Thursday, October 05, 2006

Poker Movies....

One of my other hobbies is collecting movies on DVD. I am in the process of building a little poker library for fun and entertainment. Here's a list of movies with a POKER theme that I am aware of and I'll asterisk the ones that I've already collected. Let me know if you know of others that you would recommend.

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The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
Rounders (1998)**
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)**
Luckytown (2000)
Big Hand for a Little Lady (1966)
Sunset Trail (1939)
Kaleidoscope (1966)
Queen High (1930)
Loaded Pistols (1948)
Maverick (1994)**
House of Games (1987)
Five Card Stud**

Rick's suggestions from his comment.....
The Big Blind (1999)
Un Monde Sans Pitie (1989)
Smart Money (1931)
The Sting (1973)
Shannon’s Deal (1989)
Poker (1986)
A Moment of Confusion (1998)
Du Shen (1989)
California Split (1974)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) This isn't the Mike Ma story... is it?
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
The Gambler (1980)
Run (1990)

I'll be adding others that I have that are escaping my feeble memory when I have an opportunity and please provide any movies that you would like to add to the list as well.

Back to the felt!

1 comment:

Rick said...

David Mamet's House of Games is an excellent movie, one of my all-time favorites. Though they are not all necessarily poker-themed, here are a few more movies where poker plays a major role:

The Big Blind (1999)
Un Monde Sans Pitie (1989)
Smart Money (1931)
The Sting (1973)
Shannon’s Deal (1989)
Poker (1986)
A Moment of Confusion (1998)
Du Shen (1989)
California Split (1974)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
The Gambler (1980)
Run (1990)

Rick