Top Three Gambling Movies
Here are our picks for the top three gambling movies for today.Welcome to my page of the latest Feature Movie Reviews. This page will be constantly updated with three new movie descriptions for those of you who don't really know where to start when looking for a gambling movie. Here, you'll find three great gambling movies, picked from the extensive list of gambling movies on this site. Hopefully this short list will at least give you at starting point if you want to watch a gambling movie. On the other hand, you might just be looking for a new gambling movie to watch, and this page might just give you the title of one you've never watched before. Or you saw it long ago, and have forgotten about it until now, that is. So have a look at this list of gambling movies, and if you have a gambling movie in mind that you think should be featured on this page. I'll definitely take your suggestion into account when I'm renewing the information on this page. Enjoy!
| Paradiso B - 2002 | |
 | Leo and Pedro are two friends living in the city of Independencia, surviving by gambling and through other sordid activities. Things change drastically and rapidly when Pedro's sister and Leo's former lover Gloria (Leonor Varela from BLADE II and TV's ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT) returns to town, and when Pedro makes the mistake of crossing crime kingpin El Jefe. Gloria and Leo rekindle their old love and must decide whether to help Pedro or start a brand new life together. PARAISO B features beautiful color cinematography and was shot on location in Chile. It was nominated for the Grand Prize at the Vina del Mar Film Festival, the only international event of its kind in the Chile. |
| The Cincinnati Kid - 1965 | |
 | Not only is it one of the best gambling movies of all-time, it's also one of those rare movies that's better than the book it's based on. Epitome of cool McQueen is the titular Kid, a cocky poker player in Depression Era New Orleans who holds markers from everyone in town. But the Kid is only interested in "The Man," a.k.a. aging five-card-stud legend Lancey Howard (Edward G. Robinson), who the Kid challenges to a high-stakes game. One of director Norman Jewison's best early flicks (based on Richard Jessup's more tame novel) and one of McQueen's finest performances, the movie's pivotal game is refreshingly free of the do-or-die cliché of most movies about poker. Kid's best friend, card dealer Shooter (Karl Malden), is pressured by a local fat cat into fixing the game for Kid. Kid finds out and insists his pal be a straight Shooter, because his sole goal is proving that he can beat Lancey and take the title of five-card-stud stud. The jackpot scene: The flick's thrilling final poker scene, a back-and-forth match that leaves you both heartbroken and oddly satisfied. |
| Tricheurs - 1983 | |
 | Two compulsive gamblers who meet on the Portuguese island of Madeira fall in love with each other as they plan a big con in roulette. Jacques Dutronc plays the professional gambler and planner of said scheme, longtime Schroeder standard Bulle Ogier is his accomplice and lucky charm. |