Poker Movies

One of my friends showed me a poker movie a few weeks ago, Rounders. I really liked it, not just because of the poker topic but because I also really like Matt Damon and Edward Norton. The latter always makes great movies.

I was just wondering, are there any other poker or card-game related movies out there you would suggest?

nope rounders is the best..if ya want a good laugh there is a short out there called the micro's.... its hillarious

The movie "21" is good it is about black jack, and "lucky you" with Robert Duvall is another good one, check them out!!

If you can handle old movies:

- Cincinatti Kid is great. Looks at 5 card stud a long time ago.

- California Split looks at the degenerate nature of gambling and has a cameo from Amarillo Slim

I watched a film a few years ago called The Cooler
which was about a guy who was paid by a casino to play at
a table where someone was winning cos he brought them
back luck

I cant even remember if it was a good film or no but it did
involve poker, although not as the central theme


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William H Macy played the Cooler. It was a cool flick. :-)

I really liked Lucky You - it's Eric Bana and Robert Duvall basically retelling the Chris Moneymaker story but from the perspective of the Vegas pros that were around at the time. It seems to get a lot of love/hate responses though, a some people like it but a lot of others hate it (possibly because of Drew Barrymore's sappy performance in it).

Deal with Burt Reynolds, The Grand with Woody Harrelson , Shade with Sylvester Stallone.

Here are some more...

Movies

All-In

The Big Blind--a Real Poker Movie

Big Hand for a Little Lady

Casino Royale 007

Cool Hand Luke

Havana

High Roller—the Stu Ungar Story

House of Games

Kenny Rogers Legend of the Gambler (3 full length movies)

McCabe and Mrs. Miller

The "Ocean’s" movies

Documentaries

No Limit—a Search for the American Dream on the Poker Tournament Trail

From Busto to Robusto

You guys have picked some awesome movies.

Rounders, and Cinn kid Are absolutely fantastic poker movies.

Cool Hand Luke isn't really about poker, but its just such a good movie that it should be on any great movie list.

Rounders is a classic, spectacular movie and truly does show a great viewpoint of the life of "grinders" in the poker world.

I know marginal would recommend the cincinnati kid but i still like rounders best

Thanks for all the recommendations guys! I'm on a winter break right now so I'll definitely check them out. The same friend has actually also recommended cincinnati kid to me, so will watch that first.

anyone know where you can watch rounders online? cant find it anywhere, would love to watch it, been searchin for a good poker movie for a long time...

try thepiratebay and torrent it down...

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=ITZOAYI8
good feed

watch poolhall junkies it is exactly the same as this movie just pool and really funny

21 isn't a poker movie but it still deals with vegas and is a great movie imo

No I would recommend California Split then Cinci Kid then Rounders and then Rounders 2

Rounders is really the best...but Lucky You is also good

A man with good taste...assuming you're a dude.

Also, great job including McCabe and Mrs Miller Lark. Nice to know someone knows where my username came from.

No mention of Maverick? I liked that movie.

Rounders is quite obviously the quintessential mention here.. I am in a live poker league where you're specifically not allowed to make more than 3 Rounders quotes on a table.. ;-)

Some other great gambling movies though.. which I think deserve mention..
Casino, which is a more hands on look at the early vegas operations then the godfather, but still with Deniro..

The Sting.. an oldie but a goodie...

And on the blackjack super obsessive gambler side of the fence.. get "Owning Mahoney".. it's about a banker who stole money and took trips to atlantic city and vegas... based on a true story and has Phillip Seymour Hoffman in it..

I think Rounders is the best.

Try this one: High Roller - The Stu Ungar Story

Dunninger, you took the words right out of my mouth as I was going to add "Casino" and "The Sting" as well.

+1 If you don't mind a movie about poker in general. Doesn't really concentrate on one game.

Rounders is available in 10 minutes segments via YouTube.

Great Flick.

There was also some ESPN produced mini-series called Tilt. It stared Michael Madson and Eddie Cibrian. It was okay, IIRC, but I watch mostly because I knew Eddie.

++1 How could I forget Maverick?! The one with Mel Gibson of course, and then there's a New Maverick pilot floating around starring James Garner.

Also, the movie Doc, about Doc Holliday.

Drew Barrymore didn't bother me, what bothered me was the Bana character's total lack of bankroll management, his stealing and blowing his girlfriend's money, and his throwing the WSOP final table. Plus the idea that Barrymore would get back together with an idiot like that.

Here is a really good Documentary about Mike Picow, who made the Final Table of the 1989 WSOP Main Event and finished in 8th place for $30,200 (note: Phil Hellmuth won that year as youngest player to ever win at the time, while stopping Johnny Chans' bid to win his 3rd title in a row).

The 1989 WSOP was the pinnacle of Mike Picow’s poker-playing career. He made two other final tables in addition to finishing eighth in the Main Event, cashing for over $65,000. Like so many unfortunate souls, though, Picow succumbed to Las Vegas’ dark side. In 2008, his daughter Natalie made a documentary called Strike Dice!: Betting on My Father. In the film she travels to Las Vegas and finds her father bedraggled, bearded, and living on the streets, his life ravaged by a gambling addiction. Picow’s last recorded tournament cash was a 12th-place finish in an ace-to-five lowball event at the 1995 WSOP.

Strike Dice! Betting on my Father

...so you didn't like the parts that were real then?

Poker (especially live poker) is full of brokes and degenerates like Bana's character with no bankroll management who beg, borrow and sometimes even steal the money they play with. It's supposed to bother you.

Throwing the final table was maybe the director taking a bit of artistic license but the rest of it is standard in the real world.

That's fine, I can handle reality. Just don't try to turn reality into a romantic comedy. I didn't get the impression that the character had really changed or learned anything, so all his relationships are probably doomed to failure. Rounders at least showed this more realistically I think.

I didn't know there were any other Maverick movies.. the one with Mel Gibson is the only one that I know.

My Favorite movies are Rounders with Matt Damon, Edwart Norten and John Malkovitch and All In.

Can anyone post a CC review on Casino Jack? Does the movie contain a lot of poker playing? I didn't bother to read any reviews because I know whether to watch it based on what others tell me on this thread