Movies about losses, wins, and casino adventures are always watched in a single burst. The casino is dreams of a fabulous win, calculations, excitement, as well as adrenaline, for new doses of which players again come to green tables and slot machines. Movies, where stakes and chance rule, are filmed in different genres — from detective comedy to action drama.
This selection presents the best films about gambling, after watching which the audience will at least get dominoes from their shelves. And as a maximum — try their luck in Zodiac Casino Canada.
● The Gambler
Jim Bennett is a risky guy. During the day, he is a brilliant writer and an excellent teacher, at night — he is an avid gamer. He is deeply entangled in a world where the law is an empty phrase. And one day, he puts everything on the line, including his own life. Those to whom he owes money are dangerous, and only someone who is even more dangerous can help him. Is a person who has lost himself worthy of a second chance? And if so, how much will it cost him?
● 21
The card game is a combination of unique mathematical calculations, superb acting talents, and composure. A card player is a special kind of person. Young people decided to implement the scam of the century and ruin the country’s largest casinos by winning an astronomical amount. They decided to take Vegas! There are five of them. The game took them over completely. Their game struck with its virtuosity. They changed the course of the game itself.
● Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Four young guys saved up £25,000 each so that one of them could play cards with an experienced sharpie and hardened criminal known as Harry the Axe. The guy ended up losing 500 thousand, he was given a week to pay off the debt. Otherwise, both he and his “sponsors” will have their fingers cut off one-by-one every day, and then… To get out of the situation, the guys decided to rob the bandits, who decided to rob three nerds who grow marijuana for the local drug lord. But the foursome’s adventures don’t end there!
● Maverick
The story of the great gambler, poker player and, of course, the charming swindler — Bret Maverick. About how he selflessly “earns” money to participate in the poker championship. But not only is he going to take part in the “great fraud” — but the charming thief Annabel is also striving to do the same. Many adventures will fall to their lot until they manage to collect 25 thousand dollars, and this is the amount needed to participate in the game…
● Croupier
Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who, suffering from writer’s block, takes a job as a casino croupier to support his literary ambitions. Jack watches the players with the same cold detachment that he has when writing his novel. He never makes bets himself, but when a seductive beauty and a casino regular draw him into a dangerous but potentially lucrative scam, Jack believes fortune is on his side. He does not suspect that soon, the temptations of the game will captivate him much more than he could imagine.