Films like The Cooler

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1. 1

   Hard Eight

   Film · 1997 · also drama

   A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.

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   Indecent Proposal

   Film · 1993 · also drama and romance

   John Gage offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife.

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   Leaving Las Vegas

   Film · 1995 · also drama and romance

   Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms...

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   Casino

   Film · 1995 · also 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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5. 5

   Bugsy

   Film · 1991 · also drama

   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 an...

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   Rounders

   Film · 1998 · also drama

   Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Russian-American gangster Teddy KGB. Promising his partner Jo he'll give...

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   Nightmare Alley

   Film · 2021 · also drama

   An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.

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   Sanctuary

   Film · 2023 · also drama

   Confined to a claustrophobic hotel room, the heir to a hotel empire and the dominatrix who has primed him for success become locked in a battle of wits and wills as he tr...

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   House of Games

   Film · 1987 · also drama

   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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    On Swift Horses

    Film · 2025 · also drama and romance

    Returning from the Korean War, Lee wants to begin a new life with his wife Muriel in California. But when his charismatic brother Julius arrives, their lives begin to cha...

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