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The flashing lights, the sirens, the hum of discussion, and the excitement of positioning a bet are all part of the appeal of casinos. While gaming has actually been around for centuries, gambling establishments started turning up in Italy in the 17th century. The Casino di Venezia, which opened in 1638 in Venice, is the world's oldest casino, though it was originally understood as Theatre Saint Moses. It used visitors the chance to gamble throughout theatrical production intermissions.

By the 19th century, casinos appeared all over Europe. In the United States, towns like Las Vegas and Reno in Nevada, and Atlantic City in New Jersey, ended up being understood for gambling establishments and the infamous ties held to organized criminal activity. Gambling itself had a track record as a vice that could cause other bad routines.

Hollywood's own fixation with casinos has a long history also. Classic movie "Casablanca" features a gambling establishment as part of Rick Blaine's nightclub. Throughout the next a number of decades, directors like Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Soderbergh attempted their hand at motion pictures about the appeal of gaming and the casinos that supported the way of life.

OLBG investigated the history of gambling establishments on screen and created a list of 20 of the finest casino movies. To be consisted of, movies needed to have essential scenes happen in a casino, and the film had to have at least a 6.0 on IMDb or a 65 on Metacritic.

ATO Pictures

# 20. 'Casino Jack' (2010 )

- Director: George Hickenlooper
- IMDb user ranking: 6.2
- Metascore: 51
- Runtime: 108 minutes

This fictionalized retelling of a true story stars Kevin Spacey as Jack Abramoff, a corrupt Washington D.C. lobbyist motivated by greed and power. Abramoff and his partner Michael Scanlon stole funds from Native American casinos all while twisting laws for their benefit. In a nod to the 1996 film "Jerry Maguire," one scene finds Scanlon and Abramoff shrieking, "Show me the money!" Actress Kelly Preston who plays Abramoff's better half in the film played Maguire's previous girlfriend too.

# 19. 'Ocean's Twelve' (2004 )

- Director: Steven Soderbergh
- IMDb user ranking: 6.5
- Metascore: 58
- Runtime: 125 minutes

The follow up to "Ocean's Eleven" finds Danny Ocean including a partner to his band of thieves as they work together to manage several European heists. Steven Soderbergh directed not only this 2nd film in what would be a trilogy, but all 3 "Ocean's" installations. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Elliot Gould, and Bruce Willis not just starred in the movie, however they likewise had another thing in common-they were all visitor stars on the sitcom "Friends."

Warner Bros. Pictures # 18. 'Ocean's 11' (1960 )

- Director: Lewis Milestone
- IMDb user rating: 6.6
- Metascore: 57
- Runtime: 127 minutes

Featuring the Rat Pack-Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop-" Ocean's 11," focuses on 11 men who pull off an amazing Las Vegas heist. Danny Ocean, played by Sinatra, leads his previous The second world war friends in a strategy to rob multiple gambling establishments in a single night. This traditional film would be remade in 2001 with George Clooney taking control of the function of Danny Ocean. Angie Dickinson played Danny Ocean's ex-wife in the 1960 movie, while Julia Roberts actioned in for the updated variation in 2001.

Eon Productions

# 17. 'Diamonds Are Forever' (1971 )

- Director: Guy Hamilton
- IMDb user ranking: 6.6
- Metascore: 59
- Runtime: 120 minutes

The seventh movie in the James Bond film franchise, which was based upon the books by Ian Fleming, stars Sean Connery as 007. The spy jets off to Las Vegas to investigate diamond smuggling and discovers a wealthy magnate and a dubious plot. Connery was the first actor to play James Bond and starred in 7 of the movies. The Oscar-nominated movie was shot on area in Las Vegas at a number of casinos consisting of The Riviera, Tropicana Las Vegas, and Circus Circus Las Vegas.

TriStar Pictures

# 16. 'Bugsy' (1991 )

- Director: Barry Levinson
- IMDb user rating: 6.8
- Metascore: 80
- Runtime: 136 minutes

This film narrated the life of infamous mobster Bugsy Siegel and his considerable function in structure modern-day Las Vegas. Starring Annette Bening and Warren Beatty, the 2 would fall in love during shooting, wed not long after, and go on to have four children together. The movie was chosen for a remarkable 10 Oscars and won 2. While "Bugsy" lost for finest image at the Oscars to "The Silence of the Lambs," it did handle to take home the Golden Globe Award for finest motion picture-drama.

Columbia Pictures

# 15. '21' (2008 )

- Director: Robert Luketic
- IMDb user score: 6.8
- Metascore: 48
- Runtime: 123 minutes

Under the tutelage of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor, six MIT students were trained to become card counters and made a killing in Las Vegas in this movie, which is loosely based on the novel "Bringing Down the House" by Ben Mezrich. While many shooting areas remained in Boston, consisting of the general public Garden, Boston University, and Newbury Street, Las Vegas was also an essential shooting locale for "21." According to the Nevada Film Office, shooting happened in lots of Las Vegas casinos, including Planet Hollywood, The Venetian, Caesars Palace, Acid Rock Hotel, and Red Rock Casino.

Lions Gate Entertainment

# 14. 'The Cooler' (2003 )

- Director: Wayne Kramer
- IMDb user ranking: 6.9
- Metascore: 69
- Runtime: 101 minutes

An unfortunate guy is utilized by the mob to cool things down for high rollers who are on a winning streak at a Las Vegas casino till he gets lucky in love, altering his own luck at the casino. Maria Bello, William H. Macy, and Alec Baldwin star in this film that was primarily shot in Reno, Nevada. Baldwin received both an Oscar and a Golden Globe election for best supporting actor for his role as casino boss Shelly Kaplow.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

# 13. 'Ocean's Thirteen' (2007 )

- Director: Steven Soderbergh
- IMDb user ranking: 6.9
- Metascore: 62
- Runtime: 122 minutes

The last movie in the "Ocean's Eleven" trilogy, "Ocean's Thirteen" discovers the gang getting together to pull off another heist after among the original 11 is double-crossed by gambling establishment owner Willy Bank, who is played by famous star Al Pacino. One of the lines in the movie, "You shook Sinatra's hand," is a reference to Frank Sinatra who played Danny Ocean in the original version of "Ocean's 11." The expression is suggested as a sort of ethical code or gentleman's agreement.

New Line Cinema

# 12. 'Boiler Room' (2000 )

- Director: Ben Younger
- IMDb user ranking: 7.0
- Metascore: 63
- Runtime: 120 minutes

When Seth Davis' father, a judge, catches him running a prohibited gambling establishment from his home, he isn't delighted. Davis, played by Giovanni Ribisi, goes out and gets a job as a broker in a boiler room, which according to Dictionary.com is, "a location where illicit brokers take part in high-pressure selling, over the telephone, of securities of an extremely speculative nature or of suspicious value." The movie was loosely based upon the story of Jordan Belfort who was the topic of the 2013 Martin Scorsese movie, "The Wolf of Wall Street," which was likewise the title of Belfort's memoir.

Sony Pictures Classics

# 11. 'Owning Mahowny' (2003 )

- Director: Richard Kwietniowski
- IMDb user score: 7.1
- Metascore: 70
- Runtime: 104 minutes

At the heart of this movie is a tale of betting dependency. Based on the true story of Brian Molony, "Owning Mahowny" tells the tale of Dan Mahowny, a bank supervisor, who has access to multimillion dollar accounts that he used to feed his betting practice. The real-life Molony dedicated bank scams by embezzling $10.4 million from the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. The movie, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman as Mahowny, was recorded in Toronto and Atlantic City, where Molony in fact dropped $1.4 million at a New Jersey casino right before his arrest in 1982.

ARTE

# 10. 'Croupier' (1998 )

- Director: Mike Hodges
- IMDb user rating: 7.1
- Metascore: 75
- Runtime: 94 minutes

Aspiring author Jack Manfred gets a job as a croupier, someone who works the tables at a casino and manages bets and payments. While Jack does not gamble, his daddy does, and it is he who gets Jack the job at a London casino. Portrayed by Clive Owen, Jack gets captured up in a love triangle and a plot to cheat the gambling establishment before the film's end. The casino in the movie was in fact created on an embeded in Germany.

Paramount Pictures

# 9. 'The Gambler' (1974 )

- Director: Karel Reisz
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 65
- Runtime: 111 minutes

James Caan stars as high-stakes bettor and English professor Axel Freed, who gets so caught up in betting that he provides a loan shark his life for collateral versus a loan. This criminal activity thriller made Caan an Oscar nod for best actor. Screenwriter James Toback has a lot of experience with gambling and based the movie's screenplay on his own addiction-though Freed's gaming appears to be an addiction to the rush and threat rather than to the act of betting. A 2014 remake of the film starred Mark Wahlberg ahead function.

Spelling Goldberg

# 8. 'California Split' (1974 )

- Director: Robert Altman
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 84
- Runtime: 108 minutes

A casual bettor and a professional ended up being friends and dig themselves deeper into the world of wagering in this film starring Elliott Gould and George Segal. In a final desperate attempt to win big, the two characters head to Reno, Nevada, for the poker video game to end all poker games. "California Split" was the very first non-Cinerama movie to use the eight-track sound system for discussion, permitting for the recording of 8 different audio channels. Making use of this technology strengthened Altman's use of overlapping discussion, which turned into one of his trademarks as a director.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

# 7. 'Hard 8' (1996 )

- Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
- IMDb user score: 7.2
- Metascore: 78
- Runtime: 101 minutes

" Hard 8" marked director Paul Thomas Anderson's film launching and was based on his brief movie "Coffee & Cigarettes." A professional bettor played by Philip Baker Hall, takes a newbie played by John C. Reilly, under his wing. Things go all right up until the beginner falls for Clementine, a mixed drink waitress played by Gwyneth Paltrow. Several gambling establishments in Reno and Sparks, Nevada, acted as shooting locations, including the Nugget Casino Resort.

Miramax

# 6. 'Rounders' (1998 )

- Director: John Dahl
- IMDb user ranking: 7.3
- Metascore: 54
- Runtime: 121 minutes

Not just does this film star Matt Damon and Edward Norton, however the supporting cast is a show business who's who and includes John Malkovich, John Turturro, Martin Landau, and Famke Janssen. The story finds Damon's character, Mike McDermott, who is a reformed bettor, assisting his buddy, played by Norton, who was just recently launched from jail and who drags McDermott right back into the world he was trying to escape. A lot of the movie's locations were made to look like casinos or country clubs, consisting of the fictional Chesterfield Club in the movie.

United Artists

# 5. 'Leaving Las Vegas' (1995 )

- Director: Mike Figgis
- IMDb user ranking: 7.5
- Metascore: 82
- Runtime: 111 minutes

Screenwriter and alcoholic Ben Sanderson, played by Nicolas Cage, heads to Las Vegas to consume himself to death. There he fulfills a woman of the street called Sera, depicted by Elisabeth Shue, who guarantees not to interfere with his strategy, though things get complicated when they fall in love. The film is based upon John O'Brien's semi-autobiographical book. O'Brien passed away at 33, before production on the movie started, and according to the author's dad, the novel functioned as a morbid suicide note.

Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.

# 4. 'Gilda' (1946 )

- Director: Charles Vidor
- IMDb user rating: 7.6
- Metascore: n/a
- Runtime: 110 minutes

Starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford, this traditional movie discovers a small-time gambler getting captured up in shady organization when he discovers his former lover is wed to his existing company at a gambling establishment in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The film was chosen for the of the Festival for function movie at the Cannes Film Festival. Hayworth did not sing a word in the film, however rather, was talented at lip syncing. Anita Ellis was the singing voice behind Gilda.

Warner Bros.

# 3. 'Ocean's Eleven' (2001 )

- Director: Steven Soderbergh
- IMDb user rating: 7.7
- Metascore: 74
- Runtime: 116 minutes

A remake of the 1960 film starring Frank Sinatra and the rest of the Rat Pack, this variation stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt with their own modern-day team, that includes Matt Damon, Bernie Mac, Elliott Gould, Scott Caan, Casey Affleck, Eddie Jemison, Don Cheadle, Carl Reiner, and Shaobo Qin. Like the original, the remake includes Danny Ocean and his friends robbing 3 casinos at the very same time. "Ocean's Eleven" got several nominations for best acting ensemble.

Danjaq. LLC/ United Artists/ Columbia Pictures

# 2. 'Casino Royale' (2006 )

- Director: Martin Campbell
- IMDb user score: 8.0
- Metascore: 80
- Runtime: 144 minutes

In his first mission as very spy 007, Daniel Craig as James Bond need to beat a wicked banker at Casino Royale, Montenegro, at high-stakes poker. The film acts as Bond's origin story though it was the 21st movie in the franchise and the third film adjustment of Ian Fleming's first Bond book. "Casino Royale" was generally recorded in the Czech Republic spa-town of Karlovy Vary.

Universal Pictures

# 1. 'Casino' (1995 )

- Director: Martin Scorsese
- IMDb user score: 8.2
- Metascore: 73
- Runtime: 178 minutes

This movie was the final one for Saul Bass who created the title series. Bass was well known for his work that not only consisted of several Scorsese films including "GoodFellas," and "Cape Fear," but classics such as "Psycho" and "Spartacus." Starring Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, and Sharon Stone, "Casino" was influenced by the mob partner and gambling establishment supervisor Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal and concentrates on the relationship between a gambling establishment executive and a mob enforcer. Pursuing authenticity, Scorsese recorded at the Las Vegas Riviera, inhabiting a small section of the casino while real gaming was happening.