Watching movies is something that we do on a weekly perhaps a daily basis, they have a huge influence on public opinion. There are a lot of genres out there and there is one type of movie that people seem to love and that is movies about casinos. People tend to like the whole glam about going to the casino and the risk that they are feeling through the tv when a player places a bet.
Back in the days, there was a general misconception that going to the casinos is just for the rich but that is far from it. Nowadays anyone who is of legal age is capable of signing up to an online casino which has been quite popular in the last few years due to the pandemic and can start playing games within minutes. And if you feel like you’re missing out on the real thing, then you can always play live casino games where you can play against other real players or even your friends.
Here are some top 3 movies about casinos that you should watch.
Casino Royale
Casino Royale, one of the more popular Bond movies starring Daniel Craig is a movie where they follow the mission of James Bond who is trying to stop Le Chiffre, who is a banker of multiple criminal organizations from winning a high-stakes game of poker. Preventing the Le Chiffre from winning the Poker tournament would mean the end of many organizations, as they would be left without any blood money to operate.
Rain Man
Here we follow a story about Charlie (Tom Cruise) who has learned that his dad passed away and has left him a convertible and an estate has gone to a brother who he has never heard of. He finds out that his estranged brother Raymond ( Dustin Hoffman) was in a mental institution and is autistic by nature. Charlie wants to get the estate and takes Raymond out of the mental facility but because Raymond likes to follow a routine and does not want to take the plane back to Los Angeles so they end up driving there, upon the trip, Charlie learns that Raymond is exceptionally gifted in counting cards. Charlie has this idea of bringing Raymond to Las Vegas to the casino in hopes of being able to win more than 86 thousand dollars by playing blackjack and using Raymond’s ability to count cards.
Molly’s Game
At the beginning of Molly’s (Jessica Chastain) career, she was inspired to be an Olympic skier, she practiced the sport for a long time however due to an injury she could not qualify for the tournament and had to switch careers paths. She began working in an underground poker tournament in the Viper Room’s basement when she moved to Los Angeles. Later she went into a poker-based business for herself and she hosted poker competitions which loads of famous celebrities attended. Then things got a little tricky for her where she got accused of not paying enough taxes and money laundering.