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Plot Summary:
A former college athlete joins forces with a sports consultant to handicap football games for high-rolling gamblers.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: intense, tense, serious, suspenseful, stylized, inspirational, light, neo noir, cult classic, realistic
Best tv shows and movies like Two for the Money (2005):
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The Gambler (1974)
Plot Summary:
New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, clever, intense, neo noir, realistic, serious, suspenseful, cynical, psychological
Similar in 81%
Money Kings (1998)
Plot Summary:
Vinnie's a bookie, happily married, running his operation for 30 years out of his bar in Brooklyn. Times change, the boys up the chain want a bigger profit, so Vinnie's expendable He's assigned a hotheaded kid, Tony, the nephew of a local mobster. Vinnie's told to school the lad, use him for collections, and teach him some sense. What Vinnie doesn't know is that once Tony learns the ropes, Vinnie will be out. Tensions mount when Tony goes around Vinnie's paternalistic ways, takes a bet from an unemployed alcoholic, and demands that the loser's wife pay the vig in trade. Is there any way out for Vinnie - with or without his good name?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 595
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy
Similar in 87%
Runner Runner (2013)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, clever, suspense, tense, stylized, surprise ending, serious, realistic, visually appealing, action thriller
Similar in 79%
Hard Eight (1996)
Plot Summary:
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: neo noir, noir, cult classic, independent film, clever, mumblecore, mind blowing, crime thriller, tense, sentimental
Similar in 76%
The Gambler (2014)
Plot Summary:
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 collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the operator of an illicit gambling ring while garnering the attention of Frank, a paternalistic loan shark. As his relationship with a student deepens, Bennett must risk everything for a second chance.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: clever, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, serious, tense, rough, realistic, cynical, independent film
Similar in 84%
Monday Night Mayhem (2002)
Plot Summary:
The early years of a television sports powerhouse are chronicled as ABC becomes a player in the NFL coverage by putting their full resources into a major showcase. Executive Roone Arledge (John Heard) recruits former Dallas Cowboys quarterback 'Dandy' Don Meredith (Brad Beyer), along with Keith Jackson (Shuler Hensley), and the combative Howard Cosell (John Turturro) as commentators for the broadcasts, which become funny, odd trio events to millions of viewers. Jackson departs the show after the first year to take over the network's focus on college football, and former New York Giants star Frank Gifford (Kevin Anderson) takes his place, ruffling Cosell's feathers. Then things get really crazy!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 826
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating
Similar in 88%
The Squeeze (2015)
Plot Summary:
A humble young man with uncommon skills from a small southern town gets caught up in high stakes golf matches between big-time gamblers until the game becomes life and death.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 603
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, tense
Similar in 79%
The Color of Money (1986)
Plot Summary:
Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent's showboat antics, leading to an argument and a falling-out. Eddie takes up playing again and soon crosses paths with Vincent as an opponent.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: road movie, clever, realistic, talky, stylized, epic, neo noir, social, cult classic, spectacular
Similar in 89%
Capital (2012)
Plot Summary:
The head of a giant European investment bank desperately clings to power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy them out.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: realistic, tense, serious, social, political, captivating, suspenseful
Similar in 84%
Paterno (2018)
Plot Summary:
After becoming the winningest coach in college football history, Joe Paterno is embroiled in Penn State's Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal, challenging his legacy and forcing him to face questions of institutional failure regarding the victims.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, non-linear, cult classic, independent film, sexploitation film
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Rogue Trader (1999)
Plot Summary:
Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson, an employee of Barings Bank who--after a successful trading run--ends up accumulating $1.4 billion in losses hidden in account #88888.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, intellectual, suspense, edutainment, psychological, independent film
Similar in 75%
White Boy Rick (2018)
Plot Summary:
The story of teenager, Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense, hood, disturbing, retro, rough, neo noir, sad, independent film, non fiction, anamorphic
Similar in 83%
The Runner (1999)
Plot Summary:
A compulsive gambler finds his new family's safety seriously threatened by a ruthless gambling boss.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Similar in 75%
Even Money (2006)
Plot Summary:
Gambling addiction bring the stories of three otherwise unconnected people together as it destroys each of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, gloomy
Similar in 79%
Bugsy (1991)
Plot Summary:
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 crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all strong-willed Virginia Hill detain him while his family wait back home. Then a trip to a run-down gambling joint at a spot in the desert known as Las Vegas gives him his big idea.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: realistic, stylized, intense, suspense, talky, tense, serious, captivating, period piece, neo noir
Similar in 77%
We Are Marshall (2006)
Plot Summary:
When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: sentimental, emotional, inspirational, touching, compassionate, sincere, serious, realistic, historical drama, feel good
Similar in 85%
Gridiron Gang (2006)
Plot Summary:
Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 80000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: inspirational, hood, realistic, serious, sincere, rough, exciting, motivational, sentimental, epic
Similar in 76%
Moneyball (2011)
Plot Summary:
The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 455000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: inspirational, feel good, realistic, captivating, motivational, clever, serious, suspense, intelligent, witty
Similar in 82%
Gold (2016)
Plot Summary:
Kenny Wells, a modern-day prospector, hustler, and dreamer, is desperate for a lucky break. Left with few options, Wells teams up with an equally luckless geologist to execute a grandiose, last-ditch effort: to find gold deep in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 68000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, inspirational, suspense, intellectual, suspenseful, psychological thriller, social, stylized, anamorphic, cult classic
Similar in 89%
Margin Call (2011)
Plot Summary:
A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 141000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspense, realistic, serious, captivating, political, intellectual, talky, tricky, enigmatic, suspenseful
Similar in 79%
Boiler Room (2000)
Plot Summary:
A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm, which puts him on the fast track to success, but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, clever, tense, talky, intense, rough, serious, suspenseful, cynical
Similar in 79%
Wall Street (1987)
Plot Summary:
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 whom takes the youth under his wing.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 163000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: realistic, political, suspense, talky, intense, serious, captivating, entertaining, dramatic, tense
Similar in 76%
House of Gucci (2021)
Plot Summary:
The true story of how Patrizia Reggiani plotted to kill her husband Maurizio Gucci, the grandson of renowned fashion designer Guccio Gucci.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 154000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags: serious, romantic, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, freeze frame, historical drama, inspirational, suspense, dramatic
Similar in 89%
The Godfather Part III (1990)
Plot Summary:
In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 418000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: epic, saga, bad ending, suspense, visually appealing, serious, stylized, sad, cult classic, inspirational
Similar in 76%
Molly's Game (2017)
Plot Summary:
Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 184000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada, China
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: inspirational, smart, freeze frame, psychological, thought provoking, heartbreaking, political, social, witty, art house
Similar in 82%
American Hustle (2013)
Plot Summary:
A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 496000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: clever, tense, period piece, suspense, intense, cynical, tricky, semi serious, cerebral, realistic
Similar in 88%
Casino (1995)
Plot Summary:
The life of the gambling paradise – Las Vegas – and its dark mafia underbelly.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 552000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 178 min
Plot tags: realistic, clever, rough, suspense, neo noir, captivating, brutal, stylized, intense, tense
Similar in 77%
Scarface (1983)
Plot Summary:
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 896000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, rough, cult classic, suspense, brutal, harsh, psychological, suspenseful, hood
Similar in 86%
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Plot Summary:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 15000000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: clever, captivating, motivational, cynical, biting, cerebral, realistic, suspense, funny, entertaining
Similar in 81%
The Godfather (1972)
Plot Summary:
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
IMDB Rating: 9.2
IMDB Votes: 20000000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: serious, epic, atmospheric, dramatic, captivating, rough, realistic, family saga, entertaining, breathtaking