Con men movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant con men movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, realistic, entertaining, clever, humorous and interesting films and TV shows about / with con men, con artists, greed, cheating, cons and scams, mentor, deception, storytelling, dialogue and corruption plots mostly in Crime, Comedy and Drama genres shot in USA, Japan, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as con men: Confidence (2003), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Art of the Steal (2013), Ocean's Twelve (2004), Money Plane (2020), Now You See Me 2 (2016), The Brothers Bloom (2008), Ocean's Eleven (2001), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), Poolhall Junkies (2002).
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List of con men movies
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:
clever, tense, suspense, contemplative, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cons and scams, con artists, mastermind, con men, caper, hustler, organized crime, justice, heroin, crime gone awry, police corruption, deception ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, canada
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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, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
con artists, adaptation, master criminal, creativity, deception, fbi, fraud, con man, impostor, prodigy, business, biopic ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1967, 70s, year 2002 ...
Place:
los angeles, new orleans, new york, washington d.c., france ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
clever, entertaining, witty, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, art, robbery, con men, conspiracy, crime gone awry, twists and turns, motorcycle, revenge, police investigation, gang, cons and scams ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada, poland, detroit, warsaw poland
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Danny Ocean reunites with his old flame and the rest of his merry band of thieves in carrying out three huge heists in Rome, Paris and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.
Style:
entertaining, clever, stylized, exciting, tricky ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
heist, robbery, master thief, caper, perfect crime, con artists, planning, con men, thief, art thief, fraud, jail ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, rome italy, paris france, europe, netherlands ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A professional thief with $40 million in debt and his family's life on the line must commit one final heist - rob a futuristic airborne casino filled with the world's most dangerous criminals.
Style:
realistic, stylized, exciting, suspense, disgusting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, casino, thief, gambling, criminal heroes, robbery, caper, one last job, con artists, runaway, danger, chase ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.
Style:
entertaining, clever, surprise ending, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
heist, illusionist, con men, manipulation, twists and turns, con artists, wizard, magic, caper, magician, stage magic, card trick ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 1984, 80s
Place:
london, macau, south america, new york, new jersey ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a ...
Style:
visually stunning, witty, realistic, semi serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
twists and turns, cons and scams, crime gone awry, fall in love, con artists, caper, magic realism, con man, partner, family relations, dishonesty, escapades ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
montenegro, former yugoslavia, prague, tokyo, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to ...
Style:
clever, witty, exciting, entertaining, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
heist, caper, casino, thief, cons and scams, outsmarting, deception, perfect crime, twists and turns, scheme, con artists, robbery ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, iran, usa, atlantic city new jersey, los angeles ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can swindle a young American heiress out of $50,000 first.
Style:
clever, feel good, funny, humorous, surprise ending ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
con artists, rivalry, bet, competition, con men, casino, caper, cons and scams, twists and turns, farce, high society, deception ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
french riviera, france, south of france, arizona, riviera ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A retired pool hustler is forced to pick up the stick again when his brother starts a game he can't finish.
Style:
witty, clever, stylized, entertaining, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
billiards, gambling, con men, gangster, vengeance, friendship, life philosophy, underdog, money, justice, betrayal, crime gone awry ...
Time:
year 2002, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, new orleans
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126K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them. He needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a Winner Take All poker game that begins in a few days. He tries to win some, tries to collect a few debts, and ...
Style:
surprise ending, humorous, exciting, funny, light ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night
Plot:
gambling, poker, cons and scams, gambler, twists and turns, unlikely partners, outlaw, bank robbery, card playing, con men, robbery, strong female character ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, victorian era, 1800s, 60s
Place:
oregon, persia, america, mississippi, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
Style:
humorous, clever, dark comedy, witty, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, heist, dark humor, gangster, crime gone awry, disorder, organized crime, nothing goes right, scheme, friends, violent, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
london, britain, united kingdom, england, europe ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
An Argentinian crime drama revolving around a sheet of rare stamps (the Nine Queens).
Style:
tense, clever, cerebral, mindfuck, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, plot twist, partner, counterfeiter, manipulation, forgery, crime gone awry, justice, con man, con men, robbery, partners in crime ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina, south america, venezuela, latin america ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to ...
Style:
humorous, funny, absurd, parody, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, manly ...
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, post apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, virus, survival, road trip, amusement park, living dead, dark humor, chaos and mayhem, danger ...
Time:
year 2009, near future, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., los angeles, columbus ohio, ohio, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Mordrcai Jones (George C. Scott) is a rural con artist (a 'flim flam man') who takes on a young army deserter Curley (Michael Sarrazin) as his protégé and teaches him the tricks of the trade. Sheriff Slade (Harry Morgan) is in hot ...
Style:
cynical, semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot:
chase, gambling, rural setting, fugitive, american south, great depression, stage play, desertion, sheriff, con men, friendship, prison ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s, 80s
Place:
southern usa, ireland
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
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:
disturbing, captivating, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
mind game, betrayal, genius, gambling, game, scam, deception, lie, psychology, greed, con men, revenge ...
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Romance blossoms between a single mom and a womanizing bad boy.
Style:
romantic drama, romantic, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
single mother, widow, con men, redemption, single parent, love interest, couples, love affair, mother daughter relationship, love and romance, fall in love, in love ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
south korea
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young rogue is thrown into prison for the weekend, unaware that the guards are blood-sucking vampires and the inmates are their victims
Style:
humorous, unusual plot structure, scary, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
vampire, blood, prison, vampire slayer, con men, riot, prisoner, warden, killing, violence, loss, monster ...
Place:
europe
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24K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings.
Style:
exciting, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
cons and scams, thief, heist, con artists, leader, exploitation, blackmail, criminal heroes, con men, fake identity, coworker relationship, hustler ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, britain
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jonas Nightengale is a fraudulent Christian faith healer who makes a living travelling around America holding revival meetings and conducting 'miracles' with the help of his friend and manager, Jane, and their entourage. One of their ...
Style:
melancholic, light, semi serious, realistic, feel good ...
Plot:
religion, redemption, character study, loneliness, dishonesty, cons and scams, small town life, con men, shipwreck, con artists, faith, miraculous event ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
kansas, usa, texas
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
As youths in Azusa, Vinnie, Carter, and Rosie pull off a racing scam, substituting winners for plodders and winning big bucks on long odds. When an official uncovers the scam, they set him up for blackmail. Jump ahead twenty years, Carter and Rosie ...
Style:
neo noir, erotic, psychological, independent film, contemplative ...
Plot:
horse, heist, con men, love triangle, crime gone awry, betrayal, corruption, pumpkin, romantic triangle, friendship, criminal's revenge, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
kentucky, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.
Style:
dramatic, entertaining, emotional, psychological thriller, twisted ...
Plot:
twists and turns, con artists, mental illness, heist, cons and scams, plot twist, greed, partner, con men, life philosophy, slick, psychology ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.
Style:
road movie, inspirational, sincere, uplifting, touching ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
autism, road trip, redemption, disability, mentally challenged, brother brother relationship, siblings relations, runaway, self discovery, mathematics, psychiatry, life changing ...
Time:
20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place:
las vegas, california, ohio, cincinnati ohio, columbus ohio ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, enigmatic, cerebral ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
obsession, manipulation, gay, serial killer, lgbtq, homosexuality, secret identity, gay subtext, psychopath, envy, jealousy, sociopath ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1999, 90s ...
Place:
italy, rome italy, mediterranean sea, europe, persia ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Kurosaki is a young man whose family was destroyed by swindlers. Despite that, Kurosaki grows up to become a con artist known as Kurosagi. As Kurosagi, he swindles other con artists and returns the money to the original victim. He works with the ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, con artists, revenge, con men, scam, anti hero, deception, vigilante, criminal, cons and scams, criminal's revenge, fighting crime ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Imamiya (Fumino Kimura) is a detective who deals with fraud and scam cases. She arrests Kaji (Mahiro Takasugi), who is involved in a voice phishing case. Imamiya and her colleagues do not know who is at the top of the voice phishing group. Detective ...
Style:
detective, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, con men, scam, fraud, police investigation, forensics, police detective, detective inspector, sleuth, crime investigation, crime solving, female detective ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
By some quirk of fate, the two small-time thieves and the spoiled princess find themselves in the Black Forest full of magic beings who believe that everyone has a chance to mend his ways. However, sometimes even the best intentions need to take a ...
Style:
fairy tale, psychotronic, crying
Plot:
royal family, criminal, kingdom, unpunished crime, con men, criminal as protagonist, magical power, princess, husband wife relationship, friend, friendship, king ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Tears for You is a love story about two step-siblings, Yota (Satoshi Tsumabuki) and Kaoru (Masami Nagasawa). Long ago, Yota's mother (Kyoko Koizumi) married Kaoru's jazz-playing father (Tatsuya Nakamura), effectively merging the two ...
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, sincere, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
con men, little sister, step siblings, half brother, family problems, half sister, relationships, male female relationship, care, grownups, adolescence vs adulthood, life is a bitch ...
Place:
okinawa japan
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Mami Shirasawa became a lawyer at the age 20, but she does not get any cases to work on.One day, Mami finally gets a case. The client was sexually assaulted by a man, who is the son of an owner of a large construction company.Mami and Swindler, ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, captivating, exciting, crime thriller ...
Plot:
revenge, con artists, law, lawyer, con men, female lawyer, retribution, justice, payback, investigation, fraud, money ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Russian Empire, 1919. By a twist of fate, young idealist Osip Zadunaisky meets an infamous con artist and self-proclaimed Turkish subject Ibrahim Bender. A man of pure thought and aristocratic upbringing, Osip would never have associated with a ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, exciting, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
con artists, deception, treasure hunt, scam, con men, scheming, russian empire, couple relations, male female relationship, escapades, criminal, cons and scams ...
Time:
year 1919
Place:
eastern europe
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