what is the most realistic gambling movie?

[NYER5680]

I liked "Even Money" myself

[danova]

The most realistic seems to me in films put, treachery, changes. But as murders, because all it not as on the present.

[Jiggy Fly]

I gotta agree with the Let It Ride call. So easy to relate to and have met all those characters in my lifetime. Looney was the best. "Hey Trotter!!"

[StraitShooter]

I thought Bad Lt with Harvey Kietel was pretty good

[iceminers26]

didn't read all the posts, but the best gambling movie is Yonkers Joe

most realistic, I would have to say Rounders

[iceminers26]

or Bookies

small time college kids get in over their head but somehow find a way to get out of it, its realistic

[billdo75]

Let It Ride is one of my favorite movies of all time. Everything about it. Who doesn't dream of having a day like that where everything goes your way?

[DOMINATER]

The Pope of Greenwich Village Ihaven't seen it in years the actress in Pretty Woman her real life brother had a big part in the movie he was with Micky Rouke before he became a boxer. Great movie they cut the thumb off him because he owed the mob money if you like that type of movie thats a great one .

[Albert]

Hi All,

Great to know about all of yours gambling choice, i thought Betting is the best one, just predicting game, everything is in suspense....................

Share your ideas too!!!!

[DOMINATER]

I LOVED CASINO, THE MOVIE WHICH ismost real that Ilived through was CARLITOS WAY ,PACHINO IS A FU%%ing genius he had evey detail down a master like no other.

[MJT1212]

Jennifer's Body

[EaglesPhan36]

I don't know if anyone said it, but Passenger 57. Wesley Snipes gave out the best nugget of truth, always bet on black.

[DwightShrute]

This is one fvcked up movie but you won't soon forget it. Great gambling part with Forest Whitaker. TWO THUMBS way up


Plot Summary for
The Air I Breathe (2007)


A clumsy clerk overhears the conversation of three coworkers in the toilet about a fix in a horse race, and bets a large amount. He loses the bet and owes the money to the dangerous and powerful mobster Fingers.

[mihaita666]

i only saw two for the money, i'll take a look at other recomanded on this board

[SRBI]

Damn...so many movies. Can someone compile all of the top movies and put them all in one post?

Pweeeaazeeeee

[mihaita666]

the gambler by james caan
even money
Those Ivy league faggots
For losing: Owning Mahowney
For poker: Rounders
For cool: The Good Thief (Nick Nolte)
For shock: Deer Hunter
Vegas: Casino
Mob: Bugsy
Old days: Cincinnati Kid
The Gambler
Cincinnatti Kid
two for the money
Let It Ride
Even when you KNOW...you never know
Yonkers Joe
Intacto
La Vida Abismal
Casino Royal
Rounders
Fever Pitch with Ryan O'Neal
Boiler Room
Caddyshack
The Runner.
The Gods Must Be Crazy
California Split
Las Vegas Vacation
Sting

[ClydeFontaine]

Owning Mahowny

[Shark]

I can't believe no one mentioned Hardball with Keanu Reeves. It's not the most realistic, but gambling does play a decent sized role in that film.


I thought bookies was really good for the low budget it had.

[THE PROFIT]

No one has mentioned "Vig". Pretty good movie about sports gambling. Has the old cockeyed dude who played Colombo in it & Freddy Prinze Jr.

Casino has to be most realistic for the fact that it is the true story of Ace Rosenthal

[harlee71]

No one mentioned "The Cooler"! If your a casino gambler you know they exist. I have learned to spot them and move ASAP If think they are near. They come in the form of stick man, dealer, pit boss, and even cocktail waitress and hookers.

[dbldown]

Owning Mahowny

Fantastic Movie

[Grandmaster B]

"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!"

yesssssss....this movie WAS DEAD ON when it comes to the track

#1 of all time!!

[sharpcat]

Two for the money would have been good if it was realistic and not a bunch of crap made up by Brandon Lang to make himself look like a god, they should have based it on a fictional character to avoid Lang from over doing it on how awesome he is.......lol

[Tsoprano]

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

I don't know what you mean by that. The urge to go crazy on credit with well connected locals is still VERY common. Especially in New York. One guy got his hand chopped off a month back with a meat clever for owing a big outfit 30k. The 3 guys involved got life in prison.

In the Movie Axel lost all his bets on NBA and College Basketball from what I recall, same shit happens daily to a lot of people dealing on credit.

Don't think everything is now offshore, there is a strong, strong base of local action being taken in NY. Feds this year alone busted a 500mil a year ring and a over 400mil a year ring run by the Gambinos, Genoveses, and the Lucheses. There was also a supermarket chain in NYC a few months ago that got busted in which the owner was a gambino capo and had a ring going for decades and was bringing in tens of millions a year. I can name another 3 stories of where feds took down organized crime in NY for running large rings. All publicly posted articles.

The point is betting on credit is a very easy thing to do in some Cities, and losing is even easier. You put those two factors together and you get a recipe for disaster, mimicking the James Caan (aka Axel in the movie) experience. It gets to the point where family bailouts come into play, releasing businesses, selling a call to pay off the debts, all old school stuff.

Don't think everything is matchbook and 5dimes now, it definitely isn't. And for everytime the feds take down a big ring and it's leaders, another batch of guys waiting in line take their place. And when they are released back into society, they go right back to it. It will never go away.

[Carson05]

see below

[Carson05]

[Tsoprano]

[mrmarket]

General Gambling:
Owning Mahoney: It was a bit slow at times but I enjoyed it.
Casino: Entertaining but not really much about gambling.

Poker
Cincinnati Kid: Probably my favorite movie. After you've been around poker awhile you'll notice the small touches like them smelling the decks for glue and appreciate it more.
Rounders: I have a love hate relationship with this movie. I would probably like it a lot better if i only watched it once and had some ability to filter any and all information relating to this movie coming from another person.

Entertainment value
Poker Bustouts: After watching it I'll guarantee you'll ask yourself "wtf did that old guy have on his head?" and be sad generally.
The Rise and Fall of Stu Ungar: recent poker history that is entertaining and disturbing
Amarillo Slim The True Gambler: less recent poker history but especially entertaining because slim is so sharp.
The Grand: Forgettable. Meh and generally disliked it.

I'm not sure if we can post links but most of the ones in entertainment value can be found on pokertube if anyone is interested in watching them.

[in2thethickofit]

Gotta be the original 'The Hustler' with Paul Newman, Piper Laurie and Jackie Gleason as Fats. Back in the day when pool halls were pool halls and not places to bring your effing date.

Newman and Gleason could really shoot pool. You can tell just by they held the cue, chalked the cue, set up for the shot, etc...they actually executed a lot of the shots that made the edit. Tom Cruise was fairly laughable as a pool shark. A real pool player could take one look at his stance and stroke...and know...easy mark.

James Caan as the gambling prof and Philip Seymour Hoffman as the gambling addicted loans officer that ripped his bank for hundreds of thousands (based on actual events at a Toronto bank branch) are classic characters for sure.

Cheers,
dogcity

I love this movie...truly one of the best. "The Color of Money" is good, too!

[THE PROFIT]

Don't think everything is matchbook and 5dimes now, it definitely isn't. And for everytime the feds take down a big ring and it's leaders, another batch of guys waiting in line take their place. And when they are released back into society, they go right back to it. It will never go away.
__________________

"Once in the racket you're always in it"
Alphonse G. Capone

[THE PROFIT]

"Money won is twice as sweet as money earned"

That says it all

[jlgarciaiii22]

"Bookies"

"Stu Ungar"

"Big Shots"

[coldhardfacts]

Lot of good movies listed here. Probably the best line in a gambling movie was Walter Matthau in "Little Miss Marker" talking about a horse someone is touting: "He has no speed and he quits".

Glad no one mentioned the absolute worst gambling movie of all time: "The Croupier".

[neville sinclair]

Casino and Rounders

[Glitch]

Jennifer's Body

HAHAHHAAHAHA!!!!!

super hot b*tch that probably will kill you....good call.


Im gonna go with two for the money how he was hot for a while then started going cold and his world started fallin down on him. tackled addiction a bit, arrogance, business, blind tailing, touts, ex athletes being good cappers, relationship issues, friendly bets, greed, deceit and more