trouble with me is I saw betting you
heavy after you win a hundred percent
and I rode you right into the fucking
toilet sometimes the risk is worth the
reward
and sometimes it’s just dangerous
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
gambling movies for this list we’re
looking at films whose central focus is
on games of chance skill and sometimes
just blind luck which means if gambling
is only in the background they don’t
qualify congratulations
you know I think a celebration is in
order please take an in-depth sometimes
amusing and always entertaining look at
the world of gambling including the
pitfalls the winds and the scams whether
it’s high stakes poker a pool shark out
for blood or a couple of grifters in for
a score these films give us a compelling
glimpse at the world of wagering number
10
owning mahoney I don’t like people
knowing my business I don’t like it
based on a true story this film follows
an otherwise well-adjusted bank manager
who’s hiding a secret he’s hooked on
gambling $100,000
working at a bank while being in close
proximity to Atlantic City and having a
debilitating gambling addiction probably
isn’t the best combo look guys I’m
having a bad run so what I just give me
five thousand more five thousand more
especially when you end up in bezel
millions of dollars to feed set
addiction underscoring the effects of
the compulsion and not on the glitz and
glamour of casino life or corporate
crime this film is a story about betting
it all and losing keep your voice down
what would you do if you were me dan you
just tell me that you expect me to just
to sit back and watch you throw your
career down the drain not to mention our
relationship number nine the cooler I
got it go things heat up on 14
there are probably worse things than
working for a casino but having
perpetual bad luck and getting your
kneecaps worked over by the casinos boss
are up there did you order the shot call
for your power-ups to see you got a role
here William H Macy plays an unlucky
dude employed by a casino to end
people’s winning streaks just by being
there but his luck changes when he falls
in love you want to go back to your
place
with a commanding Alec Baldwin
performance as the ruthless casino boss
the cooler shows the dichotomy of life
in Vegas loving and warm on one hand
brutal and cold on the other like that
and no one in person would miss you not
one in person thirty-one number eight
croupier good evening ladies and
gentlemen
where’s the other fella who’s Jeff
where’s Jeff Jeff he’s been reassigned
sir
most gambling movies focus on the
casinos glamour and excitement but what
about the unsung heroes that work the
tables Clive Owen plays Jack a writer
turned croupier who gets caught up in
the underbelly of the gambling world –
make a man estate – always stand by your
first count the odds are you’re right
between infidelity and deceit his
aspirations as a writer and his
involvement in a robbery his life as a
croupier is way more complicated than
he’d anticipated I want to live with a
writer
knocking croupier I don’t even know what
the word means
with its faithful representation of the
casino vibe and neo-noir style
croupier paints an accurate picture of
life on both sides of the table change
ever conversed with the punters slows
things down money down speed is volume
volume is profit for the casino aim of
40 spins an hour place your bets please
number seven maverick however you
believe your chips here I’ll make sure
they transfer to the final game
congratulation Mel Gibson plays a poker
expert in the Old West who’s making his
way to a renowned tournament to prove
his mettle
along the way he encounters many
obstacles as the attempts to earn enough
money to pay the tournament entry fee
also starring Jodie Foster is a con
woman and James Garner as a u.s. marshal
the film has enough plot twists to
inspire another M night Shyamalan flick
and isn’t exactly what we’d call
realistic now what do we do you’re not
gonna turn me in but it’s fun
light-hearted and full of gambling so it
earns its spot Lord whatever I’ve done
to piss you off if you could just get me
out of this and somehow let me know what
it was I promised my rectify the
situation number six the color of money
when the protege becomes the mentor
that’s when things get interesting this
is very legend action here 35 balls
reprising his role from 1961 s The
Hustler Paul Newman plays retired pool
player Fast Eddie Felson
who takes Tom Cruise’s character Vincent
under his wing as a pool shark and
training well I got a hand I got half me
that said I got ahold of the best thing
that I ever seen a half me that says it
just ain’t worth it they set out to
sharpen their skills with Vincent
eventually out hustling the original
hustler bolstered by an Academy Award
winning tour de force performance by
Newman this Martin Scorsese film
definitely navigates dank pool halls
with ease ensuring the audience is
racking up right beside his layered
characters what you get in there here
doom
number five the gambler yeah okay
forty-nine five with the big five
packets of change yeah I told you
axel freeze an honest man when the
thrill of being a beloved college
professor isn’t enough there’s always
the excitement of gambling to fall back
on I wish they’d pay up in that school
1,500 a week a month all but when you’re
dealing with a gambling addiction that
knows no limits it can become downright
life-threatening Oh get it you let me
worry about how played by James Caan
this gambler seems to have it all but
it’s never enough
another film about the dangers of
addiction the gambler actually makes you
feel for a guy who will rip off his own
mother you’re gonna help me or not
but as we eventually learn it’s not
about the money it’s about the stakes
all my bets were safe that just wouldn’t
be any juice juice juice
well whatever that’s supposed to mean I
hope you got a lot of it saved up
because you’re sure gonna be needing
something number four 21 you in yeah
being a math whiz comes in handy
particularly when it comes to counting
cards in Vegas jack plus 12
black based on a true story but given
the Hollywood treatment the plot follows
several MIT students who are too clever
for their own good when they descend on
Las Vegas as a crack team of expert card
counters I’ve been busy this morning
things begin to fall apart as the team
fractures and casino security catches
wind of their scheme look at this
okay kid he was on the tape from last
week a study on how to beat the system
21 might just inspire you to try or not
if I ever see you in this town again I
will break your cheekbone with a small
hammer and then I will kill you
number three the sting the Great
Depression was well depressing it was
also a time when elaborate cons seemed
like a perfectly acceptable way to earn
a living she saves a little bit maybe
wouldn’t have to Griff so much I
corrected Paul Newman and Robert Redford
play a couple of drifters who set up an
elaborate ploy to scheme a crime boss
out of half a million bucks you’re
scared of right down to my sax buster
you’re talking about a guy who’d kill a
grifter over a chunk of money wouldn’t
support him for two days as the film
unfolds so do the layers of this scam
with the audience finally being let in
on the very complicated con fun to watch
and an Oscar darling
the sting is about playing to win but
that’s what you get for playing with
your head up your ass more like that we
can all go to bed early number two
rounders we can’t run from where we are
our destiny chooses us an exceptional
poker player who manages to lose to a
Russian mobster I seize fool Matt Damon
plays a man who’s lured back to the
table when his shady friend portrayed by
Edward Norton comes back into his life
the siren song of high-stakes poker is
just that strong strong enough to make a
law student drop out of school and a
relationship and leave town to go pro no
I couldn’t lose that’s the point no Mike
you can lose alright I watched you I
stood by you while you lost everything
before I seemed like gambling to you a
cult favorite beloved by poker
aficionados thanks to its energy and
pressure rounders has been credited by
some professional players for sparking
their interest before we deal in our top
pick here are a few honorable mentions
he don’t change the kid away
you know I’m gonna be playing this
casino I like this place and I’m gonna
be spending some money and hey you know
I am I hope I win some money and I just
I just need someone to keep track of
what I’m spending you know cuz I I’m an
impulsive gambler take something now
okay I’m gonna say it only once if you
want something more for me than a good
sum type have to a sleaze you even have
to do more than comfort me with this
shit understand you’re gonna have to
earn it
and once you earn it you’re gonna have
to fight me for it you’re gonna have to
challenge me you can count on my number
one the hustler a precursor to 1986 is
the color of money the hustler sees paul
newman originated his iconic role as
Fast Eddie Felson a talented small-time
California pool hustler come on Charlie
who’s gonna beat me okay okay nobody can
beat you after suffering a humiliating
loss to a big name billiard great felsen
embarks on a mission to redeem himself
and to claim the pool shark throne but
you’re 20 bucks
make the shot just the way I made it
before nobody can make that shot and you
know it not even a lucky lush along the
way he finds and loses love has his
thumbs broken and plays the most
important games of his life God says
what are you trying to do to me I love
you well what’s your idea of love chains
this oscar-winning film also rekindled
America’s love affair with pool playing
cementing its spot as a classic idle
rattle kid but just for that I’m gonna
beat your flat
that’s one do you agree with our list
what’s your favorite gambling movie for
more entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com you were good no you
weren’t just good you were very good
heavy after you win a hundred percent
and I rode you right into the fucking
toilet sometimes the risk is worth the
reward
and sometimes it’s just dangerous
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
gambling movies for this list we’re
looking at films whose central focus is
on games of chance skill and sometimes
just blind luck which means if gambling
is only in the background they don’t
qualify congratulations
you know I think a celebration is in
order please take an in-depth sometimes
amusing and always entertaining look at
the world of gambling including the
pitfalls the winds and the scams whether
it’s high stakes poker a pool shark out
for blood or a couple of grifters in for
a score these films give us a compelling
glimpse at the world of wagering number
10
owning mahoney I don’t like people
knowing my business I don’t like it
based on a true story this film follows
an otherwise well-adjusted bank manager
who’s hiding a secret he’s hooked on
gambling $100,000
working at a bank while being in close
proximity to Atlantic City and having a
debilitating gambling addiction probably
isn’t the best combo look guys I’m
having a bad run so what I just give me
five thousand more five thousand more
especially when you end up in bezel
millions of dollars to feed set
addiction underscoring the effects of
the compulsion and not on the glitz and
glamour of casino life or corporate
crime this film is a story about betting
it all and losing keep your voice down
what would you do if you were me dan you
just tell me that you expect me to just
to sit back and watch you throw your
career down the drain not to mention our
relationship number nine the cooler I
got it go things heat up on 14
there are probably worse things than
working for a casino but having
perpetual bad luck and getting your
kneecaps worked over by the casinos boss
are up there did you order the shot call
for your power-ups to see you got a role
here William H Macy plays an unlucky
dude employed by a casino to end
people’s winning streaks just by being
there but his luck changes when he falls
in love you want to go back to your
place
with a commanding Alec Baldwin
performance as the ruthless casino boss
the cooler shows the dichotomy of life
in Vegas loving and warm on one hand
brutal and cold on the other like that
and no one in person would miss you not
one in person thirty-one number eight
croupier good evening ladies and
gentlemen
where’s the other fella who’s Jeff
where’s Jeff Jeff he’s been reassigned
sir
most gambling movies focus on the
casinos glamour and excitement but what
about the unsung heroes that work the
tables Clive Owen plays Jack a writer
turned croupier who gets caught up in
the underbelly of the gambling world –
make a man estate – always stand by your
first count the odds are you’re right
between infidelity and deceit his
aspirations as a writer and his
involvement in a robbery his life as a
croupier is way more complicated than
he’d anticipated I want to live with a
writer
knocking croupier I don’t even know what
the word means
with its faithful representation of the
casino vibe and neo-noir style
croupier paints an accurate picture of
life on both sides of the table change
ever conversed with the punters slows
things down money down speed is volume
volume is profit for the casino aim of
40 spins an hour place your bets please
number seven maverick however you
believe your chips here I’ll make sure
they transfer to the final game
congratulation Mel Gibson plays a poker
expert in the Old West who’s making his
way to a renowned tournament to prove
his mettle
along the way he encounters many
obstacles as the attempts to earn enough
money to pay the tournament entry fee
also starring Jodie Foster is a con
woman and James Garner as a u.s. marshal
the film has enough plot twists to
inspire another M night Shyamalan flick
and isn’t exactly what we’d call
realistic now what do we do you’re not
gonna turn me in but it’s fun
light-hearted and full of gambling so it
earns its spot Lord whatever I’ve done
to piss you off if you could just get me
out of this and somehow let me know what
it was I promised my rectify the
situation number six the color of money
when the protege becomes the mentor
that’s when things get interesting this
is very legend action here 35 balls
reprising his role from 1961 s The
Hustler Paul Newman plays retired pool
player Fast Eddie Felson
who takes Tom Cruise’s character Vincent
under his wing as a pool shark and
training well I got a hand I got half me
that said I got ahold of the best thing
that I ever seen a half me that says it
just ain’t worth it they set out to
sharpen their skills with Vincent
eventually out hustling the original
hustler bolstered by an Academy Award
winning tour de force performance by
Newman this Martin Scorsese film
definitely navigates dank pool halls
with ease ensuring the audience is
racking up right beside his layered
characters what you get in there here
doom
number five the gambler yeah okay
forty-nine five with the big five
packets of change yeah I told you
axel freeze an honest man when the
thrill of being a beloved college
professor isn’t enough there’s always
the excitement of gambling to fall back
on I wish they’d pay up in that school
1,500 a week a month all but when you’re
dealing with a gambling addiction that
knows no limits it can become downright
life-threatening Oh get it you let me
worry about how played by James Caan
this gambler seems to have it all but
it’s never enough
another film about the dangers of
addiction the gambler actually makes you
feel for a guy who will rip off his own
mother you’re gonna help me or not
but as we eventually learn it’s not
about the money it’s about the stakes
all my bets were safe that just wouldn’t
be any juice juice juice
well whatever that’s supposed to mean I
hope you got a lot of it saved up
because you’re sure gonna be needing
something number four 21 you in yeah
being a math whiz comes in handy
particularly when it comes to counting
cards in Vegas jack plus 12
black based on a true story but given
the Hollywood treatment the plot follows
several MIT students who are too clever
for their own good when they descend on
Las Vegas as a crack team of expert card
counters I’ve been busy this morning
things begin to fall apart as the team
fractures and casino security catches
wind of their scheme look at this
okay kid he was on the tape from last
week a study on how to beat the system
21 might just inspire you to try or not
if I ever see you in this town again I
will break your cheekbone with a small
hammer and then I will kill you
number three the sting the Great
Depression was well depressing it was
also a time when elaborate cons seemed
like a perfectly acceptable way to earn
a living she saves a little bit maybe
wouldn’t have to Griff so much I
corrected Paul Newman and Robert Redford
play a couple of drifters who set up an
elaborate ploy to scheme a crime boss
out of half a million bucks you’re
scared of right down to my sax buster
you’re talking about a guy who’d kill a
grifter over a chunk of money wouldn’t
support him for two days as the film
unfolds so do the layers of this scam
with the audience finally being let in
on the very complicated con fun to watch
and an Oscar darling
the sting is about playing to win but
that’s what you get for playing with
your head up your ass more like that we
can all go to bed early number two
rounders we can’t run from where we are
our destiny chooses us an exceptional
poker player who manages to lose to a
Russian mobster I seize fool Matt Damon
plays a man who’s lured back to the
table when his shady friend portrayed by
Edward Norton comes back into his life
the siren song of high-stakes poker is
just that strong strong enough to make a
law student drop out of school and a
relationship and leave town to go pro no
I couldn’t lose that’s the point no Mike
you can lose alright I watched you I
stood by you while you lost everything
before I seemed like gambling to you a
cult favorite beloved by poker
aficionados thanks to its energy and
pressure rounders has been credited by
some professional players for sparking
their interest before we deal in our top
pick here are a few honorable mentions
he don’t change the kid away
you know I’m gonna be playing this
casino I like this place and I’m gonna
be spending some money and hey you know
I am I hope I win some money and I just
I just need someone to keep track of
what I’m spending you know cuz I I’m an
impulsive gambler take something now
okay I’m gonna say it only once if you
want something more for me than a good
sum type have to a sleaze you even have
to do more than comfort me with this
shit understand you’re gonna have to
earn it
and once you earn it you’re gonna have
to fight me for it you’re gonna have to
challenge me you can count on my number
one the hustler a precursor to 1986 is
the color of money the hustler sees paul
newman originated his iconic role as
Fast Eddie Felson a talented small-time
California pool hustler come on Charlie
who’s gonna beat me okay okay nobody can
beat you after suffering a humiliating
loss to a big name billiard great felsen
embarks on a mission to redeem himself
and to claim the pool shark throne but
you’re 20 bucks
make the shot just the way I made it
before nobody can make that shot and you
know it not even a lucky lush along the
way he finds and loses love has his
thumbs broken and plays the most
important games of his life God says
what are you trying to do to me I love
you well what’s your idea of love chains
this oscar-winning film also rekindled
America’s love affair with pool playing
cementing its spot as a classic idle
rattle kid but just for that I’m gonna
beat your flat
that’s one do you agree with our list
what’s your favorite gambling movie for
more entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com you were good no you
weren’t just good you were very good
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