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A former news reporter marries and tries to adjust to the life of a house wife and mother. However, her need for an adrenaline high is overpowering and she becomes a gambling addict.

Hard boiled tales of tough molls and trigger happy gangsters, screwball chases, and wartime intrigue are spun together in this send-up of the 40's film noir adventure, with a modern twist. Stars David Foley, Roberta Weiss.

A New York hooker tries to keep her daughter out of the clutches of the mobsters she works for.

A high school outcast decides to sell weed to increase his social status, without considering the consequences of his new gig.

A high stakes hostage situation.

High Stakes is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy drama produced and released by RKO Pictures. The picture was directed by Lowell Sherman who also stars and marks the last starring screen appearance of silent screen diva Mae Murray. It is based on a 1924 Broadway play that starred Sherman playing the same role he plays in this film.

Under a night sky, four friends play a friendly game of poker. As time progresses, some win, some lose, but it is all fun and games. In the end, things may not be as they appear. Watch to uncover the truth behind what was going on all along.

A girl named Lydia gives shelter to a young boy who has probably met with an accident. She takes him home for help. However, things change for Lydia as the boy murders her father. Shocked and grief-stricken she runs to the local church.

HIGH STAKES is a gripping crime thriller set in the turbulent streets of 1970s Los Angeles. The story follows two laid-back detectives, Adam Ralpot and Sal Astrana, who find themselves thrust into the city's dark underbelly when they are assigned to investigate a gruesome murder tied to the escalating drug trade. As they delve deeper into the case, they cross paths with a ruthless crime lord, Mateo 'El Escorpión' Navarro, leading to a high-stakes confrontation that tests their wits and courage. With a blend of humor, action, and suspense, "High Stakes" captures the gritty essence of the era while keeping viewers on the edge of their seats.

Two friends make a deal to end one's vampirism. Permanently.

A simple card game…or is it?

Extreme sports bring with them great highs, but when things go wrong, the results can be devastating. This documentary explores what it means to be a free ride mountain biker through the eyes of Grant Chopper Fielder. Nicknamed the ‘Godfather’ of British Freeride and the Slopestyle scene, Chopper talks about the physical and mental effects the sport has had on his life. We'll also hear from a range of mountain bike pros both past and present sharing their own stories, including Martyn Ashton, Matt Jones, Darren Berreclough, and Anton Thelander.

Farmer Al Falfa is playing poker with an ostrich down in Africa, while a robotic mouse frightens off a robotic elephant in this technocratic nightmare from Paul Terry's Aesop's Fables studio.

Struggling poker star James Steele has one more opprotunity to rekindle his career.

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Prisoner Katsuji must fend for himself and his prison mates in the fierce battle involving a family feud.

It’s Ferragosto, Italy’s mid-August holiday, in a practically deserted hospital in Naples. Two nurses, Angelo and Salvatore, are on shift when a desperately ill patient is wheeled in. With his seasoned eye, Angelo knows at once that Mr. Caputo won’t last the night. Salvatore happens to loathe Angelo and decides to bet on the opposite outcome. The winner of the bet will nab the top holiday slot: Christmas vacation. Angelo takes up the challenge. From that moment on, Salvatore will spend the night trying to keep Mr. Caputo alive, while Angelo will play dirty to make sure he wins the bet. That night, it’s anything goes at their hospital, from the nurses’ cheap shots to doctors on cocaine and suspicious characters lurking in the ward.

Vanheden and Dynamite-Harry are approached by Sickan's grandmother and Sickan's younger brother Sven-Ingvar. Their evil nemesis Wall-Enberg are planning to steal billions of euros of the European Union's grants to culture. The grant of 350 million kronor, paid by an Italian bank acting as intermediary, equals 60 billion lire but through assistance of a Sicilian "businessman", this sum becomes 60 billion kronor when transferred. The money is to be transferred to a large number of bank accounts, and the account numbers are saved on a floppy disc that the Jönsson gang is trying to steal.

In this gripping documentary, Telex delves into the massive scandal surrounding Hungary’s central bank foundations under Governor György Matolcsy. After auditors uncovered that tens of billions of forints went missing from the Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB) foundations, the film investigates how the Matolcsy family and their allies allegedly used state-managed institutions to enrich themselves using public funds. Through in-depth reporting and interviews, the documentary reveals how these financial networks were woven around MNB structures and highlights the apparent passivity of the Hungarian state in the face of the unfolding scheme .

A pair of Kansai-region underground mahjong hustlers begin storming Tokyo’s local mahjong parlors, scamming unsuspecting players with clever cheating techniques. One of their victims, Yasunaga Ban (played by pro-wrestler Takada Nobuhiko), is the owner of a mahjong parlor. Seeking revenge, he challenges them to a high-stakes match—but loses. As he's about to give up, a mysterious and feared man known only as “The Outsider” (Mukoubuchi), KAI (played by Yoshihiko Hakamada), enters the scene. Kai immediately sees through the Kansai duo's tricks and defeats them without mercy. However, a larger threat looms when a powerful figure from Kansai, Katsuta, comes to Tokyo, escalating the conflict to a new level of tension.

Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.

A soldier searching for his missing wife breaks into a high-tech facility, believing she's been caught in a human trafficking ring. But beyond its walls, he finds a surreal, futuristic fantasy park where reality and illusion blur. As he navigates this seductive and dangerous world, a shocking truth pulls him deeper into a deadly game where nothing is as it seems.

A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.

When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.

In this adrenaline-fueled story, the world of women's mixed martial arts is rocked by an explosive showdown between reigning champion Cassady Jones and rising star Alexa Star. The clash of these two titans sends shockwaves through the EFC, as the future of the sport hangs in the balance.

A young Pennsylvania man moves to Los Angeles to begin work for an ambulance service. There he is teamed with a supremely confident vet who seemingly has gone through a large number of partners. Initially the novice is awed by the more experienced man's capabilities to deal with the high pressure situations they encounter. However, gradually he discovers that all is not as it seems. While the vet is ice on the surface, he actually gets through the ordeals by heavy drug use and avoids commitments. Soon the younger man finds himself pulled into the same world and has to decide what direction he wants to take.

A simple man, way over his head, transports a mysterious bag into a bus station where it seems everyone is waiting for him.

The biggest boxing fight of 1960 takes an unexpected turn with the help of a powerful twin connection.

A serial killer and the detective who tracked him down find themselves in an unexpected stalemate.

A woman looking for her kidnapped son finds one of the men who took him.

Every empire needs an emperor. Watch how far Shah is willing to go to claim the crown!

Pigeon masters from across the globe compete in the highest-stakes bird races on the planet. Fame, fortune and livelihoods rest on the wings of these feathered athletes in this hilarious and charming story.

3 brave warriors get trapped inside a haunting and vigorous video game... Gun Fu Terra.