Best Gambling movies of all time. Casino or Uncut Gems. Poll

casino royale.

goat gambling movie revolving around some brit playboy

 

Uncut gems is hard to watch

 

Rounders was so ahead of its time. It became such a big deal later, it's easy to forget that movie came out BEFORE the huge explosion of popularity of Texas Hold em and the World Poker championship on ESPN, etc. As a movie it is pretty well known, now, but when it was released it died a pretty quick death at the box office.

The thing I loved about that movie is how it went against the common Hollywood tropes. Matt Damon's characters goes through so much crap as a result of chasing this poker dream (and being friends with a sleaze). He loses his girl because of it. The writers could have very easily had the movie go the direction of him realizing love is more important than gambling and dreams and gone back to his ex while giving up the game... but instead he doubles down and pursues the dream, nevermind the woman. It's not something you see very often in Hollywood storytelling, so I appreciated it being different.

 

Anyone remember Maverick?

 

eventually he'll do

"Best Chess movie Searching for Bobby Fischer or Harry Potter 1. Poll"

You mind ranking Split, Grind and Cooler. I need a new movie for tomorrow Gambling sounds good.

 

Pay the man his money!

DD

 

Molly's Game is a good one.

 

We need a 99ers only gathering at Caesar’s

 

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also unmentioned, an oldie but goodie.
Big Hand for a Little Lady — maybe the Best Western (not the hotel) poker game ever.

 

Tombstone it is then.

 

Terrific movie with a great cast.

 

hey, anyone seen Luck ... a TV series, one season only. Looks like Gansta with a lot of Gambling??

 

They killed so many horses filming it that HBO pulled the plug.

As to your earlier question: draw a name out of a hat, you won't go wrong with any of those 3, it just depends on what sort of movie you're in the mood for.

 

Another vote for Rounders ... lots of good stuff on this thread and a few I probably need to check out

 

Did you remember that Billy Bob Thornton was in it?

 

Did you like it?

 

Yep. David Milch does good stuff.

 

Definitely not Murica' 11/8/16, that gamble was total ****, yeah there were some funny parts in it, but it dragged on way too long and the ending was just awful.