Is A Big Hand for the Little Lady realistic?īilled as “the wildest poker game in the west,” the poker featured in A Big Hand for the Little Lady is realistic in that it portrays several common poker motifs such as degeneracy, high stakes, and the con. Here are our top five best poker movies of all-time you must watch. Note: We deliberately left off any poker documentaries, of which there are plenty of good ones including Bet Raise Fold: The Story of Online Poker (2013), All In: The Poker Movie (2009), Kid Poker (2015), and No Limit: A Search for the American Dream on the Poker Tournament Trail (2006). However, the PokerNews crew got together, along with input from social media, to determine the top five must-watch poker movies of all-time.

'Molly's Game' Review: The Poker-Themed Film Does Not Disappoint Top 5 Poker MoviesĪll of those are among the best poker movies of all-time, and if this article was “Top 10” instead of “Top 5 Poker Movies,” chances are they’d make the final list. Some well-received poker films include the western comedy Maverick (1994), Survivor host Jeff Probst’s debut film Finder’s Fee (2001), the improv-inspired The Grand (2007), indie comedy darling Hitting the Nuts (2010), and the high-profile Hollywood flick Molly’s Game (2017). Over the decades, poker fans have been treated to a plethora of poker movies, some good and others not so much. Long before the “Poker Boom”, and even before the World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a thing, poker had already made its big screen debut. Over the past century, poker has permeated pop culture, especially when it comes to motion pictures.

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