Rounders
Shade
Pool Hall Junkies

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" I might have taught you everything you know,but I didn't teach you everything I know" James Coburn "Baltimore Bullet"

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

The Sting

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"The Gambler" was the deeper movie. The Baltimore Bullett was more of a light comedy but I remember that quote like it was yesterday!



Synopsis of The Baltimore Bullet
James Coburn is "The Baltimore Bullet", a legendary pool player who's seen better days. Coburn "adopts" aspiring pool champ Bruce Boxleitner, teaching him practically everything he knows. As we know it must, the plot requires Coburn and Boxleitner to face each other in the climactic winner-take-all match. As much fun as Baltimore Bullet is, the film can't help but be dwarfed by the 1986 Hustler sequel The Color of Money. Ronee Blakely proves an appealing heroine, while several real-life pool greats (Willie Mosconi, Irving Crane, Steve Mizerak etc.) show up in cameo roles. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

The Sting
Rounders
Diggstown
The Gambler
The Hustler

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nothing beats

This one is my favorite. Followed closely by Rounders and The Cincinnati Kid.

A couple of obscure gambling movies are Owning Mahoney with Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and Hard Eight with Phillip Baker Hall.

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"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." ~ H.L. Mencken

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His mind is not for rent to any God or government.

The Sting
Casino
Let It Ride
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
A Day at the Races

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Back off, Warchild. Seriously.

Funny, I've never considered Diggstown a gambling movie but that's exactly what it is.

Time to revise the list.

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Rain Man

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"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." ~ H.L. Mencken

There's two things we never joke about here in Diggstown, Mr. Peeps- our boxing and our betting.

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His mind is not for rent to any God or government.

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I will say Two For the Money with Matthew Mccounaghy and Al Pacino.

I know it may not have been liked, but it was gambling and Football.

This

Rounders is terrible.

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Diggstown
The Sting

end of thread. I wont hear any discussion about it.

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I find poker to be a mind-numbing activity. Hence my dislike for the film. That is all.

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Cincinnati Kid starring Steve McQueen

winner

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Goodfellas

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Rounders, love it.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

I don't really think of The Sting as a gambling movie. Top 5 confidence game/caper movie for sure.

Anyone see The Cooler with William H. Macy and Alec Baldwin? It may have been a made-for-TV movie. Sort of a rumination on the whole luck v. kharma thing.

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I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost

The cooler is ok.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

No it was in the theater. Maria Bello was easy on the eyes.

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The Hustler and Owning Mahoney and Rounders

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Bad Liutenant

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Fatal Attraction.
The Crying Game.

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The whole movie was based around gambling. They stole the number runners money at the beginning, they set up the con during a game of poker and the con they run is based on betting on horses. Every moment of the movie hinges on gambling.

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You know what? I think you're right. I was thinking of Full Metal Jacket.

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I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost

Common mistake Joker.

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