From OCEAN’S ELEVEN To ROUNDERS To HARD EIGHT To CROUPIER: The Best Movies You Must Watch About The Luxury Life Of Gamblers!

Films about gambling are authentic drama! Casino games and drama are well-suited like peas and carrots. Gambling features are about risk which generates internal and external conflict. It creates feelings of excitement about the outcome. Will your wishes come true? Or will the story come to a bad end?

It is not fun to watch a savvy person making a fortune in a prudent way over 20 years by investing in stocks, raising his children in peace, and confessing his love to his wife on her birthday! On the contrary, watching someone put all that he owns on the line at non-relational risk and is motivated by the hope of getting rich in a trice is the real excitement!

Gambling is one of the favorite themes of Hollywood filmmakers who use it to complete the plot of their movies! For more than 100 years of the movie theater, gambling has appeared as the only solution for the player to obtain the necessary wealth to pay off his debts, travel abroad, save a friend, or win the love of his life! In other words, every time you see gambling scene, know that the characters' lives are about to change completely!

In this article, we decided to take a look at the best casino games in Hollywood history that show the luxury life of professional punters, their struggles, and the dark side of loss.

Ocean's Eleven (1960)

Ocean Eleven is one of the best gambling movies. The movie tells the story of the veteran Danny Ocean (Frank Sinatra). After the end of World War II, Ocean dreams of robbing the five largest casinos in Las Vegas, along with 11 of his comrades in arms. Although it is an old movie, its story is still interesting till today. Wherefore, it was reproduced again by Steven Soderbergh in 2001, starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt. You can watch the first version if you like the classics of cinema, but if you prefer the modern acting school, you can choose the latest version.

Rounders (1998)

Rounders is a kind of movie that you can watch over and over again without getting bored, even though it came out in 1998! This movie revolves around true friendship and sacrifice as well as risk. The film tells the story of Mike McDermott (Matt Damon), one of the brightest and best poker players in history. Despite his brilliant career, he eventually stops playing and decides to complete his college education. However, his friend, Worm (Edward) just got out of jail and faces huge debts to big gamblers and asks Mike to help him pay them off. So, Mike decides to go back to the poker tables to pay off his friend's loans. More info about playing poker you can find here.

Lucky You (2007)

This movie is about the talented poker player, Huck Cheever (Eric Bana), who seeks a stable and peaceful life with his partner, but still wants to continue his poker career. Cheever promises his girlfriend that if he wins the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas he will never play again. However, he is surprised that he could compete with his father (Robert Duvall) in the tournament; Does he withdraw, especially with the pressure of his girlfriend on him? We will not spoil that, watch the movie yourself to know!

21 (2008)

The 21 movie is based on a true story of the 6 MIT students who, together, form the MIT Blackjack team that applies the card counting strategy at multiple casinos in Las Vegas for nearly a decade!

Although the card counting strategy is quite impressive, all the casinos - both offline and online - have eliminated any potential for using it by offering a wide range of card decks, conducting random shuffles, and constantly monitoring players! Apparently, all the casino managers know this movie and are very scared of the card counters.

Casino Royale (2006)

The James Bond movie series is the longest running in cinema history, having been running from 1962 to the present. As for many critics and watchers, Casino Royale is one of the best recent movies in the series.

In this movie, Daniel Craig plays the role of Agent 007. The story revolves around Bond's mission to prevent the terrorist, Le Chiffre, from winning a high-stakes poker game at Casino Royale before taking the profits to fund his terrorist organization. However, the money that Bond used wasn’t his, it belonged to MI6. So, does he succeed or he throws away the taxpayer money?

The Gambler (2014)

This movie shows the downside of gambling as Jim Bennett plays with all the money he has and loses everything. However, he didn't stop, as he owed a fortune to the casino gangsters! Since he fails to pay off his debts, he turns to one of his students, Amy; will he succeed in returning the money he borrowed on the specified dates?

Hard Eight (1996)

Professional gambler, Sydney, teaches John betting tricks. Indeed, John becomes a great student and succeeds in applying these strategies at casinos and reap good profits, but eventually he falls in love with casino waitress, Clementine.

Croupier (1998)

This movie is one of the classics in the movies about casino games. The hero of this film is Jack Manfred, an aspiring writer, who wants to start his career as a novelist. However, his life circumstances forced him to work in a casino to afford living. He tried to connect his work as a dealer with his talent by writing a novel about the feelings of joy and regret that gamblers feel when betting on the games he introduces them to.