Top 20 movies like The Gambler

The Gambler

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.

The Gambler is of 1 hour(s) and 51 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Paramount Pictures, Closest to the Hole Productions, Leverage, Winkler Films. It was released on 2014-12-25. It has the tagline: The only way out is all in It has an average vote of 5.944 on TMDB.

Genres: ThrillerCrimeDrama

1. Umbrella Coup (Le Coup du parapluie)

Umbrella Coup

Grégoire Lecomte, the unlucky actor anxious to find a "real job", goes to take a screen test for a role of a killer, but gets to mafiosi by mistake. He takes their don for a producer, and they mistake him for a hitman with whom they had an appointment. Deluded Lecomte signs contract with them. He is supposed to kill gun dealer Otto Krampe at his birthday party in Saint-Tropez by piercing him with a cap of the umbrella with a built-in syringe with potassium cyanide. Lecomte is not aware that it has to be a real murder.

It has an average vote of 6.917 on TMDB.

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2. Stalked by My Neighbor

Stalked by My Neighbor

A girl and her mother escape to suburban safety after a home invasion scares them out of the city, but they're soon menaced by a sinister figure.

It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.

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3. Dance of the Dead

Dance of the Dead

With Prom only hours away, the usual suspects of Cosa High are preoccupied with the annual rituals of teendom. On the night of the big dance when the dead unexpectedly rise to eat the living, polar opposite groups will be forced to unite in their final chance to save the town from the zombies.

It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.

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4. Suspect

Suspect

When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson, a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender Kathleen Riley is assigned to his case, she begins to believe that Anderson may actually be innocent. Juror Eddie Sanger, a Washington lobbyist, agrees, and together the pair begins their own investigation of events.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

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5. Amira & Sam

Amira & Sam

Sam, a soldier who had served in Afghanistan and Iraq, meets Amira when he visits her uncle, Bassam, who had served as Sam's Iraqi translator. Bassam and Sam have a special bond due to their time together in the war. Initially Amira does not trust him because he was an American soldier and her brother was killed by a bomb from American troops in the war. Sam's cousin, Charlie, asks Sam to help him with illegal hedge funds unbeknownst to Sam at the time. Amira is staying with her uncle Bassam since her father died. She sells bootlegged films on the street corner but is forced to stay with Sam after getting busted; immigration officials begin pursuing her. As the film progresses, Sam and Amira fall in love.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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6. DolceRoma (DolceRoma)

DolceRoma

Andrea Serrano is a young aspiring writer who, to make ends meet, is forced to wash corpses in a mortuary, while struggling to finish his first novel, a story about the Camorra. Having become discouraged by his struggling career, he is waiting for the chance of a lifetime. And finally, it arrives - a major film producer decides to adapt his novel and make it into a movie.

It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

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7. Korengal

Korengal

Korengal picks up where Restrepo left off; the same men, the same valley, the same commanders, but a very different look at the experience of war.

It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.

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8. Catch Hell

Catch Hell

Former Hollywood star Reagan Pearce is kidnapped by two men connected to his past while on location in Louisiana. When he wakes up bound and chained in a rundown shack, he soon discovers the real motives of his captors and finds himself in the middle of a twisted scheme with little chance to survive. With no rescue in sight, Reagan must use every ounce of strength he has left to break free and get his revenge.

It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.

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9. Selma

Selma

"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.

It has an average vote of 7.398 on TMDB.

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10. Xuxa Requebra (Xuxa Requebra)

Xuxa Requebra

Nena, a journalist and former student of the Two Hearts dance academy, tries to stop the school from being sold to a group of drug dealers. She trains a group to win the Requebra dance contest that would give them the necessary money to carry their plans.

It has an average vote of 3.4 on TMDB.

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11. The White Storm (掃毒)

The White Storm

An operation in Thailand against a notorious drug lord changes the destiny of a Hong Kong Police Department narcotic team. Five years later, a drug dealing brings them together again.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

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12. 40-Love (Terre Battue)

40-Love

Jérôme, a senior executive, has just left his company. Determined to never work for nobody else ever again, he attempts to set up his own company, come what may, even ignoring the reluctance of his wife Laura. Ugo, their 11-year-old son, is a tennis player and a promising champion. To reach his goal, he must make it into the Roland Garros national training centre. Just like his dad, he’s willing to do whatever it takes to make it. Together, Ugo and Jérôme will realize that not all rules can be bent in the quest for success.

It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.

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13. UFC Fight Night 59: McGregor vs. Siver

UFC Fight Night 59: McGregor vs. Siver

UFC Fight Night 59: McGregor vs. Siver was a mixed martial arts event held on January 18, 2015, at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The event was headlined by a featherweight bout between Conor McGregor and Dennis Siver. It was announced that a victory over Siver will ensure McGregor of a shot at the UFC Featherweight Championship in his next fight.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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14. John Oliver: Terrifying Times

John Oliver: Terrifying Times

American viewers may know him best as the British correspondent on "The Daily Show," but John Oliver is also an accomplished stand-up comic. In his first Comedy Central special Oliver tackles the topics that perplex him about the United States. He takes well-aimed shots at the American political process and the invasion of Iraq , and argues for reparations from the Revolutionary War.

It has an average vote of 7.184 on TMDB.

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15. Take-Away Romance (Amour sur place ou à emporter)

Take-Away Romance

Amelle and Noom are two young thirties are total opposites and that fate will bring. Serious She manager at Starbucks, and dynamic IT dilettante, smart, and apprentice comic. Both victims disappointments in love, they swore that it does take longer. So how do when despite all these opposites attract? A game of seduction then sets up for our greatest happiness. But all is not so rosy, families, friends, colleagues get involved, wars are declared, quarrels explode. Caught between the roots of their education and the fire of their feelings, which side will they choose? The love he will triumph? One thing is sure, they will make us have a good loads of fun and excitement ...

It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.

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16. Relationship Status: It's Complicated (Situation amoureuse : c'est compliqué)

Relationship Status: It's Complicated

Thirty-year-old Ben is about to marry Juliette. His quiet, ordered life will fall to pieces when he meets up again with the person he secretly wants to see the most: Vanessa, the high school bombshell who never so much as looked in his direction. She's back in Paris, and the only person she now knows is him…

It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.

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17. Dying of the Light

Dying of the Light

Evan Lake, a veteran CIA agent, has been ordered to retire. But when his protégé uncovers evidence that Lake's nemesis, the terrorist Banir, has resurfaced, Lake goes rogue, embarking on a perilous, intercontinental mission to eliminate his sworn enemy.

It has an average vote of 4.7 on TMDB.

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18. Grace

Grace

A unique horror film told from the first-person perspective of Grace - a naive, virginal college freshman trying to deal with campus culture and her outgoing roommate as an evil entity takes over her body and unleashes chaos.

It has an average vote of 4.879 on TMDB.

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19. Sound City

Sound City

The history of Sound City and their huge recording device; exploring how digital change has allowed 'people that have no place' in music to become stars. It follows former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighter David Grohl as he attempts to resurrect the studio back to former glories.

It has an average vote of 7.352 on TMDB.

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20. To Each, Her Own (Les Goûts et les Couleurs)

To Each, Her Own

Just as Simone works up the courage to tell her conservative Jewish family she's a lesbian, she finds herself attracted to a male Senegalese chef.

It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.

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