
The Grand (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poker and follows six players who reach the final table of the world’s second most famous high stakes ...
Style: funny, humorous, mockumentary, entertaining, clever ...
Plot: gambling, poker, gambler, greed, sarcasm, adaptation, contests and competitions, casino, underdog, ambition, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, nevada, usa
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 6.8
 14K
Intacto (2001)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story: An enigmatic tale of four people whose lives are intertwined by destiny are subject to the laws of fate. They discover that luck is something they cannot afford to be without as they gamble with the highest stakes possible in a deadly game from ...
Style: tense, psychological, mindfuck, suspenseful, cerebral ...
Audience: teens
Plot: luck, gambling, murder, twists and turns, game, greed, investigation, change of luck, haunted by the past, rivalry, danger, supernatural power ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: spain, caribbean
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Indecent Proposal (1993)
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, psychological, romantic ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: gambling, adultery, husband wife relationship, infidelity, moral dilemma, love triangle, love story, sexual relations, cuckold, millionaire, lust, wealth ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: las vegas, usa, nevada, los angeles
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Lay the Favorite (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A former stripper's talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sports book in Las Vegas.
Style: sexy, realistic, semi serious, humorous, sincere ...
Plot: gambling, bet, prodigy, unlikely partners, partner, dishonesty, career change, cons and scams, nudity, casino, erection, biopic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, nevada, las vegas
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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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 6.9
 35K
The Cooler (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: (William H. Macy) works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His imposing boss, Shelly Kaplow (Alec Baldwin), is happy with the arrangement. But Bernie ...
Style: sexy, realistic, intense, neo noir, serious ...
Plot: gambling, casino, card playing, bad luck, fall in love, love and romance, down on your luck, strong sexual content, debt, mafia, couples, dishonesty ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa
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 8.2
 560K
Casino (1995)
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, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: organized crime, mafia, casino, rise and fall, gangster, gambling, money, greed, mobster, betrayal, cosa nostra, criminal heroes ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1995, 80s, 90s ...
Place: las vegas, chicago, missouri, israel, usa ...
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 5.9
 21K
Lucky You (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
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 ...
Plot: poker, gambling, addiction, golf, gangster, twists and turns, bet, life philosophy, underdog, couples, ambition, rivalry ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, year 2003, 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa
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 8.2
 904K
Snatch (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 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: entertaining, witty, dark comedy, funny, clever ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: heist, caper, gambling, organized crime, gangster, robbery, criminal heroes, cons and scams, group of criminals, sarcasm, master criminal, boxing ...
Time: year 2000, 90s, 2000s, 20th century
Place: england, london, britain, antwerp, belgium ...
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High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the rise and fall of poker legend Stu "The Kid" Ungar.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, suspense, period piece ...
Plot: gambling, gambler, ambition, human spirit, rivalry, rise and fall, life is a bitch, tragic hero, hopes, addiction, genius, loser ...
Place: las vegas
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Killing Them Softly (2012)
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, suspenseful, intense, tense, bleak ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: robbery, gambling, gangster, organized crime, hitman, brutality, assassin, mafia, violence, murder, crime gone awry, gang ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa, orlando florida, florida
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 7.0
 23K
Croupier (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama
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, tense, clever, noir, serious ...
Plot: gambling, casino, croupier, writers, caper, addiction, relationships, greed, bet, career change, dishonesty, love and romance ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1998
Place: england, london, ireland, europe, south africa ...
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Turn the River (2007)
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: realistic, psychological, bleak, serious, gloomy ...
Plot: billiards, gambling, kidnapping, family relations, family problems, hopes, dysfunctional family, addiction, parents and children, estrangement, introspection, starting over ...
Time: year 2007
Place: canada, new york, usa
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Winning Streak (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Winning Streak is the astonishing story of a group of young down-and-outs who are presented with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; to change their luck and set off on the adventure of their lives. Thanks to an infallible method based on the roulette ...
Style: exciting, realistic, tense, captivating, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gambling, master criminal, dishonesty, love triangle, rivalry, danger, truth, cons and scams, change of luck, disorder, criminal heroes, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.1
 2K
The Gambler (2013)
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: serious, stylized, tense, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: gambling, ambition, workplace intrigue, dishonesty, love and romance, workplace romance, disorder, workplace, life is a bitch, unsupportive coworkers, loan shark, casino ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.1
 55K
Hard Eight (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
Style: neo noir, cult classic, noir, independent film, clever ...
Plot: gambling, blackmail, redemption, casino, prostitute, hotel, kindness, mentor protege relationship, dark past, motel, secret, father figure ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place: las vegas, atlantic city, nevada, usa, atlantic city new jersey ...
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 5.6
 66K
Runner Runner (2013)
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: suspenseful, clever, suspense, tense, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: gambling, poker, cons and scams, manipulation, corruption, chase, conspiracy, casino, temptation, twists and turns, dirty cop, power relations ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: costa rica, usa
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Two for the Money (2005)
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: intense, tense, serious, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot: gambling, american football, greed, football, father son relationship, cons and scams, addiction, rags to riches, manipulation, dishonesty, workplace, bookies ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: new york, puerto rico, las vegas
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 8.0
 86K
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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God of Gamblers (1989)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
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, scenic, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gambling, poker, memory loss, triad, betrayal, comeback, kung fu, casino, martial arts, bodyguard, amnesia, traitor ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: hong kong, china, asia, tokyo, san francisco
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 6.0
 44K
13 (2010)
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, tense, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: russian roulette, greed, gambling, game of death, organized crime, murder, survival, danger, fish out of water, life is a bitch, profanity, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, pennsylvania, midwest, delaware, grand central station manhattan new york city ...
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 6.2
 445
The Gambler (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Hungary, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Under pressure from his publisher, Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky gets work on his latest piece, 'Rouletenberg'. In the 27 days it takes for him to complete the novel reality and fiction become blurred; in this feverish atmosphere of ...
Style: stylized, romantic drama, realistic, serious, independent film
Plot: gambling, writers, older man younger woman relationship, addiction, gambler, biopic, obsession, redemption, poet, nudity, novelist, gambling addiction ...
Time: year 1997, 1860s, 19th century, 1870s
Place: germany, st. petersburg russia, russia
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 5.9
 53K
Vegas Vacation (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Griswold family hits the road again for a typically ill-fated vacation, this time to the glitzy mecca of slots and showgirls—Las Vegas.
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, light, slapstick ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gambling, dysfunctional family, obsession, family relations, farce, road trip, nothing goes right, teenage life, parents and children, desert, vacation, chase ...
Time: 90s
Place: las vegas, chicago, nevada, usa
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 7.1
 13K
Kakegurui (2017)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story: Hyakkaou Private Academy. An institution for the privileged with a very peculiar curriculum. You see, when you're the sons and daughters of the wealthiest of the wealthy, it's not athletic prowess or book smarts that keep you ahead. ...
Style: anime, social, serious, suspense, intellectual ...
Plot: gambling, direction and purpose, struggle for survival, humiliation, power struggle, fighting the system, academy, gambler, social differences, fight for supremacy, class system, student ...
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