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Movies: Best "gambling debt" Movies


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Babylon(2022)

K18
| 3h 8min | Drama, Comedy
3.7/5 (with 1,186 votes)

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.

U Turn(1997)

2h 5min | Thriller
3.3/5 (with 301 votes)

When Bobby's car breaks down in the desert while on the run from some of the bookies who have already taken two of his fingers, he becomes trapped in the nearby small town where the people are stranger than anyone he's encountered. After becoming involved with a young married woman, her husband hires Bobby to kill her. Later, she hires Bobby to kill the husband.

The Dry(2020)

1h 57min | Crime, Thriller, Mystery
3.4/5 (with 228 votes)

Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.

Lucky Number Slevin(2006)

1h 50min | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
3.7/5 (with 1,790 votes)

Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma.

Miller's Crossing(1990)

1h 55min | Drama, Thriller, Crime
3.7/5 (with 690 votes)

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.

Runner Runner(2013)

13
| 1h 31min | Crime, Thriller, Drama
2.8/5 (with 564 votes)

When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore entrepreneur.

Rounders(1998)

13
| 2h 1min | Drama, Crime
3.5/5 (with 735 votes)

A young reformed gambler must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.

Bad Lieutenant(1992)

1h 36min | Crime, Drama
3.5/5 (with 355 votes)

While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.

To Live(1994)

2h 13min | Drama, Romance / Love, War
4.0/5 (with 120 votes)

Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses everything. In the years that follow he is pressed into both the nationalist and communist armies, while Jiazhen is forced into menial work.

Hard Eight(1997)

1h 36min | Drama, Crime
3.4/5 (with 388 votes)

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

Time Lapse(2014)

3.3/5 (with 566 votes)

Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures 24 hours into the future and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.

Tomcats(2001)

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!

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The Air I Breathe(2007)

1h 35min | Thriller, Crime
3.2/5 (with 152 votes)

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.

Dirty Work(1998)

1h 22min | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 101 votes)

Unemployed and recently dumped, Mitch and his buddy Sam start a revenge-for-hire business to raise the $50,000 that Sam's father needs to get a heart transplant.

Mississippi Grind(2015)

1h 48min | Drama, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 204 votes)

Gerry is a talented but down-on-his-luck gambler whose fortunes begin to change when he meets Curtis, a younger, highly charismatic poker player. The two strike up an immediate friendship and Gerry quickly persuades his new friend to accompany him on a road trip to a legendary high stakes poker game in New Orleans. As they make their way down the Mississippi River, Gerry and Curtis manage to find themselves in just about every bar, racetrack, casino, and pool hall they can find, experiencing both incredible highs and dispiriting lows, but ultimately forging a deep and genuine bond that will stay with them long after their adventure is over.

California Split(1974)

1h 48min | Comedy, Drama
3.4/5 (with 47 votes)

Carefree single guy Charlie Waters rooms with two lovely prostitutes, Barbara Miller and Susan Peters, and lives to gamble. Along with his glum betting buddy, Bill Denny, Charlie sets out on a gambling streak in search of the ever-elusive big payday. While Charlie and Bill have some lucky moments, they also have to contend with serious setbacks that threaten to derail their hedonistic betting binge.

House of Games(1987)

1h 42min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 121 votes)

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.

Diner(1982)

1h 50min | Comedy, Drama
3.5/5 (with 117 votes)

Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their responsibilities, leaving the Diner behind.

Honeymoon in Vegas(1992)

13
| 1h 36min | Comedy, Romance / Love
2.8/5 (with 120 votes)

On her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which scars him with psychological blocks to a commitment with his girlfriend. They finally decide to tie the knot in Vegas, but a wealthy gambler arranges for the man to lose $65K in a poker game and offers to clear the debt for a weekend with his fiancée.

Phoenix(1998)

2.7/5 (with 26 votes)

Gambling fever -- along with a brutal bookie -- leads three crooked cops into a double-dealing scheme that lands them in hot water way over their heads.

Cockfighter(1974)

1h 23min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 22 votes)

A man who trains fighting cocks vows to remain silent until one of his birds wins a championship.

Gutshot Straight(2014)

1h 29min | Thriller
2.2/5 (with 21 votes)

A professional poker player falls deep into underworld when he takes an unexpected wager from a mysterious high roller.

Wuthering Heights(1954)

1h 31min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 13 votes)

Gone several years, the brooding Alejandro returns to the hacienda of his foster sister, Catalina, whom he loves, to find her married to the wealthy and effete Eduardo.

The Last Casino(2004)

1h 32min | Drama, Comedy
3.6/5 (with 14 votes)

A University teacher finds three bright students and decides to teach them how to count cards to make lots of money. As they learn how to play the casinos, things get tricky when the debt owing teacher informs them that their front man wants restitution for loses in about a weeks time. The three students decide to hit all the major casinos in Ontario and Quebec until discovered.

One Night Only(2016)

1h 30min | Drama, Action, Crime
3.2/5 (with 11 votes)

Mixing high-octane actions with moving romance, One Night Only starring Hong Kong's legendary Aaron Kwok follows a gambler and a hooker's suspenseful night together as they race through Bangkok's underground world trying to win their fortune and dignity back. With style and energy, Matt Wu's debut wins as an emotional rollercoaster that contemplates love and fate.

Directed by Matt Wu - With Aaron Kwok

Hi-Life(1998)

3.3/5 (with 9 votes)

Jimmy needs $900 to clear a gambling debt but a series of lies leads to Ray trying to raise the cash from friends who owe him money.

West of Sunshine(2018)

1h 18min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 3 votes)

A father has less than a day to pay back a debt to a violent loan shark, while looking after his young son.

The Noose Hangs High(1948)

1h 17min | Comedy
3.3/5 (with 8 votes)

Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two of his men to get the money back but they found out about it. So they try to mail to Craig but a mix up has the money sent somewhere else and the woman who got it spent it. Now Craig needs the money to pay off one of his clients.

The Saint's Return(1953)

1h 13min | Mystery, Crime, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 13 votes)

A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.

Wallaby Jim of the Islands(1937)

1h 1min | Adventure

Wallaby Jim and his men have just found a valuable source of pearls in the South Pacific. But Jim's associate Norman has put the whole operation in jeopardy because of his gambling problem. Jim's unscrupulous rival Richter decides to exploit the situation by jumping Jim's claim and trying to take over for himself.

Directed by Charles Lamont
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