Hollywood has always had a massive fascination with the glitz, glamour, and inherent danger of the casino floor.

From gritty mobster epics to slick, fast-paced heist movies, the genre has produced some of the greatest films in history.

Martin Scorsese's Masterpiece: Casino

Martin Scorsese's epic film 'Casino' is widely considered the greatest and most accurate portrayal of 1970s Las Vegas.

The film brilliantly captures the era before massive corporate mega-resorts took over and sterilized the city.

• Sharon Stone delivered an iconic, Oscar-nominated performance as the manipulative hustler Ginger McKenna
• The movie explains the complex hierarchy of the casino floor, from the low-level dealers up to the corrupt executives
• It features some of the most incredibly violent and memorable scenes in the history of mafia cinema

Modern Classics: Ocean's Eleven and Rounders

If you prefer slick, stylish entertainment over gritty realism, the 2001 remake of 'Ocean's Eleven' is absolute perfection.

Starring Matt Damon, 'Rounders' dives deep into the gritty underground poker clubs of New York City, far away from the bright lights of Vegas.

They serve as a permanent cultural record of how the gambling industry has evolved over the last fifty years.