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Edmond

IMDB Rating: 6.30
3371 votes

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Storyline
A man in a suit at a Manhattan firm leaves work on Friday; he looks unhappy. He stops at a fortune teller's for a Tarot reading: "You are not where you belong," she tells him. That evening he quits his marriage and walks the streets of New York, passing from a classy bar to a gentleman's club, then to a high-class bordello, a mugging, a pawnshop, and a diner where someone does listen. He shares his insights with her and later with others. Violence, disappointment, and musings entwine as Edmond loses his moorings while believing he's found them. Where does he belong?
Actors
EdmondWilliam H. Macy
Fortune TellerFrances Bay
WifeRebecca Pidgeon

Rounders

IMDB Rating: 7.20
27401 votes

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Storyline
A young man (Damon) is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
Actors
Mike McDermottMatt Damon
Lester 'Worm' MurphyEdward Norton
Russian ThugPaul Cicero

The Cooler

IMDB Rating: 7.00
12555 votes

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Storyline
The Cooler is Bernie Lootz, and THE COOLER is a love story about the changing fortunes of this down-at-heels loser who has made a career out of spreading his virulent bad luck on the floor of Las Vegas' aging Shangri-La casino. When Bernie falls for a gorgeous cocktail waitress his bad luck is thrown into reverse.
Actors
Bernie LootzWilliam H. Macy
Shelly KaplowAlec Baldwin
Natalie BelisarioMaria Bello

Booty Call

IMDB Rating: 4.90
2356 votes

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Storyline
Bunz and Rushon are two best buddies who are looking forward to dating two ladies, Lysterine and Nikki. When the two boys get their lives altogether, they all fall in love. But will their lives stay peaceful?
Actors
BunzJamie Foxx
RushonTommy Davidson
Arguing WomanAmy Monique Waddell

The Painted Veil

IMDB Rating: 7.50
4185 votes

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Storyline
Kitty Fane (Watts) is a frivolous young English woman who longs for romance and excitement, trapped in a loveless marriage to a staid Shanghai researcher. When her husband (Norton) learns she has had an affair, he volunteers to fight a cholera epidemic in China's war-torn interior. Dr. Fane forces his wife to accompany him on the difficult and hazardous journey, endangering her life in the process.
Actors
Kitty FaneNaomi Watts
Walter FaneEdward Norton
Charlie TownsendLiev Schreiber

The Good Thief

IMDB Rating: 6.70
2896 votes

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Storyline
Set against the glitzy backdrop of the French Riviera, aging gambler Bob Montagnet is about to gamble it all on the casino heist of a lifetime; a spectatcular sleight of hand--two heists, one real, one not, but which is which? Under the watchful eye of Roger, a policeman who would as soon save his longtime opponent as arrest him, Montagnet assembles a team that consists of partners Paulo and Raoul, technical mastermind Vladimer, former-drug-dealer-turned-informant Said, Anne, a young Eastern girl Montagnet rescued from prostitution, and the perfect complement to a double theft--identical twins Albert and Bertram.
Actors
AnneNutsa Kukhianidze
SaidOuassini Embarek
RemiMarc Lavoine

Quicksand

IMDB Rating: 5.10
608 votes

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Storyline
The workaholic head of the compliance section of a New York bank flies to Monaco to investigate unusual deposits from an offshore bank and meets a down-on-his-luck international film star who has become embroiled in criminal activities.
Actors
Martin RaikesMichael Keaton
Jake MellowsMichael Caine
Lela ForinJudith Godrèche

Maverick

IMDB Rating: 6.70
15749 votes

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Storyline
Maverick is recreated from the character James Garner created in the 1950s TV program. Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them. He needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a Winner Take All poker game that begins in a few days. He tries to win some, tries to collect a few debts, and recover a little loot for the reward, all with a light hearted air. He joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvelous, though fake, southern accent as the two both try and enter the game.
Actors
Bret Maverick, Jr.Mel Gibson
Mrs. Annabelle BransfordJodie Foster
Marshal Zane Cooper/Bret Maverick, Sr.James Garner

Airplane!

IMDB Rating: 7.80
34598 votes

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Storyline
Ted Striker just got dumped by his long-time girlfriend Elaine Dickinson, who works as a stewardess at Trans American Airlines. In his wish to get her back, he follows her aboard the plane, although he has had a deep aversion against anything winged since he lost several men in the war. During flight, he tries to contact her again and again, but as the crew and many passengers get seriously ill due to a bad fish meal, he has no chance to get to her. In fact, Ted Striker seems to be the only healthy person aboard that has piloting experience. Now, it is up to him to get the bird down in Chicago safely, before the poisoning starts causing casualties. But Ted Striker's aversion really is a serious psychosis, which breaks open and needs to be cured - right now.
Actors
MurdockKareem Abdul-Jabbar
McCroskeyLloyd Bridges
Captain OveurPeter Graves