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Movies: Best "compulsive gambling" Movies


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Tomcats(2001)

R
| 1h 35min | Comedy, Romance / Love
2.6/5 (with 108 votes)

College buddies chip in and promise that the group's last unmarried man will collect a cash pot. Seven years later, the kitty is worth $500,000 -- money Michael needs to pay a gambling debt. Problem is, the only other single guy is a hopeless womanizer!

Let It Ride(1989)

PG-13
| 1h 30min | Comedy
3.2/5 (with 39 votes)

An average kind of guy who has a slight problem with gambling goes to the track, and mystically, it seems as though he can't lose, no matter how he bets; and he has an incredible day.

The Spider Woman(1943)

1h 3min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 32 votes)

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider. Based on "The Sign of Four" and the short stories "The Dying Detective", "The Final Problem", "The Speckled Band" and "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot".

The Lady Gambles(1949)

NR
| 1h 39min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 12 votes)

When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.

Take(2008)

1h 38min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 10 votes)

The lives of two strangers - a struggling mother and a gambling addict - meet in tragedy. Years pass, and they must come to terms with themselves, and one another.

Cheaters(1984)

1h 34min | Drama
2.6/5 (with 8 votes)

Swaying between pleasure and despair, Elric throws himself into his pathological passion for the casino. Meeting Suzie could have saved him, but the young woman also sinks into gambling hell. The couple then start getting involved in the fearsome world of professional cheaters.

Winner Take All(1975)

1h 36min | Drama, TV Movie
3.5/5 (with 2 votes)

The chronicle of an average American housewife who just happens to be addicted to gambling.

Redemption(1930)

1h 15min | Drama
1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Feyda is a man of wealth and has many fine qualities, but he is powerless to resist gambling and beautiful women. Feyda falls instantly in love with Lisa, who is engaged to his dear friend Victor.

Curse of the Stone Hand(1965)

1h 7min | Horror, Drama
0.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A house by the sea has stood vacant for many years, after misfortune befell several owners, which an artist painting the house explains to a passergy. A cross-editing of principal material from two Chilean films, LA CASA ESTA VACIA and LA DAMA DE LA MUERTE, with the addition of new American-made footage, to create a single story.

Directed by Jerry Warren

Chasing Robert(2007)

1h 29min | Comedy

Alan is a gambler desperate to erase the huge sports debt he owes to a cruel but quirky Chicago mobster.

Two Dollar Bettor(1951)

NR
| 1h 12min | Crime, Drama
2.7/5 (with 4 votes)

An honest guy gets trapped into the world of horse racing and his once prosperous life becomes a downward spiral into the underworld.

Reckless Living(1938)

1h 5min | Drama

This harmless Universal musical comedy is worth having as one of the few filmed records of legendary Broadway comedian Jimmy Savo (his previous starrer, Once in a Blue Moon, is among the rarest of collector's item). The story proper is carried by Robert Wilcox and Nan Grey, cast as a pair of mismatched lovers who share a common interest in horse racing. Hero and heroine get mixed up in a shady get-rich-quick scheme, which threatens to turns disastrous but which ends up solving everyone's problems.

Directed by Frank McDonald
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El dinero no es la vida(1952)

1h 40min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A humble bartender falls into a world of gambling and vices, losing everything.

The Gambling Sex(1932)

59min | Drama

A wealthy young socialite gets the gambling bug, and soon it goes from being just a fun pastime to an addiction, and she begins to lose more and more of her fortune.

Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer

Vivere alla Grande(2015)

1h 44min | Documentary

Living the High Life.