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51. Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Passed | 109 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of 'The Taming of the Shrew'; off-stage, the production is troublesome with ex-lovers' quarrels and two gangsters looking for some money owed to them.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 6,834 | Gross: $4.38M
52. Owning Mahowny (2003)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A bank manager with: (a) a gambling problem and (b) access to a multimillion dollar account gets into a messy situation. Based on the story of the largest one-man bank fraud in Canadian history.
Director: Richard Kwietniowski | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, John Hurt, Maury Chaykin
Votes: 14,381 | Gross: $1.01M
53. Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Jack loses $65,000 in poker in Las Vegas, where he's marrying Betsy. The wedding will have to wait as the poker winner wants the weekend with Betsy to cancel the debt. She accepts. Whom will she marry?
Director: Andrew Bergman | Stars: James Caan, Nicolas Cage, Sarah Jessica Parker, Pat Morita
Votes: 19,179 | Gross: $35.21M
54. The Gambler (1974)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama
Axel Freed is a literature professor. He has the gambling vice. When he has lost all of his money, he borrows from his girlfriend, then his mother, and finally some bad guys that chase him. Despite all of this, he cannot stop gambling.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Morris Carnovsky
Votes: 6,584 | Gross: $1.31M
55. Mo' Better Blues (1990)
R | 130 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Jazz trumpeter Bleek Gilliam makes questionable decisions in his professional and romantic lives.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes, Giancarlo Esposito
Votes: 13,689 | Gross: $16.15M
56. Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story (2022 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 85 min | Drama, Mystery
A dramatization of the romance and marriage of the McGuires, the 2004 murder of Bill, the investigation, and the subsequent trial of Melanie, who who dismembered and disposed of her husband's body in suitcases.
Director: Nicole L. Thompson | Stars: Candice King, Michael Roark, Tristan Laurence, Jackson Hurst
Votes: 666
57. Stretch (2014)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Crime
A hard-luck limo driver struggles to go straight and pay off a debt to his bookie. He takes on a job with a crazed passenger, whose sought-after ledger implicates some seriously dangerous criminals.
Director: Joe Carnahan | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Ed Helms, James Badge Dale, Brooklyn Decker
Votes: 31,977
58. It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Mike and Danny hitch a ride to the World's Fair in Seattle after the sheriff seizes their crop duster biplane to cover Danny's gambling debts. Mike looks after the driver's 7 y.o. niece at the fair, where he meets a cute nurse.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Elvis Presley, Joan O'Brien, Gary Lockwood, Vicky Tiu
Votes: 3,142
59. Out to Sea (1997)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Romance
A failed gambler, intent on meeting a rich widow, tricks his widowed brother-in-law into boarding a cruise ship as dance hosts.
Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Dyan Cannon, Gloria DeHaven
Votes: 9,533 | Gross: $27.97M
60. Duffle Bag Boy (2024)
Action, Adventure, Crime
Lost and forgotten, a homeless veteran hitchhikes his way into becoming an outlaw and goes to war with the kingpin of a criminal empire.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Alexander Raye Pimentel, James Anthony Perez, Cheryce Livingston, Don Tempesta
Votes: 32
61. Soul Kitchen (2009)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, Pheline Roggan, Anna Bederke
Votes: 40,487 | Gross: $0.27M
62. The Air I Breathe (2007)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A businessman bets his life on a horse race; a gangster sees the future; a pop star falls prey to a crime boss; a doctor must save the love of his life.
Director: Jieho Lee | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Andy Garcia, Kevin Bacon
Votes: 34,961 | Gross: $0.03M
63. Gang Related (1997)
R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After murdering an undercover DEA agent, two corrupt cops scramble to cover up what they've done.
Director: Jim Kouf | Stars: Jim Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Lela Rochon, Dennis Quaid
Votes: 10,033 | Gross: $5.79M
64. California Split (1974)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
When a casual gambler (George Segal as Bill) befriends a professional one (Elliott Gould as Charlie), he begins to mirror his life, sending both deeper into the sleazy gambling world where the stakes keep getting bigger.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: George Segal, Elliott Gould, Ann Prentiss, Gwen Welles
Votes: 8,436 | Gross: $10.90M
65. Lookin' to Get Out (1982)
R | 105 min | Comedy
Alex has had a good day at the track, a bad night at the poker game and hell have a worse time if the guys he owes catch up with him. So Alex and go-along pal Jerry split for Las Vegas...
Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Jon Voight, Ann-Margret, Burt Young, Bert Remsen
Votes: 898 | Gross: $0.95M
66. Monster Party (2018)
Unrated | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
Three young thieves infiltrate a Malibu dinner party.
Director: Chris von Hoffmann | Stars: Sam Strike, Virginia Gardner, Brandon Micheal Hall, Kian Lawley
Votes: 4,724
67. The Glass Key (1942)
Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Brian Donlevy, Bonita Granville
Votes: 7,416
68. Becky Sharp (1935)
Unrated | 84 min | Drama, Romance, War
Against the backdrop of Napoleon's Waterloo campaign, an ambitious woman from a family of entertainers begins a destructive climb up the social ladder.
Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Billie Burke
Votes: 1,299
69. Winged Creatures (2008)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama
A group of strangers form a unique relationship with each other after surviving a random shooting at a Los Angeles diner.
Director: Rowan Woods | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Forest Whitaker, Guy Pearce, Dakota Fanning
Votes: 7,431
70. Bodies at Rest (2019)
94 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Working in the morgue, a hardworking forensics expert and his assistant are suddenly accosted by masked intruders who demand access to a body involved in a recent crime.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Nick Cheung, Richie Jen, Zi Yang, Carlos Chan
Votes: 986
71. This Christmas (2007)
PG-13 | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Christmastime drama centered around the Whitfield family's first holiday together in four years.
Director: Preston A. Whitmore II | Stars: Regina King, Columbus Short, Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba
Votes: 10,455 | Gross: $49.12M
72. Fingers (1978)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A dysfunctional young man is pulled between loyalties to his Italian mob-connected loan-shark father and his mentally-disturbed Jewish concert-pianist mother.
Director: James Toback | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Tisa Farrow, Jim Brown, Michael V. Gazzo
Votes: 2,891
73. Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In need of quick money, a fallen former cop recruits a hard-bitten ex-con and a debt-ridden nightclub singer to pull off a bank job. But as the animosity between them boils over, the entire plan threatens to implode.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame, Shelley Winters
Votes: 5,578
74. Funland (2005)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Carter Krantz arrives in Blackpool to investigate who killed his mother. He gets a job in the local strip club. He soon realizes that the town has many dark secrets and that the killer may even be his boss - the club's owner.
Stars: Daniel Mays, Ian Puleston-Davies, Sarah Smart, Kris Marshall
Votes: 642
75. Bad Company (1995)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Nelson Crowe is a CIA operative under the thumb of the Company for a disputed delivery of $50,000 in gold. They blackmail him into working for the Grimes Organization, which is set up as a ... See full summary »
Director: Damian Harris | Stars: Ellen Barkin, Laurence Fishburne, Frank Langella, Michael Beach
Votes: 3,351 | Gross: $3.70M
76. Haunting Fear (1990 Video)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A woman has nightmares of being buried alive which somehow awakens a long-repressed enity inside her while her greedy, cheating husband plots to murder her for her money.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Brinke Stevens, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Henry Richardson, Delia Sheppard
Votes: 623
77. Three on a Match (1932)
Passed | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Bette Davis, Warren William
Votes: 4,406
78. The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
Approved | 88 min | Horror
Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Paul Massie, Dawn Addams, Christopher Lee, David Kossoff
Votes: 3,378
79. My Daughter's Secret Life (2001 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
Kaitlyn is a high school student whose obsession with gambling leads to her accumulating a mountain of debt. Her habit also causes a high degree of family tension.
Director: John Fawcett | Stars: Elisha Cuthbert, Sherry Miller, Evan Sabba, Greg Ellwand
Votes: 1,442
80. The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
Approved | 145 min | Drama, Romance
Drama based on Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky's homonymous novel about the proud Karamazov family in 1870s Russia.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom, Lee J. Cobb
Votes: 3,060
81. My Way (2012)
148 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A biopic of French pop star Claude François, most famous for co-writing the song 'My Way'. Tracing his life from childhood in Egypt through success in France to his untimely death in Paris in 1978.
Director: Florent-Emilio Siri | Stars: Jérémie Renier, Benoît Magimel, Monica Scattini, Sabrina Seyvecou
Votes: 3,180
82. Take (2007)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The lives of two strangers - a struggling mother and a gambling addict - who meet in tragedy. Years pass and they must come to terms with themselves and one another.
Director: Charles Oliver | Stars: Minnie Driver, Jeremy Renner, Bobby Coleman, Adam Rodriguez
Votes: 1,710 | Gross: $0.01M
83. Streaker (2017)
98 min | Comedy, Sport
In order to get out of a financial crisis, high school teacher Balz Naef (53) starts recruiting and training streakers for illegal sports betting.
Director: Peter Luisi | Stars: Beat Schlatter, Bendrit Bajra, Doro Müggler, Luna Wedler
Votes: 629
84. Quicksand (2003)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a workaholic banker journeys to Monaco to investigate the suspicious activities of a company, he finds himself framed for murder and running for his life.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Michael Keaton, Michael Caine, Judith Godrèche, Rade Serbedzija
Votes: 2,769
85. Cabin in the Sky (1943)
Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A compulsive gambler dies during a shooting, but he'll receive a second chance to reform himself and to make up with his worried wife.
Directors: Vincente Minnelli, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Ethel Waters, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong
Votes: 3,422
86. Rudo y Cursi (2008)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Two siblings are rivals in the world of professional soccer.
Director: Carlos Cuarón | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Guillermo Francella, Dolores Heredia
Votes: 9,331 | Gross: $1.83M
87. Retribution (1987)
R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery
A Manic depressive artist survives a suicidal fall only to be possessed by a murdered gangster, who uses the artist to seek vengeance on those that ended his life.
Director: Guy Magar | Stars: Dennis Lipscomb, Leslie Wing, Suzanne Snyder, Jeff Pomerantz
Votes: 1,208
88. The Boy Next Door (2008 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 90 min | Crime, Thriller
Published author and photographer Sara Wylde takes a writer's break--a trip--to gain inspiration for a novel. She soon finds sensual intrigue, and a clue, before realizing she's stepped into a mysterious and life-threatening reality.
Director: Neill Fearnley | Stars: Dina Meyer, Woody Jeffreys, Marc Menard, Barclay Hope
Votes: 439
89. Al Capone (1959)
Approved | 104 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A chronicle of the rise and fall of Chicago crime boss Al Capone during the Prohibition era.
Director: Richard Wilson | Stars: Rod Steiger, Martin Balsam, Fay Spain, James Gregory
Votes: 1,912
90. Chocolat (2016)
119 min | Biography, Drama
The rise and fall of the famous clown Chocolat, the first black circus performer who revolutionised the stagnant circus acts and conquered Paris of the Belle Époque with his exuberance and originality.
Director: Roschdy Zem | Stars: Omar Sy, James Thierrée, Clotilde Hesme, Olivier Gourmet
Votes: 8,243
91. Just Between Us (2010)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
Nikola is a man who knows how to really enjoy life; he's even able to rouse sympathy for his sinful ways. His brother, Braco turns a blind eye to his philandering although, with a broken ... See full summary »
Director: Rajko Grlic | Stars: Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Bojan Navojec, Daria Lorenci Flatz, Ksenija Marinkovic
Votes: 1,065
92. Love Toy (1971)
76 min | Thriller
A compulsive gambler gambles away his own nubile teen daughter. She becomes his opponent's sex slave.
Director: Doris Wishman | Stars: Bernard Marcel, Pat Happel, Uta Erickson, Larry Hunter
Votes: 357
93. The Brasher Doubloon (1947)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Detective Philip Marlowe encounters a variety of characters while checking on why Leslie Murdock stole a rare doubloon from his mother.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: George Montgomery, Nancy Guild, Conrad Janis, Roy Roberts
Votes: 1,391
94. Muriel (1963)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
In the seaside town of Boulogne, no one seems to be able to cope with their past, least of all Hélène, an antique furniture saleswoman, her stepson Bernard, and her former lover Alphonse.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Nita Klein, Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée
Votes: 3,755
95. Warning Shot (1966)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
During a stakeout, an L.A. cop kills a doctor who presumably pulled a gun but the coroner's inquest finds no gun, forcing the cop to look for it to clear his name.
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: David Janssen, Ed Begley, Keenan Wynn, Sam Wanamaker
Votes: 1,023
96. Sexual Roulette (1997)
R | 87 min | Drama, Romance
When a young couple loses all of their money at a casino, the husband performs certain "favours" in order to work the debt off, while his wife is unaware of this kinky arrangement.
Director: Gary Graver | Stars: Tane McClure, Tim Abell, Gabriella Hall, Peter Spellos
Votes: 327
97. Odds and Evens (1978)
PG | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A Navy detective enlists his brother, a former gambler, to help him liquidate an illegal gaming house on a yacht near Miami.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Luciano Catenacci, Marisa Laurito
Votes: 9,968
98. The Secret Ways (1961)
Approved | 112 min | Adventure, History, Mystery
During the 1956 Hungarian uprising, an American mercenary is hired to smuggle a Hungarian resistance leader out of Soviet-occupied Budapest.
Directors: Phil Karlson, Richard Widmark | Stars: Richard Widmark, Sonja Ziemann, Charles Regnier, Walter Rilla
Votes: 508
99. The Great Sinner (1949)
Approved | 110 min | Drama
In the 1860s, in the casino resort town of Wiesbaden, Germany, a reformed gambling addict, Pauline Ostrovsky, tenderly nurses the talented Russian writer Fedja, who is a physical wreck.
Directors: Robert Siodmak, Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Walter Huston
Votes: 1,626
100. The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963)
107 min | Drama
The compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he owes money.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Anthony Newley, Julia Foster, Robert Stephens, Wilfrid Brambell
Votes: 565