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1. Casino (1995)
R | 178 min | Crime, Drama
In Las Vegas, two best friends - a casino executive and a mafia enforcer - compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods
Votes: 563,656 | Gross: $42.44M
2. Mannix (1967–1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Private detective Joe Mannix uses force to solve crimes.
Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Ward Wood, Ron Nyman
Votes: 4,280
3. Michael Clayton (2007)
R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.
Director: Tony Gilroy | Stars: George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Michael O'Keefe
Votes: 174,021 | Gross: $49.03M
4. Battle of the Sexes (2017)
PG-13 | 121 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.
Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris | Stars: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Sarah Silverman
Votes: 59,899 | Gross: $12.64M
5. Trance (I) (2013)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An art auctioneer becomes mixed up with a group of criminals partners with a hypnotherapist in order to recover a lost painting.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel, Danny Sapani
Votes: 117,696 | Gross: $2.32M
6. Kill the Irishman (2011)
R | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of Danny Greene, a tough Irish thug working for mobsters in Cleveland during the 1970's.
Director: Jonathan Hensleigh | Stars: Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken, Vincent D'Onofrio, Val Kilmer
Votes: 51,325 | Gross: $1.19M
7. Northanger Abbey (2007 TV Movie)
PG | 84 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.
Director: Jon Jones | Stars: Geraldine James, Michael Judd, Julia Dearden, Gerry O'Brien
Votes: 16,187
8. Kakegurui (2017–2019)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery
A gambling prodigy comes to an elite school run by games and turns the order upside down.
Stars: Saori Hayami, Tatsuya Tokutake, Miyuki Sawashiro, Minami Tanaka
Votes: 13,002
9. A Hazard of Hearts (1987 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
When compulsive gambler Sir Giles Staverley (Christopher Plummer) has lost his estate and all of his money playing dice, he realizes that he only has one thing left of value: his daughter ... See full summary »
Director: John Hough | Stars: Diana Rigg, Edward Fox, Helena Bonham Carter, Fiona Fullerton
Votes: 1,350
10. The Gambler (1974)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama
Axel Freed is a literature professor. He has the gambling vice. When he has lost all of his money, he borrows from his girlfriend, then his mother, and finally some bad guys that chase him. Despite all of this, he cannot stop gambling.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Morris Carnovsky
Votes: 6,562 | Gross: $1.31M
11. Flawless (1999)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama
An ultraconservative security guard suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons with the drag queen next door.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Miller, Chris Bauer
Votes: 19,993 | Gross: $4.49M
12. Premium Rush (2012)
PG-13 | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.
Director: David Koepp | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez, Sean Kennedy
Votes: 118,458 | Gross: $20.28M
13. A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
Comedy western in which a traveler bets more money than he can afford in a poker game, and unusual events follow.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards, Paul Ford
Votes: 4,652
14. Mo' Better Blues (1990)
R | 130 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Jazz trumpeter Bleek Gilliam makes questionable decisions in his professional and romantic lives.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes, Giancarlo Esposito
Votes: 13,654 | Gross: $16.15M
15. Pandora's Box (1929)
Not Rated | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz
Votes: 11,853 | Gross: $0.01M
16. House of Games (1987)
R | 102 min | Crime, Thriller
A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
Director: David Mamet | Stars: Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Mike Nussbaum, Lilia Skala
Votes: 24,035 | Gross: $2.59M
17. Owning Mahowny (2003)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A bank manager with: (a) a gambling problem and (b) access to a multimillion dollar account gets into a messy situation. Based on the story of the largest one-man bank fraud in Canadian history.
Director: Richard Kwietniowski | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, John Hurt, Maury Chaykin
Votes: 14,337 | Gross: $1.01M
18. Lost in America (1985)
R | 91 min | Comedy
A husband and wife in their 30s decide to quit their jobs, live as free spirits and cruise America in a Winnebago.
Director: Albert Brooks | Stars: Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Sylvia Farrel, Tina Kincaid
Votes: 10,198 | Gross: $10.18M
19. The Survivalist (2021)
R | 91 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A year and a half after the fall of civilization due to a viral outbreak, a former FBI agent is forced to protect a young woman immune to the disease from a dangerous gang leader hunting her.
Director: Jon Keeyes | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, John Malkovich, Ruby Modine, Jenna Leigh Green
Votes: 1,978
20. Let It Ride (1989)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Action
A nosy cab driver gets a hot tip on a race horse and wins big, but he can't seem to stop gambling. Will he go broke or walk home with a pretty penny?
Director: Joe Pytka | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, David Johansen, Jennifer Tilly
Votes: 6,879 | Gross: $4.97M
21. Lucky You (2007)
PG-13 | 124 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A hotshot poker player tries to win a tournament in Vegas, but is fighting a losing battle with his personal problems.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall, Phyllis Somerville
Votes: 21,177 | Gross: $5.76M
22. Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico in order to unmask the real culprits.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand
Votes: 8,137
23. The Glass Key (1942)
Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Brian Donlevy, Bonita Granville
Votes: 7,399
24. Cabin in the Sky (1943)
Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A compulsive gambler dies during a shooting, but he'll receive a second chance to reform himself and to make up with his worried wife.
Directors: Vincente Minnelli, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Ethel Waters, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong
Votes: 3,411
25. Quicksand (2003)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a workaholic banker journeys to Monaco to investigate the suspicious activities of a company, he finds himself framed for murder and running for his life.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Michael Keaton, Michael Caine, Judith Godrèche, Rade Serbedzija
Votes: 2,756
26. The Great Sinner (1949)
Approved | 110 min | Drama
In the 1860s, in the casino resort town of Wiesbaden, Germany, a reformed gambling addict, Pauline Ostrovsky, tenderly nurses the talented Russian writer Fedja, who is a physical wreck.
Directors: Robert Siodmak, Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Walter Huston
Votes: 1,621
27. Rudo y Cursi (2008)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Two siblings are rivals in the world of professional soccer.
Director: Carlos Cuarón | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Guillermo Francella, Dolores Heredia
Votes: 9,319 | Gross: $1.83M
28. The Lady Gambles (1949)
Approved | 99 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A desperate husband tries to find help for his wife suffering from addictive gambling.
Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Preston, Stephen McNally, Edith Barrett
Votes: 1,055
29. Canyon Passage (1946)
Passed | 92 min | Western
Businessman Logan Stuart is torn between his love of two very different women in 1850's Oregon and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Dana Andrews, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward, Patricia Roc
Votes: 2,651
30. My Daughter's Secret Life (2001 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
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.
Director: John Fawcett | Stars: Elisha Cuthbert, Sherry Miller, Evan Sabba, Greg Ellwand
Votes: 1,431
31. The Gold of Naples (1954)
Not Rated | 138 min | Comedy, Drama
A portrait of the people, the defects, and the peculiarities of Naples in six different vignettes.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Totò, Lianella Carell, Pasquale Cennamo, Agostino Salvietti
Votes: 2,044
32. Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (2009)
130 min | Drama
Kaiji, a young gambler who is constantly in debt, enters a deadly gambling competition in order to wipe away his loans.
Director: Tôya Satô | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Kei Satô, Yûki Amami
Votes: 2,049
33. Awkward Thanksgiving (2014)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
A family tangled in a web of drama from financial issues and relationships experiences a long, awkward period of silence during Thanksgiving dinner.
Director: Henrique Couto | Stars: Geoff Burkman, Mike Canestaro, Tara Clark, Adam Scott Clevenger
Votes: 106
34. General Della Rovere (1959)
Not Rated | 129 min | Drama, War
Bardone, a petty con man, is arrested by the Gestapo and coerced into impersonating a partisan leader in order to expose another resistance organizer.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Hannes Messemer, Sandra Milo, Giovanna Ralli
Votes: 3,677
35. Bay of Angels (1963)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
Jean is a clerk in a bank. His colleague Caron is a gambler and gives him the virus. In the casinos, Jean meets Jackie. Their love affair will follow their luck at the roulette.
Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Claude Mann, Paul Guers, Henri Nassiet
Votes: 4,219 | Gross: $0.09M
36. The Facts of Life (1960)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sophisticated comedy with Larry and Kitty leaving their spouses for an interlude together.
Director: Melvin Frank | Stars: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Ruth Hussey, Don DeFore
Votes: 1,735
37. The Only Game in Town (1970)
M/PG | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Fran Walker (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) walks into a piano bar for pizza. She comes back home with Joe Grady (Warren Beatty), the piano player. Joe plans on winning five thousand dollars and leaving Las Vegas, Nevada. Fran waits for something else. Meanwhile, he moves in with her.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Warren Beatty, Charles Braswell, Hank Henry
Votes: 1,076 | Gross: $3.27M
38. Kakegurui Twin (2022)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery
A year before Yumeko Jabami graced the hallowed halls of Hyakkou Private Academy, Mary Saotome got her own start at the gambling-addicted school. Can this normal girl achieve her own rags-to-riches story through wits and luck?
Stars: Minami Tanaka, Rina Honizumi, You Taichi, Yûko Kaida
Votes: 964
39. Fever Pitch (1985)
R | 96 min | Drama, Mystery
An investigative journalist gets hooked on the subject of his inquiry - professional gambling.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Catherine Hicks, Giancarlo Giannini, Bridgette Andersen
Votes: 348 | Gross: $0.62M
40. Don't Be Afraid (2011)
R | 90 min | Drama
Silvia used to be a cheerful little girl until something happened when she was 8 years old. Nobody could understand the sudden change in her behavior. Now Silvia is 25 and wants to settle scores with her traumatic past.
Director: Montxo Armendáriz | Stars: Lluís Homar, Belén Rueda, Núria Gago, Cristina Plazas
Votes: 873
41. Any Number Can Play (1949)
Approved | 112 min | Drama, Romance
Gambling-house owner finds himself estranged from his wife and son.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Clark Gable, Alexis Smith, Wendell Corey, Audrey Totter
Votes: 1,147
42. The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 124 min | Documentary
This is a documentary that revisits the making of Gone with the Wind (1939) with archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.
Director: David Hinton | Stars: Christopher Plummer, L. Jeffrey Selznick, David O. Selznick, Irene Mayer Selznick
Votes: 673
43. The Seduction of Gina (1984 TV Movie)
94 min | Drama
Gina is young, recently married and bored. On a trip to Lake Tahoe she discovers the game of blackjack. Increasingly obsessed with gambling, she keeps hoping her lucky streak will last.
Director: Jerrold Freedman | Stars: Valerie Bertinelli, Michael Brandon, Fredric Lehne, Ed Lauter
Votes: 223
44. Kaiji: Final Game (2020)
128 min | Adventure
Kaiji experiences the biggest adventure of his life. He encounters four different games: "Babel no Tou", "Saigo no Shinpan", "Dream Jump", and "Gold Janken".
Director: Tôya Satô | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Sôta Fukushi, Hirooki Goto, Mackenyu
Votes: 479
45. The Hard Easy (2006)
R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two separate teams of jewel thieves, one low-rent and one upscale, both desperate, converge on the same score at the exact same time, and a simple job turns out very complicated and very bloody.
Director: Ari Ryan | Stars: Henry Thomas, David Boreanaz, Vera Farmiga, Bruce Dern
Votes: 859
46. Real Time (2008)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
Andy, a hyperactive compulsive gambler, has just been given one hour to live before a hit eliminates him for overdue gambling debts. With the deadline looming, Andy chooses to spend his last hour in more than one unusual way.
Director: Randall Cole | Stars: Randy Quaid, Jay Baruchel, Jayne Eastwood, Lucy Filippone
Votes: 2,515
47. King of the Underworld (1939)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After the killing of her husband by friendly fire during a police raid, Dr. Carole Nelson tries to find gangster Joe Gurney to clear her name with the medical board.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Kay Francis, James Stephenson, John Eldredge
Votes: 1,596
48. Going for Broke (2003 TV Movie)
86 min | Drama
A woman becomes a compulsive gambler and eventually loses everything.
Director: Graeme Campbell | Stars: Delta Burke, Elliot Page, Matthew Harbour, Patricia Gage
Votes: 444
49. Poker Alice (1987 TV Movie)
92 min | Romance, Western
Alice Moffit, "Poker Alice" (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), has been disowned by her Boston, Massachusetts family because of her incurable penchant for gambling. She is travelling the West with ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Tom Skerritt, George Hamilton, Richard Mulligan
Votes: 228
50. The Invisible Wall (1947)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When a mob boss sends gambler Harry Lane to Vegas to deliver 20K to a contact, Harry gambles the money away and must somehow recover it before getting into trouble with his employer.
Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: Don Castle, Virginia Christine, Richard Gaines, Arthur Space
Votes: 128