Movies like Bookies (2003)
The best movies like Bookies (2003) are 100 Girls (2000), The Skulls III (2004) and Stealing Harvard (2002). If Bookies hooked you with its drama and action, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedRounders (1998)7.0/10 from 2,029 votes
- NewestMississippi Grind (2015)Released 2015
100 Girls (2000)
Matthew, a college freshman, meets his dream girl in a dorm elevator during a blackout. He never sees her face, but instantly falls in love. In the morning, the power is restored, but the "dream girl" has vanished. All Matthew knows is that she lives in an all-girls dorm. He sets out on a semester-long journey to find his mystery girl among a hundred female suspects. Could it be Wendy? Dora? Arlene? Patty? Cynthia? Or the 95 other girls, any of whom could have been in that elevator with Matthew.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Skulls III (2004)
A young college co-ed tries joining the elite, all-male, secret society, the Skulls, and in so doing, she uncovers some unscrupulous methods used by some of the members to get what they want.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
SnoozefestMovies like thisStealing Harvard (2002)
John and his girlfriend have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. But the minute they achieve their financial goal, John finds out his niece has been accepted at Harvard, and he's reminded of his promise to pay for her tuition (nearly $30,000). John's friend Duff convinces him to turn to petty crime to make the payment … but Duff's hare-brained schemes spin quickly out of control.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Shape of Things (2003)
Quiet, unassuming Adam is changing in a major way, thanks to his new girlfriend, art student Evelyn. Adam's friends are a little freaked by the transformation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSlackers (2002)
Dave, Sam and Jeff are about to graduate from Holden University with honors in lying, cheating and scheming. The three roommates have proudly scammed their way through the last four years of college and now, during final exams, these big-men-on-campus are about to be busted by the most unlikely dude in school. Self-dubbed Cool Ethan, an ambitious nerd with a bad crush, enters their lives one day and everything begins to unravel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisNobel Son (2007)
Soon after his insufferably arrogant father wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson is kidnapped by Thaddeus James, a young genius who claims to be Barkley's illegitimate half-brother. Motivated not so much by money as revenge, Thaddeus tries to convince Barkley to help him carry out a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against their patriarch.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDeal (2008)
As an ex-gambler teaches a hot-shot college kid some things about playing cards, he finds himself pulled into the world series of poker, where his protégé is his toughest competition.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisStickmen (2001)
Jack, Thomas and Wayne are the Stickmen. They like nothing more than having a beer in one hand, a pool cue in the other, a coin on the table and a sexy bird or two. They play pub pool for fun and money at Dave's bar. Desperate to get out of debt, Dave gets the Stickmen entered into a high stakes pool tournament run by vicious crime boss "Daddy". He also gets them into a whole rack of trouble.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Gossip (2000)
For a class project, three college students decide to invent an unfounded rumor about the most popular girl on campus. But as the rumor spreads, it begins to spiral out of control.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Amateurs (2006)
Sex sells in America and these guys know it. The Amateurs follows a small town band of loveable losers who hit upon an idea that can make their dreams and fantasies come true. Thinking they've found the road to riches and fame they decide to make the world's most innocent adult film. Everyman's fantasy turns into a hilarious misadventure when they find they're in way over their heads.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Rules of Attraction (2002)
The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMississippi Grind (2015)
Gerry is a talented but down-on-his-luck gambler whose fortunes begin to change when he meets Curtis, a younger, highly charismatic poker player. The two strike up an immediate friendship and Gerry quickly persuades his new friend to accompany him on a road trip to a legendary high stakes poker game in New Orleans. As they make their way down the Mississippi River, Gerry and Curtis manage to find themselves in just about every bar, racetrack, casino, and pool hall they can find, experiencing both incredible highs and dispiriting lows, but ultimately forging a deep and genuine bond that will stay with them long after their adventure is over.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHigh Roller: The Stu Ungar Story (2003)
Based on the true story of the rise and fall of poker legend Stu "The Kid" Ungar.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Grand (2007)
The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poker and follows six players who reach the final table of the world’s second most famous high stakes tournament, the Grand Championship of Poker.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisChain of Fools (2001)
An avid detective is assigned to investigate the heist of a batch of precious coins that end up in the hands of a suicidal barber.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Opportunists (2000)
Vic is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. His girlfriend runs a bar and offers to loan him the money she's saved for remodeling, but Vic is reluctant to take it. When a long-lost cousin from Ireland shows up on his doorstep, the two team up for one last heist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
The Players Club (1998)
Single mother Diana struggles to provide for her child and pay for her college education. When she meets two dancers from a nearby gentlemen's club, Diana's convinced there's fast money to be made stripping.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTelling Lies in America (1997)
A 17-year-old boy becomes friends with Billy Magic, the radio DJ he idolizes, and eventually slips into the payola and corruption of the entertainment world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisSwindle (2002)
Four thieves attempt to make the richest score in history.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Rounders (1998)
Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Russian-American gangster Teddy KGB. Promising his partner Jo he'll give up, he meets up with best friend Lester 'Worm' Murphy, just out of prison and owing lots of money to the wrong kind of people. McDermott becomes his co-guarantor and now there's only one way to raise the money, the pair have to get back into the game.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSpin the Bottle (2000)
When five childhood friends reunite for a weekend in the country, old jealousies resurface, sexual debauchery ensues, and it quickly becomes clear that time may not heal all wounds...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
XX/XY (2002)
Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFinding Amanda (2008)
A television producer with a penchant for drinking and gambling is sent to Las Vegas to convince his troubled niece to enter rehab.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisArt School Confidential (2006)
Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThick as Thieves (1999)
Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first, a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own privacy, listening to old jazz records and caring for his ailing dog, Wally. The other is a local gangster with a taste for the finer life, who decides to eliminate the competition. This ignites a war between the two men and their aides. An angry mob boss and a female police officer try to sort the mess before things get too out of hand.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTwo for the Money (2005)
A former college athlete joins forces with a sports consultant to handicap football games for high-rolling gamblers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSmall Apartments (2012)
When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved brother, and a crew of misfit characters force him on a journey where a fortune awaits him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisGotcha! (1985)
A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStark Raving Mad (2002)
A crook quietly plots his revenge against the boss who murdered his brother while working for him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEmpire (2002)
Big time drug dealer Victor Rosa is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a Wall St. stockbroker. Thinking this will be his chance to go out on top, Victor soon finds out that he's been double crossed and his last option is to get revenge.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Bookies?
The closest matches to Bookies are 100 Girls (2000), The Skulls III (2004) and Stealing Harvard (2002). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Bookies?
People who watched Bookies most often go on to 100 Girls (2000), The Skulls III (2004) and Stealing Harvard (2002).
What is the highest-rated movie like Bookies?
Rounders (1998), rated 7.0/10 by 2,029 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Bookies?
Mississippi Grind (2015) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Bookies?
Yes: 100 Girls (2000), The Skulls III (2004) and Stealing Harvard (2002).
How are movies similar to Bookies chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Bookies, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.