best gambling movie

[frostno98]

rush 2, watching chris tucker playing craps at the end was hilarious as hell.

[stump]

The gambler with James Caan is a great movie!

[4FUN.AND$$]

Two for the Money gets my vote.
Shows all sides of gambling.

[HAPPY BOY]

"my legs they go from my ass all the way to the floor" Let it Ride.

[Dumb_lucK]

Diggstown!! Great film!

[ritehook]

"GAMBLING", a 1934 movie produced, directed and starred in by showbiz legend George M.Cohan.

It was filmed at Cohan's expense in an abandoned New York warehouse. A casino owner sets out to solve a murder . . .

You'll never be able to see this flick, tho. It was an abyssmal box office flop, and the original film has disappeared. A few copies supposedly are in the hands of collectors, but unless you know one of those guys you won't be viewing it.

[the2ofspades]

I liked bookies. Kinda low budget and corny at times, but bc of that, its in the cheap section at your local video store.

by far the best as far as i'm concerned, love the end to, with the boxing match.

*theta's the one with the colege kids right?*

[the2ofspades]

I liked bookies. Kinda low budget and corny at times, but bc of that, its in the cheap section at your local video store.

by far the best as far as i'm concerned, love the end to, with the boxing match.

*that's the one with the colege kids right?*

[Scorpion]

Gambler
The Hustler (1961)
Casino (1995)
The Sting (1973)
Rounders (1998)
Hard Eight (1996)
Boiler Room (2000)
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Maverick (1994)
Owning Mahony

Alternates:
The Cincinnati Kid
Casino Royale (2006 version)
Little Miss Marker
Casablanca
House Of Games
The Color Of Money
The Grifters
Bob le Flambeur
Indecent Proposal
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Atlantic City
Rain Man

Two for the Money (2005) - Pacino the scenery-chewing tout.
Eight Men Out (1988) - Black Sox.
High Roller: The Stu Unger Story (2003) - If you like Michael Imperioli and/or Texas holdem.
Croupier (1998) - Clive Owen in his tux trying out for the James Bond role.
Card Stud (1968) - Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, stud, and murder.
Who’s Got the Action (1958) - Sting precursor.


24 HOurs of a Woman’s Life (1952) - Gambling addiction in Monte Carlo.
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) - More addiction.
La Baie des Anges (1963) - Demy, Jeanne Moreau (the addict), LeGrand.
Alex and Emma (2003) - Alex the addict in trouble.
Funny Girl (1968) - Just to get Omar Sharif in here.

Various ways of winning and losing money:

1. Bingo the Documentary (1999)
2. Los Bingueros (1979)
3. Pachinko Graffiti (1992)
4. Black Jack (2004)
5. Du Shen (1989) - Chow Yun Fat as Ko Chun, “The God of Gamblers”
6. Free and Easy (1941) - Bob Cummings in his earlier days

Back in the day:

30s

1. Dark Manhattan (1937) - Numbers racket
2. The Girl and the Gambler (1939) - Leo Carrillo
3. Gambling Lady (1934) - Stanwyck
4. The Day the Bookies Wept (1939)
5. Saratoga (1937) - Racing
6. Racing Lady (1937)

[the2ofspades]

wonder when the first offshore sportsbook flick is gonna come out, they definetly have enough to make a movie about it.

[BigD]

Let it Ride

[pico]

wonder when the first offshore sportsbook flick is gonna come out, they definetly have enough to make a movie about it.

not really. you can't make a movie about going to quik-mart sending western union

[pico]

Gambler
The Hustler (1961)
Casino (1995)
The Sting (1973)
Rounders (1998)
Hard Eight (1996)
Boiler Room (2000)
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Maverick (1994)
Owning Mahony

Alternates:
The Cincinnati Kid
Casino Royale (2006 version)
Little Miss Marker
Casablanca
House Of Games
The Color Of Money
The Grifters
Bob le Flambeur
Indecent ProposalLock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Atlantic City
Rain Man

Two for the Money (2005) - Pacino the scenery-chewing tout.
Eight Men Out (1988) - Black Sox.
High Roller: The Stu Unger Story (2003) - If you like Michael Imperioli and/or Texas holdem.
Croupier (1998) - Clive Owen in his tux trying out for the James Bond role.
Card Stud (1968) - Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, stud, and murder.
Who’s Got the Action (1958) - Sting precursor.


24 HOurs of a Woman’s Life (1952) - Gambling addiction in Monte Carlo.
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) - More addiction.
La Baie des Anges (1963) - Demy, Jeanne Moreau (the addict), LeGrand.
Alex and Emma (2003) - Alex the addict in trouble.
Funny Girl (1968) - Just to get Omar Sharif in here.

Various ways of winning and losing money:

1. Bingo the Documentary (1999)
2. Los Bingueros (1979)
3. Pachinko Graffiti (1992)
4. Black Jack (2004)
5. Du Shen (1989) - Chow Yun Fat as Ko Chun, “The God of Gamblers”
6. Free and Easy (1941) - Bob Cummings in his earlier days

Back in the day:

30s

1. Dark Manhattan (1937) - Numbers racket
2. The Girl and the Gambler (1939) - Leo Carrillo
3. Gambling Lady (1934) - Stanwyck
4. The Day the Bookies Wept (1939)
5. Saratoga (1937) - Racing
6. Racing Lady (1937)

seen those. i'll try to watch the rest of the movies on the list. thanks for the list

[Stumpage]

Owning Mahoney is a classic. When he's watching that college game and the guy misses those 2 free throws at the end.....I could almost feel that torture through the screen.....

[LVHerbie]

watching an old gambling movie called dark city (1950) while I type this... b- at best

[LVHerbie]

California Split (Robert Altman directed it) was another real good one IMO...

[Curse Fire]

The Huslter and Owning Mahoney

[pico]

Owning Mahoney is a classic. When he's watching that college game and the guy misses those 2 free throws at the end.....I could almost feel that torture through the screen.....

after that, his wife said, "why you care, they won the game." he couldn't reply to that...i can feel his pain there.

still little puzzled with that scene of the asian hooker (or hooker like ) women towards the early part of the movie where she tried to get 200 dollars from him and got really agressive when he said no. was she proposition him? or she just want some free money to gamble?

[Matt Rain]

The Cooler (william macy)

Sorry for the 2-year-old thread bump, but I just watched The Cooler this morning - tremendous flick! William H. Macy is great as always and Alec Baldwin's role is a lot more complex than that of your regular villain.

Two thumbs way up!

[bobbyfk]

I really liked Yonkers Joe

[Crayzee]

maybe not the best but one i really liked that no one mentioned was money kings with peter falk

[Tsoprano]

So many good ones

There is no "best one"

Love let it ride, casino, the gambler, etc

[obama our lord]

i think the title is called "rat race"...bunch of rich people betting on who will get the 2 million dollars first. 6 teams. pretty funny movie because during the race, the casino owner makes crazy events for wagers...like who ate the coconut filled chocolate nugget. it is fun to watch those people bet on crazy things.

It had some funny moments but the ending reeked of a movie that had lost all respect for itself.

[shantystar]

I've never seen The Gambler, but Let It Ride would be my vote, although it could have been a lot better. Almost all movies are awful IMO. But Let It Ride, it's a little good. Just because there are some classic lines in there, most notably: "I mean really, I don't understand why you can't just watch the horses run around the track. I don't see why you have to bet on them".

idiot!you entirely wrong here.

[SamsNCharge99]

Rounders...for Poker

2 for the Money...for sports betting

[LVHerbie]

I really liked Yonkers Joe

Where you see this at? Looks kindof interesting (I guess Phil Ivey was a producer/backer of this?) but it must have had a pretty limited release as it looks like yahoo only has it currently grossing like less then $5000 so far...

[reno cool]

Rounders...for Poker

2 for the Money...for sports betting

this is why children shouldn't be allowed.

[Shortstop]

Boiler Room.

[Scorpion]

21

[iceminers26]

I watched Yonkers Joe because of this thread, great flick.

My List

Owning Mahoney - Great acting performance, it makes you sick in your stomach from a gamblers perspective.

Diggstown - great boxing/gambling flick, not a serious movie but a must.

Two for the Money - Not a favorite, but it did get me fired up to throw down some action.

Yonkers Joe - I liked this movie a lot because it had gambling in it, but at the same time there was a much bigger picture.

Rounders - Best movie about poker, good cast as well.

Eight Men Out - Good movie based on the Sox's scandal.

Others I can think of off the top of my head: Casino, Bookies, and 21.

[pico]

The Gambler with james caan

[purecarnagge]

Rounders
21
Two for the Money
Maverick

[james4512]

two for the money is my favorite gambling movie, then rounders, and deal