madjackers list of Best Gambling Movies

[tig3rs]

i had never seen Let It Ride til this summer when someone quoted it in the baseball forum about something. just thought i'd put an open request out for titles to check out (not just a top 10 list, that's easy and will be redundant).

especially looking for lesser-known flicks like Let It Ride. hilarious, btw!

thanks! :0corn

 

[tball]

the gambler with james caan

 

[hedgehog]

I liked 21

 

[RollTide72]

i had never seen Let It Ride til this summer when someone quoted it in the baseball forum about something. just thought i'd put an open request out for titles to check out (not just a top 10 list, that's easy and will be redundant).

especially looking for lesser-known flicks like Let It Ride. hilarious, btw!

thanks! :0corn

Jennifer Tilly in that red dress. :00hour :00hour :00hour

 

[Old School]

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[Cie]

I enjoyed Let it Ride.

Not a hard-core gambling flick by any means, but good little comedy imo.....

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

I don't know how "unknown" these movies are, but I liked Owning Mahowny and Even Money for the simple fact that they don't glamourize gambling like so many movies do. If anything, they make you want to login to your sportsbook account and cash out all your money immediately.

 

[Cie]

i had never seen Let It Ride til this summer when someone quoted it in the baseball forum about something. just thought i'd put an open request out for titles to check out (not just a top 10 list, that's easy and will be redundant).

especially looking for lesser-known flicks like Let It Ride. hilarious, btw!

thanks! :0corn

I responded to this post based on the title, but just noticed you dig Let it Ride. Excellent flick, imo....

 

[tig3rs]

I don't know how "unknown" these movies are, but I liked Owning Mahowny and Even Money for the simple fact that they don't glamourize gambling like so many movies do. If anything, they make you want to login to your sportsbook account and cash out all your money immediately.

yeah. owning mahony's excellent. truth is always better than fiction, huh?

just added Even Money to the netflix queue. thanks, Glenn!

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

yeah. owning mahony's excellent. truth is always better than fiction, huh?

just added Even Money to the netflix queue. thanks, Glenn!

No problem. It's been a while since I've seen that movie, but I remember liking it a lot. It's one of those movies where they tie 4 or 5 storylines together, so if you like those types of movies you'll probably like it. And Devito is excellent in it.

 

[Turfgrass]

Rounders was awesome, I think it helped elevate Texas Holdem' to a more well known status.

 

[no pepper]

California Split

1974, Elliot Gould and George Segal. This movie has it all: boozing, prostitutes, Reno, winning streak, sports betting. It helped mold me into a 12-year-old risk taker back in the day.

Bad Lieutenant

Keitel is a crooked cop doing drugs and betting on the Mets and losing and chasing.

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

California Split

1974, Elliot Gould and George Segal. This movie has it all: boozing, prostitutes, Reno, winning streak, sports betting. It helped mold me into a 12-year-old risk taker back in the day.

Bad Lieutenant

Keitel is a crooked cop doing drugs and betting on the Mets and losing and chasing.

Funny you mention Bad Lieutenant, as it's one of those movies I can't believe I still haven't seen. It's even been on one of the movie channels 3 or 4 times in the last month or two, but I always miss the beginning so I don't want to pick it up halfway through.

I knew about the drug angle, but I had no idea he was betting on sports, too. At some point I have to watch that movie before I die. :142smilie

 

[redsfann]

I don't know how "unknown" these movies are, but I liked Owning Mahowny and Even Money for the simple fact that they don't glamourize gambling like so many movies do. If anything, they make you want to login to your sportsbook account and cash out all your money immediately.

Haven't seen Even Money; will try and watch over the weekend. Owning Mahowny stars Phillip Seymour Hoffman who just might be the best American actor working today.

I just googled him and it says he was in Hard Eight--says it was a small role--I'd say so, I don't remember him in it--its a gambling movie worth a look, IMO.

He is billed as "craps player" in Hard Eight :mj07:

 

[tig3rs]

Hard Eight! added to the queue. thanks, fellas.

not a big fan of Bad Lieutenant, thought the arc was a bit flat. could always see the end.

 

[MadJack]

Bad Lieutenant

Keitel is a crooked cop doing drugs and betting on the Mets and losing and chasing.

Thanks, downloading as I type. I never heard of it and it's right down my alley :0074

 

[MadJack]

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Love this flick :0074

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

Haven't seen Even Money; will try and watch over the weekend. Owning Mahowny stars Phillip Seymour Hoffman who just might be the best American actor working today.

I just googled him and it says he was in Hard Eight--says it was a small role--I'd say so, I don't remember him in it--its a gambling movie worth a look, IMO.

Yeah, I agree about Hoffman. He's always been one of my favorite actors. If he wasn't such a strange looking dude and if his head wasn't the size of a watermelon I'm sure he would be acknowledged as being one of the top actors by everyone, not just critics.

 

[redsfann]

Thanks, downloading as I type. I never heard of it and it's right down my alley :0074

Be afraid, be very, very afraid. :142smilie

 

[redsfann]

Hard Eight! added to the queue. thanks, fellas.

not a big fan of Bad Lieutenant, thought the arc was a bit flat. could always see the end.

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