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Rounders (1998) Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Malkovich.

Rounders is the must see movie for poker players. There are not many players you'll encounter who have not seen it. Johnny Chan (two times world champion) has a small part in the movie playing himself. It could be argued that this movie fuelled a lot of the interest in online poker.

The movie centers around Matt Damon's character, an expert poker player who loses his life savings of $30,000 in a single hand of high stakes no limit texas holdem. He loses everything and starts his life over vowing never to play again, that is until his good buddy gets out of jail and leads him astray. NEW!!! Collectors edition, click here.

Maverick (1994) Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster.

Inspired by the 1960s TV series that starred James Garner in the title role, this lightweight Western from 1994 proved to be a surprising box-office hit. Mel Gibson stars as card-playing gunslinger Brett Maverick, who meets up with wily gambler Annabelle Bransford (Jodie Foster) and a marshal named Zane Cooper (James Garner, trading his old role to Gibson) on his way to the World Series of poker in St. Louis. Maverick's trying to raise the $5,000 needed to join the high-stakes contest, but that's easier said than done due to a lot of unscrupulous competition and a twisting plot of tricks and deceptions.

Ocean's Eleven (2001) George Clooney, Brad Pitt, all star cast.

Not so much a movie about poker but one with a poker game in it. A group of con-men and rogues plot to pull off the biggest casino robbery in history. This is a modern day remake of the 1960 movie staring Frank Sinatra, called Ocean's 11. The movie is stylish abosorbing and has an all star cast.

The Cincinnati Kid (1965) Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson.

Said to be one of the first movies to glamorize poker The Cincinnati Kid is a classic about a young players quest to become the best at his game. It was the Rounders of its day.

A Big Hand For A Little Lady (1966) Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward.

As the biggest high-stake poker game in the West begins, compulsive gambler turned homesteader, Meredith, is drawn into the game. With the entire family fortune at stake, he suffers a heart attack when delt a winning hand. Mary, his pluck penny-pinching, long-suffering wife, steps in. As she plays the hand, she assails her rivals with fortitude and guts. Each is transformed into a model of sensitivity. But a twist ending reveals Mary has had more than fortitude up her sleeve all along.

This movie was made before women were allowed to play poker!

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