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The New Year's Day Film tradition is about more than entertainment or opening the year with something enjoyable. It’s about establishing a state of mind, acknowledging that things aren’t perfect, never will be, but remaining focused on what’s most important.

'The Wolf of Wall Street' was never going to be as universally appreciated as much of its creators’ previous work, but that’s kind of the point. It is meant to be ridiculous, both through its characters’ actors and through the fact that they are allowed carry them out.

Like movies themselves, casinos are monuments to the things we long for. In this spirit, here's a list of some of my favorite movies that either have important casino scenes or, in a few cases, almost entirely take place in or near casinos.