Pool films
The small but important genre of films centered around pool and billiards
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- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsPaul NewmanTom CruiseMary Elizabeth MastrantonioFast Eddie Felson teaches a cocky but immensely talented protégé the ropes of pool hustling, which in turn inspires him to make an unlikely comeback.
- DirectorRobert RossenStarsPaul NewmanJackie GleasonPiper LaurieAn up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.
- DirectorHamish RothwellStarsRobbie MagasivaPaolo RotondoScott WillsThree young men unwittingly become involved in an underground pool tournament.
- DirectorMars CallahanStarsMars CallahanChazz PalminteriMichael RosenbaumA talented pool hustler who has stayed out of the game for years must return to his old ways when his little brother gets involved with his enemy--the very man who held him back from greatness.
- DirectorKeoni WaxmanStarsVing RhamesRoselyn SanchezDaniel NewmanA street-smart pool player falls in with a pack of hustlers. As he rises in the underground circuit, he lands in the middle of a match between his boss and a crooked cop.
- DirectorByron CepekStarsByron CepekSarah DavisVanessa Davis
- DirectorAnthony PalmaStarsJennifer BarrettaJennifer ButlerKurt HanoverA young woman aspires to become a 9-ball professional and champion but her hustling uncle has other plans for her skills.
- StarsRoss LacyJennifer BarrettaWilliam FinneganA drama surrounding a group of pool players as they try to advance up the rankings in their pool hall. There are multiple simultaneous stories, that show how the stress and anxiety of high stakes gambling can make or break you.
- DirectorChris EigemanStarsFamke JanssenJaymie DornanRip TornA pool shark takes the ultimate gamble when she kidnaps her own son and flees her ex-husband.
- DirectorThomas DeMartiniStarsMinnesota FatsJerry ComoRae PhillipsThe life of Lou, a pool hustler, disintegrates through his association with the beautiful and sophisticated Sylvia, who refuses to understand or accept his way of life.
- DirectorTroy Curvey Jr.Miguel A. Núñez Jr.StarsIva La'ShawnTawny DahlChris BlountTwo girls at a Historically Black College are strapped for cash to pay their senior year's tuition. In a pinch, they take their pool-hustling skills to Las Vegas to earn the money. But, winning at pool and love has it challenges.
- DirectorMartin L. KelleyStarsDerek SeilingMuretta MossAlex CollinsA man running an underground illegal 9-ball tournament out of his home on the outskirts of a southern city fears that someone is out to steal the prize money...he's right.
- DirectorRob NilssonStarsEdwin JohnsonKelvin Han YeeJohnnie ReeseAfter learning his stepfather has throat cancer, a lazy pool hustler (Kelvin Han Yee) takes on a high-stakes contender (Don Bajema).
- DirectorMaurizio PonziStarsFrancesco NutiGiuliana de SioMarcello LottiFrancesco, nicknamed 'Toscano', is a very good pool player but he never wins when he plays for money. He meets Chiara, a saxophone player, on a late night bus by swapping his case containing the cue with her one, containing the sax. The two fall in love, but in the meantime Francesco loses a big amount of money playing versus 'Scuro', the long-time Italian champion. His only chance to pay the debt is to win the Italian Championships.
- DirectorJose L. CruzAdrian ManzanoDave ManzanoStarsPaul Ben-VictorAmiee ConnJohnny Williams8-BALL is a crime drama that chronicles the lives of Johnny and his three childhood friends in Queens, New York and their fateful encounter with neighborhood mobster, Ramone Torzo. Events that occurred 10 years ago in the gritty pool halls of New York City resurface and threaten Ramone's new high-powered life in modern-day Hollywood. Sensing the inevitable collision course with history, Ramone eventually discovers that a man can never truly escape his past.
- DirectorJose L CruzAku LouhimiesAdrian ManzanoStarsJessica GrabowskyEero AhoPirkka-Pekka PeteliusSingle mother name Pike who, having just been released from prison, is trying to start her news life anew. When her former boyfriend Lalli come back from abroad, it open a window into her past that Pike want to put behind her.
- DirectorInon ShampanierStarsShawn ReavesHoward S. MillerJoe KaprielianLike balls on a pool table, the lives of strangers collide and change course; 8 BALL is a philosophical suspense drama about order in the chaos of life, and the need for human connection. The film follows the intertwining stories of 3 lonely characters: an orphan child searching for his mother, an ex-con attempting to reunite with his daughter, and a pool hustler forced into a life of crime.
- DirectorGary NelsonStarsJohnny CashDarren McGavinGreg WebbWilliam "The Baron" Addington is a former pool pro whose lifetime of boozing has cost him his career and family. Determined to straighten out his life, he gave up drinking and now plays pool only for charity. Eventually, The Baron encounters Billy Joe "The Cajun Kid" Stanley - a brash young pool hustler with immense potential. Managed by Jack Streamer, The Kid travels from hall to hall, swindling opponents. After a series of chance revelations, The Baron discovers that The Kid is his son - a product of his long-ago relationship with Dee-Dee Stanley. But instead of revealing the true nature of their relationship, The Baron befriends the boy and acts as a positive role model for him by entering legitimate, high stakes pool tournaments. As father and son grow closer, Streamer starts to fear that he's losing his grip on The Kid and sets out to destroy The Baron by framing him for dirty pool in the biggest competition of his career.
- DirectorJerry LondonStarsWhoopi GoldbergDennis FranzTasha ScottA detached black mother loses her job and also the ability to pay back her credit. She recalls her billiard skills and begins to play for money. Will she be cool enough to be a pro in such a game? Things get worse when she falls in love with an opponent.
- DirectorLex MarinosStarsSteve BisleyGary DayDavid JayIn the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Australia, the most popular sport is Hard Knuckle, a bloodier form of pool. Steve Bisley (Goose from Mad Max) is Harry, a pool hustler, who wants to beat Knuckle champ Top Dog, to get his bike back.
- DirectorFrancesco NutiStarsFrancesco NutiSabrina FerilliNovello NovelliFrancesco Di Narnali is a world champion billiards Italian and American, with a particular talent for spectacular performances, in particular to be able to pit fifteen balls to the pool with a broom instead of a stick; hence the nickname "Mr. Quindicipalle". One day, Francesco went to the cemetery by his father and, attempting to steal the flowers to the graves he meets a woman named Sissi, who turns out to be a prostitute. Francis, having told relatives that he knew a certain Margaret, for one million and five hundred thousand lire, invites her to lunch at her home, calling her by the name of Margaret. Sissi alias Margaret then tries to get rid of Francis, but it so happens that they meet again just to one of the performances of Francis, and they begin dating. He, more and more in love, even dedicates a new blow to the specialty five pins: un'ottavina nine banks, which he calls "Ottavina Princess Sissi". Francis continues to practice at the pool to take part in a major tournament, but gradually begins to suspect something about the real work of Sissi. She, meanwhile, now in love with Francis, he decided to stop being a prostitute. The day of the tournament Francis wins most of the meetings; Sissi decides to confess everything, but unable to see him because he was practicing for the final. But Francis shortly after the beginning of the final, after choosing to start with the specialty of American billiards, decided to leave the game before it even starts, congratulating his opponent. Full of anger goes away in his billiards room to romp on billiards. When Francis finally calmed down, approaching the spirit of his father Renzo with a broom in his hand, the lights of a pool with the balls already in place. Renzo Francesco wants to put to the test: will post all fifteen balls with the broom and blindfolded. You understand then to be truly a champion born and Sissi to forgive his past.
- DirectorCarlo BarsottiStarsPaolo MigoneGianluca FavillaGiacomo PorettiIt's the 1950s and Giuseppe gets a letter from his friend Franco who is working in Sweden. He writes that Sweden is a wonderful country with high salaries, free health care and most important, the girls are beautiful. In short, it is a paradise and Giuseppe travels to Sweden to work. But, as he soon finds out, Franco was not completely frank with him. The taxes are high, the coffee is like dish-water, no wine at the restaurant and worst of all - no billiards!
- DirectorJohn G. BlystoneStarsJames DunnDorothy WilsonLouise FazendaPoolroom ace Eddie marries his girlfriend Sally but can't find work so he sends her back to her family. Things improve after he catches some crooks.
- DirectorBoaz DavidsonStarsYehuda BarkanYosef ShiloachZe'ev RevachThe story is about two twin brothers, Azriel and Gavriel (both played by Yehuda Barkan). Azriel is a shy and religious Jew who works in a fruit shop in Jaffa. Gavriel, is a hoodlum and a good-for-nothing hustler who runs a Snooker Bar. Gavriel and his friend Hanuka make easy money by swindling innocent people into gambling on Snooker games. One day Gavriel is forced to renew contact with his brother, because he is in trouble with a gangster who won the bet on a snooker game, and the only way to pay is by selling the family estate which is co-owned by Gavriel and his brother Azriel.
- DirectorRobert Ellis MillerStarsJames CoburnOmar SharifRonee BlakleyA tale of two hustlers trying to set up a big game.