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poster
85
8.3
/22062/
82
/474/
80
/353/
4.2
/21920/
87
/23/
96
/404/

To Live (1994)
Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.
poster
80
7.1
/9271/
71
/211/
66
/133/
3.9
/32026/
87
/31/
83
/123/
85
/15/

California Split (1974)
Carefree single guy Charlie Waters rooms with two lovely prostitutes, Barbara Miller and Susan Peters, and lives to gamble. Along with his glum betting buddy, Bill Denny, Charlie sets out on a gambling streak in search of the ever-elusive big payday. While Charlie and Bill have some lucky moments, they also have to contend with serious setbacks that threaten to derail their hedonistic betting binge.
poster
MGM Plus
79
7.2
/25481/
71
/523/
68
/331/
3.7
/23535/
93
/30/
79
/464/
78
/13/

House of Games (1987)
A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
poster
78
7.7
/148409/
75
/2841/
74
/1784/
4.0
/137582/
93
/71/
90
/3192/
66
/18/

Miller's Crossing (1990)
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
poster
77
7.0
/23960/
70
/474/
68
/296/
3.6
/19635/
92
/49/
77
/487/
82
/15/

Diner (1982)
Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their responsibilities, leaving the Diner behind.
poster
MGM Plus
76
7.1
/59703/
70
/1412/
68
/932/
3.6
/125306/
82
/89/
83
/858/
78
/14/

Hard Eight (1997)
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
7.0
/51816/
68
/1213/
70
/925/
3.8
/68727/
77
/52/
74
/1056/
70
/19/

Bad Lieutenant (1992)
While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.
poster
Hulu
74
6.8
/39975/
70
/2510/
68
/784/
3.4
/34144/
90
/99/
89
/18/
69
/23/
cc age 15+

The Dry (2021)
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
72
7.2
/16088/
72
/345/
70
/279/
3.9
/45725/
79
/28/
83
/300/
65
/13/

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn't able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.
poster
Kanopy
71
7.3
/167307/
74
/3858/
70
/1849/
3.6
/108531/
64
/80/
87
/4553/
53
/32/
cc age 16+

Rounders (1998)
Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Russian-American gangster Teddy KGB. Promising his partner Jo he'll give up, he meets up with best friend Lester 'Worm' Murphy, just out of prison and owing lots of money to the wrong kind of people. McDermott becomes his co-guarantor and now there's only one way to raise the money, the pair have to get back into the game.
poster
Hulu
70
6.7
/11725/
68
/951/
66
/123/
3.3
/18512/
81
/36/
76
/63/
66
/7/
cc age 16+

What You Wish For (2024)
A talented chef with gambling woes flees to a Latin American villa to visit an old friend who appears to be living an extraordinary life as a private chef. Envy soon turns to greed and then to something deeply unsettling for the chef when he assumes his friend's life and discovers the motives of his mysterious clients.
poster
70
6.4
/27444/
63
/1439/
60
/553/
3.3
/31732/
91
/120/
55
/230/
77
/27/
cc age 16+

Mississippi Grind (2015)
Gerry is a talented but down-on-his-luck gambler whose fortunes begin to change when he meets Curtis, a younger, highly charismatic poker player. The two strike up an immediate friendship and Gerry quickly persuades his new friend to accompany him on a road trip to a legendary high stakes poker game in New Orleans. As they make their way down the Mississippi River, Gerry and Curtis manage to find themselves in just about every bar, racetrack, casino, and pool hall they can find, experiencing both incredible highs and dispiriting lows, but ultimately forging a deep and genuine bond that will stay with them long after their adventure is over.
poster
MGM Plus
69
6.9
/90266/
69
/1971/
69
/1755/
3.4
/54949/
62
/170/
67
/4449/
62
/34/
cc age 16+

The Duchess (2008)
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
poster
Kanopy
67
7.7
/337053/
77
/9246/
74
/4321/
3.6
/96921/
52
/153/
87
/18766/
53
/36/
cc age 15+

Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma.
poster
Netflix
65
7.1
/202464/
70
/7839/
73
/3592/
3.9
/987016/
57
/364/
52
/589/
61
/63/
cc age 17+

Babylon (2022)
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.
poster
Hoopla
65
6.2
/5267/
61
/297/
58
/81/
3.2
/8349/
91
/43/
64
/32/
70
/8/
cc age 16+

What Josiah Saw (2021)
A family with buried secrets reunite at a farmhouse after two decades to pay for their past sins.
poster
Kanopy
64
6.5
/52432/
67
/3384/
65
/1332/
3.1
/23824/
76
/17/
63
/247/
50
/5/

Time Lapse (2014)
Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures 24 hours into the future and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.
poster
71
62
6.8
/4858/
67
/73/
66
/59/
3.3
/3172/
89
/18/
71
/77/

Alice Adams (1935)
In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but mother and daughter Alice try every possible social-climbing stratagem despite snubs and embarrassment. When Alice finally meets her dream man Arthur, mother nags father into a risky business venture and plans to impress Alice's beau with an "upscale" family dinner. Will the excruciating results drive Arthur away?
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
62
6.9
/2836/
66
/55/
60
/59/
3.6
/5026/
100
/7/
81
/64/

Cockfighter (1974)
A man who trains fighting cocks vows to remain silent until one of his birds wins a championship.
poster
60
5.9
/20273/
61
/358/
56
/310/
3.0
/12325/
65
/37/
36
/360/
63
/25/
cc age 13+

Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
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.
poster
59
6.7
/57194/
67
/962/
66
/780/
3.2
/19540/
59
/54/
63
/789/
54
/20/

U Turn (1997)
When a desperate man’s car breaks down in a bizarre desert town while evading vengeful bookies, he becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle. Caught between a married couple, he’s faced with deadly contracts to kill them both.
poster
72
55
7.0
/7214/
66
/118/
64
/90/
3.3
/5359/
93
/14/
75
/8/

Kiss Me Kate (1953)
A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play, and they must work together when mistaken identities get them mixed up with the mafia.
poster
MGM Plus
63
52
6.5
/3039/
55
/48/
60
/70/
3.0
/4432/
90
/10/
48
/40/

The Cheat (1915)
A venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs and desperately turns to a Burmese ivory trader to replace the stolen money.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
52
6.4
/32782/
67
/996/
62
/290/
3.3
/37084/
21
/58/
66
/1171/
24
/15/

Dirty Work (1998)
Unemployed and recently dumped, Mitch and his buddy Sam start a revenge-for-hire business to raise the $50,000 that Sam's father needs to get a heart transplant.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
51
6.7
/35463/
64
/617/
63
/384/
2.9
/3496/
11
/38/
61
/2000/
37
/9/

The Air I Breathe (2007)
A gambler’s bet spiraling into chaos, a gangster's prophetic visions, a pop star’s dark entanglement, a doctor’s desperate race against time to rescue his beloved... Four interconnected stories reveal life unfolding through four emotional pillars — joy, passion, grief, and love.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
56
46
6.3
/4662/
63
/86/
53
/73/
3.1
/1303/
50
/6/
50
/56/

Phoenix (1998)
Gambling fever -- along with a brutal bookie -- leads three crooked cops into a double-dealing scheme that lands them in hot water way over their heads.
poster
45
5.7
/88625/
64
/2965/
57
/1545/
2.7
/55181/
11
/146/
48
/11948/
29
/29/
cc age 14+

Fool's Gold (2008)
Treasure hunter Ben "Finn" Finnegan has sunk his marriage to Tess and his trusty boat in his obsessive quest to find the legendary Queen's Dowry. When he finds a vital clue that may finally pinpoint the treasure's whereabouts, he drags Tess and her boss, billionaire Nigel Honeycutt, along on the hunt. But Finn is not the only one interested in the gold; his former mentor-turned-enemy Moe Fitch, hired by rapper-turned-gangster Bigg Bunny, will stop at nothing to beat him to it.
poster
67
44
6.7
/1452/
61
/25/
61
/34/
3.4
/1516/
80
/5/
66
/22/

Wuthering Heights (1954)
In 19th-century Mexico, landowner's daughter Catalina and brooding, mysterious Alejandro have a passionate but ill-fated romance, as the latter returns years later, now wealthy and cruel, to torment all who wronged him. This ultimately leads to ruin for both families until a new generation finds a path to hope and peace.
poster
43
5.6
/67011/
62
/2817/
56
/1290/
2.4
/14133/
8
/118/
33
/1016/
36
/31/
cc age 17+

Runner Runner (2013)
When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore entrepreneur.
poster
42
5.5
/14345/
61
/269/
52
/210/
2.6
/4707/
11
/140/
41
/761/
32
/35/
cc age 14+

Alex & Emma (2003)
Writer Alex Sheldon must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn't, he won't get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In order to expedite things, Alex hires typist Emma Dinsmore and begins dictating his novel. The book is about a doomed love affair between a character similar to Alex and a character named Polina Delacroix. But, as Alex falls for Emma, his work takes a different turn.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
51
39
5.6
/11750/
50
/133/
55
/24/
2.2
/5378/
cc age 16+

Sarkaru Vaari Paata (2022)
After being conned by the woman he loves, a finance agent arrives in India from the USA to retrieve his money from her father, a powerful MP and industrialist.
poster
Kanopy
39
5.3
/20563/
60
/496/
51
/271/
2.2
/6227/
13
/75/
42
/406/
15
/19/
cc age 18+

Tomcats (2001)
College buddies chip in and promise that the group's last unmarried man will collect a cash pot. Seven years later, the kitty is worth $500,000 -- money Michael needs to pay a gambling debt. Problem is, the only other single guy is a hopeless womanizer!
poster
66
34
7.0
/1609/
61
/29/
69
/36/
3.4
/224/
63
/43/

The Last Casino (2004)
A University teacher finds three bright students and decides to teach them how to count cards to make lots of money. As they learn how to play the casinos, things get tricky when the debt owing teacher informs them that their front man wants restitution for loses in about a weeks time. The three students decide to hit all the major casinos in Ontario and Quebec until discovered.
poster
68
28
7.1
/719/
69
/26/
64
/12/
3.4
/3554/

The Dishwasher (2023)
Montreal, Winter 2002. Stéphane, 19 years old, fan of Metal, student in graphic design, dreams of becoming an illustrator. But for months he has been caught in a threatening spiral: he is addicted to games. Indebted, without an apartment, avoiding his friends to whom he owes money, Stéphane takes a job as a dishwasher in a restaurant in a major Italian restaurant in Montreal in order to get by. There, he will meet Bébert, a cook who burns the candle at both ends, and Greg, a waiter with disreputable actions. Will Stéphane make it through this new job or will he fall into a downward spiral of bad choices?
poster
Amazon Prime Video
56
28
5.6
/740/
50
/11/
66
/21/
83
/6/
26
/5/

Hi-Life (1998)
Jimmy needs $900 to clear a gambling debt but a series of lies leads to Ray trying to raise the cash from friends who owe him money.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
63
28
5.9
/793/
66
/25/
61
/10/
3.2
/299/
79
/19/
50
/6/
64
/9/

West of Sunshine (2018)
A father has less than a day to pay back a debt to a violent loan shark, while looking after his young son.
poster
YouTube TV
70
24
6.6
/788/
80
/4/
70
/11/
3.4
/308/
67
/91/

Café Metropole (1937)
An American posing as a Russian prince woos a visiting Ohio heiress.
poster
65
24
6.6
/1285/
69
/40/
68
/22/
3.3
/424/
57
/16/

The Noose Hangs High (1948)
Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two of his men to get the money back but they found out about it. So they try to mail to Craig but a mix up has the money sent somewhere else and the woman who got it spent it. Now Craig needs the money to pay off one of his clients.
poster
56
21
6.1
/371/
67
/24/
60
/32/
3.3
/221/
57
/7/
25
/1/

One Night Only (2016)
A gambler, fresh out of prison, and a beautiful hooker find themselves caught in an underground scheme that's spinning wildly out of control.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
41
20
3.6
/2001/
52
/129/
41
/64/
2.6
/394/
25
/11/

Gutshot Straight (2014)
A professional poker player falls deep into underworld when he takes an unexpected wager from a mysterious high roller.
poster
54
14
5.6
/976/
63
/21/
51
/15/
3.1
/254/
41
/14/

Dance with Me, Henry (1956)
Bud and Lou are the owners of the amusement park Kiddieland. Bud, a compulsive gambler, gets in trouble with the mob, and Lou finds himself struggling to keep his adopted children. When Bud is forced to make a shady deal, Lou tries to arrange a deal with the DA, but winds up framed for murder.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
40
12
4.7
/998/
59
/18/
43
/17/
3.1
/392/
20
/5/
9
/3/

The Winner (1996)
A long lucky streak makes a nice guy the target of opportunists like his brother, his girlfriend, and some guys from New Jersey.
poster
41
11
5.4
/714/
42
/11/
55
/18/
17
/5/

One Way Out (2002)
Harry Woltz is a homicide cop with a gambling problem; a problem that leaves him owing a great deal of money to the Russell brothers. To clear the debt they ask him to train John Farrow to murder his wife, Evans, without leaving the usual clues or making the usual mistakes. However when Harry's ex-partner is put on the case, she begins to get closer than Harry had thought before the case takes some unexpected twists.
poster
?
7.1
/30/
40
/2/

So You're Taking in a Roomer (1954)
Joe and Alice decide to rent a room in their house to their neighbor Marvin, who says he is a potato broker.
poster
?
40
/1/

I'm Leaving (2023)
Eleonora is trapped in her marriage with Achilleas. Her brother, Vagelis, unwillingly offers her a possible way out.
poster
?
35
/2/

Victoria (2023)
Samir has to pay his brother's debt by playing poker with the man he owes money to.
poster
59
?
4.5
/182/
65
/22/
68
/6/

Spring Break Nightmare (2023)
A woman travels to an island paradise when her daughter, Kayla, goes missing during a spring break trip with friends. As she tries to deal with the kidnappers' demands, she soon learns that Kayla may have been betrayed by those closest to her.
poster
?
5.2
/81/
50
/3/
45
/2/

The Butler's Dilemma (1943)
Rodney Playfair is persuaded, by a promise to meet his gambling debts, to impersonate a manservant named Chapman at his fiancée's house...


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