Being chased by debts, a man named Carl decides to impulsively solve his issues, at the expense of someone else’s fortune.
A farmer's wife decides to take her children and leave her gambling addict husband.
Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses everything. In the years that follow he is pressed into both the nationalist and communist armies, while Jiazhen is forced into menial work.
In 1948, the Trouths are facing no income and the hottest summer on record. When their estranged son inexplicably returns, the apartment is full again - but is it big enough for the gambling, trauma, and substantial life insurance policy that comes in his wake?
A gangster hires a mysterious rent-a-man for a subtle game of cat-and-mouse in the Las Vegas desert until a future-changing twist ending.
U praznoj njujorškoj aerodromskoj čekaonici zagonetni muškarac (B. Willis) svom naizgled slučajnom sugovorniku (S. Jaeger) pripovjeda neobičnu priču. Godine 1979. jedan je čovjek, brižan suprug i požrtvovan otac dječaka Maxwella (S. Gibson), zbog strasti prema klađenju na konjskim utrkama zapao u velike novčane dugove, te se našao na meti opasnih gradskih gangstera. Štoviše, bezobzirni su zločinci ubili i njega i suprugu, a zagonetni plaćeni ubojica je dobio zadatak ustrijeliti Maxwella.
Novi film neosporno darovitog Paula McGuigana nipošto ne smijemo shvatiti ozbiljno. To je ponajprije razigrana, maštovita i prilično inteligentna filmofilska zafrkancija, kojom McGuigan i mladi scenarist Jason Smilovic odaju počast svojim filmskim uzorima, ponajviše Hitchcocku i Tarantinu. Dojmljivu filmsku fotografiju potpisuje Peter Sova.
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
Priča o prevelikoj ambiciji i nečuvenom ekscesu, prati uspon i pad više likova tijekom ere neobuzdane dekadencije i izopačenosti u ranom Hollywoodu.
A woman travels to an island paradise when her daughter, Kayla, goes missing during a spring break trip with friends. As she tries to deal with the kidnappers' demands, she soon learns that Kayla may have been betrayed by those closest to her.
Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn't able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.
While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.
Student prava Mike (Matt Damon) je upravo izgubio svoju ušteđevinu u partiji pokera protiv ruskog mafijaša Teddyja KGB-a (John Malkovich). Zarekao se da više neće kockati, ali iz zatvora uskoro izlazi njegov prijatelj, također okorjeli kockar Worm (Edward Norton) koji ga nagovara na brzu i laku zaradu u ime starih dana...
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
A University teacher finds three bright students and decides to teach them how to count cards to make lots of money. As they learn how to play the casinos, things get tricky when the debt owing teacher informs them that their front man wants restitution for loses in about a weeks time. The three students decide to hit all the major casinos in Ontario and Quebec until discovered.
An American posing as a Russian prince woos a visiting Ohio heiress.
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their responsibilities, leaving the Diner behind.
Suki is a very devoted gambler. Whenever he goes to Macau, he buys a return ticket in advance, just in case he loses all his money. After breaking up with his girlfriend Cher, who couldn't bear his gambling anymore, Suki meets a girl called Princess Fragrance at a karaoke bar. They later meet again in Macau, both in the hands of a loan shark Brother Face, who threatens to kill them if they don't pay off their debts…
A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
Kad se savezni agent Aaron Falk vrati u svoj grad nakon više od dvadeset godina kako bi prisustvovao sprovodu svog prijatelja iz djetinjstva Lukea, koji je navodno ubio svoju suprugu i dijete prije nego što si je oduzeo život. Kad Falk nevoljko pristane ostati i istražiti zločin, otvara staru ranu – smrt 17-godišnje Ellie Deacon. Falk počinje sumnjati da su ova dva zločina, razdvojena desetljećima, povezana. Dok se bori da dokaže ne samo Lukeovu nevinost, već i vlastitu, Falk se nađe suprotstavljen predrasudama prema njemu i nesklonom bijesu prestrašene zajednice.