Movies tagged as "poker player"

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels [1998, UK ] starting from $1.99

A Disgrace to Criminals Everywhere.

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Thriller Actors: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Steven Mackintosh, Nicholas Rowe, Nick Marcq, Charlie Forbes, Vinnie Jones, Lenny McLean, Peter McNicholl, P.H. Moriarty, Frank Harper, Steve Sweeney, Huggy Leaver Directors: Guy Ritchie, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   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.

Maverick [1994, USA ] starting from $1.99

The greatest gambler in the West has finally met his match.

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Western Actors: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, Graham Greene, Alfred Molina, James Coburn, Dub Taylor, Geoffrey Lewis, Paul L. Smith, Dan Hedaya, Dennis Fimple, Denver Pyle, Clint Black, Max Perlich, Art LaFleur Directors: Richard Donner, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   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.

My Blueberry Nights [2007, Hong Kong, China, France ] starting from $1.99

Genres: Drama, Romance Actors: Norah Jones, Jude Law, David Strathairn, Natalie Portman, Hector A. Leguillow, Rachel Weisz, Nate Bynum, Chad R. Davis, Trent Dee, Geoff Falk, Bill Hollis, Benjamin Kanes, Miller Pipkin, Markus Seaberry, Kenon Walker, Directors: Kar Wai Wong Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   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.

Rounders [1998, USA ] starting from $1.99

You've got to play the hand you're dealt.

Genres: Drama Actors: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Paul Cicero, John Turturro, Ray Iannicelli, Gretchen Mol, Famke Janssen, Merwin Goldsmith, John Malkovich, Martin Landau, Sonny Zito, Michael Rispoli, Mal Z. Lawrence, Melina Kanakaredes, Josh Mostel, Directors: John Dahl Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   A young man (Damon) is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.

Sting, The [1973, USA ] starting from $1.99

Recapture "the STING Experience". REMEMBER HOW GOOD THE FEEL WAS THE FIRST TIME (re-release)

Genres: Comedy, Crime Actors: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Ray Walston, Eileen Brennan, Harold Gould, John Heffernan, Dana Elcar, Jack Kehoe, Dimitra Arliss, Robert Earl Jones, James Sloyan, Charles Dierkop, Lee Paul, Directors: George Roy Hill Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   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.