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10 Best Movies Like The Gambler

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

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#1
Rounders

Rounders

1998★ 7.0

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

Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Russian-American gangster Teddy KGB. Promising his partner Jo he'll give up, he me...

#2
The Gambler

The Gambler

2014★ 6.0

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

Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as c...

#3
House of Games

House of Games

1987★ 6.8

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

A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men....

#4
Casino

Casino

1995★ 8.0

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

In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite....

#5
Bugsy

Bugsy

1991★ 6.3

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

New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone cross...

#6
Hard Eight

Hard Eight

1997★ 6.8

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

A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular....

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