Best Gambling Movies of All Time (2 Viewers)

[mkiefer009]

I don't think that was bad writing. I haven't seen the movie in a while, but I remember Gerry being kind of a hapless guy. You've never been in a situation where you knew your cards weren't going to win a hand, and you knew it wasn't a hand you were gonna go after anyway? I could totally see a guy like Gerry laying it down right there, especially with that flop.
Good writing, I say!

Ya, I like the writing other than that. There wasn't a bet into him, he could have just checked. I think it was just a mistake.

 

[Solid Snake]

Rounders
The Color of Money
Casino Royale
The Gambler
The Hustler
The Cincinnati Kid
Boiler Room
21
Shade
Pool Hall Junkies

 

[legend672]

The deli is a brilliant gambling movie.
Other movies not about gambling, but containing great gambling scenes
Pope of Greenwich Village
Lucky number Slevin
Bronx tale
Wise guys ( it's my baby by 6, by 5, by 4) the number 2 hoss in the second race, he bet a grey hoss cuz it was a grey day

 

[mkiefer009]

Just watched California Split, great movie. It seems the Mississippi Grind writers may have got too much inspiration from that movie, very similar I thought.

 

[Nuhockey]

The recently posted Movie quote thread made me think about my Top 10 Gambling Movies. Not necessarily just about poker, but any type of Gambling in it as a theme.

1. Casino
2. Rounders
3. Oceans 11, 13
4. The Color of Money
5. The Cooler
6. Let it Ride
7. Vegas Vacation
8. Rat Race
9. Lucky You
10. 21

 

[legend672]

Color of money is not close to being better than The Hustler, no The Sting ?

 

[Nuhockey]

I have not got a chance to see the The Hustler, & The Sting . I will check them out.

 

[phaze12]

The Gambler (the original, not mary marks mess of a movie) is fantastic. Not an uplifting movie but nails what it means to be a degenerate gambler.

 

[legend672]

The Gambler (the original, not mary marks mess of a movie) is fantastic. Not an uplifting movie but nails what it means to be a degenerate gambler.

Spot on .

 

[kk405]

Rounders
The Sting

end of thread

 

[Coyote]

Grinders. Sobering documentary.

 

[PlaidDragon]

Plus, look at that fucking poster - beautiful!

Looks like an interesting movie, but I'm scoring it a D- for the chips I saw in the trailer.

For Pete's sake get some faux casino chips made by CPC. Given the total cost of films in general, spending a few thousand on credible chip props doesn't even qualify as a drop in the bucket.

 

[Taghkanic]

It’s been a long time since I saw it, but I seem to recall that in The Man With the Golden Arm, Frank Sinatra at one point deals in a poker game.

(Good actor, that guy. Heard he could sing a little, too.)

 

[chippitydoodah]

Looks like an interesting movie, but I'm scoring it a D- for the chips I saw in the trailer.

For Pete's sake get some faux casino chips made by CPC. Given the total cost of films in general, spending a few thousand on credible chip props doesn't even qualify as a drop in the bucket.

If people who play poker for years, host tournaments and play in casinos are still using shitty dice chips because they don't know any better you think a movie producer is?

 

[shadowler]

Does it have to be an american movie? My first gambling movie I watched at my grandpas .. good memories

 

[PlaidDragon]

If people who play poker for years, host tournaments and play in casinos are still using shitty dice chips because they don't know any better you think a movie producer is?

Pfff... funny.

 

[springbox]

Does it have to be an american movie? My first gambling movie I watched at my grandpas .. good memories

Love this movie, but they definitely could cut a good 30 minutes of filler from the middle. Wish I could find a copy of the sequel with the same lead. Edit: Watching a clip of the final scene, he dramatically beats the villain in 5 card stud. After the villain shows a K to 9 straight flush of hearts, Chown Yun Fat reveals his A to 5 straight flush of hearts, which is apparently better in that universe.

 

[legend672]

The Deli. Realistic