Movies Like Bookies (2003)

Bookies is a 2003 action, comedy, drama film from Mark Illsley with a MovieMagicScore of 6.3/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with One Night Only and 21.

Action Comedy Drama

One Night Only

2016

A gambler, fresh out of prison, and a beautiful hooker find themselves caught in an underground scheme that's spinning wildly out of control.

6.1

MagicScore

21

2008

Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 tuition as he comes from a poor, working-class background. But one evening, Ben is introduced by his unorthodox math professor to a small but secretive club of five students, Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Fisher, who are being trained by Professor Rosa to count cards at blackjack.

6.7

MagicScore

Harvard Man

2001

College has always been a time for experimentation, sexual, cultural and otherwise. "Harvard Man" plays out against a background of love, sex, basketball, crime and experimentation. Action and philosophy in young people's quest to discover their true identity.

4.6

MagicScore

Jocks

1986

When an odd-ball tennis team of a Los Angeles college sets out on a road trip to a regional college tennis tournament in fun-filled Las Vegas, all the stops are out and literally "anything goes" both on and off the court.

4.3

MagicScore

Il grande Torino

2005

The story of a young boy who wants to be part of the great soccer italian team: il Grande Torino.

6.1

MagicScore

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

1936

A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.

6.2

MagicScore

God of Gamblers

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.

7.2

MagicScore

Intacto

2001

An enigmatic tale of four people whose lives are intertwined by destiny are subject to the laws of fate. They discover that luck is something they cannot afford to be without as they gamble with the highest stakes possible in a deadly game from which only one of them will emerge intact.

6.6

MagicScore

No Blood No Tears

2002

A former safecracker makes a living as a taxi driver but continues to be haunted by her past. One day she chances upon an aspiring singer, who is a spitting image of herself back in the day. Together, the two women plot to steal money from gangsters.

5.9

MagicScore

#10

Roadside Prophets

1992

On a quest to fulfill a friend's last wish, Joe takes to the desert road on his 1957 Harley-Davidson. Joined by wannabe biker Sam, Joe journeys from Los Angeles to Nevada, meeting all sorts of characters along the way.

5.5

MagicScore

#11

D3: The Mighty Ducks

1996

The Ducks are offered scholarships at Eden Hall Academy but struggle with their new coach's methods and come under pressure from the board to retain their scholarships before their big game against the Varsity team.

5.9

MagicScore

#12

Bang, Boom, Bang

1999

Bank robber Kalle Grabowski escapes from prison while his unemployed smalltime crook buddy is sitting around doing nothing after he just lost all their money. A fast paced comedy from German director Peter Thorwarth.

7.5

MagicScore

#13

Sword of the Beast

1965

Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His former comrades then turn on him, and this betrayal so shakes his sense of honor that he decides to live in the wild, like an animal. There he joins up with a motley group who are illegally mining the shogun’s gold, and, with the aid of another swordsman, gets a chance not just at survival but to recover his name and honor.

7.5

MagicScore

#14

Angamaly Diaries

2017

Six young friends in the small town of Angamaly tries their luck by starting a pork business lead by Vincent Pepe. They initially strike a business deal with Rajan and Ravi despite the duo having killed a close friend of theirs in a gang fight. Vincent is in love with Sakhi and plan to immigrate abroad with her. But their plans hit a road bump as the deal with the gangsters hits some road bumps.

7.4

MagicScore

#15

Babylon

2022

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.

7.4

MagicScore

#16

Buffalo '66

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.

7.1

MagicScore

#17

Dinner Rush

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.

7.1

MagicScore

#18

The Girl on the Bridge

1999

It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. So she follows him. They travel along the northern bank of the Mediterranean to perform.

7.1

MagicScore

#19

God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai

1991

While battling a psychic gambler, Sing hurtles back in time to 1937 Shanghai. Now he must come to grips with his family history and get back to 1991.

7.0

MagicScore

#20

Animal World

2018

Backed into a corner by mounting debts, a youth agrees to submit himself to a high stakes game of chance in international waters aboard a disused warship.

7.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Bookies?

The top films similar to Bookies by MovieMagicScore are One Night Only (6.1), 21 (6.7), Harvard Man (4.6). Each shares action/comedy/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Bookies worth watching?

Bookies holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.3/10 from 44 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Bookies?

Bookies (2003) is a action, comedy, drama film directed by Mark Illsley, starring Nick Stahl, Johnny Galecki, Lukas Haas.

Where can I find more recommendations like Bookies?

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About movies like Bookies

This ranked list pairs Bookies (2003), a action and comedy and drama film from Mark Illsley, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Nick Stahl take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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