Lay the Favorite
Jun 22, 2012 | IMDB 5.2
94 min Watch NowDrama, Comedy
A former stripper's talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sports book in Las Vegas.
Drama, Comedy
A former stripper's talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sports book in Las Vegas.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Zamfir's Zona Part Two
Almost Friends
Faust
The Cooler
Sydney White
Showgirls
Intacto
Sanwri - Love Beyond Gender
Elf
Barfly
Cherry Tobacco
Eternal Love
Nuns on the Run
Smokey and the Bandit
Chungking Express
The Barbarian Invasions
Deal
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Blood Simple
Boy Meets Girl
SIMILAR MOVIES
Zamfir's Zona Part Two
IMDB 9 | Jan , 2017
Jealousy, envy, gossip, and greed are testing Zona's and Mane's perfect marriage.Almost Friends
IMDB 6.3 | Nov , 2017
A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a serious boyfriend. As they become closer, the line between friendship and intimacy is blurred, and the situation forces both to examine where they are in their lives.Faust
IMDB 7.9 | Oct , 1926
God and Satan wager on the soul of a learned and prayerful alchemist as part of their eternal war over Earth.The Cooler
IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 2003
Bernie works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His imposing boss, Shelly Kaplow, is happy with the arrangement. But Bernie finds unexpected happiness when he begins dating attractive waitress Natalie Belisario.Sydney White
IMDB 6.5 | Sep , 2007
College freshman Sydney White arrives at Southern Atlantic University, determined to pledge her late mother's sorority. Unfortunately, she finds that the sisterhood has changed since her parent's day. Banished to a condemned house, Sydney joins forces with seven outcasts to take over the student government and win equal rights for nerd and noted alike.Showgirls
IMDB 5.6 | Sep , 1995
Fresh to Las Vegas with no connections, Nomi Malone takes a job as an exotic dancer. Her talents are quickly noticed by Cristal, a headlining dancer who senses an opportunity to bolster her own act. But Nomi won’t play second fiddle and soon begins her venomous path to the top, ruthlessly backstabbing anyone who gets in her way.Intacto
IMDB 6.6 | Nov , 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.Sanwri - Love Beyond Gender
IMDB 10 | Jun , 2022
Bhanwar, a simpleton young man in the rural Rajasthan wants a bride for him but gets duped. Instead of a woman, he is married off to a transgender person – Sanwri. Having no resort Bhanwar and his uncle decide to keep Sanwri for their household work but fearing the social ostracization they also try to keep her actual identity a secret. Bhanwar and Sanwri eventually fall in love and fight to survive as a couple in a conservative, oppressive society where marriages are meant to take place only between a man and a woman, and traditional norms are more important than humanity.Elf
IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 2003
When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic.Barfly
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 1987
Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stools. But, they like each other's company—and Barfly captures their giddy, gin-soaked attempts to make a go of life on the skids.Cherry Tobacco
IMDB 5.9 | Oct , 2014
An exploration of the growing friendship between small-town girl Laura, who is persuaded onto a hiking trip by her friend Merit, and Joosep, a middle-aged guide.Eternal Love
IMDB 8 | Sep , 1955
Chan Sai-wah abides by his late father's word and marries the wealthy Yam Suk-kuen. They have a son, Kwok-leung. Though Wah is manager of the hotel owned by his father-in-law, Kuen is not a good wife. For all the years of their marriage, Wah has never been happy. Attracted to the humble and honest Carrie Mui, Wah decides to leave his domineering wife Kuen, but is stopped by his father-in-law. The lovers set off to Macau for a new start. Their life has become increasingly miserable under the pressure from Yam's family. When Wah leaves to seek help from his son in Hong Kong, Carrie decides she should leave so that Wah can go without feeling any guilt or burden. On the other hand, Wah is too ashamed to face his son, and returns to Macau. He lives his life in misery. Years pass, the lovers meet again. Wah is reduced to begging in the streets while Carrie becomes an opera diva.Nuns on the Run
IMDB 5.9 | Mar , 1990
Set up by their boss to be knocked off following a final heist, soon-to-retire crooks Brian Hope and Charlie McManus get wind of their impending demise and run off with the spoils of their crime. Fleeing their boss, the drug dealers they robbed, the police, and Brian's angry girlfriend, the duo take refuge in a training convent for nuns. In disguise, they convince Sister Superior that they're nuns, a charade they're forced to maintain as their enemies arrive.Smokey and the Bandit
IMDB 7 | May , 1977
A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.Chungking Express
IMDB 8 | Jul , 1994
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.The Barbarian Invasions
IMDB 7.1 | May , 2003
In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the Canadian healthcare system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while reuniting some of Remy's old friends, including Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude, who return to see their friend before he passes on.Deal
IMDB 5.4 | Jan , 2008
As an ex-gambler teaches a hot-shot college kid some things about playing cards, he finds himself pulled into the world series of poker, where his protégé is his toughest competition.Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 1948
Joe is scheduled for the big fight as usual. This one has more fight sequences than plot.Blood Simple
IMDB 7.3 | Jan , 1985
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.Boy Meets Girl
IMDB 6.6 | Jun , 2014
In Kentucky, a transgender woman and her best male friend lament the lack of eligible partners and step across old boundaries of love and romance.