The Largest List of Billiards Movies...Ever!
In my research, I've discovered 91 billiards movies, either made or in production. The ones listed in IMDB are below. My full list of more than 300 titles includes short films, tv episodes, and web series. You can find it on my blog "8 Ball on the Silver Screen" at www.billiardsmovies.com.
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- 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.
- DirectorRobert RossenStarsPaul NewmanJackie GleasonPiper LaurieAn up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.My review: [link]http://www.billiardsmovies.com/billiards-movies-2/the-hustler-the-genres-masterpiece/[/link]
- DirectorAlberto IsaacStarsJulián PastorRocío SagaónGraciela EnríquezDámaso lives in a small town with his wife Ana, who is expecting a child.
- DirectorAlfredo ZacaríasStarsGaspar HenaineJoseloAlicia BonetTwo clumsy and absent-minded spies (Capulina and Chespirito) are hired to save the world from a nuclear attack.
- 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.My review: [link]http://www.billiardsmovies.com/billiards-movies-2/wanted-the-player-billiards-movie/[/link]
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsMeiko KajiTatsuo UmemiyaTsunehiko WataseNami is an ex-convict who becomes a hostess to support a sick woman who bailed her out. In doing so, she gets involved in a local gangster's scheme to take over the bar she works for.My review: [link]http://www.billiardsmovies.com/billiards-movies-2/wandering-ginza-butterfly/[/link]
- 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.
- DirectorMaurice CapovillaStarsLima DuarteGianfrancesco GuarnieriMaurício do ValleThe dreams and problems of three friends: Malagueta, an inveterate gambler; Perus, former factory worker who abandoned the assembly line to earn his living at the billiards; and Bacanaço, trickster who puts on chic airs, always dreaming of performing the ultimate big swindle.
- DirectorRobert Ellis MillerStarsJames CoburnOmar SharifRonee BlakleyA tale of two hustlers trying to set up a big game.My review: [link]http://www.billiardsmovies.com/billiards-movies-2/the-baltimore-bullet-should-have-been-better/[/link]
- 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.My review: [link]http://www.billiardsmovies.com/billiards-movies-2/the-pool-hustlers/[/link]
- DirectorKitty KinoStarsMarie ColbinRenée FeldenGerhard RühmkorfA woman breaks into one of the last domains of men's world: she learns competitive billiards.
- 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.My review: [link]http://www.billiardsmovies.com/billiards-movies-2/the-baron-and-the-kid/[/link]
- DirectorFrancesco NutiStarsFrancesco NutiGiuliana de SioDaniel OlbrychskiThis movie is the sequel of _Io, Chiara e lo Scuro (1982)_. Francesco forgot billiards because now he lives with Chiara: "Billiards is jealous, he explains, if you love a woman, you can pass your time on the green table". She is a musician and she would like to become famous. Francesco is different: he found in her the reason of his life. But when she accepts a job far from home, Francesco comes back to billiards: he will meet again Chiara in Casablanca, Morocco, during a World Championship and in the magic of a mysterious bar called Ricks...
- DirectorLes BlairStarsBob GeldofMel SmithAlison SteadmanA down on his luck Irishman in London decides to play snooker for money.
- DirectorPablo SantiagoStarsFernando Poe Jr.Marianne de la RivaJaime FabregasThe billiard ball is round.... like the life of Carding (FPJ) who revolves around the billiard table to earn a living and survive together with his small family. Being a real master of the said game, he has been used by rich gamblers to enjoy their vices and laid down their big bets. The ball rolls and so is his life when he was falsely accused of playing the game backward. His return was a treat as he tried to use his palm as the billiard table and his enemies, the balls.
- DirectorPeng TienStarsPeng TienWang Kuan-HsiungKo Chun-HsiungChamp Wang, Peng "Roc" Tien, and Kor Chun Hung star in martial arts revenge film, where a fighter survives brutal beatings, rises strong, and seeks justice.
- 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.
- DirectorAlan ClarkeStarsPhil DanielsAlun ArmstrongBruce PayneCocky snooker player Billy Kid faces six-time world champion Maxwell Randall in a grudge match with high stakes: the loser must retire from professional snooker forever.My review: [link]http://www.billiardsmovies.com/billiards-movies-2/heavens-covered-in-green-baize/[/link]
- 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.
- DirectorEnrico OldoiniStarsCarol AltLuca BarbareschiBrigitte NielsenA married couple from Milan is tempted into mutual betrayal during a holiday in Mauritius Islands.
- DirectorJerry CiccorittiStarsWendy GazelleMark SoperMichael A. MirandaA film crew making a low budget vampire film is unaware that the leading man is a real vampire and has his sights set on the leading lady.My review: [link]http://www.billiardsmovies.com/billiards-movies-2/the-understudy-graveyard-shift-2/[/link]
- 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.
- DirectorsDanny LeeLik-Chi LeeStarsStephen ChowTeresa Sun-Kwan MoKa-Yan LeungStephen Chow leaves for the big city to try and save his home by winning the huge snooker tournament.