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1. Casino (1995)

R | 178 min | Crime, Drama

In Las Vegas, two best friends - a casino executive and a mafia enforcer - compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods

Votes: 564,130 | Gross: $42.44M

2. Lucky Number Slevin (2006)

R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses. Under constant surveillance by Detective Brikowski and assassin Goodkat, he must get them before they get him.

Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley, Morgan Freeman, Lucy Liu

Votes: 325,728 | Gross: $22.50M

3. Belfast (2021)

PG-13 | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Jude Hill, Lewis McAskie, Caitríona Balfe, Jamie Dornan

Votes: 92,444

4. Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)

PG | 115 min | Comedy, Drama

A widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, and decides that she must have one of her own.

Director: Anthony Fabian | Stars: Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Lambert Wilson, Alba Baptista

Votes: 26,330

5. Hardball (2001)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

A gambling addict and ticket scalper living an aimless life reluctantly agrees to coach a Little League team from the Chicago projects as part of a loan agreement.

Director: Brian Robbins | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, John Hawkes, Bryan Hearne

Votes: 33,379 | Gross: $40.22M

6. Proud Mary (2018)

R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.

Director: Babak Najafi | Stars: Taraji P. Henson, Billy Brown, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Neal McDonough

Votes: 10,807 | Gross: $20.87M

7. The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)

Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Mystery

A wealthy mystery writer uses her doctor ex-husband's non-payment of alimony to coerce him into a reconciliation.

Director: Stephen Roberts | Stars: William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Gleason, Eric Blore

Votes: 2,193

8. Brannigan (1975)

PG | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Chicago Police Lieutenant Jim Brannigan is sent to the U.K. to escort organized crime boss Ben Larkin back to the U.S., but Larkin's hitmen prepare an ambush for Brannigan.

Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, Mel Ferrer

Votes: 6,404

9. The Damned Don't Cry (1950)

Approved | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A New York socialite climbs the ladder of success man by man until a life among rich gangsters gives her what she thought she always wanted.

Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochran, Kent Smith

Votes: 3,558 | Gross: $1.54M

10. Confidential Report (1955)

Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An elusive billionaire hires an American smuggler to investigate his past, leading to a dizzying descent into a cold-war European landscape.

Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Peter van Eyck, Michael Redgrave, Patricia Medina

Votes: 9,241

11. Meantime (1983 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama

When one brother gets a job from their wealthy aunt, the other becomes increasingly jealous.

Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Marion Bailey, Tim Roth, Phil Daniels, Pam Ferris

Votes: 4,790

12. The Front (1976)

PG | 95 min | Drama

In 1953, a cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy

Votes: 9,677

13. The Sleeping City (1950)

Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In New York, the murder of a Bellevue Hospital intern prompts the police to send an undercover detective to investigate.

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Richard Conte, Coleen Gray, Richard Taber, John Alexander

Votes: 852

14. Appointment with Danger (1950)

Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

When ruthlessly dedicated postal inspector investigates the murder of a co-worker, he finds that the sole witness, a nun, has been targeted by the killers.

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert, Paul Stewart, Jan Sterling

Votes: 1,503

15. Little Miss Marker (1980)

PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A gruff bookie's life is turned upside-down when he gets a 6-year-old kid as collateral for a bet.

Director: Walter Bernstein | Stars: Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart

Votes: 1,697 | Gross: $6.32M

16. Fingers (1978)

R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Music

A dysfunctional young man is pulled between loyalties to his Italian mob-connected loan-shark father and his mentally-disturbed Jewish concert-pianist mother.

Director: James Toback | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Tisa Farrow, Jim Brown, Michael V. Gazzo

Votes: 2,883

17. Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)

Approved | 105 min | Crime, Drama

In this sequel to "Knock On Any Door", the residents of a Chicago tenement building band together to insure that the son of Nick Romano does not follow in his father's footsteps...to the electric chair.

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Burl Ives, Shelley Winters, James Darren, Jean Seberg

Votes: 590

18. Metastases (2009)

82 min | Crime, Drama, Sport

Four friends from the neighborhood grapple with maintaining their relationships amid the challenges of alcohol, drugs, hooliganism, crime, and the shadows of their country's history.

Director: Branko Schmidt | Stars: Rene Bitorajac, Franjo Dijak, Robert Ugrina, Rakan Rushaidat

Votes: 4,551

19. One in the Chamber (2012)

R | 91 min | Action, Thriller

An assassin playing both sides in a Russian gang war becomes the target of an unknown enemy.

Director: William Kaufman | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Dolph Lundgren, Claudia Bassols, Andrew Bicknell

Votes: 5,008

20. 711 Ocean Drive (1950)

Passed | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An electronics expert creates a huge bookie broadcast system for his crime boss, and takes over operations when his boss is murdered. His greed leads him on a deadly destructive path.

Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Joanne Dru, Otto Kruger, Barry Kelley

Votes: 2,047

21. Saratoga (1937)

Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After winning a stud farm in lieu of gambling debts, bookie Duke Bradley turns an eye to the daughter of the now deceased gambler and her millionaire fiancée.

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Frank Morgan

Votes: 1,967 | Gross: $5.30M

22. Saltwater (2000)

97 min | Comedy, Drama

An Irish-Italian café owner in a seaside town faces a life crisis: his wife has recently died and he's severely in debt. His oldest son tries to help, but he has his own serious problems; ... See full summary »

Director: Conor McPherson | Stars: Peter McDonald, Brian Cox, Conor Mullen, Laurence Kinlan

Votes: 346

23. Abandoned (1949)

Passed | 79 min | Drama, Film-Noir

Newspaperman helps girl find her sister's illegitimate baby, gets mixed up in baby-adoption racket.

Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Gale Storm, Jeff Chandler, Meg Randall

Votes: 1,021

24. Smoking Guns (2016)

Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

On a Friday afternoon in North London, Jack decides to bet £250 on a horse win treble which, if all three horses win, would net him and his friends a fortune.

Director: Savvas D. Michael | Stars: Tommy O'Neill, Daniel Caltagirone, Andreas Karras, Jamie Crew

Votes: 2,024

25. The Bowery (1933)

Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

In New York's Bowery during the Gay Nineties, a saloon owner and a rebel share a rivalry.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Wallace Beery, George Raft, Jackie Cooper, Fay Wray

Votes: 615 | Gross: $4.36M

26. Now I'll Tell (1934)

Passed | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Golden is a two-bit gambler who has promised wife Virginia he'll quit when he makes $200,000. When he fixes a fight he gets mobster Mossiter mad, then loses his fortune to him. He pawns his... See full summary »

Director: Edwin J. Burke | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Helen Twelvetrees, Alice Faye, Robert Gleckler

Votes: 248

27. Two Seconds (1932)

67 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Vivienne Osborne, Guy Kibbee, Preston Foster

Votes: 1,301

28. Let's Not Get Angry (1966)

100 min | Comedy, Crime

Antoine helps two former acquaintances escape the country, who repay him with a debt transfer. All he has to do is collect from some Léonard Michalon, but for that he will have to go into much trouble to keep the man alive.

Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Lino Ventura, Mireille Darc, Jean Lefebvre, Michel Constantin

Votes: 1,424

29. Nana (1926)

Not Rated | 150 min | Drama, Romance

When the vivacious and beautiful Nana bombs at the Théâtre des Variétés, she embarks on the life of a courtesan, using her allure and charisma to entice and pleasure men.

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Catherine Hessling, Pierre Lestringuez, Jacqueline Forzane, Werner Krauss

Votes: 965

30. 21 Up (1977 TV Movie)

100 min | Documentary, Biography

Director Michael Apted interviews the same group of British-born adults after a seven-year wait as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.

Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Bruce Balden, Jacqueline Bassett, Symon Basterfield, Andrew Brackfield

Votes: 2,924

31. Missing Persons (1990 TV Movie)

104 min | Drama

Hetty is approached by Frank Cross, husband of her old friend Edith, to locate his son from his first marriage, whom he hasn't seen in fifty years.

Director: Derek Bennett | Stars: Patricia Routledge, Tony Melody, Jimmy Jewel, Jean Heywood

Votes: 137

32. The Saint Meets the Tiger (1941)

Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The last words uttered by by a conscience-stricken crook dying on the Saint's doorstep lead the detective in pursuit of gold smugglers and the master crook known as the Tiger.

Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Hugh Sinclair, Jean Gillie, Gordon McLeod, Clifford Evans

Votes: 603

33. The Glass Tomb (1955)

Not Rated | 59 min | Mystery

Crowds flock to a carnival sideshow to see "The Starving Man", a heavyset man who claims he can go 70 days without eating. However, a couple of murders occur at the carnival, resulting in the police becoming involved.

Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: John Ireland, Honor Blackman, Geoffrey Keen, Eric Pohlmann

Votes: 334

34. Sacred Silence (1996)

114 min | Crime, Drama

A young priest crusades against organized crime in his Naples neighbourhood but falls in love with a 13-year old boy. It's the chance the gangsters were waiting for to get rid of the thorn ... See full summary »

Director: Antonio Capuano | Stars: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Emanuele Gargiulo, Tonino Taiuti, Rosaria De Cicco

Votes: 438

35. Killer McCoy (1947)

Approved | 104 min | Drama

Following a mishap in the ring, hard-nosed lightweight Tommy "Killer" McCoy gets mixed up with a big time gambler and falls for his educated daughter Sheila, against her father's better wishes.

Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Brian Donlevy, Ann Blyth, James Dunn

Votes: 505 | Gross: $2.00M

36. Soul Santa (2021)

Comedy, Romance

A shopping mall Santa Claus is the disguise of a businessman that got into trouble with mob's money.

Director: Terri J. Vaughn | Stars: David Mann, Tamela J. Mann, Brooke Monroe Conaway, Christopher Gurr

Votes: 129

37. When Hell Broke Loose (1958)

Approved | 78 min | Drama, War

In 1945, a GI falls in love with a German woman while elite German troops in U.S.uniforms carry out sabotage and assassinations behind American lines.

Director: Kenneth G. Crane | Stars: Charles Bronson, Richard Jaeckel, Violet Rensing, Robert Easton

Votes: 323

38. The Frame-Up (1937)

Approved | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Ellery Richards, racing magnate, informs Mark MacArthur, head of the State Racing Commission detectives, that a ring of bookmakers and gangsters are in town betting heavily on the Richards'... See full summary »

Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Paul Kelly, Julie Bishop, George McKay, Robert Emmett O'Connor

Votes: 30

39. Mob on the Run (1987 TV Movie)

Documentary, Crime, History

An extensive overview of organized crime operations in and infiltration of the Las Vegas casino and gaming industry, covering the years 1931-1987.

Director: T.W. Gilbride | Stars: Ned Day, Hank Greenspun, Aladena Fratianno, Grant Sawyer

Votes: 13

40. Sabotage Squad (1942)

Approved | 60 min | Drama, Romance, War

Rejected by the army because of a bad heart, Eddie Miller, small-time gambler, promises his girl, Edith Cassell, that he will get a good job. Meanwhile, his pal, Chuck Brown, a pickpocket, ... See full summary »

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Bruce Bennett, Kay Harris, Edward Norris, Sidney Blackmer

Votes: 26

41. Racetrack (1933)

Passed | 79 min | Action, Drama, Sport

Joe Tomasso is an Italian-American bookmaker and gambler who, outwardly, is hard but soft-hearted inwardly. He becomes fond of a homeless waif, Jackie Curtis, and begins to look upon him as... See full summary »

Director: James Cruze | Stars: Leo Carrillo, Frank Coghlan Jr., Kay Hammond, Lee Moran

Votes: 25

42. Bed and Breakfast (1930)

68 min | Comedy

A newlywed couple have a fight, and to get even with each other, each decides to take a lover--without actually going through with "the deed." Complications ensue.

Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Jane Baxter, Richard Cooper, Sari Maritza, Alf Goddard

Votes: 18

43. Inquiry Into Gambling (1960 TV Movie)

30 min | Documentary

In this Sydney-produced programme, compere George Baker talked with a licensed bookmaker, an anonymous S.P bookmaker, a compulsive gambler, and Rev. Alan Walker. A mock game of roulette was also staged.

Stars: George Baker, Alan Walker

44. A Member of Tattersall's (1919)

Drama, Sport

A bookmaker's daughter is adopted by a widow and loves a captain whose winner is disqualified by a crooked Lord.

Director: Albert Ward | Stars: Isobel Elsom, Malcolm Cherry, Campbell Gullan, Tom Reynolds

45. The Jockey (1909)

Short, Comedy

Osborn, the trainer, is asked by an old friend to complete the training of his nephew, Jim Blackwood, and as time goes on Jim, steady and hard working, finds himself very happy in the home ... See full summary »

Director: Georges Monca | Stars: Jacques Villa, Henri Étiévant, André Simon, Albert Dieudonné

46. All 19 Ways the New York Mafia Makes Money (2022 Video)

16 min | Documentary, Short, Crime

John Pennisi, a former made member of the Lucchese crime family, explains how the mob actually operates.

Star: John Pennisi

47. The Shop (2011)

43 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A collection of life's losers come together at Railway Dave's seedy back street betting shop.

Director: Campbell Foster | Stars: Zahra Browne, Sean Connolly, Howell Evans, Joe Ferrara

48. Alcoa Theatre (1957–1960)
Episode: Day the Devil Hid (1959)

30 min | Drama

J. Dunkin Wynn has a foster daughter, far away from San Francisco where he lives, in Korea actually. The Korean girl believes her American daddy is in the Navy. This is at least what he has... See full summary »

Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Peter Lind Hayes, Robert Gist, Philip Ahn, Dub Taylor

Votes: 7

49. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: Miss Paisley's Cat (1957)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

After an elderly woman's beloved alley cat is killed by the local bookie, she develops a strong urge to murder him in revenge.

Director: Justus Addiss | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Dorothy Stickney, Raymond Bailey, Harry Tyler

Votes: 554

50. The Brief (2004–2005)
Episode: So Long, Samantha (2004)

70 min | Crime, Drama

Personal and financial problems plague Henry as he tries to prove that the Anglo-Greek girl who fell to her death in Jakarta was not a suicide or accident.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Rebecca Santos, Stanley Townsend, Nick Barber, Russell Barr

Votes: 50