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.
