Gambling Movies

[JerseyShop101]

Player 5150 (2007)
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A high-stakes day trader wagers that his luck in the stock market will transfer to the gambling tables in a dramatic look at the lure of the almighty dollar starring Ethan Embry and Kathleen Robertson. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=E05CLU9Q

 

[JerseyShop101]

The Cooler (2003)


Writer/director Wayne Kramer offers a glimpse into the aging Las Vegas casino world with the omantic drama The Cooler. Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy) is extremely unlucky at gambling, and he owes the Shangri-La casino over 100,000 dollars. He is so unlucky that he is hired as a "cooler," someone to gamble next to high rollers and give them some of his bad luck to stop them from winning. This arrangement works out for awhile, until Bernie has almost paid off his debt and meets cocktail waitress Natalie Belisario (Maria Bello). The two start to fall in love and Bernie's luck begins to change. However, the old-fashioned mob boss Shelly Kaplow (Alec Baldwin) isn't going to let Bernie go so easily. Meanwhile, Larry Sokolov (Ron Livingston) arrives on the scene to help update the business management of the old mobster-run casino. Also starring Joey Fatone and Paul Sorvino as lounge singers. The Cooler was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize in the dramatic competition at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=5YVYRPPY
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[JerseyShop101]

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
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British writer Guy Ritchie made his feature directorial debut with this crime-caper comedy-drama set in London's East End and heavy on the Cockney dialogue (with one scene in subtitled Cockney rhyming slang). A big-bucks scheme goes awry: Cardsharp Eddy (Nick Moran) and pals Bacon (Jason Statham), Tom (Jason Flemyng), and Soap (Dexter Fletcher) scuffle to pile up enough money to put Eddy at the card table opposite gangland porn lord Hatchet Harry (P.H. Moriarty). Unfortunately, the whole plan backfires, leaving Eddy owing Harry a huge sum, payable within the week. In truth, Harry hopes to acquire the bar run by his rival, J.D. (Sting), who is Eddy's father. To raise the cash, Eddy sets out to steal from a marijuana business run by Winston (Steven Mackintosh), but the inevitable gunplay doesn't make for an easy heist. World premiere at the 1998 Edinburgh Film Festival (Focus on British Cinema). ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=GXX9NQ7O

 

[JerseyShop101]

Eight Men Out (1988)
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Writer/director John Sayles' dramatization of the most infamous episode in professional sports -- the fix of the 1919 World Series -- is considered by many to be among his best films and arguably the best baseball movie ever made. This adaptation of Eliot Asinof's definitive study of the scandal shows how athletes of another era were a different breed from the well-paid stars of later years. The Chicago White Sox owner, Charlie Comiskey (Clifton James), is portrayed as a skinflint with little inclination to reward his team for their spectacular season. When a gambling syndicate led by Arnold Rothstein (Michael Lerner) gets wind of the players' discontent, it offers a select group of stars -- including pitcher Eddie Cicotte (Sayles regular David Strathairn), infielder Buck Weaver (John Cusack), and outfielder "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (D. B. Sweeney) -- more money to play badly than they would have earned to try to win the Series against the Cincinnati Reds. Sayles cast the story with actors who look and perform like real jocks, and added a colorful supporting cast that includes Studs Terkel as reporter Hugh Fullerton and Sayles himself as Ring Lardner. ~ Tom Wiener, All Movie Guide

http://www.hulu.com/watch/28861/eight-men-out

 

[JudgeWapner]

Let It Ride....the gambling classic

My vote also.

 

[JudgeWapner]

The worst gambling movie I have ever seen was The Runner. Should be watched for the same reason we slow down to look at a car accident.

 

[VIEJODINOSAUR]

So, with "The Gambler" being in your top3, which movie is the 3rd one in your top3, that you didn't name yet?

The Sting...

 

[VIEJODINOSAUR]

Let It Ride
The Gambler
The Sting
Eight Men Out
The Hustler
Rounders
Color of Money
The Natural
Bronx Tale
21

My top ten...

 

[steaktartar]

Let It Ride
The Gambler
The Sting
Eight Men Out
The Hustler
Rounders
Color of Money
The Natural
Bronx Tale
21

My top ten...

great list missing only fever pitch and bad lieutenant

 

[chowie]

a british movie called coupier, i think

 

[OAKAS]

Let It Ride....the gambling classic

Have to agree with VIEJO here.

Just watched it last weekend for about the twentieth time.

Great movie.

 

[chowie]

cooler

 

[bookie]

Let It Ride
The Gambler
The Sting
Eight Men Out
The Hustler
Rounders
Color of Money
The Natural
Bronx Tale
21

My top ten...

Great list VD.
Silver Fox like you must have forgot 'The Cincinnati Kid'.

 

[patrick7033]

The Sting...

Couldn't believe no one said it sooner.

The card room on the train is the best scene.

"I got four Jacks!"