what is the most realistic gambling movie?

[pico]

i think the gambler by james caan is the most realistic. fvcking lakers screwed me like that, also the ivy league basketball game...

[UntilTheNDofTimE]

even money...depicts how you can loose it all and ruin your marriage gambling, also shows how someone looses control and cant pay there debts the bookie will then own you and force you to do things or else hell hurt your family.

[Bluehorseshoe]

"Those Ivy league faggots."

[pico]

^^^those ivy league faggots fvcked me over so many times. that movie is like the autobiography for my ncaa bb 2009 season

[Dark Horse]

For losing: Owning Mahowney
For poker: Rounders
For cool: The Good Thief (Nick Nolte)
For shock: Deer Hunter

[Dark Horse]

Vegas: Casino
Mob: Bugsy
Old days: Cincinnati Kid


Silly:
Touts: two for the money
BJ: 21

[xxdjstriderxx]

casino

[BGS 9.5]

The Gambler
Cincinnatti Kid

[Nicky Santoro]

the gambler-- for that era...not today

casino-- for that era also,and not today.

[dwaechte]

I pvr'ed the Stu Unger Story a couple days ago, is it worth a watch?

[Fishhead]

Jaws

[cspurs]

Silly:
Touts: two for the money


i agree

[Reload]

I pvr'ed the Stu Unger Story a couple days ago, is it worth a watch?

A lot of people don't like it but I do. Worth seeing - especially if you like Michael Imperioli's acting. Shows you just what Stu was like - the genius card player and his darker side that ruined him.

[Reload]

"Let It Ride" gets my vote - just in terms of how real all the characters at the track were. Everyone can relate to every character in that movie when it comes to gambling or being at a track.

"Even when you KNOW...you never know!"

[blackbart]

deer hunter
one of the finest movies ever made, never heard it considered a gambling movie

[Reload]

Silly:
Touts: two for the money


i agree

Two for the Money is realistic for sure. "Gambling's not your problem. It's this ****ed up need to feel something. To convince yourself you exist. That's the problem."

[bobbyfk]

Yonkers Joe

[Dark Horse]

deer hunter
one of the finest movies ever made, never heard it considered a gambling movie

I remember a European chick who signed up for the red cross to take care of wounded soldiers (as anti-war as it gets). She couldn't believe this 'war movie' was my favorite movie. When I told her it was really about love it became her favorite movie too.

But it's also a gambling movie. Love and gambling go hand in hand. Look at the gamble DeNiro takes at the end just to get his buddy back. They first played that game when they had no choice. But in the end they both had a choice. And they still played...

And just when it looks like the bet will pay off, when Nicky remembers through the fog of his war trauma -- with "one shot" bringing the whole movie full circle -- ... Boom! Remember the first time seeing that? OMG.

[reno cool]

Jaws

I wanted to say "one flew over the cuckoos nest"

[reno cool]

"Let It Ride" gets my vote - just in terms of how real all the characters at the track were. Everyone can relate to every character in that movie when it comes to gambling or being at a track.

"Even when you KNOW...you never know!"

that's a good one.

[reno cool]

Two for the Money is realistic for sure. "Gambling's not your problem. It's this ****ed up need to feel something. To convince yourself you exist. That's the problem."

that's the only moment in that movie that's worth a shit.

[RogueJuror]

two spaniard movies

Intacto, had that edgy feel and
La Vida Abismal, the abismal life, about the hard grind that is professional gambling

[cavsfan]

Casino Royal

[dwaechte]

A lot of people don't like it but I do. Worth seeing - especially if you like Michael Imperioli's acting. Shows you just what Stu was like - the genius card player and his darker side that ruined him.

I got a chance to watch it last night and thought it was pretty decent. I didn't really know his story at all before watching it, so that mightve made it a little more entertaining not knowing what was coming. The acting was definitely solid, but overall it's not like there was anything new or groundbreaking so I'd give it a 7/10.

[rake922]

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[CaneDawg]

"Let It Ride" gets my vote - just in terms of how real all the characters at the track were. Everyone can relate to every character in that movie when it comes to gambling or being at a track.

"Even when you KNOW...you never know!"

yep

[Bigmikesm]

Rounders is a good movie that goes over the highs and lows of gambling and the trouble you can get yourself into when you get too deep. Liked that movie before the poker BOOM!

[pokernut9999]

Fever Pitch with Ryan O'Neal

1985 movie was the best one I have ever seen.

[Shortstop]

"Boiler Room" Love that fukkin' show!

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Fever Pitch with Ryan O'Neal

1985 movie was the best one I have ever seen.

I saw this years ago back when it was first on VHS rental and on HBO. It was good - they get into some different kinds of gambling, getting addicted, high loansharking interest, etc. Worth seeing but it never seems to be on TV much.

[Willie Bee]

what is the most realistic gambling movie?

Caddyshack.

[Bread]

The Runner.

[pavyracer]

The Gods Must Be Crazy

[MrX]

California Split, by a mile.

[Reload]

Caddyshack.

"Yeah well Lou raised the price of coke...he's been losing at the track."