Comedy, Drama
When their high school drama department falls victim to budget cuts, two teachers from the Bronx find an unlikely solution to their money problems: yaniv, a little-known card game with a thriving underground gambling scene in the Hasidic Jewish community.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Shooting Straight
Vegas Vacation
The Isle
Buffalo '66
Judy-ism
Sagan
Snack Shack
Blackbeard's Ghost
God of Gamblers
The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!
Yojimbo
The Gamblers
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
IRON - O Homem da Máscara de Ferro
$pent
Dinner Rush
Tattoo Girl
The Rocking Horse Winner
The Debt Of Maximillian
Smart Money
SIMILAR MOVIES
Shooting Straight
IMDB 6 | Jul , 1930
A gambler wanted for murder hides under the guise of a clergyman.Vegas Vacation
IMDB 6 | Feb , 1997
The Griswold family hits the road again for a typically ill-fated vacation, this time to the glitzy mecca of slots and showgirls—Las Vegas.The Isle
IMDB 6.9 | Apr , 2000
Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love with Hyun-Shik, who is on the run from the police, and rescues him with a fish hook when he tries to commit suicide.Buffalo '66
IMDB 7.1 | Jan , 1998
Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.Judy-ism
IMDB 7.5 | Jul , 2023
The day before her wedding, Judy, a self-proclaimed "Jew-ish" woman, tastes a piece of Jewish apple cake and is catapulted back in time to the day before her dreaded bat mitzvah in a reverse 13 Going on 30 Jewish nightmare.Sagan
IMDB 6.2 | Jun , 2008
France, 1950s. From the Quartier Latin to Saint-Tropez via New York, a young Parisienne becomes the icon of a whole generation. In 1954, 19-year-old Francoise Sagan shot to fame with her first novel, Bonjour Tristesse. Flamboyant, scandalous and underrated, Sagan lived her life at the furthest edge of excess. She won and lost fortunes at the roulette table, bought and crashed superb sports cars, drank, danced and partied, leaving a trail of lovers in her wake.Snack Shack
IMDB 7.2 | Mar , 2024
Inseparable best friends AJ and Moose decide to run the local pool's snack shack after their plan to sell home-brewed beer goes down the drain. Things take a turn when they meet Brooke, an effortlessly cool lifeguard who puts their big plans, and friendship, at risk.Blackbeard's Ghost
IMDB 6.7 | Feb , 1968
The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.God of Gamblers
IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 1989
Ko Chun, a renowned gambler, loses his memory in an accident and starts behaving like a child. Little Knife, an amateur gambler, offers him shelter and realizes that he has a penchant for gambling.The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!
IMDB 7.9 | Dec , 2019
SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face catastrophe—until a most unexpected hero rises to take center stage.Yojimbo
IMDB 8.1 | Apr , 1961
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.The Gamblers
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2007
General arrives in Baden-Baden with his stepdaughter Polina and his mother, seeking social standing and respite. Secretly, they chase casino fortunes alongside a French businessman and beauty. Alexej, Polina’s tutor, struggles with his own gambling past while falling for her. When the wealthy “Babushka” dies, the family’s financial woes vanish, freeing Alexej to court Polina. Yet he loses everything in a sudden winning streak that upends loyalties and reveals the world’s true stakes: love, money, and chance.Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 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.IRON - O Homem da Máscara de Ferro
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2023
A loose stage adaptation of the classic by Alexandre Dumas, told as an interactive electropop musical experience, breaking the boundaries between stage and audience.$pent
IMDB 5 | Mar , 1999
This comic drama examines the relationships and addictions of a group of twenty-something friends with very dysfunctional, yet interesting lives.Dinner Rush
IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 2000
One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic, Louis must fend off a hostile takeover from a pair of gangsters, to whom his sous-chef is in debt. Further, Louis has an argument with his son, the star chef, whose culinary creativity has brought success to the business.Tattoo Girl
IMDB 0 | Jan , 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.The Rocking Horse Winner
IMDB 7 | Jan , 1977
Nigel Rhodes plays a boy who, while riding his wooden rocking horse, can predict which horse will win at the race.The Debt Of Maximillian
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2020
Maximillian (Max) has a serious addiction his family knows nothing about. He places bets with his friend Charlie, but Charlie has become disappointed with Max's lack of control. Max starts to beg family and friends for large sums of money, but no one's willing to help. Even his successful older brother has doubts about why he needs the money. His younger brother Kyle might be his only hope, but he's in a little bit of trouble pocketing money from his "side" gig. With bank letters threatening to take his house, he becomes more desperate for quick money. He thinks all he needs is just one more sure bet to keep him above water, but luck plays a wicked game.Smart Money
IMDB 6.9 | Jun , 1931
Two brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.