Genre: Gambling Dramas
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Casino (1995)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci …
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese draws on Nicholas Pileggi's book about Las Vegas in the 1970s and '80s as inspiration for his tale contrasting the city's glamorous exterior with its sordid…
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The Underneath (1995)
Cast: Peter Gallagher, William Fichtner, Adam Trese …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
In this remake of the film-noir classic Criss Cross, scalawag Michael Chambers (Peter Gallagher) returns home for his mother's nuptials after running out on his gambling debts. Before…
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The Catherine Cookson Collection: The Gambling Man (1995)
Cast: Robson Green, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Sammy Johnson …
Directed by: Norman Stone
Based on one of Catherine Cookson's most beloved works, this made-for-television drama revolves around slick cardplayer Rory Connor ( a compelling Robson Green), a rags-to-riches gambler…
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Maverick (1994)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner …
Directed by: Richard Donner
This big-screen remake of the Western TV series has poker-playing grifter Bret Maverick trying to wrangle a wad of cash to enter a big tournament. Maverick targets a few small-timers but ends…
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Indecent Proposal (1993)
Cast: Robert Redford, Woody Harrelson, Demi Moore …
Directed by: Adrian Lyne
Talk about expensive dates! Billionaire Robert Redford pays for a doozy when, for a cool $1 million, he proposes to a very married Demi Moore that they spend a single night together.…
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Diggstown (1992)
Cast: James Woods, Heather Graham, Louis Gossett Jr. …
Directed by: Michael Ritchie
Ex-con Caine and his partner Fitz cook up a plan to take a rich man for all he's worth. The guys try to loop aging boxer Honey Ray Palmer in on the action -- yet, having been duped by…
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Deadly Bet (1992)
Cast: Jeff Wincott, Charlene Tilton, Gary Daniels …
Directed by: Richard W. Munchkin
Angelo Scala, a seasoned gambler, has put everything he's got on one fight, hoping to free himself and his fiancée, Isabella, from the clutches of Rico Darby, the man who controls…
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Bugsy (1991)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Andy Romano, Annette Bening …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Warren Beatty stars as gangster Bugsy Siegel, who worked hard to realize his dream of building a gambling mecca in the middle of the Nevada desert. But his affair with screen siren Virginia…
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The Grifters (1990)
Cast: Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Roy Dillon's (John Cusack) life is turned upside down when a con job goes bad. His estranged mother, Lilly (Anjelica Huston), who happens to be on the lam, reunites with her son to…
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Living to Die (1990)
Cast: Wings Hauser, Darcy DeMoss, Asher Brauner …
Directed by: Wings Hauser
Blackmailed for a murder he didn't commit, Las Vegas gaming commissioner Edward "Eddie" Minton (Asher Brauner) calls on his longtime friend, ex-cop Nick Carpenter (Wings Hauser), for…
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Rain Man (1988)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Fast-talking yuppie Charlie Babbitt is forced to slow down when he meets a brother he never knew he had, an autistic savant named Raymond (Dustin Hoffman, in an Oscar-winning role) who's…
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Eight Men Out (1988)
Cast: John Cusack, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn …
Directed by: John Sayles
John Cusack and D.B. Sweeney star as disgruntled Chicago White Sox players who agree to lose the World Series for a big payoff in John Sayles's adaptation of Eliot Asinof's account…
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House of Games (1987)
Cast: Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Mike Nussbaum …
Directed by: David Mamet
When psychiatrist Margaret Ford tries to intervene on behalf of a patient -- a compulsive gambler in hock to a smooth-talking con artist -- she soon finds herself in over her head as she gets…
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Glory Years (1987)
Cast: George Dzundza, Archie Hahn, Tim Thomerson …
Directed by: Arthur Allan Seidelman
A group of former high school buddies have a reunion in Las Vegas. Thinking that they'll increase their alumni fund, they proceed to use the money to gamble at the casinos. Of course,…
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The Big Town (1987)
Cast: Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones …
Directed by: Ben Bolt
In this drama set in 1957 Chicago, J.C. Cullen (Matt Dillon) is a small-town gambler who heads to the Windy City to hit it big. Far from making the fortune he set out to find, he instead…
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The Color of Money (1986)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Paul Newman …
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
The Hustler isn't what he used to be in this continuation of the 1961 film: "Fast" Eddie Felson (Oscar-winner Paul Newman) has given up pool for life as a liquor salesman. But then he…
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Heat (1986)
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Karen Young, Peter MacNicol …
Directed by: Dick Richards
Las Vegas is the backdrop for this film's torrid action when hard-hitting bodyguard Nick Escalante (Burt Reynolds) puts his heart and soul into protecting his friends. Crippled by his…
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The Vegas Casino War (1984)
Cast: Rock Hudson, Sharon Stone, Tony Russel …
Directed by: George Englund
In one of his final on-screen appearances before his death in 1985, Rock Hudson stars as charming Las Vegas casino owner Neil Chaine, who decides to rehab the crumbling casino across from his…
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Deadly Impact (1984)
Cast: Bo Svenson, Fred Williamson, Marcia Clingan …
Directed by: Fabrizio De Angelis
After a computer whiz devises a foolproof method for beating the slots in Las Vegas, casino-hired thugs pay him and his girlfriend a visit to retrieve his winnings. Now, a rogue cop and his…
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Stacy's Knights (1983)
Cast: Kevin Costner, Andra Millian, Ed Semenza …
Directed by: Jim Wilson
Stacy Lancaster (Andra Millian) and her teacher head to Reno, Nev., expecting Stacy's incredible memory to be their lucky charm at the card tables. Soon, local gambler Will Bonner (Kevin…
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The Sting II (1983)
Cast: Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis, Teri Garr …
Directed by: Jeremy Paul Kagan, Jeremy Kagan
Jackie Gleason and Mac Davis play Gondorff and Hooker (the characters made famous by Paul Newman and Robert Redford in The Sting), two con artists who return for more action when rival gangs…
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Atlantic City (1980)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Kate Reid …
Directed by: Louis Malle
Longtime low-level mobster Lou (Burt Lancaster) is fading and past his prime -- much like the decaying city in which he lives. He meets and falls for a sexy casino employee named Sally (Susan…
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The Gambler (1980)
Cast: Kenny Rogers, Christine Belford, Bruce Boxleitner …
Directed by: Dick Lowry
In this high-stakes buddy flick inspired by a hit song of the same name, country music legend Kenny Rogers stars as seasoned frontier gambler Brady Hawkes, who travels to faraway Yuma,…
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Quintet (1979)
Cast: Paul Newman, Vittorio Gassman, Fernando Rey …
Directed by: Robert Altman
Essex (Paul Newman) struggles to survive in a bleak, frozen city of the future. Director Robert Altman's existential film pulls no punches in presenting a withering vision of a…
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Three Card Monte (1978)
Cast: Lynne Cavanagh, Richard Gabourie, Chris Langevin …
Directed by: Les Rose
Les Rose directs this endearing independent film about a con man named Busher (Richard Gabourie) who travels from town to town. He ups his ante when he takes under his wing and joins forces…