Movies and TV shows set in las vegas

The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in las vegas ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, entertaining, humorous, interesting, stylized and clever films and TV shows about / with dialogue, casino, mentor, storytelling, redemption, gambling, pornography, catastrophe, hotel and destiny plots mostly in Comedy, Crime and Drama genres shot in USA, France, Germany and other countries.
las vegas movies
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TOP 10 movies tagged as las vegas: 21 (2008), Las Vegas (2003), Showgirls (1995), What Happens in Vegas (2008), Casino (1995), Last Vegas (2013), The Hangover (2009), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001), Vegas Vacation (1997).

List of movies set in las vegas

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 6.8
 280K
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: 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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 7.4
 31K
Las Vegas (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Las Vegas is an American television series broadcast by NBC from September 22, 2003 to February 15, 2008. The show focuses on a team of people working at the fictional Montecito Resort & Casino dealing with issues that arise within the working ...
Style: sexy, stylized, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: casino, gambling, hot and sexy, businessman, friends, boss and employee, gambler, cons and scams, team, parents and children, ex law enforcer, sin ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa
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 5.2
 81K
Showgirls (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A young drifter named Nomi arrives in Las Vegas to become a dancer and soon sets about clawing and pushing her way to become a top showgirl.
Style: sexy, erotic, sensual, sexual, satirical ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot: striptease, showgirl, stripper, sex scene, erotica, nudity, rape, female nudity, strip club, seduction, showbiz, pole dancing ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: las vegas, nevada, usa
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What Happens in Vegas (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: During a wild vacation in Las Vegas, career woman Joy McNally and playboy Jack Fuller come to the sober realization that they have married each other after a night of drunken abandon. They are then compelled, for legal reasons, to live life as a ...
Style: feel good, romantic, rom com, funny, romantic comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot: wedding, fall in love, couples, battle of the sexes, unlikely couple, love and romance, enemies to lovers, happy ending, newlyweds, initially antagonists, destiny, couple relations ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: las vegas, new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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 8.2
 613K
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, 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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 6.6
 140K
Last Vegas (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Three sixty-something friends take a break from their day-to-day lives to throw a bachelor party in Las Vegas for their last remaining single pal.
Style: feel good, humorous, touching, hilarious, exciting ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: elderly, friendship, vacation, casino, bachelor party, aging, buddies, hot and sexy, male friendship, marriage, funeral, disorder ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: las vegas, brooklyn new york city, new jersey, usa, new york ...
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 7.7
 920K
The Hangover (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When three friends finally come to after a raucous night of bachelor-party revelry, they find a baby in the closet and a tiger in the bathroom. But they can't seem to locate their best friend, Doug – who's supposed to be tying the knot. ...
Style: funny, humorous, cult classic, absurd, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: buddies, party, bachelor party, buddy, comedy of errors, nothing goes right, friendship between men, hung over, friends, memory loss, road trip, stupidity ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, september 11 2001, 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa, iran, america, north america ...
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their ...
Style: surreal, psychedelic, road movie, black comedy, cerebral ...
Audience: teen drama, adult
Plot: drug abuse, road trip, lsd, journalism, psychedelia, trippy, addiction, surrealism, american dream, casino, marijuana, hallucination ...
Time: 70s, 90s, year 1998, 20th century, year 1965 ...
Place: las vegas, usa
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3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story: It was an ingenious enough plan: rob the Riviera Casino's count room during an Elvis impersonator convention. But Thomas Murphy decided to keep all the money for himself and shot all his partners, including recently-freed ex-con Michael Zane. ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, dark comedy, witty, action comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, robbery, heist, casino, cons and scams, child in peril, chase, gang, crime gone awry, dishonesty, profanity, gunfight ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: las vegas, idaho, seattle, nevada, usa
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 5.9
 56K
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, 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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 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: clever, funny, humorous, mockumentary, entertaining ...
Plot: gambling, poker, sarcasm, card playing, gambler, greed, adaptation, contests and competitions, casino, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, nevada, usa, new jersey, texas
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 7.2
 765K
Now You See Me (2013)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
Style: surprise ending, clever, entertaining, twist ending, intellectual ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot: heist, teamwork, fbi, outsmarting, scheme, perfect crime, twists and turns, con artists, stage magic, bank robbery, cons and scams, magician ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: las vegas, new orleans, new york, paris france, usa ...
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Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Style: depressing, sexual, disturbing, melancholic, sad ...
Audience: adult
Plot: addiction, loneliness, casino, alcoholism, prostitute, alcohol abuse, prostitution, depression, self destructing, tragedy, alcoholic, medical ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: las vegas, los angeles, usa, nevada
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 5.6
 64K
Wild Card (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal skills and a gambling problem gets in trouble with the mob, he has one last play… and it's all or nothing.
Style: suspenseful, stylized, brutal, intense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, gangster, betrayal, martial arts, redemption, tough heroes, dishonesty, gambling, profanity, lawyer, mafia, criminal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa, nevada, new orleans
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 7.7
 668K
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to ...
Style: clever, witty, exciting, entertaining, tense ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, date night, boys' night, teens
Plot: heist, caper, casino, thief, cons and scams, outsmarting, deception, perfect crime, twists and turns, scheme, con artists, robbery ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: las vegas, iran, usa, atlantic city new jersey, los angeles ...
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Three Days to Vegas (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Four grumpy old men go on a road trip from their retired life in Florida to the excitement of Las Vegas in order to stop one of their daughters from marrying the wrong guy.
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, teens
Plot: wedding, road trip, gay relationship, thirtysomething life, odd couple, lifestyle, buddies, parents and children, looking for love, partner, couples, disorder ...
Place: las vegas, new orleans, florida, usa, miami ...
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Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Danny Ocean's team of criminals are back and composing a plan more personal than ever. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank doublecrosses Reuben Tishkoff, causing a heart attack, Danny Ocean vows that he and his team will do anything to bring ...
Style: clever, entertaining, exciting, suspense, witty ...
Audience: manly, girls' night, boys' night, date night, teens
Plot: heist, casino, revenge, robbery, perfect crime, mentor, caper, conspiracy, vengeance, expert, hotshot, bank robbery ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: las vegas, iran, usa, north america, mexico ...
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Best Night Ever (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Claire is about to get married and she goes to Las Vegas with her sister and two friends for her bachelorette party. Things quickly spiral out of control.
Style: not serious, humorous, entertaining, feel good, sexual ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: found footage, nothing goes right, hung over, female nudity, slumber party, best friend, wild ride, buddies, disorder, bachelorette party, tickling, female wrestler ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa
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Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: On her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which scars him with psychological blocks to a commitment with his girlfriend. They finally decide to tie the knot in Vegas, but a wealthy gambler arranges for the man to lose ...
Style: entertaining, light, humorous, romantic comedy, cult classic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: wedding, private detective, poker, skydiving, marriage proposal, farce, fear of commitment, jealousy, love triangle, casino, love, wedding day ...
Time: 90s, 80s
Place: las vegas, usa, manhattan new york city, new york, nevada ...
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 6.9
 2K
Vega$ (1978)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling. The series was filmed in its entirety in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is believed to be the first television series produced ...
Style: detective, crime drama, retro, tense, period piece ...
Audience: adult
Plot: private detective, gambling, investigation, crime solving, shooting, private investigator, nightlife, corruption, organized crime, tourist, undercover, police ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 20th century
Place: las vegas, nevada, usa
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Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When megalomaniacal White Goodman, the owner of a trendy, high-end fitness center, makes a move to take over the struggling local gym run by happy-go-lucky Pete La Fleur, there's only one way for La Fleur to fight back: dodgeball. Aided by a ...
Style: humorous, funny, entertaining, spoof, parody ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: underdog, dumb, against the odds, cheerleader, tournament, cheerleading, competition, gym, homoeroticism, redemption, rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa, nevada, los angeles, california
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Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Raymond Lembecke (Vincent Gallo) is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss Tony Vago (Rod Steiger). (Lembecke was innocent and took the rap for Vago.) Lembecke thinks Vago owes him big time so, when his former ...
Style: intense, talky, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, robbery, gangster, on the road, crime gone awry, hitman, on the run, prison, organized crime, ex convict, police corruption, chase ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: las vegas, new mexico, usa, nevada, utah ...
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The Hangover Part III (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This time, there's no wedding. No bachelor party. What could go wrong, right? But when the Wolfpack hits the road, all bets are off.
Style: funny, hilarious, buddy comedy, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: buddy, road trip, group of friends, drinking alcohol, dark humor, friendship, friendship between men, drug, party, dentist, disorder, friends ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place: las vegas, los angeles, seattle, nevada, usa ...
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 4.9
 27K
Cool World (1992)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Jack Deebs is a cartoonist who is due to be released from jail. His comic book "Cool World" describes a zany world populated by "doodles" (cartoon characters) and "noids" (humanoids). What Jack didn't realize is ...
Style: adult animation, psychedelic, cult classic, surprise ending, anime ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: cartoonist, sex, femme fatale, erotica, alternate reality, manipulation, nightclub, comic book, seduction, soldier, police officer, skyscraper ...
Time: 1940s, year 1992, 90s, 20th century, year 1945
Place: las vegas, usa, nevada
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 8.0
 580K
Rain Man (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.
Style: road movie, inspirational, sincere, uplifting, touching ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: autism, road trip, redemption, disability, mentally challenged, brother brother relationship, siblings relations, runaway, self discovery, mathematics, psychiatry, life changing ...
Time: 20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place: las vegas, california, ohio, cincinnati ohio, columbus ohio ...
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Very Bad Things (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes all the way, turns into a cold ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, cult classic, funny, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: wedding, murder, desert, dark humor, friends, satire, dead prostitute, justice, love and romance, unlikely criminals, uncover truth, nothing goes right ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: las vegas, california, los angeles, usa, nevada
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 6.4
 27K
The Gauntlet (1977)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness named Gus Mally from Vegas. Mally turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties and incriminating information regarding a ...
Style: exciting, road movie, suspense, entertaining, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, hitman, tough cop, motorcycle, biker, police officer, police corruption, organized crime, on the road, attempted rape, ambush, corrupt official ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place: las vegas, phoenix arizona, arizona, usa, san francisco ...
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Chocolate City: Vegas Strip (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The Chocolate City dancers come together to save their club from foreclosure. They decide to enter a national stripper competition, traveling all the way to Las Vegas to try their luck.
Style: disturbing, captivating, raunchy, sensual, rom com ...
Audience: adult
Plot: male stripper, dancer, stripper, exotic dancer, dance contest, dancing, rivalry, pole dancer, prize, striptease, contests and competitions, money problems ...
Place: las vegas
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 5.9
 65K
Over the Top (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Sylvester Stallone stars as hard-luck big-rig trucker Lincoln Hawk and takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life ...
Style: inspirational, intense, serious, action packed, weeping ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, teens, girls' night
Plot: father son relationship, arm wrestling, underdog, truck driver, redemption, truck, athlete's life, road trip, on the road, death of mother, father in law son in law relationship, class differences ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: las vegas, usa, los angeles
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Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: After her triumph at the Miss United States pageant, FBI agent Gracie Hart becomes an overnight sensation -- and the new "face of the FBI." But it's time to spring into action again when the pageant's winner, Cheryl, and emcee, ...
Style: feel good, witty, humorous, action comedy, rom com ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: female agent, kidnapping, female fbi agent, female protagonist, fbi, buddy cop, rescue, law enforcement, hostage, rivalry, abandonment, undercover agent ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa, new york, manhattan new york city, nevada ...
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