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Con Man (2018)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of Barry Minkow, a young and charismatic figure in business who reaches CEO status by lying and scheming his way to the top.
Style:
crime drama, realistic, suspenseful, dramatic, tense
Plot:
gambling, deception, fraud, con man, manipulation, greed, rise and fall, scandal, embezzlement, corporate crime, biopic, ambition, arrogance, psychological manipulation, moral ambiguity, true crime, corporate america, investigation, gambling addiction, casino, journalism, courtroom, publicity, conspiracy, business ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 1990s
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Most similar movies to Con Man
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, crime drama and dark films with plots about investigation, moral ambiguity, deception, murder, betrayal, true crime and manipulation mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Con Man: Scam (1993), Norbourg (2022), Bad Behind Bars: Jodi Arias (2023), She Made Them Do It (2013), Happy Face Murders (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
447
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A female con-artist who sweet-talks wealthy men targeted by her violent boyfriend, then drugs them and makes off with their money, is being herself being watched by another man. He wants to use her talents in a much-bigger scam: ripping off a crime ...
Style:
neo noir, crime thriller, crime drama, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
con artists, deception, manipulation, gambling, crime boss, betrayal, organized crime, cat and mouse, criminal underworld, heist, blackmail, paranoia ...
Time:
year 1993
Place:
miami beach, jamaica
Similarity:
95%
443
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The story of Vincent Lacroix, a businessman convicted of defrauding thousands of investors and embezzling over $130 million in mid-2000s Quebec, Canada. Inspector and auditor Éric Asselin is mandated to monitor the activities of the Norbourg firm. ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
embezzlement, scandal, corporate corruption, court case, lawsuit, courtroom drama, legal action, corporation, legal investigation, court, investigation, deception ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
quebec, canada
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jodi Arias befriends Donavan Bering and Tracy Brown in prison, and they became inseparable. Donavan is released from prison before Jodi's trial and becomes her mouthpiece, posting on social media and defending Jodi. When the details of the case ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, realistic ...
Plot:
true crime, killing, murderer, secret, murder, crime spree, murder mystery, female protagonist, serial killer, deception, revenge, manipulation ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Elizabeth Montgomery plays serial killer, churchgoer, and grandmother Blanch Taylor Moore in this, one of her last films before her untimely passing. Childhood memories of her womanizing and abusive father fill Moore with a hidden rage towards all ...
Style:
crime drama, sinister, dark, tense, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, female killer, deception, murder mystery, biopic, manipulation, small town, moral ambiguity, golddigger, greed, black widow ...
Time:
80s
Place:
north carolina
Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
"She Made Them Do It" follows the twisted life of Sarah Pender (Jenna Dewan-Tatum) a charismatic, intelligent young woman who would become one of the country’s most sought after fugitives.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, crime drama, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
adult, teen drama
Plot:
manipulation, investigation, murder, fugitive, mind game, true crime, femme fatale, double murder, convict, uncover truth, dangerous attraction, murder mystery ...
Place:
midwest
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An eccentric older woman (Ann-Margret) implicates her brutal & controlling lover in the murder of a young retarded girl. Absorbed with "Murder She Wrote" and "Matlock", she creates details of the murder from clues she ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, suspenseful, dark, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, wrongful conviction, psychological manipulation, female protagonist, manipulation, small town, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, domestic abuse, killing spree, killer ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The true story of Steve Banjerlee who started a sleazy male strip club for women. Several years later he meets Nick De Noia, a choreographer whom he goes into partnership with to turn his nightclub into a successful high-class business that ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, crime drama ...
Plot:
male stripper, murder, conspiracy, true crime, assassination plot, dance club, nightclub owner, strip club, murderer, criminal, exotic dancer, dancer ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Lifetime Movie is a sequel to their 2009 film NATALEE HOLLOWAY and picks up in 2010 on the five-year anniversary of her death. Beth Holloway (Tracy Pollan) is still trying to find out what happened to her daughter when the already strange case takes ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, emotional, serious
Plot:
investigation, uncover truth, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, courtroom, biopic, strong female presence, forgery, disguise, bare chested male, sex scene, blackmail ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A bad girl uses her brother to kill her lover.
Style:
crime drama, dark, psychological thriller, sinister, tense ...
Plot:
murder, betrayal, deception, female villain, manipulation, female sociopath, psychological abuse, guilt, conspiracy, seductress, crime investigation, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Jack Reed investigates a young woman whom he and his wife take into their household when she turns out to be targeted by unknown assassins.
Style:
tense, realistic, crime drama, detective, suspense ...
Plot:
law enforcement, murder investigation, murder mystery, police procedural, investigation, suspect, assassination attempt, woman, whodunit, nypd, murder, small town ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A former college athlete joins forces with a sports consultant to handicap football games for high-rolling gamblers.
Style:
inspirational, intense, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gambling, football, american football, greed, father son relationship, cons and scams, addiction, money, rags to riches, manipulation, workplace, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
new york, puerto rico, las vegas, boston, new jersey ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The True story of how charismatic con man Jason Derek Brown bankrolls his extravagant lifestyle through a series of scams. On Brown’s trail: Lance Leising, a dogged FBI special agent determined to put Brown behind bars. When Brown’s funds run ...
Style:
crime drama, thrilling, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
con artists, true crime, manhunt, investigation, con man, fugitive, fbi, money problems, money, stolen money, criminal, embezzler ...
Place:
southern california
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In 2007, when NBA referee Tim Donaghy got caught betting on games he worked, he said two men associated with the Gambino crime family - a bookie named Baba Battista and a drug dealer named Tommy Martino - threatened to kill his family if he ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, realistic, captivating, tension ...
Plot:
basketball, scandal, bet, organized crime, corruption, basketball coach, bookies, con artists, basketball player, problem, caper, criminal ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Jayarajan (Mohanlal), an over-enthusiastic assistant manager at a tea plantation plans to loot a huge amount. He lures two debt-ridden subordinates, Chandran (Rahman) and Johnny (Nedumudi Venu), into his conspiracy.
Style:
crime drama, intense, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, betrayal, ambition, manipulation, greed, moral ambiguity, debt, ethical dilemma, guilt, corruption, power struggle, scandal ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A narcissist concocts a get-rich-quick scheme that ignites a violent chain reaction and overwhelms the lives of those around him.
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, twisted, dark ...
Plot:
scheming, narcissism, escalation, greed, manipulation, deception, violent, downfall, character study, moral ambiguity, suspicion, corruption ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A college professor becomes obsessed with a prostitute.
Style:
dark, dramatic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, intense
Plot:
obsession, professor, murder, obsessive love, prostitution, crimes of passion, control, manipulation, stalking, jealousy, deception, sex work ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This docu-drama focuses on the true story of the murder of fashion designer Gianni Versace by alleged serial killer Andrew Cunanan.
Style:
dark, dramatic, suspenseful, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, killing spree, true crime, murder, tragedy, glamour, luxury, celebrity culture, biopic, investigation, fashion industry, violence ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
miami, miami beach
Similarity:
48%
521
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A broken down collegiate football hero gets a shot at stardom during the eleventh hour of LA's nihilistic sub-prime mortgage boom.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, captivating, tension ...
Plot:
rise and fall, ambition, corporate crime, real estate agent, cons and scams, dishonesty, greed, real estate, downfall, materialism, wall street, corruption ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, las vegas, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
46%
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233
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Darren Huenemann, a spoiled 18-year old plots to have two classmates murder his mother and grandmother so he can inherit their fortunes. His worship of Caligula leads him to treat all like those in the Roman Imperial Court, manipulating, threatening ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
murder, matricide, teenage boy, assassination plot, wealth, high school, grandmother grandson relationship, gay interest, psychological manipulation, mother son relationship, inheritance, manipulation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young woman gets more than she bargains for and is drawn into a web of deceit when she is hired by a socialite to assist with his scheme to marry a wealthy heiress.
Style:
harsh, exciting, dramatic, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
drug smuggler, black, con artists, scam, deception, drug money, black cast, drug smuggling, drug, drug dealing, african american woman, african american ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
The year is 2001 and both David's life and the mortgage industry are in balance. After the attacks on 9/11 the stock markets shut down for over a week marking its biggest decline since the great depression. America's economy is in the tank ...
Style:
dark, realistic, tense
Plot:
fraud, cautionary tale, greed, ethical dilemma, real estate, corruption, business, scandal, rise and fall, character study, morality, con artists ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
43%
268
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The rise and fall of the Freeway Boyz, These group of young men sold millions of dollars of drugs in the streets of South Central Los Angeles, and inadvertently financed a CIA private war in Nicaragua.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, bleak ...
Plot:
gang, cocaine, drug dealing, drug traffic, organized crime, criminal, fight, murder, murderer, drug, problem, criminal gang ...
Place:
south central los angeles
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Three black revolutionaries gun down two New York City police officers. The subsequent investigation puts a white assistant DA and a black police detective on the trail of the killers that leads from New York to San Francisco and down to New Orleans.
Style:
serious, dramatic, bleak, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, police procedural, investigation, interracial relations, racial tension, law and order, manhunt, justice, realism, assassination, buddy cop, true crime ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, san francisco, new orleans
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Meredith Craig is lawyer who has a small practice. She is then approached by a Dr. Lucas who is a doctor at a clinic, who was exposed on a television news program as writing prescriptions for drugs in exchange for money. He says that he is innocent ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
defamation, investigation, investigative journalism, female protagonist, underdog, courtroom, moral dilemma, cross examination, lawyer, medical malpractice, lawsuit, medical clinic ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
A young piano tuner befriends two rich old-ladies, and plots, with the help of his girlfriend, to betray their trust and steal from them.
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, suspense, dark comedy
Plot:
betrayal of trust, deception, greed, moral ambiguity, manipulation, betrayal, con artists, character study, ethical dilemma, psychological manipulation, conspiracy, age-gap relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A gang of notorious criminals go about looting houses, raping and murdering women. Chalapathy, a brave and brilliant police officer, sets out to capture the gang and bring them to justice.
Style:
brutal, crime drama, disturbing, dark, intense ...
Plot:
robbery, true crime, gang, murder, violence, rape, rape and murder, savage, law enforcement, justice, police procedural, investigation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
kannada, india
Similarity:
40%
322
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Basil Brookes joins "Captain Bob" - press mogul Robert Maxwell - as financial director and witnesses Maxwell's financial shenanigans as he contests status with fellow mogul Rupert Murdoch and descends into marital and monetary chaos.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
businessman, millionaire, business, british, fraud, scandal, biopic, corporate corruption, business tycoon, business and finance, money, historical figure ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Graham studied medicine, but never qualified due to being expelled from medical school for theft. He did pass the final exams, but while being paid to do them for someone else, which he feels qualifies him to practice medicine privately. Dispensing ...
Style:
crime drama, medical drama, realistic, suspense, black comedy ...
Plot:
ethical dilemma, fraud, police operation, deception, forgery, secret police, moral ambiguity, investigation, crime family, underworld, greed, character study ...
Similarity:
39%
613K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
The life of the gambling paradise – Las Vegas – and its dark mafia underbelly.
Style:
realistic, clever, rough, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, casino, rise and fall, gangster, betrayal, money, gambling, greed, criminal heroes, mobster, cosa nostra ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1973 ...
Place:
las vegas, chicago, missouri, israel, usa ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A master art forger and his partner in crime, an art expert who can vouch for the authenticity of the forgeries, are making a bundle. An art dealer figures out their scheme but agrees to keep quite if they forge some art lost in WWII.
Style:
crime drama, tension, suspense, period piece, intelligent ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
forgery, art forgery, art dealer, fraud, deception, gallery, cover up, betrayal, conspiracy, moral ambiguity, museum, partnership ...
Time:
80s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
35%
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