Movies Like Phil Hellmuth's Million Dollar Texas Hold'em Tournament Strategies
If you liked Phil Hellmuth's Million Dollar Texas Hold'em Tournament Strategies (2005), a movie, 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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The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
★ 7/10An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
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A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
★ 7.1/10A naive traveler in Laredo gets involved in a poker game between the richest men in the area, jeopardizing all the money he has saved for the purpose of settling with his wife and child in San Antonio.
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The Grand (2007)
★ 5.8/10The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poker and follows six players who reach the final table of the world’s…
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Finder's Fee (2001)
★ 6.2/10Friends 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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The Queen of Spades (1949)
★ 6.5/10A czarist captain stops at nothing to learn the secrets of a countess rumored to have sold her soul to the devil in order to always win at cards.
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Training Day (2001)
★ 7.5/10On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
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The Black Stallion (1979)
★ 7.1/10While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive…
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Return of the Seven (1966)
★ 6.1/10Chico, one of the remaining members of The Magnificent Seven, now lives in the town that they (The Seven) helped. One day someone comes and takes most of the men prisoner. His wife seeks out Chris, the leader of The…
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Mississippi Grind (2015)
★ 6/10Gerry is a talented but down-on-his-luck gambler whose fortunes begin to change when he meets Curtis, a younger, highly charismatic poker player. The two strike up an immediate friendship and Gerry quickly persuades…
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Edmond (2006)
★ 6/10Seemingly mild-mannered businessman Edmond Burke visits a fortuneteller and hears a remark that spurs him to leave his wife abruptly and seek what is missing from his life. Encounters with strangers and unsavory people…
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21 (2008)
★ 6.7/10Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000…
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Crossroads (1986)
★ 7.4/10A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.
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Poker Night (2014)
★ 5.9/10When a new detective is caught by a vicious psychopath and locked in a basement, he must use the knowledge he learned from some of the best detectives at Poker Night, then match wits against his captor.
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California Split (1974)
★ 6.6/10Carefree single guy Charlie Waters rooms with two lovely prostitutes, Barbara Miller and Susan Peters, and lives to gamble. Along with his glum betting buddy, Bill Denny, Charlie sets out on a gambling streak in search…
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The Prowler (1951)
★ 6.8/10Los Angeles, California. A cop who, unhappy with his job, blames others for his work problems, is assigned to investigate the case of a prowler who stalks the home of a married woman.
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Rough Night in Jericho (1967)
★ 6.7/10The only business in the Wild West town of Jericho that corrupt sheriff Alex Flood doesn't control behind the scenes is the stagecoach owned by tough-willed widow Molly Lang and her right-hand man, Hickman. Former…
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Shanghaied (1915)
★ 6/10A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai some seamen. The…
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Lions for Lambs (2007)
★ 6/10Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in…
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Fat City (1972)
★ 7.1/10The story of two men, a veteran boxer who is down and out, and a young man who is just starting his life and boxing career. Their fighting careers cross paths as their lives and fortunes head in opposite directions.
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Death of a Gunfighter (1969)
★ 6.3/10In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottonwood Springs, marshal Frank Patch is an old-style lawman in a town determined to become modern. When he kills drunken Luke Mills in self-defense, the town leaders decide…