Movies tagged with the "poker-player" keyword

My Blueberry Nights (2007) [ Hong Kong, China, France]

Genres: Drama, Romance Directors: Kar Wai Wong A young woman takes a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of offbeat characters along the way.

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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) [ UK]

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Thriller Directors: Guy Ritchie Four Jack-the-lads find themselves heavily - seriously heavily - in debt to an East End hard man and his enforcers after a crooked card game. Overhearing their neighbours in the next flat plotting to hold up a group of out-of-their-depth drug growers, our heros decide to stitch up the robbers in turn. In a way the confusion really starts when a pair of antique double-barrelled shotguns go missing in a completely different scam.

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Rounders (1998) [ USA]

Genres: Drama Directors: John Dahl A young man (Damon) is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.

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Maverick (1994) [ USA]

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Western Directors: Richard Donner Maverick is recreated from the character James Garner created in the 1950s TV program. Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them. He needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a Winner Take All poker game that begins in a few days. He tries to win some, tries to collect a few debts, and recover a little loot for the reward, all with a light hearted air. He joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvelous, though fake, southern accent as the two both try and enter the game.

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The Sting (1973) [ USA]

Genres: Comedy, Crime Directors: George Roy Hill Johnny Hooker is a young con-man who is being taught by Luther. One day they pull one of their con jobs and net themselves a huge roll. What they don't know is that the man they conned is the courier for a numbers runner. And it turns out that the boss, Doyle Lonigan, considers it an attack on him and orders all the people involved terminated. Hooker is shaken down by a crooked cop, Snyder, who threatens to turn him over to Lonigan unless he pays him off. Hooker pays him, he then tries to warn Luther but is too late. He then goes to see Henry Gondorf, a friend of Luther's and a one time great con-man, who has had a bit of bad luck. After hearing what happened to Luther and seeing how hungry Hooker is for payback, he assembles a gang and decides to con Lonigan. While everything seems to be going ok, there is just the problem of the hit on Hooker and Snyder, whom Hooker paid off with counterfeit money.

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