20 movies like The Gambler, ordered by similarity : Owning Mahowny(2003), Ben Is Back(2018), Blue Chips(1994), The Lady Gambles(1949), Sweet Sixteen(2002), Breaking Away(1979), Sid & Nancy(1986), California Split(1974), Kramer vs. Kramer(1979), Madeline's Madeline(2018), The Way Back(2020), Mes Petites Amoureuses(1974) ...
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1974
109 Minutes
James Caan Paul Sorvino Lauren Hutton Morris Carnovsky Jacqueline Brookes Burt Young Carmine Caridi Vic Tayback Steven Keats London Lee M. Emmet Walsh
professor mother grandfather girlfriend tense disheartening new york city university casino gambling addiction fixed game basketball secret life fall wretched excess 1970s
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.
7.1/10
Drama
Canada|UK
2003
104 Minutes
Philip Seymour Hoffman Minnie Driver Maury Chaykin John Hurt Sonja Smits Ian Tracey Roger Dunn Jason Blicker Chris Collins
bank employee gambler girlfriend casino owner thief friend tense gripping dark emotional atlantic city, n.j. toronto casino bank canada gambling fraud theft addiction deception
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.
6.7/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2018
103 Minutes
Julia Roberts Lucas Hedges Courtney B. Vance Kathryn Newton Rachel Bay Jones David Zaldivar Alexandra Park Michael Esper Tim Guinee Myra Lucretia Taylor Mia Fowler
young man mother sister friend addict drug smuggler intense gripping emotional rousing brooding sad family home suburbia neighborhood small town substance abuse drug addiction family dysfunction family ties
A drug addicted teenage boy shows up unexpectedly at his family's home on Christmas Eve.
6.2/10
Drama
USA
1994
108 Minutes
Nick Nolte Mary McDonnell Shaquille O'Neal J.T. Walsh Ed O'Neill Alfre Woodard Bob Cousy Penny Hardaway Matt Nover Anthony C. Hall Robert Wuhl
basketball coach basketball player wife reporter tense brash basketball court college basketball college athletics corruption gambling fixed game cheating sacrifice fall 1990s
A college basketball coach is forced to break the rules in order to get the players he needs to stay competitive.
6.6/10
Drama
USA
1949
99 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Robert Preston Stephen McNally Edith Barrett John Hoyt Elliott Sullivan John Harmon Philip Van Zandt Leif Erickson Houseley Stevenson Tony Curtis
wife husband reporter casino owner gambler sister dark tense sad las vegas casino hotel chicago hospital gambling addiction marriage financial troubles journalism desperation
A desperate husband tries to find help for his wife suffering from addictive gambling.
7.4/10
Drama
UK|Germany|Spain
2002
106 Minutes
Martin Compston William Ruane Annmarie Fulton Michelle Abercromby Michelle Coulter Gary McCormack Tommy McKee
teen boy stepfather mother grandfather prisoner drug dealer tense gutsy emotional greenock, scotland port city prison street house apartment imprisonment drugs ambition theft teenage rebellion
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
7.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1979
100 Minutes
Dennis Christopher Dennis Quaid Daniel Stern Jackie Earle Haley Barbara Barrie Paul Dooley Robyn Douglass Hart Bochner Amy Wright Peter Maloney John Ashton
biker friend frat boy father mother girlfriend uplifting endearing small town bloomington, ind. university bicycling class distinctions love triangle quest growing up 1970s
A small-town boy obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl.
Biography, Drama, History
1986
111 Minutes
Gary Oldman Chloe Webb David Hayman Andrew Schofield Debby Bishop Tony London Perry Benson Gloria LeRoy
bassist singer girlfriend drug addict manager amusing shocking bleak london new york city stage apartment love-hate relationship drug addiction culture clash punk rock touring fall wretched excess love
Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman) of the punk-rock Sex Pistols self-destructs with girlfriend Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb).
7.2/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1974
108 Minutes
George Segal Elliott Gould Ann Prentiss Gwen Welles Edward Walsh Joseph Walsh Bert Remsen Barbara London Barbara Ruick
gambler friend prostitute roommate charming cheeky spirited reno, nev. casino bar los angeles gambling addiction hedonism desperation friendship wretched excess quest 1970s
When a casual gambler befriends a professional one, he begins to mirror his life, sending both deeper into the sleazy gambling world where the stakes keep getting bigger.
7.8/10
Drama
USA
1979
104 Minutes
Dustin Hoffman Meryl Streep Justin Henry Jane Alexander Howard Duff George Coe JoBeth Williams Howland Chamberlin
father mother son friend lawyer judge emotional heartwarming intense apartment park courtroom new york city office divorce court battles parenthood transformation rivalry quest
Ted Kramer's wife leaves him, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
2018
94 Minutes
Helena Howard Molly Parker Miranda July Okwui Okpokwasili Felipe Bonilla Lisa Tharps Sunita Mani Curtiss Cook Reynaldo Piniella Myra Lucretia Taylor
actor actress director mother friend creative confident tense incredible new york city stage theater car park studio acting life story mother/daughter relationship theater life imitating art
A theatre director's latest project takes on a life of its own when her young star takes her performance too seriously.
6.7/10
Drama
USA|Canada
2020
108 Minutes
Ben Affleck Al Madrigal Janina Gavankar Jeremy Radin Brandon Wilson Melvin Gregg Michaela Watkins Will Ropp T.K. Carter Glynn Turman Hayes MacArthur
basketball coach basketball player alcoholic team member inspiring passionate intense moving emotional basketball court high school house hometown basketball alcoholism failed marriage hope redemption fall discovery
Jack Cunningham was a high school basketball phenom who walked away from the game, forfeiting his future. Years later, when he reluctantly accepts a coaching job at his alma mater, he may get one last shot at redemption.
7.4/10
Comedy, Drama
France
1974
123 Minutes
Martin Loeb Ingrid Caven Jacqueline Dufranne Vincent Testanière Roger Rizzi Anne Stroka
boy mother mother's boyfriend grandmother friend girl endearing calm tender striking south of france paris apartment school bicycle shop coming of age adolescence desire loneliness family
A study of minor events in the adolescence of a boy growing up in small towns. Daniel lives with his grandmother and, after one year of high school, has to go to live with his mother in the... See full summary »
8.3/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1983
170 Minutes
Al Pacino Michelle Pfeiffer Steven Bauer Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Robert Loggia Miriam Colon F. Murray Abraham Paul Shenar Harris Yulin Ángel Salazar Arnaldo Santana
drug lord friend kingpin detective girlfriend dark brutal gory intense miami household restaurant drug trade organized crime drug addiction violence corruption self-destruction rise fall
In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
6.9/10
Drama
USA
2004
92 Minutes
Damian Lewis Abigail Breslin Amy Ryan Liza Colón-Zayas John Tormey Ed Wheeler Christopher Evan Welch Lev Gorn
mentally impaired person father single mother daughter bleak dark uneasy new york city bus station hotel mourning loss mental illness kidnapping addiction fall mystery wretched excess 2000s
A man in his early 30s (Keane) struggles with the supposed loss of his daughter from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York, while fighting serious battles with schizophrenia. We can ... See full summary »
5.8/10
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
France|Spain|USA
2007
97 Minutes
Julianne Moore Stephen Dillane Eddie Redmayne Elena Anaya Hugh Dancy Barney Clark Anne Reid Martin Huber
mother father son lover heir wife hedonistic intense shocking los angeles london new york city murder homosexuality incest money high society mother/son relationship discovery forbidden love
A dramatization of the shocking Barbara Daly Baekeland murder case, which happened in a posh London flat on Friday 17 November 1972. The bloody crime caused a stir on both sides of the Atlantic and remains one of the most memorable American Tragedies...
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1987
125 Minutes
Michael Douglas Charlie Sheen Martin Sheen Terence Stamp Sean Young Daryl Hannah Sylvia Miles James Spader Hal Holbrook John C. McGinley Saul Rubinek
stockbroker corporate raider interior decorator father yuppie sexy woman tense intense new york city wall street office apartment penthouse central park insider trading greed culture clash espionage quest rise
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing.
7.4/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1976
109 Minutes
Ben Gazzara Timothy Agoglia Carey Seymour Cassel Azizi Johari Meade Roberts Alice Friedland Donna Gordon Morgan Woodward
club owner mobster stripper singer bookie thug dark gritty emotional intense hollywood, calif. strip club chinatown restaurant backstage casino moral dilemma debt gambling addiction murder
A proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man, when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.
5.9/10
Drama
UK
2017
101 Minutes
Gemma Arterton Dominic Cooper Jalil Lespert Frances Barber Marthe Keller
mother father child teacher depressed person friend solemn tense emotional disheartening moving london house train station school yard depression escape marriage family
An ordinary woman makes an extraordinary decision which will change her life forever.
6.9/10
Sci-Fi, Drama
USA
2004
78 Minutes
Shane Carruth David Sullivan Casey Gooden Anand Upadhyaya Carrie Crawford Ashley Warren
engineer friend girlfriend father dense intricate thrilling garage party household inventions time travel scientific experiments partnership technology secret discovery wretched excess fall future
Four friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention.
7.2/10
Drama
India
2011
138 Minutes
Rajit Kapoor Rajeev Khandelwal Kalki Koechlin Pavan Malhotra Shiv Pandit Gulshan Devaiya Neil Bhoopalam Kirti Kulhari Sheetal Menon Sonali Sachdev
young girl father girlfriend mother police officer friend intense brooding raw disturbing melodramatic car police station family home depression extortion accidental death lie fake kidnapping loss
Five substance-abusing friends decide to fake a kidnapping in order to bribe a police constable for covering-up a hit-and-run accident.
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