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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This is the story of four French friends: the Greek (an osteopath), Fifi (who lives with his mother), Fortuné (a West Indian) and Freddy (a gambler). They meet up regularly at a Parisian bookmakers’, their favourite haunt. Tired of frittering ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating, comedy drama ...
Plot:
gambling, friends, ambition, partner, buddies, misfit partners, contests and competitions, disorder, rivalry, horse race, racehorse, chance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, monte carlo, france, french riviera
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871
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Marino Pacileo has a soft spot for gambling. When he discovers that Lila's father, the young Chinese girl that he is in love with cannot pay a debt, the gambler steals money from the jail he is in to help the love of his life.
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, crime drama, psychological ...
Plot:
gambling, obsession, gambler, downfall, fall in love, society, love and romance, character study, rivalry, couples, realism, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
naples italy, europe, italy
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5K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
As an ex-gambler teaches a hot-shot college kid some things about playing cards, he finds himself pulled into the world series of poker, where his protégé is his toughest competition.
Style:
realistic, tense, psychological, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
teens
Plot:
poker, gambling, card playing, mentor, competition, human spirit, contests and competitions, downfall, underdog, follow your dream, lifestyle, friendship ...
Time:
year 2008
Place:
las vegas, usa, texas
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Jersey is a popular gambler in Mongkok. One day, he takes a trip to Japan with her girlfriend, Nancy, they come to Chinese resaurant. Suddenly, a gang of Japanese triads comes in and starts a fight. Just at the moment when he is in danger, the ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, satirical, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gambling, revenge, betrayal, martial arts, fight, satire, competitor, gambler, infidelity, relationship problems, escapades, couple relations ...
Place:
hong kong, japan, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
When a judicial apprentice goes behind bars while on an undercover job, he plays the hand he’s dealt to survive prison and get his payback.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, tension, disturbing ...
Plot:
gambling, revenge, prisoner, survival, undercover, gambler, crisis, jail, life is a bitch, social problems, confined, illegal gambling ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
south korea, seoul
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Chai Foon-Cheung has not won a single game since his defeat in the World Poker Championship twenty years ago. It is the bad luck he has had all these years that has earned him a job in the casino. Ironically, the man who hires him is one of his then ...
Style:
serious, psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
casino, gambling, poker, rivalry, card playing, poker player, competition, gambler, money problems, game, bet, tournament ...
Place:
hong kong
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50K
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Scott and Kate Johansen’s daughter gets into the college of her dreams it’s cause for celebration. That is, until Scott and Kate learn that the scholarship they were counting on didn’t come through, and they’re now on the hook for ...
Style:
humorous, thought provoking, funny, feel good, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
casino, gambling, farce, college, neighbor, middle class, gambler, bet, comedy of errors, craps, social satire, marijuana ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
las vegas
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mr. Ho, "King of Gambling", got rich by gambling and is the leader of the Hong Kong Mahjong industry in the 1950's. He has three wives, two sons and one daughter. On the surface, the wives appear to be living in harmony but they ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
gambling, ambition, family relations, rivalry, betrayal, road not taken, elderly, dishonesty, family life, parents and children, family gatherings, couple relations ...
Time:
1950s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
After inheriting a casino from his dead uncle, Matthew Dragna, his girl friend J.J. (Robin Sydney) and a group of friends take a road trip to the outskirts of Las Vegas, where they find the run-down Mysteria Casino. But the trip takes a frightening ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
gambling, casino, ghost, vengeance, curses spells and rituals, rivalry, buddies, gangster, supernatural, survival, deathtrap, save the day ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas, nevada
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Paul Keller (Steven Pasquale - "Rescue Me") is a hedge fund manager with a gambling problem who is fired after a bad deal costs his firm millions. Shut out of the job market, he and his wife Vicky (Caroline Dhavernas - ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
friendship, gambling, couple relations, prodigy, couples, partner, dishonesty, life turned upside down, character study, fired from the job, addiction, bookies ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city, new york
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Four Russian friends come from Moscow to Las Vegas to get 5 million dollars they've won in lottery. But everything goes wrong, when they discover that someone stole their winning ticket.
Style:
light, entertaining, disturbing, humorous, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
gambling, chase, friends, money, adult humor, rivalry, danger, lottery, casino, friendship, misadventure, fish out of water ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
las vegas, russia, moscow russia
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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:
realistic, serious, tense, captivating
Plot:
gambling, bookies, friendship, lifestyle, ambition, couples, culture clash, college life, follow your dream, youth, fall in love, buddies ...
Place:
usa, nevada, arizona, las vegas, new york
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, France, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A compulsive gambler plans the heist of his life - a priceless collection of art from the world-class Casino Riviera in Monte Carlo.
Style:
noir, exciting, suspenseful, humorous, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
casino, heist, robbery, poker, gambler, perfect crime, voyeur, one last job, prostitute, drug addiction, female nudity, gambling ...
Time:
year 2002, 70s
Place:
monte carlo, france, french riviera, europe, new york ...
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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, casino, dysfunctional family, obsession, desert, family relations, farce, road trip, nothing goes right, teenage life, parents and children, vacation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, chicago, usa, nevada
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young man goes to Las Vegas with his best friend to prove he can win big bucks. When he loses all of the money, he and his friend get help from a young woman who tells the man the story of some special stones that are part of a legend involving ...
Style:
tense, serious, atmospheric, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gambling, fall in love, on the run, romancing a suspect, murder, escapades, dishonesty, law enforcement, time travel, who done it, chases and races, second chance ...
Place:
las vegas, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Harry Woltz is a homicide cop with a gambling problem; a problem that leaves him owing a great deal of money to the Russell brothers. To clear the debt they ask him to train John Farrow to murder his wife, Evans, without leaving the usual clues or ...
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, crime thriller, detective ...
Plot:
murder, gambling, addiction, police investigation, police corruption, investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, sex, homicide, winter, deception ...
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738K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Czech Republic, Germany, Bahamas, Italy
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond – on his maiden ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, chick flick, manly
Plot:
007, spy, poker, james bond, espionage, secret service, chase, casino, cia, undercover, terrorist, heroic mission ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
montenegro, britain, bahamas, italy, europe ...
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
There is a place after death that’s neither heaven nor hell. A bar that serves you one chance to win. You cannot leave until the game is over, and when it is, your life may be too. From Studio Madhouse (Death Note, Black Lagoon) comes a thrilling ...
Style:
anime, psychological, suspenseful, thought provoking, exciting ...
Plot:
death, morality, memory loss, regret, gambling, afterlife, game, game of death, desperation, fear, heaven and hell, unhappiness ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Lieutenant Fergie Howard, Ensign Beau Gilliam and navy scientist Jason Elderidge use their ships computer, designed to calculate missile trajectories, to calculate a roulette ball's trajectory and hit the Venice Casino. Things get complex when ...
Style:
retro, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
casino, gambling, roulette, admiral, computer, farce, scheme, scientist, hotel, naval officer, father daughter relationship, drunkenness ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s, 20th century
Place:
venice, italy
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80
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
TV show
Story:
A dark, investigative exploration of the obsessive gambling psyche.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
gambling, murder mystery, manipulation, murder, investigation, gambler, psychology, forensics, crime solving, murderer, police investigation, who done it ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to the mob.
Style:
melancholic, light, realistic, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
womanizer, fall in love, gambling, complex characters, life philosophy, debt, lone hero, brat pack, love and romance, looking for love, family relations, parents and children ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, north america, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
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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
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Robbers Ace and Scratch are caught in the act of robbing a casino vault and are caught after a long chase by the owner of the casino, who chooses not to send them to jail but instead hires them on as security consultants. The current head of ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, hidden identity, betrayal, crime gone awry, dishonesty, buddies, rivalry, disorder, cons and scams, partner, heist gone wrong, fraud ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Real Time is a comedic drama about a compulsive gambler given one hour to live by the man hired to kill him.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, suspenseful, clever, realistic ...
Plot:
hitman, gambling, resentment, disorder, regret, unlikely partners, partner, chases and races, dealing with death, race against time, boss and employee, vengeance ...
Place:
ontario canada
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, ...
Style:
road movie, realistic, talky, clever, stylized ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
billiards, gambling, casino, hustler, on the road, scam, possessiveness, great ending, mentor, business, manipulation, road trip ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place:
chicago, atlantic city new jersey, usa, california
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540
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, gambling, murder, investigation, youth, uncover truth, dishonesty, amateur detective, suburbs, rivalry, danger, handgun ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
Style:
neo noir, noir, cult classic, independent film, clever ...
Plot:
gambling, blackmail, casino, prostitute, secret, redemption, murder, motel, kindness, hostage, honeymoon, wedding ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
las vegas, atlantic city, nevada, usa, atlantic city new jersey ...
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36K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
Style:
emotional, feel good, suspense, serious, tear jerker ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids
Plot:
baseball, underdog, gambling, poverty, children, brutality, redemption, adaptation, gang, gambling debt, baseball coach, gangster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, detroit, usa, illinois, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An action-packed Las Vegas thriller about a former military operative turned security expert who is drawn into a high-stakes game where an organization of wealthy individuals gamble on his ability to stop some of the biggest crimes imaginable from ...
Style:
tense, suspense, exciting, captivating, detective ...
Plot:
gambling, conspiracy, investigation, spy, secret, dark past, bet, mafia, corruption, friend, secret organization, death threat ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Brendan is a janitor at a university who has a fondness for gambling, especially betting on horse races. However, he doesn't have much skill at it, and poorly considered bets have drained the bank account he'd set aside for his ...
Style:
touching, semi serious, humorous, feel good, sentimental ...
Plot:
gambling, gangster, disorder, family relations, workplace, workplace situations, dishonesty, introspection, moral dilemma, criminal heroes, university, comedy of errors ...
Place:
ireland, europe, dublin ireland
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