In a devastating story rife with visual metaphors, Romanian director Mircea Daneliuc traces the slow mental disintegration of a confirmed gambler, using his disorder as an allusion to a greater national and social disorder. Set in the 1930s, the middle-class gambler meets an elderly man who seems to bring him good luck at the gaming tables. Rather than treasure his friendship and the good fortune it brings, the gambler takes advantage of his friend, and by his actions drives the man to suicide. Unable to reconcile his own mental demons, the gambler wanders through the house of his dead friend, and his experiences there only serve to unsettle his mind more and more and more. In the last reels of the film, the fantasies of the hero's deranged mind take over.
The Soft Skin
Drama, Romance
7.2
No Country for Old Men
Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.9
Django Unchained
Drama, Western
8.2
Up
Animation, Comedy, Family, Adventure
8.0
12 Years a Slave
Drama, History
7.9
Pan's Labyrinth
Fantasy, Drama, War
7.8
To Catch a Thief
Mystery, Romance, Thriller
7.3
Full Metal Jacket
Drama, War
8.1
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Comedy, Crime
8.1
Warm Bodies
Horror, Comedy, Romance
6.5
The Wizard of Oz
Adventure, Fantasy, Family
7.6
Forrest Gump
Comedy, Drama, Romance
8.5
Total Recall
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
7.3
Cold Mountain
Drama, War, History, Adventure, Romance
6.9
Bad Teacher
Comedy
5.6
The Crow
Fantasy, Action, Thriller
7.5
The Shawshank Redemption
Drama, Crime
8.7
Gremlins
Fantasy, Horror, Comedy
7.1
Rashomon
Crime, Drama, Mystery
8.1
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1
Action, Thriller, Crime, Drama
7.3
The Lost
Crime, Drama, Thriller
5.2
Boy Culture
Drama, Romance
6.4
The Art of Crying
Drama
6.8
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
Mystery, Drama, Crime, TV Movie
6.8
Vlčí halíř
Drama, History
0.0
Fight Club
Drama
8.4
The Five Sinners
Drama
0.0
The Experiment
Drama, Thriller
7.4
To Die For
Drama, Comedy, Crime
6.6
Dances with Wolves
Adventure, Drama, Western
7.8
The Hours
Drama
7.3
Solaris
Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
7.8
To Kill a Mockingbird
Drama
8.0
The Grapes of Wrath
Drama
7.8
Full Metal Jacket
Drama, War
8.1
Downfall
Drama, History, War
7.9
The Killing Fields
Drama, History, War
7.5
Trainspotting
Drama, Crime
8.0
Interview with the Vampire
Horror, Drama, Fantasy
7.4
Soldier of Orange
Drama, Thriller, War
7.1