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Get Shorty(1995)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 45min | Comedy, Thriller, Crime
3.2/5 (with 422 votes)

Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld - With John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina, Delroy Lindo, ...
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Gambit(2012)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 29min | Comedy, Crime
2.7/5 (with 293 votes)

An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and unpredictable Texas rodeo queen.

Directed by Michael Hoffman - With Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci, Tom Courtenay, Cloris Leachman, ...
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The Awakening(2011)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 47min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 620 votes)

In post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.

Directed by Nick Murphy - With Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, John Shrapnel, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Anastasia Hille, ...
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The Art of the Steal(2013)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 30min | Comedy, Crime
3.1/5 (with 239 votes)

Crunch Calhoun, a third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief, teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in the world. But it's not just about the book for Crunch — he's keen to rewrite some chapters of his own past as well.

Directed by Jonathan Sobol - With Kurt Russell, Jay Baruchel, Chris Diamantopoulos, Matt Dillon, Katheryn Winnick, Devon Bostick, ...
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The Tinder Swindler(2022)

1h 54min | Documentary, Crime
3.5/5 (with 408 votes)

Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, an Israeli conman wooed women online then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now some victims plan for payback.

Directed by Felicity Morris
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Paper Moon(1973)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 42min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
3.9/5 (with 303 votes)

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl—who may or may not be his daughter—and the two forge an unlikely partnership.

Directed by Peter Bogdanovich - With Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, John Hillerman, Randy Quaid, Noble Willingham, ...
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Confidence(2003)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 37min | Action, Comedy, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
3.1/5 (with 187 votes)

What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting Lionel Dolby with the help of his crew. It becomes clear that Lionel wasn't just any mark, he was an accountant for eccentric crime boss Winston King. Jake and his crew will have to stay one step ahead of both the criminals and the cops to finally settle their debt.

Directed by James Foley - With Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Dustin Hoffman, Andy Garcia, Paul Giamatti, Luis Guzmán, ...
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The Entitled(2011)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 31min | Thriller, Crime
3.1/5 (with 63 votes)

Without the security of the job he wants or the future he dreamed of, Paul Dynan plans the perfect crime to help his struggling family – abduct the socialite children of three wealthy men and collect a ransom of $3-million dollars. Over the course of one long night, Paul and his accomplices hold the rich kids hostage awaiting the ransom with little idea of the secrets that will surface between the fathers when they are forced to choose between their children and their money.

Directed by Aaron Woodley - With Kevin Zegers, Tatiana Maslany, John Bregar, Devon Bostick, Dustin Milligan, Victor Garber, ...

Shooting Fish(1997)

1h 49min | Crime, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 30 votes)

Two con artists hire an unwitting medical-school student (Kate Beckinsale) as a secretary for their latest scam.

Directed by Stefan Schwartz - With Dan Futterman, Stuart Townsend, Kate Beckinsale, Ralph Ineson

The Flim-Flam Man(1967)

1h 44min | Comedy
3.6/5 (with 8 votes)

A veritable master of the trade, con man Mordecai Jones has taken part in his fair share of scams. When he happens upon a young army deserter, Curley, Jones decides to pass on his knowledge of swindling to the likable novice. As the two blaze through the rural South, Curley meets Bonnie Lee Packard, a girl of privilege, who helps the two crooks evade the local sheriff. But Curley soon questions his newfound profession.

Directed by Irvin Kershner - With George C. Scott, Sue Lyon, Michael Sarrazin, Harry Morgan, Jack Albertson, Alice Ghostley, ...

Mr. Lucky(1943)

1h 40min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 17 votes)

A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him.

Directed by H. C. Potter - With Cary Grant, Laraine Day, Charles Bickford, Gladys Cooper, Henry Stephenson, Paul Stewart, ...

A Bag of Hammers(2011)

1h 25min | Comedy, Drama
3.0/5 (with 24 votes)

Two misfit best friends incapable of growing up, whose direction is tested by an abandoned child, worn beyond his years; together they invent the family they've always needed.

Directed by Brian Crano - With Jason Ritter
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Naked Players(2006)

1h 21min | Romance / Love, Drama, Crime, TV Movie
3.5/5 (with 2 votes)

For a con-artist couple, a premeditated jewelry heist at a posh resort yields unexpected payoffs when they arrive in the middle of a swingers' convention. Charming, sexy and no strangers to the art of seduction, China and Michael are amateurs when it comes to the "lifestyle" but eagerly throw themselves into their education - with sizzling results. But recreational romance becomes a bitter pill for the grifters when their jaded hearts get in the way of what could be their most lucrative swindle yet. They may be experts at the art of flimflam, but they still have a lot to learn about love.

Under Heaven(1998)

1h 52min | Romance / Love, Drama
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Two young lovers try to con a wealthy woman out of her inheritance by pretending to be brother and sister.

With Joely Richardson, Aden Young, Molly Parker, Krisha Fairchild

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River(1968)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 39min | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 3 votes)

George Lester is a man who is chasing rainbows, looking for the pot of gold at the end. When his wife, Pamela grows tired of being dragged all over the world, she leaves him. While she is away, George converts her family home into a discotheque, when she returns, she threatens to send George to jail for fraud, cause she didn't give her approval. George needing some fast bucks, decides to turn to an old cohort of his, William Homer but Willy's a little short. George then decides to steal the plans to a new drill, Pamela's suitor, Dudley Heath is working on. But when George gets the mumps, he can't make it to the meeting place and refuses to give Willy the plans unless he gives him the cash first. And the buyers won't give unless they see the merchandise first.

Directed by Jerry Paris - With Jerry Lewis, Terry-Thomas, Jacqueline Pearce, Bernard Cribbins, Patricia Routledge, Harold Goodwin, ...

Risk(2001)

1h 33min | Thriller, Crime, Drama
2.4/5 (with 3 votes)

Three people discover jealousy and larceny are a dangerous combination in this tense drama. John (Bryan Brown) is a veteran insurance investigator who succumbs to temptation and veers towards the wrong side of the law. With the help of novice con man Ben (Tom Long), John hatches a scheme to substantiate false claims by taking a percentage of several questionable claims his firm has settled for a fraction of their usual worth. John and Ben are assisted in their illegal business by Louise (Claudia Karvan), a lawyer with a cocaine problem who is also John's lover. But when Louise becomes involved with Ben and demands a bigger share of the money, their already-shaky confidence game begins to collapse.

Directed by Alan White - With Bryan Brown, Claudia Karvan

The Show-Off(1934)

1h 17min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Aubrey cons Amy into thinking he's a railroad bigwig. When he loses his job he takes one wearing a sandwich board. After he helps Joe sell his patent for a good price and an old railroad deal comes through, he's back on top and ready to marry Amy again.

Directed by Charles Reisner - With Spencer Tracy, Madge Evans, Lois Wilson, Grant Mitchell, Clara Blandick, Claude Gillingwater, ...

The Sun of Another Sky(1968)

1h 32min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

In a small railway station a group of building workers are organized by a man called Jakov to travel to Germany for work. In the meantime, local bar owner Kurjak is getting a visit from his son first time after three years.

With Pavle Vuisić, Mira Stupica, Snežana Nikšić, Milan Srdoč, Stole Aranđelović, Đorђe Pura, ...