|
Gambling
Movies |
|
| A list of
some of the most popular gambling movies available on DVD. |
| Brought
to you by
Amazon. |
| |
|
Big Hand for the Little Lady |
 A
naive couple and a child arrive to the town on the way to California to
buy there a farm. There is a poker play between the richest men in the
region. The man cannot resist it and though he is a very bad poker player,
enters the game betting all the money of his family. In the climax of the
game he suffers a heart-attack. His wife then takes his place in the
table. That's the only way of recovering their savings. But there is a
little problem. Can anybody explain her how to play poker? |
| |
|
Bugsy |
 New
York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los
Angeles. A sharp-dressing womaniser with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't
hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the
movies, and most of all strong-willed Virginia Hill detain him while his
family wait back home. Then a trip to a run-down gambling joint at a spot
in the desert known as Las Vegas gives him his big idea. |
| |
|
California Split |
 A
down on his luck gambler (George Seagal) links up with free spirit Elliot
Gould at first to have some fun on, but then gets into debt when Gould
takes an unscheduled trip to Tijuana. As a final act of desperation, he
pawns most of his possessions and goes to Reno for the poker game of a
lifetime. A film set mainly in casinos and races, as the two win and lose
(but mainly win), get robbed, and get blind drunk. |
| |
| Casino |
 Ace
Rothstein and Nicky Santoro, mobsters who move to Las Vegas to make their
mark, live and work in this paradoxical world. Seen through their eyes,
each as a foil to the other, the details of mob involvement in the casinos
of the 1970's and '80's are revealed. Ace is the smooth operator of the
Tangiers casino, while Nicky is his boyhood friend and tough strongman,
robbing and shaking down the locals. However, they each have a tragic
flaw--Ace falls in love with a hustler, Ginger, and Nicky falls into an
ever-deepening spiral of drugs and violence. |
| |
|
The Cincinnati Kid |
 In
New Orleans, an up-and-coming poker player takes on a long-time master of
the game. Not only is there a small fortune at stake, but also the status
of being the top player. But the trusted dealer has been blackmailed into
rigging the game. |
| |
|
The Color of Money |
 Pool
hustler Fast Eddie Felson finds the young, promising pool player Vincent
in a local bar and he sees in him a younger version of himself. To try and
make it as in the old days, Eddie offers to teach Vincent how to be a
hustler. After some hesitations Vincent accepts and Eddie takes him and
Vincent's girlfriend Carmen on a tour through the country to work the pool
halls. However, Vincent's tendency to show off his talent and by doing so
warning off the players and losing money, soon leads to a confrontation
with Eddie. |
| |
|
The Cooler |
 The
unluckiest man in Vegas (William H. Macy) - a guy whose bad luck is
contagious - is used by the last of the old time mob run casinos to kill
high rollers' action. That is, until he falls in love with a cocktail
waitress (Maria Bello) and gets "lady luck," which throws the situation
into reverse. Things turn nasty when the casino director (Alec Baldwin)
tries to break up the romance. |
| |
|
Croupier |
 Jack
Manfred is an aspiring writer going nowhere fast. To make ends meet, and
against his better judgement, he takes a job as a croupier. He finds
himself drawn into the casino world and the job gradually takes over his
life; his relationship with girlfriend Marion begins to deteriorate. One
gambler in particular catches his attention: Jani, whom he starts to see
outside of working hours - a serious violation of casino rules. Jani is
down on her luck; under pressure from her creditors she approaches Jack,
asking him to be the inside man for a planned heist at the casino. Jack
carefully considers the odds; it all looks so simple, but even a
professional like Jack can't predict the cards he will be dealt. |
| |
|
Diggstown |
 Gabriel
Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a
business man. The business man owns most of a boxing-mad town called
Diggstown. The bet is that Gabe can find a boxer that will knock out 10
Diggstown men, in a boxing ring, within 24 hours. "Honey" Roy Palmer is
that man - although at 48, many say he is too old. A sub plot is thrown in
about Charles Macum Diggs - the heavyweight champion that gave the town
its name - and who is now confined to a wheel-chair. |
| |
|
The Gambler |
 For
$10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed
owes $44,000. Alex Freed is a literature professor. He has the gambling
vice. When he has lost all his money, he borrows from his girlfriend, then
his mother and finally some bad guys that chase his. Despite of all this
he cannot stop gambling. |
| |
|
The Gambler |
 The
Gambler, receives a letter from his son saying he needs help and The
Gambler goes to his aid. Along the way he meets up with a young man who
thinks he knows everything about playing cards. The Gambler teaches the
young man some lessons along the way. |
| |
|
The Grifters |
 Lily
works for a bookie, placing bets to change the odds at the track. When her
son is hospitalized after an unsuccessful con job and resultant beating,
she finds that even an absentee parent has feelings for her child. This
causes her own job to go wrong as well. Each of them faces the down side
of the grift. |
| |
|
Havana |
 A
gambler who trusted no one. A woman who risked everything. And a passion
that brought them together in the most dangerous city in the world. Cuba,
December 1958: The professional gambler Jack visits Havana to organize a
big Poker game. On the ship he meets Roberta and falls in love with her.
Shortly after they arrive in Cuba, her Cuban husband, the revolutionary
Arturo, is shot on the street by the military and Roberta is arrested and
tortured. Jack manages to get her free again, however he can't keep her
from continuing to support the revolution. |
| |
|
Honeymoon in Vegas |
 On
her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which
scars him with psychological blocks to a commitment with his girlfriend.
They finally decide to tie the knot in Vegas, but a wealthy gambler
arranges for the man to lose $65K in a poker game and offers to clear the
debt for a weekend with his fiancée. Suddenly the man is insanely jealous,
and pursues his fiancée and her rich companion, but finds pitfalls in his
path as the gambler tries to delay his interference. |
| |
|
House of Games |
 A
famous psychologist, Margaret Ford, decides to try to help one of her
patients get out of a gambling debt. She visits the bar where Mike, to
whom the debt is owed, runs poker games. He convinces her to help him in a
game: her assignment is to look for "tells", or give-away body language.
What seems easy to her becomes much more complex. |
| |
|
The Hustler |
 "Fast"
Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a
self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the
legendary "Minnesota Fats" to a high-stakes match, but he loses in a
heartbreaking marathon. Now broke and without his long-time manager,
Felson faces an uphill battle to regain his confidence and his game. It
isn't until he hits rock bottom that he agrees to join up with ruthless
and cutthroat manager Bert Gordon. Gordon agrees to take him on the road
to learn the ropes. But Felson soon realizes that making it to the top
could cost him his soul, and perhaps his girlfriend. Will he decide that
this is too steep a price to pay in time to save himself? |
| |
|
Let It Ride |
 He
drinks. He smokes. He gambles. He curses. He thinks about committing
adultery. You'll love him. An average kind of guy who has a slight problem
with gambling goes to the track, and mystically, it seems as though he
can't lose, no matter how he bets; and he has an incredible day. |
| |
|
Lock Stock & Two Smoking
Barrels |
 Four
Jack-the-lads find themselves heavily - seriously heavily - in debt to an
East End hard man and his enforcers after a crooked card game. Overhearing
their neighbors in the next flat plotting to hold up a group of
out-of-their-depth drug growers, our heroes decide to stitch up the robbers
in turn. In a way the confusion really starts when a pair of antique
double-barreled shotguns go missing in a completely different scam. |
| |
|
Lucky Town |
 If
you find your dad, what happens next? When she turns 18, unhappy Lidda
Daniels leaves Southern California to look for Charlie, her father, a
professional gambler who abandoned her years before. On her way to Vegas,
she picks up Colonel, a video store clerk whom she finds attractive even
though they've never spoken. He's is happy to go, in part because he sees
himself as a great poker player. It takes Lidda time to track down
Charlie, who's involved in his own tangles: he's freshly back in Vegas for
high-stakes poker with Tony, an old nemesis. Tony is jealous of Charlie
over a woman, plus Tony has a new habit of hiring a hit man to kill anyone
who beats him. Can anyone win? |
| |
| Maverick |
 Maverick
is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them. He needs an
additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a Winner Take All
poker game that begins in a few days. He tries to win some, tries to
collect a few debts, and recover a little loot for the reward, all with a
light hearted air. He joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvelous,
though fake, southern accent as the two both try and enter the game. |
| |
|
The Music Of Chance |
 The
film follows the plight of two hapless drifters - Jim Nashe and Jack Pozzi,
a down-on-his-luck gambler and world class manipulator. Pozzi convinces
Nashe to shoot the works and put his remaining $10,000 into a high stakes
poker game against two rich suckers -- reclusive lottery winners Willie
Stone and Bill Flower. |
| |
|
Ocean's Eleven |
 A
gangster by the name of Danny Ocean (George Clooney) rounds up a gang of
associates to stage heists of three major Las Vegas casino's (Bellagio,
The Mirage, and the MGM Grand) simultaneously during a popular boxing
event. |
| |
| Poolhall
Junkies |
 A
talented pool hustler whose stayed out of the game for years, must go back
to his old ways when his little brother gets involved with his enemy, the
very man who held him back from greatness. |
| |
|
Rain Man |
 Selfish
yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father dies and leaves a fortune -- to Raymond,
the institutionalized savant brother that Charlie didn't know he had. They
set out on a cross-country journey of discovery. |
| |
| Rounders |
 After
losing a high-stakes card game, Mike gives up gambling for law school and
a fresh start with his girlfriend. But then his best buddy gets out of
prison and in over his head with a ruthless card shark. From there,
Mike's strong sense of loyalty –- and the lure of the game -– draw him
back to the tables in a game he cannot afford to lose! . |
| |
| The Sting |
 When
a mutual friend is killed by a mob boss, two con men, one experienced and
one young try to get even by pulling off the big con on the mob boss. The
story unfolds with several twists and last minute alterations. |
| |
|
Two for the Money |
 Brandon
Lang loves football: an injury keeps him from the pros, but his
quarterback's anticipation makes him a brilliant predictor of games'
outcomes. Needing money, he leaves Vegas for Manhattan to work for Walter
Abrams advising gamblers. Walter has a doting wife, a young daughter, and
a thriving business, but he has problems: a bum heart, a belief he's a
master manipulator, and addictions barely kept in check. He remakes
Brandon, and a father-son relationship grows. Then, things go awry. Walter
may be running a con. The odds against Brandon mount. |
| |
|
Vegas Vacation |
 The
Griswolds head off for Las Vegas, as Clark got an extra bonus for
developing a food preservative. In the city of fortune, the family ties
are once again tested by forces of nature: Ellen finds herself tempted by
Wayne Newton, Clark manages to lose all the money the Griswolds own,
Rusty, not being 21 years of age yet, hits a lucky streak as Mr.
Pappagiorgio and Audrey teams up with Cousin Eddie's daughter Vickie to
dance at very interesting night clubs. Also, the Griswolds nearly cause
the breaking of Hoover Dam, Clark meets some of Siegfried and Roy's white
tigers up close and Cousin Eddie, who now owns some land right out of Las
Vegas, gladly offers his helping hand. But the feeling of love and family
will bring them all back together again, be it richer or poorer than
before - what does money matter anyway? |
| |
|
Viva Las Vegas |
 Lucky
Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first
Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the
cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty swimming pool manageress
takes his mind off things. It seems he will lose both race and girl,
problems made more difficult by rivalry from Elmo Mancini, fellow racer
and womaniser. Perhaps some singing will help. |
| |
|
White Men Can't Jump |
 Billy
Hoyle (Woody Harrelson) and Sidney Deane (Wesley Snipes) are an unlikely
pair of basketball hustlers. They team up to con their way across the
courts of Los Angeles, playing a game that's fast dangerous - and funny. |
| |
|
Poker Prize Club lets you
win free cash prizes each and every month. You can win just by doing
something that interests you, playing poker online. For each online poker room
you join through Poker Prize Club, you may enter each
current and all future sweepstakes one time. The more online poker rooms you join, the more
times you may enter each sweepstakes.
|
|
|
| |
