Highest-Rated Movies about 'Betting', Sort by Popularity
The Big Short (2015), The Dead Pool (1988), Carry on Constable (1960), Just My Luck (1957), In Hell (2003) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Betting movies.
#1. The Big Short (2015)
Storyline: Three separate but parallel stories of the U.S mortgage housing crisis of 2005 are told. Michael Burry, an eccentric ex-physician turned one-eyed Scion Capital hedge fund manager, has traded traditional office attire for shorts, bare feet and a Supercuts haircut. He believes that the US housing market is built on a bubble that will burst within the next few years. Autonomy within the company allows Burry to do largely as he pleases, so Burry proceeds to bet against the housing market with the banks, who are more than happy to accept his proposal for something that has never happened in American history. The banks believe that Burry is a crackpot and therefore are confident in that they will win the deal. Jared Vennett with Deutschebank gets wind of what Burry is doing and, as an investor believes he too can cash in on Burry's beliefs. An errant telephone call to FrontPoint Partners gets this information into the hands of Mark Baum, an idealist who is fed up with the corruption in the ...
Plot Keywords: guru, banker, investor, specialist, homeowner, lawyer, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!#2. The Dead Pool (1988)
Storyline: Inspector Harry Callahan, or "Dirty Harry" as he is known from the previous four movies in this franchise, is investigating a strange betting game. A list of local celebrities has been handed out, and bets are being taken on who will be the first to die. Things start to get interesting when the name "Harry Callahan" appears on the list.
Plot Keywords: dirty harry callahan, inspector, mobster, martial artist, news reporter, director, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!#3. Carry on Constable (1960)
Storyline: Set in Haven Hospital where a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital put together. The formidable Matron's debut gives the patients a chill every time she walks past, with only Reckitt standing up to her. There's a colonel who is a constant nuisance, a bumbling nurse, a romance between Ted York and Nurse Denton, and Bell who wants his bunion removed straight away, so after drinking alcohol, the men decide to remove the bunion themselves!—Graeme Huggan <hia95gh@sheffield.ac.uk>
Plot Keywords: police officers, recruit, bumbler, rookie, police chief, rookie cop, hilarious ...
Movie Details Click Here!#4. Just My Luck (1957)
Storyline: Norman Hackett (Norman Wisdom) works in a jewellers workshop and fantasises (in the nicest way) about meeting the window dresser across the road from his workshop. He wants to buy her a diamond pendant but calculates it will take him over one hundred years to save up for it. He is talked into betting a pound on a six horse accumulator at the Goodwood races with a slightly shady bookmaker. When he has won on the first five races, the bookie owes him over sixteen thousand pounds sterling and everyone begins to worry. Everyone's future depends on a single race. What can be done?—Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>
Plot Keywords: assistant, love interest, bookie, secretary, partner, jockey, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!#5. In Hell (2003)
Storyline: Kyle LeBlanc is an American working overseas in Russia. When he hears his wife being attacked over the phone, Kyle rushes home to find that he's too late. The man who killed his wife is found not guilty on lack of evidence. So Kyle takes the law into his own hands, and kills the man to avenge his wife's death. He is sentenced to life in prison without parole. The Russian prison he is sent to is tough, and the warden amuses himself by putting on fights where he fills his pockets with money by betting on the fights. Kyle begins to break and go crazy, so he is forced into these fights because the warden knows he is a sure thing. Kyle's cellmate 451 begins to make him think what he fights for. With that, Kyle knows now he must fight another battle: the fight for inner peace. It is the only way he can become the man he once was.
Plot Keywords: fighter, prisoner, warden, friend, killer, brutal, intense ...
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