Movies like California Split
If California Split's mix of friendship, casino and poker stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what California Split'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: casino, poker, gambling
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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Rounders
1998 · Directed by John Dahl · 121 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: friendship, casino, poker
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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Hard Eight
1997 · Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · 102 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: casino, gambling, gambling debt
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
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Babylon
2022 · Directed by Damien Chazelle · 189 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: gambling, gambling debt · Also drama and comedy
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the…
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Molly's Game
2017 · Directed by Aaron Sorkin · 141 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: poker, 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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House of Games
1987 · Directed by David Mamet · 102 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: gambling, gambling debt
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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Bugsy
1991 · Directed by Barry Levinson · 136 min6.3
Why you'll like itWith Elliott Gould · Shares: casino
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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Snack Shack
2024 · Directed by Adam Rehmeier · 112 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: gambling · Also comedy and drama
Inseparable best friends AJ and Moose decide to run the local pool's snack shack after their plan to sell home-brewed beer goes down the drain.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998 · Directed by Terry Gilliam · 118 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: casino · Also drama and comedy
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race.
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A Bronx Tale
1993 · Directed by Robert De Niro · 121 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: gambling
Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss.
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Lucky Number Slevin
2006 · Directed by Paul McGuigan · 110 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: gambling debt
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to…
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Get Shorty
1995 · Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld · 105 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: gambling
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly.