Scam movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant scam movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspense, humorous, serious, captivating and semi serious films and TV shows about / with scam, cons and scams, money, con artists, dishonesty, fraud, gangster, manipulation, gambling and deception plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Comedy genres shot in USA, Canada, South Korea and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as scam: The Wizard of Lies (2017), Master (2016), Pain & Gain (2013), The Swindle (1997), American Hustle (2013), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Parasite (2019), Uncut Gems (2019), Scandal: 15 Minutes of Fame (2001), Palmetto (1998).

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The Wizard of Lies (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A look behind the scenes at Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wake, both for the victims and Madoff's family.
Style: realistic, captivating, political, tense, serious ...
Plot: fraud, wall street, scam, financier, finance, money, business, investor, stock exchange, success, corporate world, businessman ...
Time: year 2017
Place: new york, usa
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 6.6
 3K
Master (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Korea’s biggest network marketing scam reveals a far greater network of corruption and conspiracy lurking underneath.
Style: crime drama
Plot: scam, fraud, con artists, car chase, car accident, big business, fight club, organized crime, politics, asian, business, blood ...
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 6.4
 228K
Pain & Gain (2013)
Genre: Action, Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Daniel Lugo, manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion. To achieve his goal, he recruits musclemen Paul and Adrian as accomplices. After several failed attempts, ...
Style: stylized, dark comedy, humorous, funny, tense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: american dream, kidnapping, buddies, athlete's life, money, friends, group of criminals, hot and sexy, stupidity, bodybuilding, dark humor, scam ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013, 20th century, year 1995, year 1994 ...
Place: miami, florida, usa, bahamas, mexico
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 6.5
 3K
The Swindle (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Betty and Victor are a pair of scam artists. One day Betty brings in Maurice, a treasurer of a multinational company. Maurice is due to transfer 5 millions francs out of Switzerland, and Betty is convinced he plans to steal that money.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, clever, witty ...
Plot: gambling, casino, scam, hidden identity, crime gone awry, intrigue, dishonesty, disorder, gangster, betrayal, criminal heroes, mafia ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
Place: swiss alps, france
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 7.2
 499K
American Hustle (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 138 min.
Story: A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.
Style: clever, tense, period piece, suspense, intense ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: partners in crime, fbi, mafia, organized crime, heist, cons and scams, political corruption, con artists, strip club, politics, sexual attraction, manipulation ...
Time: 70s, year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: new jersey, usa, boston, atlantic city new jersey, new york ...
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Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not ...
Style: clever, exciting, captivating, entertaining, suspense ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick
Plot: con artists, adaptation, master criminal, prodigy, creativity, fbi, con men, deception, entrepreneur, biopic, chase, race against time ...
Time: 60s, year 2002, 70s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: new york, new orleans, los angeles, georgia, america ...
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 8.5
 942K
Parasite (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 132 min.
Story: All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
Style: suspense, black comedy, dark comedy, psychological thriller, exciting ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: poverty, wealthy family, working class, social satire, class differences, wealth, basement, scam, tutor, poor family, plot twist, unemployment ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019
Place: south korea, east asia, seoul, asia
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 7.4
 315K
Uncut Gems (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Howard Ratner, a charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score, makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime.
Style: neo noir, tense, suspense, dark comedy, independent film ...
Audience: adult
Plot: jeweler, money, gambling, basketball, threat, scam, bet, infidelity, gem, auction, danger, adultery ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, future, year 2010, year 2012 ...
Place: new york, ethiopia, manhattan new york city
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Scandal: 15 Minutes of Fame (2001)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Three women, an asping actress, a reporter, and a lawyer, hatch a scheme to enrich each other. The actress will fake a sexual harassment charge against a politician and get a lot of publicity, the reporter will get the scoop, and the lawyer will get ...
Style: sexy, sexploitation film
Plot: sexploitation, scam, sexual harassment, lawyer, reporter, scandal, politician, false accusation, sex, scheme, female nudity, actress ...
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 6.1
 8K
Palmetto (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A recently released ex-con gets involved in a fake kidnapping scheme that turns very real.
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, intense, suspense, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: femme fatale, police investigation, kidnapping, secrets, murder, scam, unfaithful wife, frame up, plot twist, manipulation, ex convict, adultery ...
Time: 20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place: florida, usa
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The Color of Money (1986)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, ...
Style: road movie, realistic, talky, stylized, clever ...
Audience: teens, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: billiards, hustler, gambling, on the road, scam, great ending, business, mentor, manipulation, youth, redemption, comeback ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place: chicago, atlantic city new jersey, usa
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 6.6
 35K
Confidence (2003)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: tense, clever, suspense, contemplative, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cons and scams, con men, con artists, crime gone awry, organized crime, deception, caper, justice, heroin, faked death, heist, police corruption ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, canada
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Speedway Junky (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A naive drifter runs away from his army father in hopes of making it on the car racing circuit. In Las Vegas, he meets a young scam artist, who develops a crush on him. He is then introduced to a whole gang led by a young hustler. The racer-to-be ...
Style: talky, serious, realistic, slang, feel good ...
Plot: male prostitution, friendship, gay, scam, male prostitute, best friend, teenage life, bare chested male, gay interest, gay friend, high school life, love and romance ...
Time: 90s
Place: las vegas, nevada, usa
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 7.5
 165K
Trading Places (1983)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Style: funny, hilarious, feel good, laugh out loud, light ...
Audience: adult
Plot: stock market, prostitute, switching roles, fish out of water, beggar, wrongful arrest, social satire, wager, rags to riches, poverty, investor, christmas ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place: pennsylvania, philadelphia, arizona, usa, manhattan new york city ...
Is relevant ?
 6.5
 707
Cold Call (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 210 min.
TV show
Story: A single mother gets caught up in a cold call scam that turns her world upside down.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, detective
Plot: fraud, scam, single mother, mother and daughter, anonymous telephone call, trap, caper, single parent, family problems, trapped, threatening telephone call, social problems ...
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I love you, Güero (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: “La mexicana y el güero” is the story of some scammers who try to deceive a millionaire who is looking for his biological mother through a plan that is funny about what is complicated. Itatí Cantoral, Gala Montes, Juan Soler, Luis Roberto ...
Style: soap opera, light, captivating, romantic, telenovela
Plot: false identity, scam, rich man, family relations, deception, male female relationship, fraud, romantic relationship, fall in love, love affair, love and romance, relationships ...
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 8.0
 2K
Liar Game (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 36 min.
TV show
Story: The Liar Game is a Japanese manga series originally written and illustrated by Shinobu Kaitani. The manga was first serialized in 2005 in the Japanese manga magazine Weekly Young Jump, published by Shueisha. It was adapted into a TV series, which ...
Style: suspense, psychological, serious, disturbing, intellectual ...
Plot: mind game, lie, genius, betrayal, gambling, ex convict, revenge, game, scam, deception, naivete, psychology ...
Place: japan
Is relevant ?
 8.1
 52K
Paper Moon (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: 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.
Style: road movie, sentimental, black and white, touching, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: father daughter relationship, friendship, great depression, mischievous children, orphan, girl, road trip, tomboy, con men, on the road, con man, bible ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1973
Place: missouri, kansas, usa
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 6.7
 188K
Over the Hedge (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating – and learns a lesson about family himself.
Style: humorous, computer animated, 3d animation, funny, satirical ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot: raccoon, talking animal, squirrel, animal that acts human, human, friendship, stealing food, fish out of water, heroic mission, food, furry, forest ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: indiana, usa
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 99K
Big Eyes (2014)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The story of the awakening of the painter, Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
Style: thought provoking, captivating, suspense, sentimental, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: art, painter, painting, artist, biopic, plagiarism, secret, courtroom, abusive husband, couples, ambition, art history ...
Time: 60s, 1950s, 20th century, year 2014, 1900s ...
Place: hawaii, san francisco, california, usa, new york ...
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Disconnect: The Wedding Planner (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Kenya
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After falling victim to a scam, a desperate man races the clock as he attempts to plan a luxurious destination wedding for an important investor.
Style: semi serious, captivating, satirical, thrilling, psychological
Plot: scam, wedding planning, african american, con artists, wedding preparations and rituals, problem, cons and scams, african american woman, satire, african american protagonist, african american man, victim
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The Golden Holiday (2020)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A laid-back countryside detective Byung-su takes his family to the Philippines for his 10th wedding anniversary. In fact, his hidden agenda is to track down his old friend Yong-bae who scammed him and got away a few years ago. In Manila, Byung-su ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, suspense, disturbing, detective
Plot: scam, partner, rivalry, evidence, society, murder mystery, revenge, law enforcement, clue, uncover truth, violence, who done it ...
Time: 21st century
Place: the philippines
Is relevant ?
 6.0
 41K
Deception (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: As a corporate auditor who works in a number of different offices, Jonathan McQuarry wanders without an anchor among New York's power brokers. A chance meeting with charismatic lawyer Wyatt Bose leads to Jonathan's introduction to The ...
Style: sexy, suspense, suspenseful, serious, sensual ...
Plot: sex, betrayal, lawyer, hotel, heist, murder, police investigation, twists and turns, life turned upside down, conspiracy, manipulation, deception ...
Time: year 2008
Place: new york, europe, spain, usa, madrid ...
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Mystics (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A black comedy about two old-time conmen who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, black comedy, dark comedy
Plot: elderly, cons and scams, partner, buddies, nothing goes right, dark humor, seance, scam, senior citizen, gangster, con artists, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
Is relevant ?
 6.7
 3K
Crackerjack (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When dwindling membership and increasing overheads makes a local bowling club and prime candidate for a takeover, it's all hands on deck to save the club, in what turns into an epic battle where young meets old, greed meets good and people rise ...
Style: light, witty, semi serious, humorous, independent film ...
Plot: sarcasm, greed, culture clash, crime gone awry, poker, ambition, rivalry, workplace intrigue, workplace romance, scam, satire, contests and competitions ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, melbourne, oceania
Is relevant ?
 5.1
 356
She's No Angel (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A drama and thriller story of a young woman who has suffered great abuse as a girl and who finds happiness when in a car accident, by mistake, she finds refuge in a false personality. She allows a pair of grieving parents to believe she is their ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, serious, suspense
Plot: mistaken identity, impersonation, blackmail, car accident, rags to riches, switching roles, forbidden love, heir, scam, pregnancy, women, winery ...
Is relevant ?
 6.1
 903
Janis and John (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Insurance salesman tries to get money from his hippie cousin by fulfilling his dream: Arraigning for John Lennon and Janis Joplin's "second coming".
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, feel good, touching ...
Plot: unemployment, couples, family relations, life is a bitch, politics, love and romance, obsession, drug abuse, teaching the ways of the world, heist, crumbling marriage, gambling ...
Time: 70s, 21st century
Place: canada
Is relevant ?
 6.6
 76K
Derailed (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
Style: suspenseful, surprise ending, serious, rough, twist ending ...
Plot: infidelity, adultery, blackmail, dangerous attraction, twists and turns, police investigation, couples, rape, danger, betrayal, disorder, femme fatale ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: chicago, usa
Is relevant ?
 6.0
 5K
Cheats (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: While other kids buy into countless hours of studying just so they can get a mark in some teacher's report book, Handsome Davis sees it as nothing more than a system of control over your mind. That's why Handsome and his three best friends ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, light, realistic
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, coming of age, gang, friendship, teenage life, cons and scams, partner, dishonesty, teachers and students, teenager, scam, college ...
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Cooking with Stella (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, India
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A woman cooks for clients and tries to keep her thefts of food and money from being discovered.
Style: realistic, clever, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Plot: cooking, food, dishonesty, power relations, cons and scams, couple relations, unlikely criminals, master and servant, society, cooking and food, family relations, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, new delhi, india
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