La apuesta perfecta (2006)

Once amigos, compañeros de armas en la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), planean robar, en una sola noche, cinco de los mayores casinos de Las Vegas. En el año 2001 Steven Soderbergh hizo un remake con un gran reparto: George Clooney, Brad Pitt y Julia Roberts.

Frederique, una lesbiana rica y de temperamento apático, recoge de la calle a Why, una joven artista callejera, y la lleva a vivir con ella a su casa de Saint Tropez. Durante algún tiempo son felices, pero en una fiesta Why comienza a sentirse atraída por Paul, un joven arquitecto que acaba seduciéndola. Frederique se enfurece y decide visitar a Paul para dejarle claro cuál es el precio de acostarse con Why.

Finales de los años treinta. Los mejores jugadores de póker compiten por la supremacía en Nueva Orleáns. McQueen es un joven jugador, recién incorporado al selecto círculo de tahúres que se proponen derrotar al rey "Robinson". Una película mítica sobre el popular juego de cartas, con partidas llenas de suspense.

Adaptación de un musical de Broadway basado en un cuento de Damon Runyon, gran maestro de la literatura picaresca americana. Nathan Detroit (Frank Sinatra), organizador de las partidas más selectas de dados de Nueva York, apuesta mil dólares con uno de los jugadores (Marlon Brando) a que no es capaz de enamorar a una joven puritana que pertenece al Ejército de Salvación (Jean Simmons).

David (Harrelson), arquitecto, y Diona Murphy (Moore), agente inmobiliario, son un matrimonio felizmente casado y bien avenido que, por culpa de un traspié económico, ve peligrar su nivel de vida. En Las Vegas, donde buscan un golpe de suerte en el juego que les traiga algo de dinero, un maduro y apuesto multimillonario (Redford) ofrece a David un millón de dólares a cambio de pasar una noche con su mujer. A pesar de las dudas iniciales, ambos acaban aceptando la propuesta...

Un policía llamado Nishi (Takeshi Kitano) se enfrenta a la enfermedad terminal de su esposa, al drama de un compañero que ha quedado parapléjico en una redada y a un grupo de mafiosos que le siguen la pista.

Narra la arriesgada lucha de un detective por cazar a su eterno y malvado enemigo, un conductor que se ha escapado de las manos de la justicia y que es enormemente peligroso.

In the beginning the Devil made a bet with God. The Devil backed Eve, God backed Adam. What would have happened to love and sex if Adam hadn't taken the bite?

Isamu, a star athlete in high school, becomes a race cyclist. He wins his debut races, but soon his opponents see through his lack of strategy and beat him easily. Isamu's maths teacher, a race cycling freak, says he knows the solution to Isamu's problem. But will Isamu listen to him?

A deputy marshal arrives in the small western town of Fairweather to investigate the death of a beautiful gambler known as "The Princess".

Jay Chou is a soft hearted, mellow young man that is often fooled and used by women who only want his money. One night, he saved a young and sexy Kung Fu master, Ying Ying and she helped Jay recoup many of his bad debts and kicked his lousy girlfriends away. Surprisingly, Ying Ying is a maestro in gambling - mahjong, football betting and horse racing. However, Ying Ying suffered from amnesia, and could not remember who she was. Nevertheless, Jay plucked up courage to ask her to marry him and she agreed. On the night before their wedding, Ying Ying disappeared! Later, Jay finally found her and she is contending in the Asian God of Gamblers Competition and also had a fiancé named Henry. What was Jay to do?

Theater usherette Bunny O'Day (Clara Bow) inadvertently becomes hostess of a private gambling den, and gets involved in a romance with a ne'er-do-well gambler.

After being framed for embezzlement, Nick is sent to prison where he meets professional conman Teddy who teaches him everything he needs to know to be a wise guy. After being released from jail, he agress to work with Teddy to get revenge against Dragon, his mentor's old adversary.

Richie Furst (Justin Timberlake) es un estudiante de la Universidad de Princeton que pierde el dinero que necesitaba para su matrícula al apostarlo en un juego de póker online. Cuando descubre que el sitio web está alojado en una isla remota, va a enfrentar a su dueño, el millonario Ivan Block (Ben Affleck), pero termina convirtiéndose en su discípulo y mano derecha. La relación entre ambos alcanza el punto de ebullición mientras un agente del FBI (Anthony Mackie) intenta utilizar a Furst para detener a Block.

Barbara Stanwyck es una jugadora profesional llamada Lady Lee, que está obsesionada con el recuerdo de su padre, también un jugador profesional que se suicidó al no poder hacer frente a sus deudas. La vida de Lee se complica cuando se enamora de un hombre y debe salir indemne de peliagudos asuntos como el chantaje y el asesinato.

'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor with those who cheat against him. His wife, Alma (Kay Francis), wants to divorce him because of his addiction and lifestyle, but they agree on a reconciliation and second honeymoon together and 'Natural' promises to give up gambling. However, his plans change when his brother, 'Babe' (Regis Toomey), arrives in town looking to score big, and 'Natural' has to devise a plan quickly to put him off gambling forever.

A reporter enlists the help of a gangster's secretary to obtain evidence to bring her boss to justice.

An elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den.

Reporter Sue Walker has too much inside information on the local gambling rackets to suit her sweetheart, Detective Lieutenant Jerry Brown, chief of the police Homicide Squad. When the call comes in that there has been a killing at Lefty Ross' place, a notorious gambling joint, Jerry is peeved when Sue beats him there. He discovers that gambler Jimmy Clark was killed as he answered a telephone call, and his body is riddled with bullets but Jerry can't find any weapon. Sue is amazed to see Gloria Cunningham there. Gloria's father is one of the town's leading reformers and she is engaged to District Attorney Richard Sutton. Ross decides to give Sutton all the information he needs and makes an appointment to go to Sutton's home. Once there, Ross is called to the telephone before he can give any information, and is killed in the same mysterious manner as Jimmy Clark.

A teacher writing a book about gambling meets a hotel/casino owner threatened by a gangster.