Top 20 movies like The Gambler

The Gambler

Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the operator of an illicit gambling ring while garnering the attention of Frank, a paternalistic loan shark. As his relationship with a student deepens, Bennett must risk everything for a second chance.

The Gambler is of 1 hour(s) and 51 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Paramount, Closest to the Hole Productions, Leverage, Winkler Films. It was released on 2014-12-25. It has the tagline: The only way out is all in It has an average vote of 5.94 on TMDB.

Genres: ThrillerCrimeDrama

1. Shadow Dancer

Shadow Dancer

Set in 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.

It has an average vote of 5.895 on TMDB.

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2. Stalked by My Neighbor

Stalked by My Neighbor

A girl and her mother escape to suburban safety after a home invasion scares them out of the city, but they're soon menaced by a sinister figure.

It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.

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3. DolceRoma (DolceRoma)

DolceRoma

Andrea Serrano is a young aspiring writer who, to make ends meet, is forced to wash corpses in a mortuary, while struggling to finish his first novel, a story about the Camorra. Having become discouraged by his struggling career, he is waiting for the chance of a lifetime. And finally, it arrives - a major film producer decides to adapt his novel and make it into a movie.

It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

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4. Black Belt (黒帯)

Black Belt

Set in 1932, amid the rise of militarism after the establishment of the Manchukuo colony in Northeast China, the story centers on a trio of karateka. Studying under their aging master in a small dojo in the woods of central Kyushu, Choei, Taikan and Giryu face a company of kempeitai military police come to requisition their dojo for use as a military base.

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

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5. Undercover Bridesmaid

Undercover Bridesmaid

A bodyguard must go undercover to protect, a tycoon's daughter from death threats before her big wedding day.

It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.

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6. Catch Hell

Catch Hell

Former Hollywood star Reagan Pearce is kidnapped by two men connected to his past while on location in Louisiana. When he wakes up bound and chained in a rundown shack, he soon discovers the real motives of his captors and finds himself in the middle of a twisted scheme with little chance to survive. With no rescue in sight, Reagan must use every ounce of strength he has left to break free and get his revenge.

It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.

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7. Amira & Sam

Amira & Sam

Sam, a soldier who had served in Afghanistan and Iraq, meets Amira when he visits her uncle, Bassam, who had served as Sam's Iraqi translator. Bassam and Sam have a special bond due to their time together in the war. Initially Amira does not trust him because he was an American soldier and her brother was killed by a bomb from American troops in the war. Sam's cousin, Charlie, asks Sam to help him with illegal hedge funds unbeknownst to Sam at the time. Amira is staying with her uncle Bassam since her father died. She sells bootlegged films on the street corner but is forced to stay with Sam after getting busted; immigration officials begin pursuing her. As the film progresses, Sam and Amira fall in love.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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8. Relationship Status: It's Complicated (Situation amoureuse : c'est compliqué)

Relationship Status: It's Complicated

Thirty-year-old Ben is about to marry Juliette. His quiet, ordered life will fall to pieces when he meets up again with the person he secretly wants to see the most: Vanessa, the high school bombshell who never so much as looked in his direction. She's back in Paris, and the only person she now knows is him…

It has an average vote of 5.17 on TMDB.

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9. Dance of the Dead

Dance of the Dead

With Prom only hours away, the usual suspects of Cosa High are preoccupied with the annual rituals of teendom. On the night of the big dance when the dead unexpectedly rise to eat the living, polar opposite groups will be forced to unite in their final chance to save the town from the zombies.

It has an average vote of 5.801 on TMDB.

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10. Xuxa Requebra (Xuxa Requebra)

Xuxa Requebra

Nena, a journalist and former student of the Two Hearts dance academy, tries to stop the school from being sold to a group of drug dealers. She trains a group to win the Requebra dance contest that would give them the necessary money to carry their plans.

It has an average vote of 3.4 on TMDB.

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11. Selma

Selma

"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.

It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.

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12. 1800 Grams (1800 gramów)

1800 Grams

A touching story about the most important human matters: love, loneliness, sacrifice and courage, around the life of Ewa, a woman who works looking for families for orphaned children.

It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

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13. 40-Love (Terre Battue)

40-Love

Jérôme, a senior executive, has just left his company. Determined to never work for nobody else ever again, he attempts to set up his own company, come what may, even ignoring the reluctance of his wife Laura. Ugo, their 11-year-old son, is a tennis player and a promising champion. To reach his goal, he must make it into the Roland Garros national training centre. Just like his dad, he’s willing to do whatever it takes to make it. Together, Ugo and Jérôme will realize that not all rules can be bent in the quest for success.

It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.

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14. Svani (სვანი)

Svani

In Svaneti, the mountainous region of Georgia, there is the Jachvliani clan tower known to have shown an angel figure of white smoke. At these times the tower inhabitants always prayed as the angel was believed to protect them. One day a man from another clan was killed in the tower and the angel has never made its appearance since.

It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.

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15. Take-Away Romance (Amour sur place ou à emporter)

Take-Away Romance

Amelle and Noom are two young thirties are total opposites and that fate will bring. Serious She manager at Starbucks, and dynamic IT dilettante, smart, and apprentice comic. Both victims disappointments in love, they swore that it does take longer. So how do when despite all these opposites attract? A game of seduction then sets up for our greatest happiness. But all is not so rosy, families, friends, colleagues get involved, wars are declared, quarrels explode. Caught between the roots of their education and the fire of their feelings, which side will they choose? The love he will triumph? One thing is sure, they will make us have a good loads of fun and excitement ...

It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.

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16. Dying of the Light

Dying of the Light

Evan Lake, a veteran CIA agent, has been ordered to retire. But when his protégé uncovers evidence that Lake's nemesis, the terrorist Banir, has resurfaced, Lake goes rogue, embarking on a perilous, intercontinental mission to eliminate his sworn enemy.

It has an average vote of 4.667 on TMDB.

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17. The Gunman

The Gunman

Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his life, Terrier flies to London to find out who wants him dead -- and why. Terrier's search leads him to a reunion with Annie, a woman he once loved, who is now married to an oily businessman with dealings in Africa.

It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.

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18. Grace

Grace

A unique horror film told from the first-person perspective of Grace - a naive, virginal college freshman trying to deal with campus culture and her outgoing roommate as an evil entity takes over her body and unleashes chaos.

It has an average vote of 4.893 on TMDB.

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19. Sound City

Sound City

The history of Sound City and their huge recording device; exploring how digital change has allowed 'people that have no place' in music to become stars. It follows former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighter David Grohl as he attempts to resurrect the studio back to former glories.

It has an average vote of 7.349 on TMDB.

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20. St. Vincent

St. Vincent

A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.

It has an average vote of 7.107 on TMDB.

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