Movies like Dark City
If Dark City's mix of poker, gambling and con man stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Dark City'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: poker, gambling · Also crime and 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.
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Molly's Game
2017 · Directed by Aaron Sorkin · 141 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: poker, gambling · Also drama and crime
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: poker, gambling · Also drama and crime
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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House of Games
1987 · Directed by David Mamet · 102 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: gambling, con man · Also crime and thriller
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 Killing
1956 · Directed by Stanley Kubrick · 85 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: film noir · Also crime and thriller · From the same decade (1950s)
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married.
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D.O.A.
1949 · Directed by Rudolph Maté · 83 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: film noir · Also thriller and crime
Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him.
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Hard Eight
1997 · Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · 102 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: gambling · Also drama and crime
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.