Movies like Finding Amanda
If Finding Amanda's mix of gambling, pimp and rehabilitation stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Finding Amanda's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Casino
1995 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 179 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: gambling, pimp, las vegas
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.
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Hard Eight
1997 · Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · 102 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: gambling, las vegas
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
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The Lion King
1994 · Directed by Roger Allers · 89 min8.3
Why you'll like itWith Matthew Broderick · Shares: uncle
Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself.
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Molly's Game
2017 · Directed by Aaron Sorkin · 141 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: gambling
Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.
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Rounders
1998 · Directed by John Dahl · 121 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: gambling
Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Russian-American gangster Teddy KGB.
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You Can Count on Me
2000 · Directed by Kenneth Lonergan · 111 min6.9
Why you'll like itWith Matthew Broderick · From the same decade (2000s)
A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely-seen younger brother returns to town.
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House of Games
1987 · Directed by David Mamet · 102 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: gambling
A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
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The Last Showgirl
2024 · Directed by Gia Coppola · 89 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: las vegas
When the glittering Las Vegas revue she has headlined for decades announces it will soon close, a glamorous showgirl must reconcile with the decisions she’s made and the community she has built as she plans her next act.
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Bugsy
1991 · Directed by Barry Levinson · 136 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: las vegas
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A.
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Very Bad Things
1998 · Directed by Peter Berg · 100 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: las vegas
Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies.