Movies Like High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story
If you liked High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story (2003), a drama movie directed by A. W. Vidmer, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Casino (1995)
★ 8/10Also dramaIn 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)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaMolly 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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Gotti (1996)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaJohn Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion…
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Finder's Fee (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaFriends Tepper, Quigley, Fishman, and Bolan get together for a weekly poker night with two simple rules: Everyone contributes a lottery ticket to the pot, and no one checks the numbers until the game ends. But this…
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Blow (2001)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaThe story of how George Jung, together with the Medellín Cartel led by Pablo Escobar, established the billion-dollar cocaine empire in the United States in the 1970s.
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Bugsy (1991)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaNew 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. the life, the movies…
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The Most Hated Woman in America (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaThe true story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- iconoclast, opportunist, and outspoken atheist -- from her controversial rise to her untimely demise.
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Ballad of a Small Player (2025)
★ 5.8/10Also dramaAmid the glittering casinos of Macau, a gambler running from his past—and his debts—becomes fascinated by an enigmatic woman at the baccarat table.
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Georgetown (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaUlrich Mott is an eccentric and versatile social climber with grandiose plans to affect United States foreign policy. Encouraged in his attempts by his strategically chosen (and much older) wife, the well-connected…
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Reversal of Fortune (1990)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaWealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.
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The Smashing Machine (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaIn the late 1990s, up-and-coming mixed martial artist Mark Kerr aspires to become the greatest fighter in the world. However, he must also battle his opioid dependence and a volatile relationship with his girlfriend…
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Rounders (1998)
★ 7/10Also dramaPoker 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 up, he meets up with best friend Lester 'Worm'…
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The Killer Inside Me (2010)
★ 5.8/10Also dramaDeputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little slow and maybe boring, but that is the worst they say about him…
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Winged Creatures (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaA psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an…
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White Boy Rick (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaThe story of Richard Wershe Jr., a teenager who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s, and was ultimately arrested for drug trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
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Donnie Brasco (1997)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaAn FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
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The Card Counter (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaWilliam Tell just wants to play cards. His spartan existence on the casino trail is shattered when he is approached by Cirk, a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military…
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Queen of the Ring (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaIn a time when pro wrestling for women was illegal all over the country, a small town single mother embraces the danger to change culture as she dominates America's most masculine sport to become the first million…
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The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaBased on the true story of the events that led to the death of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., an elderly African American veteran with bipolar disorder, who was killed during a conflict with police officers who were…
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GoodFellas (1990)
★ 8.5/10Also dramaThe true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.