Are you looking for a list of Sports Betting Movies that are worth watching? Well our Sports Betting Movies list has some of the best (and worst) sports betting movies listed so that you don’t have to search high and low to find a movie you like. Listed in no particular order below.
Movies about Sports Betting
The Color of Money
Former pool hustler “Fast Eddie” Felson (Paul Newman) decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria (Tom Cruise) and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent’s showboat antics, leading to an argument and a falling-out. Eddie takes up playing again and soon crosses paths with Vincent as an opponent
Eight Men Out
The Chicago White Sox, who are set to play the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series of 1919, are at odds with their team’s owner, Charles Comiskey (Clifton James), who pays his players unsatisfactory wages despite the team’s popularity. A group of professional gamblers offers the Sox’s best athletes a fortune to throw the series, and the players agree. However, their reputations and careers are ruined when the dark secret, dubbed the “Black Sox Scandal,” reaches the public consciousness.
Lay the Favorite
Chance brings Beth to work for Dink, whose Las Vegas gambling business seeks to make money on the margins between betting odds. She has the misfortune of being mistrusted by Dink’s shrewish wife and then of having the temptation to try her luck with roguish `Rosie’ operating illegally in New York.
Two For The Money
After suffering a career-ending injury, a former college football star aligns himself with one of the most renowned touts in the sports-gambling business.
Bookies
Tired of losing money on sports bets they’ve been placing with local mobsters Larry (David Proval) and Vincent (John Diehl), California college students Toby (Nick Stahl), Jude (Johnny Galecki) and Casey (Lukas Haas) begin their own bookmaking business. Their operation is soon wildly successful, placing a strain on Toby’s relationship with his disapproving girlfriend, Hunter (Rachael Leigh Cook). When Larry and Vincent learn their territory is threatened, they try to shut down the boys.
Hardball
Conor (Keanu Reeves) is a ticket scalper, gambler and, now, Little League coach for a rag-tag team of kids in one of the toughest part of Chicago. He’s no role model, but his buddy Jimmy won’t help him pay off his gambling debts unless Conor coaches Jimmy’s corporately sponsored team. Surprising even himself, Conor becomes attached to his players — and to their attractive schoolteacher (Diane Lane) — and drawn into their tough and sometimes tragic lives.
Even Money
Gambling destroys the lives of various people who are either addicted to it or involved in its promotion. Carol (Kim Basinger) hides her addiction from her family, who believe she is writing a novel rather than pulling slots in a casino. Clyde (Forest Whitaker) convinces his brother to shave points in his basketball games. While Murph (Nick Cannon) tries unsuccessfully to keep his girlfriend (Carla Gugino) from finding out he works as a bookie.
Let it Ride
Tipped off by his buddy (David Johansen), a loser cabby (Richard Dreyfuss) parlays a $50 horse bet at the track.
Focus
Nicky (Will Smith), a veteran con artist, takes a novice named Jess (Margot Robbie) under his wing. While Nicky teaches Jess the tricks of the trade, the pair become romantically involved. But, when Jess gets uncomfortably close, Nicky ends their relationship. Three years later, Nicky is in Buenos Aires working a very dangerous scheme when Jess — now an accomplished femme fatale — unexpectedly shows up. Her appearance throws Nicky for a loop at a time when he cannot afford to be off his game.
We hope you enjoyed our Sports Betting Movies list. Let us know in the comments which of the listed movies is your favourite, or let us know about any we may have missed!
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