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If you love poker, you may want to check out these 18 great poker-influenced movies!

Aces and Eights (1936)
A gentleman gambler exposes a cheater—and then is framed for his killing. But will he be able to clear his name and win his ranch back?

Asso (1981)
Asso is the best poker player in town, but was recently killed. When he gets to heaven, he plays poker against a clerk who loses and lets him come back to earth as a ghost searching for a good man for his widowed wife. Yes, really.

Big Hand for a Little Lady (1966)
A Western about a man who loses it all at a poker challenge and then has a heart attack…and his widowed wife who now must learn poker to win it all back.

California Split (1974)
A gambler gets deep into debt and then pawns everything to play the poker game of a lifetime.

The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
A new kid’s in town and he has to face the best poker player in the US. He has help along the way, but when it all comes down, its up to him.

The Cooler (2004)
A man who inspires bad luck must hang around winning players to “cool them off.” But then he falls in love and suddenly inspires good luck.

Dr. Mabuse—The Gambler (1922)
Dr. Mabuse uses his mind-control tricks to win at the poker table!

Havana (1990)
Robert Redford is a gambler who trusts no one…but then meets the woman of his dreams.

House of Games (1987)
A psychologist tries to help a patient who says he’ll be killed if he doesn’t pay off a poker debt. She works hard to learn the game before he loses it all.

Kaleidoscope (1966)
A cheating poker player is forced to play in a high stakes game to prove he really is the “luckiest poker player ever.”

Loaded Pistols (1948)
Playing poker and the lights go out. Suddenly, someone is shot! In this whodunit, Gene Autry must play more poker to find the answer.

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
London regulars pool together to help their friend play poker against a gangster. Their loss throws them into the wild world of the crime underground…and it’s all they can do to get back out.

Lucky (2003)
The dark comedic rise and fall of a gambling addict.

Luckytown (2000)
A young woman (Kirsten Dunst) convinces a clerk to give up his job and head to Vegas to become a poker king. But she actually has an ulterior motive…finding her father.

Maverick (1994)
Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster star in this Western romp where they must come up with cash for a big poker tournament…no matter what it takes.

Queen High (1930)
When two business women can’t get along, they play poker to see who gets to be in charge…and who gets to be a servant to the other for a year!

Rounders (1998)
Matt Damon comes to the rescue, helping a buddy of his pay off a big gambling debt. He dives into the professional poker world, for better or worse.

Sunset Trail (1939)
Hopalong Cassidy! Need we say more? Hopalong tracks down a bad guy by pretending to be a amateur poker player.

Shade (2003)

Shade is set in the world of poker hustlers working the clubs and martini bars of Los Angeles. The tale unfolds as a group of hustlers encounter "The Dean" and pull off a successful sting that results in their pursuit by a vengeful gangster.

Rounders is definately my favorite one!

Plus, two of my favorite actors take the lead roles in the movie - Matt Damon and Edward Norton.

Short Movie Review:

Set against the backdrop of New York's high-stakes underground poker world, Roundersis the tale of Mike McDermott, a master card player who trades the poker-playing rounds for law school and a shot at a new life with his girlfriend Jo. For Mike, the new life he's staking out seems like a legitimate road to success, but it's short on the thrills and excitement of back room poker games. But when Mike's longtime friend Worm is released from prison, Mike is faced with the high-stakes dilemma of his life: to keep on the straight and narrow, or deal himself back into the world of the Rounders.

Rounders also stars John Malkovich as the seedy Russian card shark Teddy KGB, who runs the biggest and most dangerous game in town; John Turturroas Joey Knish, Mike's old-time poker mentor, and Martin Landau as Professor Petrovsky, Mike's law school dean. As the stakes rise, each one of these men also deals a hand in Mike's ultimate fate.

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Poker is one of the most popular subjects for a movie and casinos are a favoured setting for a Hollywood blockbuster. There are many poker movies that can be attributed to viewers finding the inspiration to start playing the game.

One of the most inspirational poker movies that came out and started a major trend in people taking up the game was the 1998 film Rounders, starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton. Damon plays a law school student who swears off poker and turns his life around, only to get sucked back in when his so called friend Worm played by Norton creeps back into his life. Damon ends up deeply in debt to a Russian crime boss, played brilliantly by John Malkovich. This film is referred to by many as the catalyst for the huge boom in poker players in recent years.

The Cincinnati Kid is an all time classic poker movie that appeals to both film lovers and poker players alike. Steve McQueen is the ultimate hero, tough as old boots and as cool as a cucumber and of course he makes a mean poker player. McQueen plays Eric Stoner the main character in Norman Jewison's 1965 classic, who comes to New Orleans in the 1930s to prove himself at the poker table and with the ladies. He pits his wits against the reigning poker king of the town in a high-stake game while juggling the advances of two beauties.

Our third poker movie won't teach you anything about the game but is great fun to watch. Maverick, starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster and James Garner is set in the olden day wild west and Mel Gibson's character Maverick, travels with the original maverick (James Garner) to the biggest tournament of the day, a winner takes all event. Along the way they meet a feisty female gambler (Jodie Foster) and get into all sorts of scrapes.

Poker movies are a great way to get into the spirit of poker playing. They often show another side of the game that most players don't experience and they are a great way to give gamers the confidence to try their luck in a more ambitious poker environment.

Rounders is the most popular poker movie and it's my favorite also , great performance from Matt Damon and Edward Norton .

badriver4me wrote:Rounders is the most popular poker movie and it's my favorite also , great performance from Matt Damon and Edward Norton .

Yup. It's definitely the most famous poker movie and the best! Some of the young poker elite claims that this movie brought them to the poker world.

Rounders (1998)
Matt Damon comes to the rescue, helping his buddy to pay off a big gambling debt. He dives into the professional poker world, for better or for worse.

I saw this movie on TV It was interesting how people make money in real life {in movie}

My favorite movies 'bout poker are Rounders and Lucky you

I saw Lucky You, All In, Shade, and Rounders. The best for me is Rounders, but All in is good too.

Plot summary for All-in:
"As a young girl, Alicia "Ace" Anderson (Swain) had been taught the fine art and the mathematical probabilities of Texas Hold-em poker by the father she adored. But that world came to an end when her father was taken from her in a fatal auto accident. Years later, as she enters medical school, she will need to call upon the skills her father taught her as she struggles with the rigorous medical training, mounting financial pressures and the seamier side of medicine. Her friends and fellow students combine their unique talents and skills to produce a team who may well be the ultimate poker machine. But as the stakes in both the casinos and the operating room continue to rise, Ace comes to understand what her father taught her: in order to really live, you need to go all in. "

Ramuncik wrote:My favorite movies 'bout poker are Rounders and Lucky you

Same here but lucky you is half about poker and half a romantic movie, but anyway lot's of famous poker players in the movie

I didn't like the boring romantic story in lucky you .
And huck needs a bankroll management lesson also

Deal is a 2007 drama film starring film actor Burt Reynolds, with Bret Harrison, and Shannon Elizabeth. The film, currently in post-production, tells the story of a former poker player (Reynolds) who tutors a younger player (Harrison). The film's climax is a fictional World Poker Tour championship.

World Poker Tour commentators Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten and Courtney Friel play themselves. A number of other professional poker players and poker-playing celebrities, including Phil Laak, Antonio Esfandiari, Greg Raymer, Chris Moneymaker and Isabelle Mercier are in the cast.


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watched The Cincinnati Kid month ago.. old but nice movie B)

i think Rounders is the best. Have just downloaded The Cincinaty Kid, i think i will watch it in the evening

Maverick (1994)
Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster star in this Western romp where they must come up with cash for a big poker tournament…no matter what it takes.
I saw this movie on tv good movie :wub: