While there is a decent selection of gambling movies available for you to enjoy out there, some titles are way better than others.

The first 7 titles in this list represent some of the best dramas and serious casino movies, while the second batch of 3 films represents a few comedy titles .

The story follows the business of Sam Rothstein, who is sent by the Los Angeles mob to run the Tangiers Casino in Vegas. 

1. CASINO 

1995

Edward Norton and Matt Damon star in the lead roles of this film. Mike promises to help Norton’s character recoup the money needed to come clean by playing in underground poker tournaments.

2. ROUNDERS

1998

007 spy work takes him to the Casino Royale in an attempt to foil a mob banker’s high-stakes poker game. As always, the mission holds with it the fate of the world.

3. JAMES BOND       CASINO ROYALE

2006

Ocean’s Eleven is a different take on casino movies. This one does not concentrate on gambling as much as it does on the plans to rob one of Vegas’s leading casinos.

4. OCEAN’S       ELEVEN

2001

Kevin Spacey acts as a maths professor who evidently runs a card counting syndicate that rakes in tens of thousands of dollars per night by cheating the house at various casinos.

5. 21      (BLACKJACK)

2008

This multi-award-winning casino movie follows the true story of Molly Bloom, a world-class Olympic skier.

6. MOLLY’S       GAME

2017

She found herself at the center of an FBI investigation for running the world’s most exclusive illegal high-stakes poker empire among the Hollywood elite.

6. MOLLY’S       GAME

2017

The casino movie stars Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman as Charlie and Raymond. Charlie notices that the full inheritance of his father is bequeathed to an older brother he never knew he had.

7. RAIN MAN

1988

TOP 3 CASINO MOVIES IN THE COMEDY GENRE

The plot follows the story of Jack Faro. He is the grandson of a legendary poker champion and owner of a popular casino, which Jack inherits.

1. THE GRAND

2007

Set in the old West, Bret Maverick (Mel Gibson) is a professional gambler making his way across the country to play in a major five-card draw poker tournament.

2. MAVERICK

1994

It showcases a desperate couple who open an underground casino in their friend’s basement to try and cover college tuition for their daughter.

3. THE HOUSE

2017

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