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- DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsPaul NewmanRobert RedfordRobert ShawTwo grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroSharon StoneJoe PesciIn Las Vegas, two best friends - a casino executive and a mafia enforcer - compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
- DirectorNorman JewisonSam PeckinpahStarsSteve McQueenAnn-MargretEdward G. RobinsonAn up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
- DirectorRobert RossenStarsPaul NewmanJackie GleasonPiper LaurieAn up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.
- DirectorCharles VidorStarsRita HayworthGlenn FordGeorge MacreadyA small-time gambler hired to work in a Buenos Aires casino discovers his employer's new wife is his former lover.
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsGeorge ClooneyBrad PittJulia RobertsDanny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously.
- DirectorDavid MametStarsLindsay CrouseJoe MantegnaMike NussbaumA 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.
- DirectorJohn DahlStarsMatt DamonEdward NortonGretchen MolA young, reformed gambler must return to playing high stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks, while balancing his relationship with his girlfriend and his commitments to law school.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsPaul NewmanTom CruiseMary Elizabeth MastrantonioFast Eddie Felson teaches a cocky but immensely talented protégé the ropes of pool hustling, which in turn inspires him to make an unlikely comeback.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsEdmond O'BrienJoanne DruOtto KrugerAn electronics expert creates a huge bookie broadcast system for his crime boss, and takes over operations when his boss is murdered. His greed leads him on a deadly destructive path.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakMervyn LeRoyStarsGregory PeckAva GardnerMelvyn DouglasIn 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.
- DirectorFielder CookStarsHenry FondaJoanne WoodwardJason RobardsComedy western in which a traveler bets more money than he can afford in a poker game, and unusual events follow.
- DirectorJoseph H. LewisStarsRandolph ScottAngela LansburyWarner AndersonMarshal Calem Ware (Randolph Scott) must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.
- DirectorMichael GordonStarsBarbara StanwyckRobert PrestonStephen McNallyA desperate husband tries to find help for his wife suffering from addictive gambling.
- DirectorHugo FregoneseStarsStephen McNallyColeen GrayWillard ParkerA gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a band of marauding Apaches.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsEdward G. RobinsonJames CagneyEvalyn KnappA Greek barber has uncommon skills in playing poker and soon rises in the seedy world of illegal gambling, but pretty blondes remain his Achilles' heel.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsDean MartinRobert MitchumInger StevensThe players in an ongoing poker game are being mysteriously killed off, one by one.
- DirectorRobert RossenStarsDick PowellEvelyn KeyesLee J. CobbA high-class crook gets in trouble with the law.
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsPhilip Baker HallJohn C. ReillyGwyneth PaltrowProfessional gambler Sydney teaches John the tricks of the trade. John does well until he falls for cocktail waitress Clementine.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsJohn ForsytheJoan CamdenHarold J. KennedyA small town newspaperman's investigation into a local bookie operation turns up a web of organized crime.
- DirectorKarel ReiszStarsJames CaanPaul SorvinoLauren HuttonAxel 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.
- DirectorWayne KramerStarsWilliam H. MacyMaria BelloAlec BaldwinIn an old school Las Vegas casino, its top gambling jinx breaks his curse when he falls in love, much to his boss' consternation.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsJoseph CottenAlida ValliSpring ByingtonAn ex-hood hopes to start a new life under an assumed name in a small town but his past catches up with him when an old crime-buddy asks him to help with a casino heist.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsGeorge SegalElliott GouldAnn PrentissWhen a casual gambler (George Segal as Bill) befriends a professional one (Elliott Gould as Charlie), he begins to mirror his life, sending both deeper into the sleazy gambling world where the stakes keep getting bigger.
- DirectorRobert LuketicStarsJim SturgessKate BosworthKevin SpaceyInspired by real events and people, 21 is about six MIT students who become trained to be experts in card counting in Black Jack and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.
- DirectorAlexander HallStarsEdward G. RobinsonBarbara O'NeilJohn BealLaw professor John Lindsay is asked by a civic leader to become a special prosecutor to go after the racketeers in town.
- DirectorMike HodgesStarsClive OwenNick RedingNicholas BallAn aspiring writer is hired as a croupier at a casino, where he realizes that his life as a croupier would make a great novel.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsTony CurtisMartha HyerCharles BickfordA street-smart young man from the Chicago slums dreams of cajoling with the rich and powerful, no matter the cost.
- DirectorRichard DonnerStarsMel GibsonJodie FosterJames GarnerBret Maverick, needing money for a poker tournament, faces various comic mishaps and challenges, including a charming woman thief.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsSteve McQueenBrigid BazlenJim HuttonA navy lieutenant and his civilian friend use a classified computer to help them break the bank at a Venetian casino.
- DirectorA.W. VidmerStarsAl BernsteinAndrew N.S. GlazerMichael ImperioliThe story of poker legend Stuey Ungar. A gambler by the age of 10, Ungar won millions playing card games.
- DirectorBen BoltHarold BeckerStarsMatt DillonDiane LaneTommy Lee JonesA dice roller falls in love with a talented dancer who happens to be the wife to a gangster.
- DirectorJoe PytkaStarsRichard DreyfussTeri GarrDavid JohansenA 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?
- DirectorDamian NiemanStarsJoe NicoloCarl Mazzocone Sr.George TovarA group of hustlers encounter "The Dean" and pull off a successful sting that results in their pursuit by a vengeful gangster.
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsRobert RedfordLena OlinAlan ArkinIn 1950s Cuba, a professional gambler falls for a woman heavily involved in the revolution movement.
- DirectorMartin CampbellStarsDaniel CraigEva GreenJudi DenchAfter earning 00 status and a licence to kill, secret agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro.
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsNorah JonesJude LawNatalie PortmanA young lonely woman takes a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of off-beat characters along the way.
- DirectorGeoff BurrowesStarsPatrick DempseyKelly PrestonKen PogueWhen a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.
- DirectorZak PennStarsWoody HarrelsonDavid CrossDennis FarinaAn improvisational comedy using a handful of actors playing characters competing in an actual poker tournament.
- DirectorCurtis HansonStarsEric BanaDrew BarrymoreRobert DuvallA hotshot poker player tries to win a tournament in Vegas, but is fighting a losing battle with his personal problems.
- DirectorMónica LagunaStarsAna TorrentErnesto AlterioAntonio DechentLuna plays poker for a living and decides to play with her father's killer.
- DirectorGil Cates Jr.StarsBurt ReynoldsBret HarrisonMaria MasonAs 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.
- DirectorBrad FurmanStarsBen AffleckJustin TimberlakeGemma ArtertonWhen 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.
- DirectorNick VallelongaStarsDominique SwainMichael MadsenLouis Gossett Jr.Six medical students with unique talents pool their resources to win the World Series of Poker.
- DirectorEduard CortésStarsDaniel BrühlLluís HomarMiguel Ángel SilvestreThree Spanish guys create a code to win money at the casinos.
- DirectorHenry LevinStarsDale RobertsonDebra PagetThomas GomezIn New Orleans, discharged army Captain Vance Colby learns of his father's killing done by three local Creole gents at a card game, and he sets out to punish the killers.