Movies and TvShows featuring "losing-at-poker" theme.

After losing a high-stakes poker game, a man is forced into indentured servitude and becomes trapped in a model town built by an eccentric millionaire. He seeks revenge and forms an unlikely alliance with a card shark to escape.

Sam the white-washer pines for the affluent Lindy, but she has dumped him in favor of another. Sam finds a large sum of money, and goes to New York to enjoy a shopping spree, buying new clothes, jewelry and a car with a driver. Back home, Lindy flips for Sam and his newfound wealth, and dumps the rival. Sam throws an engagement party where he indulges in a friendly game of cards with his former rival and another man, who unbeknownst to Sam, is a card shark.

Sammy Lee, a Jewish man, must navigate the world of strip clubs, gambling debts, and con artists in order to save himself from impending danger. With his back against the wall, Sammy hustles to raise money and survive in the seedy underbelly of London.

1949, a French explorer goes on a solitary expedition in the Amazon forest. He leaves behind him a diary that reflects the meaning of Pure Life and his encounters but leaves the mystery of his own disappearance unsolved. Based on a true story.