Collections/April 2021

The Gamblers

Place your bets on some of the greatest films ever made about the pulse-racing highs and gutter-dwelling lows of the gambling world. Rife with high-stakes drama—in which fortunes and lives can be made or broken by a single roll of the dice, turn of the cards, or spin of the roulette wheel—the gambling film has long been a potent vehicle for filmmakers to explore the seductively seedy edges of society and the riskiest extremes of human behavior. Featuring hard-boiled noir gems ( Dark City , The Las Vegas Story ), gritty New Hollywood character studies ( The Hustler , The Gambler ), and 1990s indie sleepers ( Hard Eight , Croupier ), this winning hand of gambling classics is a royal flush.

18 films — 4 on the Channel, 14 unavailable