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Movies like Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt (1999)

The best movies like Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt (1999) are The Gambler (1974), Rounders (1998) and Casino (1995). If Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt hooked you with its crime, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. The Gambler (1974)

    New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime

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  2. 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime

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  3. Casino (1995)

    In Las Vegas, two best friends-a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime

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  4. House of Games (1987)

    A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime

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  5. The Gambler (2014)

    Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the operator of an illicit gambling ring while garnering the attention of Frank, a paternalistic loan shark. As his relationship with a student deepens, Bennett must risk everything for a second chance.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime

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  6. Owning Mahowny (2003)

    Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was astute, decisive and helpful. To his friends, he was a quiet, but humorous man who enjoyed watching sports on television. To his girlfriend, he was shy but engaging. None of them knew the other side of Dan Mahowny--the side that executed the largest single-handed bank fraud in Canadian history, grossing over $10 million in eighteen months to feed his gambling obsession.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime

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  7. Two 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 crime

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  8. Get Shorty (1995)

    Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime

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  9. Bookies (2003)

    Four college friends become small-time bookies, only to find their world spinning dangerously out of control when their greed attracts the attention of organized crime.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime

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  10. Hard Eight (1997)

    A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime

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  11. Killing Them Softly (2012)

    Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime

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  12. The Spider Woman (1943)

    Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime

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  13. 5 Against the House (1955)

    Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime

  14. Dark City (1950)

    War hero Danny Haley fleeces out-of-town dupes in a rigged poker game. He and his pals see Arthur Winant as an easy mark, but they've reckoned without Winant's homicidal brother, who wants revenge after Arthur commits suicide.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime

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  15. Ca$h (2010)

    A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a tumultuous adventure through the streets of Chicago, each are pulled deeper and deeper into a desperate spiral of deception and violence – all in the name of money.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime

  16. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

    Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime

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  17. The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

    When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime

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  18. Mr. Lucky (1943)

    A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime

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  19. Trouble Man (1972)

    It seems that masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete. Chalky and Pete hire the cool, loose, elegant Mr. T to fix things. Then, the masked manipulators set up the death of a collector for a rival gang lord. It looks like it's up to T to hold a gang war from breaking out, keep the police off his back, and earn his fee from Chalky and Pete.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime

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  20. The Shanghai Gesture (1941)

    A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime

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  21. Judgment Night (1993)

    Four young friends, while taking a shortcut en route to a local boxing match, witness a brutal murder which leaves them running for their lives.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime

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  22. Dancer in the Dark (2000)

    Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her young son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life becomes increasingly difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime

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  23. Guys and Dolls (1955)

    In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a Salvation Army missionary to Havana, and unexpectedly they fall for each other. And the bet has a hidden motive ... classic song and dance ensues!

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime

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  24. U.S. Marshals (1998)

    U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it becomes clear that Sheridan is more than just another murderer.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime

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  25. Le Cercle Rouge (1970)

    When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime

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  26. Lilya 4-ever (2002)

    In a struggling post-Soviet community, Lilya a teenage girl is abandoned when her mother moves to the United States with her boyfriend. Facing neglect and poverty, she meets Andrei, who offers her a job in Sweden, giving her hope for a better life — and a journey that will change everything.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime

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  27. The Specialists (1985)

    While being transferred to another prison, two convicts - Stéphane Carella and Paul Brandon - effect a miraculous escape. They are pursued across the Verdon Gorge before arriving at an isolated farmhouse whose owner, Laura, offers them sanctuary. Since the death of her husband, Laura has longed to get her own back on the police and she agrees to help Carella and Brandon in their scheme to rob a casino in Nice. After a shoot out with the casino’s owners, Carella realises that not everything is what it seems. Brandon is not what he appears...

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime

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  28. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

    Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who receives a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to his heroic act, McDonagh injures his back and becomes addicted to prescription pain medication. He then finds himself involved with a drug dealer who is suspected of murdering a family of African immigrants.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime

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  29. Tattoo Girl (1993)

    A woman with a butterfly mask starts to win huge at gambling and ends up having to defend herself from those looking for revenge.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime

  30. Shaft's Big Score! (1972)

    John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime

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What are the best movies like Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt?

The closest matches to Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt are The Gambler (1974), Rounders (1998) and Casino (1995). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt?

Start with The Gambler (1974), the closest match to Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt.

What is the highest-rated movie like Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt?

Casino (1995), rated 8.0/10 by 6,872 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt?

The Gambler (2014) is the most recent release on this list.

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