Casinos are the perfect setting for a good movie. The lights, drama and glamour of Las Vegas have been the centre of many great movies over the years. In this list, we have rounded the top 4 best movies set in a casino.

Casino Royale

It is no secret that James Bond likes to try his luck once in a while. The agent can be seen at the casino in classic movies like Goldeneye and Diamonds Are Forever, where he plays baccarat and craps. But the most famous casino scenes from Mr Bond’s long career comes from Casino Royale, a 2006 film directed by Martin Campbell. In Casino Royale, Bond’s mission is to uncover and take down a private banker named Le Chiffre (played by Mads Mikkelsen) that funds a criminal organization. To do this, he has to beat Le Chiffre in a game of high stakes poker. The movie ends with a famous poker scene where Bond beats the villain’s full house with a straight flush.

Hard Eight

Hard Eight is a 1986 drama directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The movie has a star-studded cast that includes Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow and Samuel L. Jackson. The plot follows Sydney, a professional gambler, and John, a losing gambler who lost all his money playing in Las Vegas. Sydney decides to take John under his wings and show him his best gambling tricks. Things go well until John meets and falls for cocktail waitress Clementine, played by Gwyneth Paltrow Fun fact: Hard Eight is named after a dice roll in craps, which is when both dice land on four.

Casino

Casino is one of the most celebrated crime movies of all time. Directed by the legendary Martin Scorsese, the plot revolves around ex-gangster Sam "Ace" Rothstein, played by Robert De Niro. Sam has settled down and lives a comfortable and quiet life, but that all changes when Nicky Santoro shows up and asks his old friend for a favour. Casino shows the glamour and drama of Las Vegas and is a must-watch for anyone who likes casinos and the table games that you can read about in this TeleVega casino review.

21

You may already be familiar with the MIT Blackjack Team, a group of brilliant students who used advanced card counting tricks to raid the casinos over multiple decades. Based on this true story, 21 follows mathematics major Ben Campbell and how he and his team got away with winning millions in blackjack over the course of several years. The blackjack team developed sophisticated card counting techniques that allowed them to accurately predict the next cards in the deck – until the authorities finally caught on. If you enjoy blackjack and gambling in general, 21 is a must-watch.