1. 10-03-11 01:33 AM #1
    notsosharp
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    best gambling movies?

    I want to see if there are any gambling movies I havn't seen yet

    I think the sting, the gambler, let it ride , rounders, casino are all must see gambling movies
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  2. 10-03-11 01:37 AM #2
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    Owning Mahowny



    A seemingly ordinary bank employee develops an obsession that could destroy his life and that of those around him in this drama. Dan Mahowny (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is a quiet, unassuming employee of a bank in Toronto; he lives modestly, drives a used car, and is dating one of the bank's tellers, a sweet but mousy girl named Belinda (Minnie Driver). What no one knows is that Dan has a secret life -- Dan is a compulsive gambler, and after running up massive debts with his bookie Frank Perlin
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  3. 10-03-11 01:59 AM #3
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    ^^^Yep. That's what I was going to post
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  4. 10-03-11 02:06 AM #4
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    home of the giants...small independent film
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  5. 10-03-11 02:07 AM #5
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    Two for the money
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  6. 10-03-11 02:18 AM #6
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    two for the money, 21, hardball. cant really think of others. Hardball isnt focused around gambling but the plot is. Decent movie none the less.
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  7. 10-03-11 02:22 AM #7
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    Don't forget bookies....and there was this other one tale of a girl bookie or some crap. Wasn't the greatest
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  8. 10-03-11 02:27 AM #8
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    Easy Money




    The life of a young man about town suddenly reaches a turning point. Before this he led a life of debauchery. He will get 10 million dollars as an inheritance if his life has undergone a complete change within a year. It is a hard question: be rich and boring all day or be depraved and amusing

    Here's a scene when they were at the track.

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  9. 10-03-11 02:32 AM #9
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    I have seen both dan
    both great
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  10. 10-03-11 03:10 AM #10
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    A young man with an addiction to gambling has managed to get himself into serious debt. In an effort to pay off the bookies, his uncle pulls a few strings and gets him a job working for a gangster who needs a "runner" to place bets with various bookies. However, the temptation of walking around with large sums of cash proves too great, and the "runner" puts both his job and his survival on the line when he dips into his boss's funds to buy a ring for his girlfriend.
    Not very well known film, but definately worth a watch
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  11. 10-03-11 03:47 AM #11
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    Very funny movie
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  12. 10-03-11 04:03 AM #12
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    Joe Pesi,, u mudda fuckah u
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  13. 10-03-11 05:04 AM #13
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    the gambler, James Caan, and Lauren Hutton..".Axel" had to borrow money from his mother to bail him out
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  14. 10-03-11 05:08 AM #14
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    Rounders bro.. Hands down!

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  15. 10-03-11 06:00 AM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sawyer View Post


    Very funny movie
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  16. 10-03-11 06:06 AM #16
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    two for the money is still best gambling movie

    Shows the ups and downs of gambling and Al Pacino nailed his part
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  17. 10-03-11 06:17 AM #17
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    Two for the money
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  18. 10-03-11 06:37 AM #18
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    the movie "21" about counting cards
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  19. 10-03-11 06:43 AM #19
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    The Hustler (1961) great movie.
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  20. 10-03-11 06:58 AM #20
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    ^

    Paul Newman,Jackie Gleason and George C Scott.

    What a cast.
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  21. 10-03-11 07:03 AM #21
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    SHADE....Movie is very Solid!!!
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  22. 10-03-11 11:19 AM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigboydan View Post
    Owning Mahowny

    how does that film end, BBD?
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  23. 10-03-11 11:28 AM #23
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    rounders and two for the money are my favorites probably but theyve already been said
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  24. 10-03-11 11:37 AM #24
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    Big Shot



    Based on a real-life 1994 scandal involving college basketball point-shaving, Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie stars David Krumholtz as the title character. Though a mere freshman on the campus of Arizona State University, Benny Silman (Krumholtz) is in charge of accepting all bets for the school's basketball games, under the watchful eye of his mentor, a high-rolling Las Vegas gambler (Nicholas Turturro). It isn't long before Benny is operating his own bookie ring, raking in big bucks at every turn. The beginning of the end for Benny occurs when A.S.U. basketball star Stevin "Hedake" Smith (Tory Kittles) suggests that he'd like a piece of the action, too. Although the Benny Silman depicted onscreen remains unrepentant and unapologetic, even when getting his just desserts at the hands of the authorities, the real Silman appears in the film's epilogue, equipped with an unexpected "Don't let this happen to you!" admonition.
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  25. 10-03-11 11:40 AM #25
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    The Cinncinatti Kid ftw
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  26. 10-03-11 11:43 AM #26
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    Let It Ride! Mem-o-ries

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  27. 10-03-11 11:48 AM #27
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    lot of missed movies here but a couple of my favorites:

    high roller-stu ungar story

    guys and dolls
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  28. 10-03-11 12:01 PM #28
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    easy money is great was just on last night, the color of money as well
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  29. 10-03-11 12:23 PM #29
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    Honeymoon in Vegas with Nicholas Cage is hysterical.
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  30. 10-03-11 12:27 PM #30
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    Hard Eight


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  31. 10-03-11 12:29 PM #31
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    color of money

    if for only the VINCE shirt

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  32. 10-03-11 01:33 PM #32
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    Loved Let it Ride.

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  33. 10-03-11 03:27 PM #33
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    I do like Two For The Money.The Longshot with Tim Conway was funny and Goofy.In The 70s California Split with Elliot Gould And Siegal I always forget his first name was very good.Love the part when Gould was at The Old Olympic Auditoriem in LA Betting on Boxing and was loud and obnoxious in the parking lot then gets mugged and loses everything.
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  34. 10-03-11 06:03 PM #34
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    Quote Originally Posted by P.F.Kasooff View Post
    Hard Eight


    Good one that doesn't get mentioned often
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  35. 10-03-11 06:14 PM #35
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    WTF is going on in here? Two for the Money was horrific. Only good part was Lang getting pissed on.
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