Topic: Billiards

Direction Robert Rossen

Cast Paul Newman · Jackie Gleason · George C. Scott · Piper Laurie

Synopsis "Fast" Eddie Felson (Paul Newman) is a self-assured upstart pool shark who frequents the local halls to get a crack at bringing down the legendary Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason). Under the wing of corrupt manager Bert Gordon (George C. Scott),...

Direction Martin Scorsese

Cast Paul Newman · Tom Cruise · Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio · John Turturro

Synopsis The Color of Money (1986) follows Fast Eddie Felson, a former pool hustler turned liquor salesman, who rediscovers his passion for the game when he meets Vincent, a talented but naive young player. Seeing potential, Eddie takes Vincent under his...

Direction Yuzuru Tachikawa

Synopsis An old and a young man find themselves in a mysterious bar where they have to play a game of billiard. The bet: their lives.

Direction Buzz Kulik

Cast Jack Klugman · Jonathan Winters · Margie Liszt

Synopsis A frustrated pool champ has beaten everyone. Everyone except one man; the legend, Fats Brown. Brown is dead, and the champ can only curse his name. But guess who just walked in.

Direction Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Cast Shu Qi · Chang Chen · Mei Fang · Shu-Chen Liao

Synopsis The film follows a timeless couple in love as, enacted by the same performers, they take on different identities through three separate periods. In "A Time for Love," Chen (Chang Chen) meets May (Shu Qi) at his favourite pool hall....

Direction William Hanna · Joseph Barbera

Synopsis Tom is in a pool hall after hours; as he soon discovers, Jerry is sleeping in the corner pocket. Tom chases Jerry around the table and the rest of the pool hall.

Direction Gracia Querejeta

Cast Maribel Verdú · Blanca Portillo · Amparo Baró · Enrique Villén

Synopsis Angela (Maribel Verdú) and her son Guille travel to the big city to see Leo, her father and the boy's grandfather, when he suddenly takes ill. However, they arrive to discover that he has just passed away. Charo (Blanca Portillo),...

Direction Mars Callahan

Cast Chazz Palminteri · Rick Schroder · Mars Callahan · Rod Steiger

Synopsis Obsessed by the world of pool, Johnny (Mars Callahan) could be one of the best. But his mentor and "trainer" Joe (Chazz Palminteri), a shady hustler who decides how and who Johnny plays, is holding him back from his dream....

Direction Edwin Middleton

Cast W.C. Fields · Marian West · Larry Westford · Bud Ross

Synopsis Two ardent suitors for the hand a pretty young woman carry their fight from an picnic to a test of skill in an indoor pool hall. After a series of unbelievable trick shots, the fight degenerates into billiard throwing, which...

Direction Chris Eigeman

Cast Famke Janssen · Jaymie Dornan · Rip Torn · Matt Ross

Synopsis Gulley is in middle school, he lives with his father and step-mother; his paternal grandmother dominates the family's life. In secret, he's recently been in touch with his mother, Kailey, a pool hustler, who wants to win big and take...

Direction Hamish Rothwell

Cast Robbie Magasiva · Anne Nordhaus · Paolo Rotondo · Scott Willis

Synopsis Three young men unwittingly become involved in an underground pool tournament.

Direction Robert Ellis Miller

Cast James Coburn · Omar Sharif · Bruce Boxleitner · Ronee Blakley

Direction Keoni Waxman

Cast Ving Rhames · Roselyn Sanchez · Daniel Newman · Freddie Prinze Jr.

Synopsis A 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.

Direction Ferdinando Baldi

Cast Paul Smith · Antonio Cantafora · Pino Ferrara · Horst Frank

Direction Enrico Coletti

Cast Franco Nero · Ruth Gabriel · Imanol Arias · Arnau Vilardebó

Direction Ferdinando Baldi

Cast Paul Smith · Antonio Cantafora · Gabriella Andreini · Glauco Onorato

Direction Francesco Nuti

Cast Francesco Nuti · Giuliana de Sio · Daniel Olbrychski · Marcello Lotti

Synopsis This 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"....

Direction Les Blair

Cast Bob Geldof · Mel Smith · Alison Steadman · P.H. Moriarty

Synopsis A down on his luck Irishman in London decides to play snooker for money.

Direction Thomas DeMartini

Cast Minnesota Fats · Jerry Como · Rae Phillips · Carey Wilmot

Synopsis The 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.

Direction Sam Blair

Cast Ronnie O'Sullivan

Synopsis Facing the end of a wildly successful but turbulent career, snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan is finally keeping the game at arm's length. Over the course of a season leading to a career-defining tournament, and triggered by memories of the past,...