Movies Like Hard Eight

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Magnolia

1999·3h 9m·★ 8.0·Paul Thomas Anderson

3 shared cast incl. Philip Baker Hall & Philip Seymour Hoffman2 shared crewDir. Paul Thomas Anderson

Boogie Nights

1997·2h 36m·★ 7.9·Paul Thomas Anderson

2 shared crewBoth star John C. Reilly & Philip Seymour HoffmanDir. Paul Thomas Anderson

Punch-Drunk Love

2002·1h 36m·★ 7.3·Paul Thomas Anderson

2 shared crewDir. Paul Thomas AndersonDP: Robert Elswit

There Will Be Blood

2007·2h 38m·★ 8.2·Paul Thomas Anderson

2 shared crewDir. Paul Thomas AndersonDP: Robert Elswit

Inherent Vice

2014·2h 29m·★ 6.6·Paul Thomas Anderson

2 shared crewDir. Paul Thomas AndersonDP: Robert Elswit

Rounders

1998·2h 1m·★ 7.3·John Dahl

Themes: gambling debt, casino, gamblingFans also likedDrama & Crime

Casino

1995·2h 59m·★ 8.2·Martin Scorsese

Themes: casino, gambling, las vegasFans also likedCrime & Drama

California Split

1974·1h 48m·★ 7.1·Robert Altman

Themes: gambling debt, casino, gamblingFans also liked

House of Games

1987·1h 42m·★ 7.2·David Mamet

Themes: gambling debt, gamblingFans also likedCrime & Drama

Bugsy

1991·2h 16m·★ 6.8·Barry Levinson

Themes: casino, las vegasFans also likedCrime & Drama

The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

Themes: blackmail, gamblingTMDB recommends

The Cooler

2003·1h 41m·★ 6.9·Wayne Kramer

Themes: casino, las vegasFans also liked

3000 Miles to Graceland

2001·2h 5m·★ 6.0·Demian Lichtenstein

Themes: casino, las vegasFans also liked

Very Bad Things

1998·1h 40m·★ 6.3·Peter Berg

Themes: las vegas, prostituteFans also liked

To Live

1994·2h 13m·★ 8.3·Zhang Yimou

Themes: gambling debt, gambling

Pandora's Box

1929·2h 21m·★ 7.7·G.W. Pabst

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Babylon

2022·3h 9m·★ 7.1·Damien Chazelle

Themes: gambling debt, gambling

Irreversible

2002·1h 33m·★ 7.3·Gaspar Noé

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Shanghai Express

1932·1h 22m·★ 7.3·Josef von Sternberg

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

2004·1h 35m·★ 6.9·Niels Mueller

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

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