It’s based on Frank ‘Lefty’ Rosenthal’s story, a Las Vegas casino manager for a Chicago mob. Starring Robert De Niro, a 1995 crime film adapted from Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas, a Nicholas Pileggi book with an 8.2/10 IMDb rating and 79% Rotten Tomatoes. CASINO (1995), as one of the top casino movies about gambling lovers 3. The best casino movie saying is, ‘I’d overheard stories about games that folded after one bad night, and I needed this one to keep going.’ It has a 7.4/10 rating on IMDb and 81% on Rotten Tomatoes. Molly’s Game is an American biographical crime drama following Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier running exclusive high-stakes poker games with sports stars, Hollywood royalty, business titans & mobsters. MOLLY’S GAME (2017)įor crime & drama, watch the 2017 based on a 2014 memoir. A popular quote is, ‘Gambling’s not about money… Gambling’s about not facing reality, ignoring the odds.’ Croupier release was two years later & features 3 alternate types, with a 7/10 rating on IMDb and 95% on Rotten Tomatoes. To further inspire writing, he disobeys a casino’s conduct code, getting caught in a dangerous heist. Manfred’s job is as a croupier at a casino to earn money, giving inspiration for a novel.

Croupier is one of the best casino movies of all time, featuring Clive Owen starring Jack Manfred, an unlucky writer.

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