Topic: What is your favorite gambling movie? (Read 938 times)

Every person has any favorite movie. And I also have several favorite gambling movies. That's really awesome.
1. The Gambler
2. God of Gamblers
3. Ocean's Eleven
4. Two for the Money
The stories of these movies are never forgotten. In my opinion, if there are any films in the gambling world then they will take that place.

Thank You

I don't really watch gambling movies buy recently, I have watched 'The Gambler'. Since it's the only gambling-related movie I've watched so far, I don't know if I'd already consider that as my favorite gambling movie.

But anyways, it is an interesting movie. It's about an English professor, named Jim Bennett, who happens to be a high-stakes gambler. Based from what I saw, he does not try to win whem he gambles. It seems like his primary goal is to lose because he always doubles up on every single hand which is a sure way of losing everything in just a snap of a finger. Bennett bets it all and then offers his life as collateral. He tried to borrow money from his wealthy mother. Unfortunately, she refused which drove Bennett to borrow from a loan-shark just to pay-off his debt of more than a quarter of a million dollars to the owner of an illegal gambling den.

At the end of the movie, Bennett said that, "I am not a gambler." Maybe because of the fact that true gamblers would like to win and have an aptitude of playing cards. But he is the opposite. He was seeking the loss.

Saint john of Las Vegas is such an interesting movie. I enjoyed every bit of it maybe because of the good players it featured. I like the sneaky sincerity of the writer towards compulsive gamblers attitude towards recovery. Too many skilled players in one movie with admirably offbeat gags that will always manage to generate any laugh.

That’s the first gambling movie I have watched and its quite interesting but I have been introduced to others and I am currently watching the Gambler. It’s another good gambling movie anyone would like to watch, I like movies that are educative. Anyone who has watched that movie will be careful not to become addicted to gambling.

I would be sounding stupid if is say that I have never watched any gambling movie but sincerely I haven’t. There are a lot of movie that interest me. I am a professional gambler and I have been gambling for many years but I just don’t see it interesting.

My friends have always told me to try and watch Casinole Royale. Maybe that is the oldest gambling movie because I started hearing about it since over 6years and even till date, I still hear about it. Maybe I would make that the first gambling movie I would watch.  I don’t even know what lesson this movie teaches that everyone is so particular about watching. I prefer action movies all day.

I just watched a flick called 'Saint John of Las Vegas'
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1276105/
Very funny and never even knew Steve Buscemi made this comedy gold.

I like God of Gamblers too, but I am very impressed with the Chow Yun Fa acting. He was acting like a God of Gamblers, and he can trick his opposite. Stephen Chow was a good actor too, and I like him too especially if he was pretending to be the God of Gamblers, but in the end, he is one of the student of God of Gamblers, Chow Yun Fa. That was an old gambling movie, but I like to watch over and over.

The best scene I like from God of Gamblers movie was when Chow Yun Fa shows his card to every people, and he can be able to win the game. Btw, Andy Lau has been a God of Gamblers too, and I like him as well.

I've watch the God of Gamblers before and it was an awesome movie. There is part 2 of that wherein he have an apprentice. I'm guessing if really there is someone able to have those items to cheat in a real casino.

ive watch a little scene's of god of gamblers before and i have a feeling that the movie was nice . and now that i see that there was also a parody movie of god of gamblers ,  i think im gonna check that out on weekend . im not really a fan of gambling genre movie but im a fan of comedy movie's especially if the movie was came from  stephen chow . thanks btw for the suggestion  .

I would like to download that film . actually I like gambling movie with comedy genre, such as All of the winner by Stephen chow.
where it's a parody movie about god of gambler, it will eliminate the stress you experience in gambling dude

The best for me was 21 and one of my favorite gambling movies. It relates to my part of life, it reminds me of high school when me and my buddies cheat on card games involving real money. Although there are no women aboard our group because we strongly believe it will only sufferings to us. And another was Casino Royale. I love JB movies and this ones just makes it even better because of poker.

I also like and have watched the gambling movie "21" because you can really relate the real life situation on that movie like if a person started to experience great wealth he forgot he's true self that he becomes greedy and selfish because of money, that is why before you started to gamble you should learn first to be responsible to yourself for you not to face any consequences. I also like the movie Casino Royale one of the movies of James Bond and i think it is more on action not a gambling movie, but there are few gambling scenes on that movie. Anyways, I am also playing in a bitcoin casino which offers great bonuses and hundreds casino games that you can play that will give you outstanding experience as a gambler..

My favorite gambling movie is 21 that is starring by Jim Sturgess as Ben Campbell, a mathematics major that was accepted into Harvard Medical School but cannot afford the $300,000 tuition, so for he can afford the his tuition fee he joined a group with teenagers that are good in mathematics too.

I love to watch movie,my favourite gambling movie name "jannat".Gamblers have a different mindset them some and they need help most of the time. The worse thing for a person just starting out is to see people win because they believe they are going to do the same thing and even more. That is almost never how it turns out; it usually starts with betting small, but gamblers always raise their bets over time even if they are winning or losing

I have watched a lot of interesting  gambling movies like The sting, Casino Royale, the cooler, Rounder’s, but my favorite of them all is The Gambler. That’s the movie that has really shown the destructive aspect of gambling when done without control. James Caan played the role of a university professor who was addicted to casino gambling, I watched how caans character plunge into self-destruction and his mental  started became dangerous in the movie. He started borrowing money, all because he was enjoying the game.

The movie  has been able to show the extent addicted gamblers can go to keep themselves in the game even though it is not safe. I think the aim is to advice against gambling addiction.

Casino Royale is my favorite as well. Because I am more in to action and thriller movies and hardly ever watch movies with gambling as the central theme. I watched Casino Royale because it was an action movie, but enjoyed the scenes in which gambling was in the background.

You have to try at least once, it can also help to relieve some stress in you. I suggest to watch 21, fot me this is the best gambling movie where you will realize the greed of other people in gambling. I miss the old days right now and i’m gonna watch more gamblig movies soon.

I think casino is the most famous of all gambling movies, there’s rarely anyone who like gambling movie that won’t watch this movie. I remember Rober De Niro and Joe Pesci star in the movie. It’s an old movie, and I liked it when I watched it back then, although it’s not my favorite.

My favorite of all time gambling movie is The Gambler. That’s one movie that has broken down the harm gambling addiction can cause to an individual. I literally told myself I will never suffer addiction after watching this movie. And it has helped me discipline myself while gambling.

21 is my favorite gambling movie. It influenced me on how to play cards and count what cards are already thrown out. I don't play poker or black jack, There is a local game here in the Philippines called Tong-its and it is a great advantage if you are good in counting cards because you can strategize what card you want to keep holding so the other player will not win.

I concur and here is a brilliantly funny scene that comes to mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VosZzVlqxTg

I have not really seen gambling movies
I'm not a movie person.
I have been following the faireum.io gambling platform.
Check it out.

The Great Swi(ndler) 1983
If you like strange languages, atmosphere of moral anxiety and movies from behind the iron curtain, you should definitely check this one out. Movie about the master in the art of poker fraud and his new apprentice, plotting on how to get rich ASAP.

I always like to watching movie.Naturally i wants to see adventure,action & gambling movie.my favorite gambling movie  Casino which Released in 1995, the movie narrates an epic story around the mobs and Las Vegas connection. The protagonist plays the role of a bookie that is shown to be forced by his bosses to conquer a famous casino in Vegas. 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Febbre_da_cavallo
This is an italian movie from 70'.
I think this is one of the best image of horse racing in italy and people that could be around the races.
Actually this it's a quite dead sport in my country. A lot of rigged runs, doping, even mafia, have definitely take down this sport.
Only few events remains, but the crowd that you can see on the movie, it's just a memory of the past.

I like to watch this type of movies but I don't see lots of stuffs will not be came through a movie in the base raft gameplay but there are some scenes good in some best movies so I like to watch the pic at that time.

Piracy isn't allowed in here but there are some sites you can download with the use of torrent.

I see many 21 posts in here. I searched for that and I think it has a good storyline. I've been wandering in here to see some great movies. Can you please suggest any but is timely? Uhm 2015 above? I like it more cinematic.

I am using the Mobdro application to watch my favorite online movies on my phone.

Its god of gambling I think, chow yun fat and stephen chow does have a lot of films about gambling and a lot of comedy in it,
especially when stephen chow wants to change the card number in poker and the scene is very funny you know

For me, the great gambling movie:

21

Ocean's Eleven

Especially "21", it's about MIT student learn the possibility of winning blackjack card.
 

Yeah, Casino Royale of 2006 is my favorite movie, in gambling wise, it is best one. But i have no interest on any gambling type movies but however Casino Royal is top one and popular movie, especially, the moment of table poker playing that was amazed. I feel fresh whenever i watch it and it is full of thrill and moment of gambling playing, that was a superb. 

I don't watch a lot of movies but I think that my favorite (from those that I have seen) is the Casino Royale.
It was a good movie with incredible gambling scenes for me and I think that most of the people have seen this movie and they liked it.

Without a doubt, the greatest gambling movie ever made...

Let it Ride

Trotter is my hero.

Lots of gambling movies in Hollywood & Bollywood also. I have an addictoin to see gambling movie from my childhood.i saw many gambling movie,these are  casino(1995)  Director: Martin Scorsese.Ocean's Eleven(2001).Bollywood movie  Jannat (2008) ‘Jannat’ is about a man who is just addicted to be in the world of crime and then struggles to find a better world.jannat is my favourite  gambling   movie.

I have to say Rounders as well. Great movie and great cast. I saw 21 a few months ago although the movie has been out for at least 10 years. I also liked 21 but I have to go with Edward Norton here.

I really like to watch the 2008 movie called 21  Another good but old movie are Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Rain Man have a good Casino gambling scene also.

Any gambling movie doesn't fall on my mind, only gambling parts in such movies as Black Panter and Modern Family series comes on my mind. Probably it's because of they are one of latest things that I've watched.

Movies do really reflects real life scenarios which a person would able to see these things might either encourage, inspired and get some ideas or even learning a lesson.
In able to get or win something in life do really need some risk to put on.

Btw,
My favorite gambling movie is Ocean's Eleven

In addition, it gives and gathers more ideas. When it comes to gambling, I know that stock company is will be able to consider as gambling as well and I will never ever forget the movie "Wall of Wall Street".
This is a very fantastic movie ever and you can actually see it from the reviews. People love it and a lot of people will be able to relate to the movie life is gambling, you have to try to bet and try to win. You have your money but the thing is, you will not try to bet, you won't know that you will win.

I am not watching a lots of gambling movies based on gambling but I think the Casino Royale will be most favourite for me in this category why while I'm watching it it could give you more entertainment also good idea.

my favourite movies are

The Hangover (2009)
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
and truly 21 (2008)

Fist two movies are just depends on Gambling


regards

franchise of God of gambler i think this is one of my favourite gambling movies among the other and it was classic movies but i do liked with Chow Yun Fat acting because he was very suitable when playing as main character and the secondly maybe Casino Royale that when James Bond won all of the money on the pot through poker game i think this is the best part of that movie

In fact I have a strong desire to follow the gambling films I think are controversial

My favorite gambling movie is "Maverick" with Mell Gibson.It's a western,so it's not quite gambling related,but the main characters are poker players participating in a poker tournament somewhere in the wild west.
It's a comedy,but you could learn a little bit about how to play poker.

I forgot the title, but the one playing is stephen chouw and cu yung fa. funny and interesting gambling films, full of tricks and intrigue. and the big gamble that happened there. it makes the storyline very interesting.

Watched the trailer with a hope to watch it but did found out too old and may be those typical Chinese funny kind of movies. 


I like Mark Wahlberg movies. Off to watch it. 🙂

Mine is titled as "God of Gamblers". It's because the protagonist on that movie is very smart in playing his cards. His ability although is impossible in reality, I was still wondering how rich will I be if I'm capable to do what he's doing.

I remember liking the movie of Mark Wahlberg, The Gambler. A feel good movie at the end. You can see a typical gambling addict who would risk his entire life just because of his vice. I just hope there's no turning back of his old self after resolving his debt issues. Most people have hard time of doing so.

I know! The movie itself is great and has its good plot that I really love. I often imagine myself like the math genius in the movie. Could I also pull off a very complicated stunt like what the character did? It also opened my eyes what the gambling world in Las Vegas really looks like. It made me wonder if it already happened in reality that a loophole in the game really exists. If it does, then many have already tried it and meet the fate the other characters experienced in the movie.

That kind of trick however, would not possible in online gambling I think. That's because those games will surely proof from any strategy I know of. But who knows, May be, there exists a Ben Campbell among online players that is a millionaire by this time since the popularity of online gambling peaked.

Oh God, I love Jim Sturgess!!!! His character is a college genius and it is so perfect fit for him.

Down right, 21 is the best.

Lol, God of Gamblers was a epic movie back then. I used to watch them when I was young and dream that I have the same powers to change cards, hehehe. 21 is also a good movie, specially the card counting scene. I'm sure a lot has been influence by that movie and try to break black jack games all over casino's around the world.

21 is one of my favourites too, the movie was so intense and lots of mindblowing things, I don't know if any of you guys have heard God of Gamblers movie series, because these are 90's movies series from Hongkong, starring best of the best Hongkong actors at that time, not as intense as western gambling movie though, because it's mainly a comedy but I really enjoyed watching them, these series got 6 movies, check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_Gamblers

I think I haven’t seen a lot of gambling movies that are probably related to it but my favorite one is 21. That inspired me to be more risky and to know how to count cards but it’s pretty hard. I haven’t even tried to do it in an actual casino because I don’t have the proper training or something.

Mostly all the most fun and entertaining movies that has the gambling genre has something illegal in it. Lol.

Edward Norton & Matt Damon Cheated At A Poker Game Hosted By The Weinsteins Thanks To ‘Rounders.

That's what I found best to describe one of the best gambling movies.

Rounder is the title of this movie, a little advise if you have not seen it yet. do not miss it.

somepeople for sure answer casino royal ( ofcourse ) its james bond ! haha he is good actor . but for me also
im like God Gambler . its about someone its always having good hand and good feeling of what he do . you should check them out .
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Obviously can'y deny it casino royal movie is very fun and excitement, but i like the movie about the young man playing poker in Las Vegas i forget the little its fun and exciting movies the story between money and life.

somepeople for sure answer casino royal ( ofcourse ) its james bond ! haha he is good actor . but for me also
im like God Gambler . its about someone its always having good hand and good feeling of what he do . you should check them out .

We are the same favorite movie the Casino Royale, I like those strategy and technique using by them.

I don't how many version the movie entitled "The Gambler" I like that movie too there's a lot of actions episodes not only focus on gambling.
There's a lot of movies related to gambling, but mostly I'd like if those having a special trick to defeat the opponents.

As far as I can remember, they are playing Texas Hold’em here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpvW1T7hXjo

However, there's no trick here, obviously he has the best hand so he went all in and won.

I think I was able to watch the Casino Royale Movie.
I'm just curious, if you don't mind me asking, what kind of gambling trick did you learn from that movie?

I just have 1 favorite movie which is Casino Royale.
I'm ever watch god of gambler but it's comedy so I'm prefer action movie.

Believe it or not after I watch the movie, I learn their gambling trick and make the practice on crypto gambling , it was fun for experience it !

Does Ocean's 11 fall in this category? Anyway, I love that movie especially the part where they disguised as a SWAT team and deceived the casino owner (what a witty move). Adide from that, I also enjoyed God of Gamblers. It was an old movie but a classic one which not only focuses on gambling but also action scenes.

Even its not a gambling movie, 21 is still the best. It portrays how you can hack card games using only numbers, logic and probability. I love how the game works and how it ended. But it still made me think if that strategy really works or not. But to think that it really does work, my memory cannot cope up with the tactic. Sadlife. Haha.

Ocean's 11 is not a gambling movie, its more of an action flick. It does take place in a casino but there is almost no gambling in it.

Casino Royale is not a gambling movie either, its just the name of the film. It does however have one gambling scene but like Ocean's 11 its more of an action flick.

In my opinion the best gambling films are 21 and Rounders, you can watch them multiple times and never get bored.

21 and Ocean’s eleven is a great gambling movie and you can really see their how gambling works. We also have movies locally here in my place about gambling but I don’t remember the title of that one. This great movies showing that in gambling the owners will always win and those who cheat on casinos will always be caught. I wish to watch new gambling movies in the future that will tackle more about the risk, to discourage young people from gambling.

Rounders and 21 are the best movie that I like the most, though the story is quite a bit different they do have similarities in some of the plot of the story. It tells you that playing in gambling can make you lose all of your money if you get addicted to it. Even if you cheat, gambling owners know already their weaknesses. So do not ever try to cheat on them, you will be caught.

Casino Royale,which is the most favourite movie for me which looks very detailed about the casinos.And there are some movie casino in my local languages which give pretty information about cheating involves in casinos between the players.

Quite an old thread which the last reply was on January of this year. It isnt bad to make some new thread regarding on this matter.

My Favorite Movies:

Casino Royal
Ocean's Eleven

This topic is already been discussed here in the forum last year.
Why not continue your discussion from here about this topic? https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/best-gambling-movie-1794375

Anyway, my one of favorite gambling movie which is best for me is "Now You SEE me 1 and 2" and Ocean Eleven.

Ok, it depends on which side you are looking at things, on the side of "the house" I think Molly's game is interesting and realistic. On the side of the players, you are right, it is not the most appropriate suggestion. 100% correct about Ocean's 11, not even sure why this movie was suggested in the first place (and it is very very average if you ask me ).

Molly's game is not really a "gambling" movie to be honest, the main premise is the woman not the game. Gambling movies have that sort of trouble to begin with, they do not provide you gambling as the main plot of the movie, they just make it a part of the movie.

If you watch it closely you will see that its about her and not the poker game she runs, it goes on to Russian mafia and all that very quickly and not really focus on the game after a while. All "gambling" movies are based on a story and not the gambling aspect directly.

All ocean movies are about stealing, 21 is not about blackjack but a young persons life troubles, Gambler is about a carefree dude getting out of debt, runner runner is about Justin Timberlake getting out of a shady casino world and many more examples. I haven't seen a proper "gambling" movie that focuses on gambling more than any other plot.

Molly's game as well for me. As much as I like the movie Casino with Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone and co. it's not really a movie about gambling. Molly's game is pretty realistic, you can get very rich in this field if you manage to become an agent.

Another movie which is pretty realistic is Runner Runner, takes place in Costa Rica, mafia involved, not a great movie per se but interesting with a lot of truth inside.

Some good ones are Rounders, Rain Man, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Casino and more recently Mississipi Grind.

I don't know if you call it a gambling movie but one of the best that I watched is Bugsy by Warren Beatty and Annette Bening. It was released in 1991. Movie is about Bugsy Siegel and how the Flamingo Casino resort started. It also shows gangsters like Lucky Luciano and Mayer Lansky. Movie portrays how casinos in Las Vegas started.

I can not remember many. I watch a lot of movies and most of the times I really don't remember the names.

- Ocean's Eleven
- 21
- Casino Royal
- Molly's Game

I have one more in mind which I found very entertaining.

- Now You See Me
- Now You See Me 2

These two are not like traditional gambling type but more of based on Magic. 

My favorite one is 'Molly's Game'. It's a high-rated and Oscar-nominated movie from last year about poker games. I have a friend who's really into poker, and he also enjoyed watching it. The movie is not focused on poker, though, but rather on trying to earn money on organizing poker games, but it's still nice and has lessons for gamblers as well. For instance, it shows that even the best player can lose if he/she doesn't 'crack' the strategy of the opponent. I am sure that decades from now this movie will be classic when the topic of gambling is discussed.

The movie that I always think about when someone asks about gambling flicks is of Casino Royale, just because it was so good, but I also can recommend 21 if you haven't seen it. I liked Kevin Spacey ever since I saw him in The Usual Suspects. His role in 21 is definitely not a disappointment and the whole movie is action packed so you won't be bored. I've always been fascinated by card counting which made this movie even more enjoyable.

OP , my favorite movie would be God of Gambler ,(1989) where   Ko Chun (Chow Yun-fat) is a world-famous gambler, so renowned and talented at winning various games of chance that he is referred to as the "God of Gamblers". He keeps his identity secret from the public (and avoids taking photos so his face is not recognized), but is known for three characteristics: his slick-backed hairstyle, his love of Feodora brand chocolate and his jade pinky ring.

During the climax of the movie , with his ability to see the markings on the cards, Chan Kam-Sing (bad guy) dominates the first two rounds. After losing all of Tanaka's (A friend) money, Ko Chun puts up his entire personal portfolio of wealth and holdings against Chan's wealth. Chan, using his glasses to see that Ko Chun has an inferior hand, agrees, showing his cards and gloating over his victory. Ko Chun, in turn, reveals that he actually has the superior hand and has won the game, having secretly altered the markings of the deck and using special contact lenses to read them.

He literally turn the match into his advantage from very beginning. Anyway the movie is so well accepted that it 8 more movies under God of gamblers or From Macau to Vegas  were created in the following years using the same/ partial/different cast . This chatting is making me want to going to compete  at Vegascasino.io since its offering a Range Rover Evoque as main prize or that new Macbook air for new Christmas event

I haven't watched many movies which are only about gambling, so I can't name whis is best. I watched movies like Casino Royale, The Gambler, Lay the favourite or Maverick, but I can't say that any of these movies would stuck in my mind, maybe because I'm not gambler. Now I opened list of gambling related movies, maybe it's worth to try watch something.

Well there is this two movies I've watched but it don't really revolve around gambling since it is just a part of the movie. That movie is the Hang Over, the first one of the three series. There is this part where Alan is gambling for completing the money they needed using the book that he read. It is amazing but for me, if that happened to me, that is a dream come true since that is not really true.

I watched one movie before, it's quite an old movie related to gambling and that was a Chinese film. I barely remember the title of that movie but it seems the protagonist is facing the leader of a big gambling syndicate.

The main cast's character has a very charming and very lucky in gambling. I forgot that title but its one of the movies that I like because it has some comedy in it.

I haven't seen many of them but I have seen Casino Royale and I think everybody else have also watched it. It is a beautiful movie but I will take reason from this post to go and check gambling movies list in the Internet. I also remember that Chinese movies regarding gambling are some of the best but a bit difficult to find them easily on the Internet. For the moment my favourite is Casino Royale but only for the moment.

There is one gambling movie I really love and I will never forget, 21.

I remember this movie all over again when it comes to gambling movies. When I saw it once on the Television, I immediately downloaded it and watch again and again and all over again. It is just great since I can relate with Ben Campbell working on his finances as a student, it is really hard to work on that, I can assure you that. It is like a student dream to be able to earn that huge amount of money in just a several nights. Some movies that I love that is not entirely about gambling but have some gambling moments are The Hangover and Focus by none other than, Will Smith.

I hope more will share so I can use this thread as a reference on the movies that I'm going to watch.
Admit it, it's fun to watch a gambling related movies because we are a real gambler, in a movie we learn something and it also inspires us.
One movie I remember I have watch was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gambler_(2014_film), it's a great movie, Mark here is a real gambler who YOLO in the end if I remembered it right.

I love Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels gambling scene. Well, it isn't a gambling movie but kinda revolves around it especially when they apply their luck and get into a fantasy mess. I agree with the Deniro being a great actor part! 

What is your favorite film that revolves around gambling?  A few notable movies come to mind that I enjoy: Casino, Rounders, and 21 are probably my three favorite with Casino being my top pick.  Mainly because Deniro is such a great actor and it shows how corrupt Vegas casinos really used to be.