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10 Best Movies Like Bookies

If you loved Bookies, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Above the Rim

Above the Rim

1994★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bookies for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now empl...

#2
Two for the Money

Two for the Money

2005★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bookies for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A former college athlete joins forces with a sports consultant to handicap football games for high-rolling gamblers....

#3
Ballad of a Small Player

Ballad of a Small Player

2025★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bookies for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Amid the glittering casinos of Macau, a gambler running from his past—and his debts—becomes fascinated by an enigmatic woman at the baccarat table....

#4
Blood Ties

Blood Ties

2013★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bookies for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s....

#5
Small Apartments

Small Apartments

2012★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bookies for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved br...

#6
Shade

Shade

2003★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bookies for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean "The Dean" Stevens, a well-kno...

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