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2) Manslaughter
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A society woman falls victim to a Burmese ivory trader (Sessue Hayakawa) who intends to brand her for his own. A visually powerful today as when it was made.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this **Oscar**-nominated romantic thriller, Atlantic City has been revitalized with the legalization of gambling. But the new industry also brings unsettling changes for its citizens. One of these citizens is Lou (Burt Lancaster), a longtime mob flunkey and bodyguard/boyfriend to aging beauty queen Grace (Kate Reid). Lou's romantic interests begin to waver when he meets Sally (Susan Sarandon), a young casino croupier, after she unwillingly gets...
4) Let it ride
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A Miami cabdriver suddenly finds that he wins every bet, no matter how far against the odds it may be.
5) Even money
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The lives of nine individuals fate begin to increasingly entwine in a web of addiction and gambling, culminating at one critical moment where their lives will be lost or reclaimed. Struggling writer Kate loses her family's savings at a casino; a washed-up Vegas performer tries to help Kate regain her money; Clyde owes so much money to his dangerous bookie that he asks his NBA-destined nephew to throw a game.
6) Rounders
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young man who is a reformed gambler returns to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
8) The house
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Scott and Kate Johansen's daughter gets into her top-pick college, it's a dream come true, until her full-ride scholarship falls through. Desperate for cash, they risk it all to open a Vegas-style casino in their friend Frank's house, accidentally becoming dangerous suburban crime lords in the process.
Series
Pub. Date
℗♭2009.
Language
English
Description
A stuffy British butler, Marmaduke Ruggles, is traded in a poker game from an English Duke to a wealthy and rowdy American, Egbert Floud. Ruggles' new home is Red Gap, Washington, where he is introduced by Egbert as "Colonel" Ruggles. The town ladies are quite taken by the sophisticated servant in disguise as he enamors them with fictitious stories of battles gone by. Ruggles proves his newfound patriotism in one of the best scenes of the film, his...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery, he and his wife Marge go on an exciting multi-million dollar winning spree to revive their small Michigan town. But when a selfish college student cheats the system, Jerry must find a way to make the game fair for all.
11) The con is on
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In an effort to avoid paying off a massive gambling debt to a notorious mobster in England, a couple flees to Los Angeles and hatch a jewel theft plot.
12) The house
Language
English
Formats
Description
After Scott and Kate Johansen lose their daughter's college fund, they become desperate to earn it back so she can pursue her dream of attending a university. With the help of their neighbor Frank, they decide to start an illegal casino in his house.
13) Roads to riches
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Jack is a luckless gambler who becomes a TV quiz show guest in the hope of making a big score. Moira is a stripper who decides to take Jack under her wing. Both are dealt a new hand when a young and lucky out-of-towner with some cash shows he has some potential. When there are two hustlers and only one golden boy, chances are, someone's going to get hurt.
14) Mr. Lucky
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Spirited comedy of a professional gambler trying to raise a new bankroll by fleecing a wealthy young woman.
15) The Dead Pool
Language
English
Description
"Dirty" Harry Callahan investigates a betting pool where the participants try to guess which celebrities will be killed next. Harry finds out that his name is on the list.
17) 13
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A young man follows instructions left for a dead drug user and finds himself in a dangerous world where a gambling syndicate places bets on games of Russian roulette.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The Kid thinks he's the best 5-card stud player in town, but The Man has never been beaten. It is therefore inevitable that they go head-on, and what a game it will be: a non-stop, stud poker duel-to-the-death to decide who will be the reigning king of the New Orleans gambling world.
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