Genre: The Game is Pool
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1. The Hustler (1961)
Not Rated | 134 min | Drama, Sport
An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.
Director: Robert Rossen | Stars: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott
Votes: 86,806 | Gross: $8.28M
2.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Cowtown Hustler
(1974)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A broke young man seeks his fortune with an old drifter, a formerly legendary champion billiards player.
Director: Gunnar Hellström | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 134
3. The Color of Money (1986)
R | 119 min | Drama, Sport
Fast Eddie Felson teaches a cocky but immensely talented protégé the ropes of pool hustling, which in turn inspires him to make an unlikely comeback.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver
Votes: 93,288 | Gross: $52.29M
4.
Get Smart (1965–1970)
Episode:
The Dead Spy Scrawls
(1966)
TV-G | 25 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
KAOS is using a pool hall as its communications center.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Jack Lambert, Leonard Nimoy
Votes: 241
5.
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode:
Hustling the Hustler
(1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Rob doesn't know what he's in for when he invites Buddy's charming, pool hustling brother Blackie over for dinner and a friendly game of billiards.
Director: John Rich | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews
Votes: 285
6.
Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode:
A House Is Not a Pool Room
(1973)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Lamont suffers buyer's remorse after the pool table he gave Fred for his birthday brings the boys over for billiards every day while Fred's work and girlfriend Donna go neglected.
Director: Jack Shea | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Lynn Hamilton, Whitman Mayo
Votes: 141
7.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
Break!
(1972)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Phelps poses as a pool shark to break up a gambling ring led by Krebbs and Allen, and recover microfilm left behind by a dead agent.
Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Peter Graves, Greg Morris, Lynda Day George, Peter Lupus
Votes: 160
8.
All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode:
Archie Is Cursed
(1973)
TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy, Drama
When Archie boasts that men are superior to women in every way in sports, Irene sets out to prove him wrong ... by challenging him to a game of pool at Kelsey's Bar.
Directors: Bob LaHendro, John Rich | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers
Votes: 203
9.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
A Game of Pool
(1961)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A frustrated pool champion has beaten everyone. Everyone except one man - the legendary Fats Brown. Brown is dead and the champ can only curse his name. But guess who just walked in.
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Jack Klugman, Jonathan Winters, Dee Sharon, Margie Liszt
Votes: 3,040
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