The film is also popular with people who don’t play the game, although it’s probably best to learn some poker rules first. Popular with gamblers and poker players across the world, Rounders was definitely ahead of its time, which is why it is still classed as one of the best poker-centric movies. Still, Rounders was pretty unique because you couldn’t help but fall in love with the characters, even though they were lovable degenerates. Classics like The Sting, The Hustler, or even The Color of Money are definitely up there, as are the more modern movies like Casino or even Oceans 11. Rounders is certainly one of the greatest gambling movies that has ever been made. Premiering on 11 th September 1998, Rounders, John Dahl’s stylish yet dark look into the world of high stakes poker, still exudes an irrefutable air of charm and still radiates a certain amount of charisma even 25 years on.
As the cult movie starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton approaches its 25th anniversary, we look at Rounders, a film centred around poker, and how it became a cult classic for fans of the game, a game that exploded in popularity globally in the early noughties and beyond.
