Counterfeit money movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant counterfeit money movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspenseful, captivating, humorous, tense and suspense films and TV shows about / with counterfeit money, death, police, forgery, violence, murder, money, criminal, police officer and chase plots mostly in Crime, Action and Drama genres shot in USA, Hong Kong, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as counterfeit money: Project Gutenberg (2018), Farzi (2023), The Counterfeiters (2007), Their Uncle (2022), Evil Money (2014), Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), The President's Cake (2025), One Night in Istanbul (2014), A Better Tomorrow II (1987), The Streetwalker (1976).
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The Hong Kong police is hunting a counterfeiting gang led by a mastermind code-named "Painter" (Chow Yun-fat). The gang possesses exceptional counterfeiting skills which makes it difficult to distinguish the authenticity of its counterfeit ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, exciting, psychological ...
Plot:
counterfeit money, painting, gang, arrest, police, undercover agent, gang leader, investigation, heist, rivalry, danger, escapades ...
Place:
hong kong, china, vancouver
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 56 min.
TV show
Story:
Sunny, a brilliant small-time artist is catapulted into the high-stakes world of counterfeiting when he creates the perfect fake currency note, even as Michael, a fiery, unorthodox task force officer wants to rid the country of the counterfeiting ...
Style:
suspenseful, tension, suspense, fast paced, crime thriller ...
Plot:
counterfeit money, forgery, investigation, counterfeiter, criminal underworld, cat versus mouse, crime investigation, police officer, fake, forensics, sleuth, painter ...
Place:
india, mumbai india
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, War
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story Jewish counterfeiter, Salomon Sorowitsch, coerced into assisting the Nazi operation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.
Style:
harsh, tense, brutal, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, concentration camp, world war two, nazi germany, counterfeit money, brutality, forgery, counterfeiter, prison, nazi concentration camp, war crime ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1936, year 2008 ...
Place:
germany, europe, poland, austria, canada ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story follows Sultan, a boxer and trainer who works with his friend Saeed in a sports center. They find themselves in trouble when they stumble upon a printing press for counterfeit money.
Style:
disturbing, semi serious, captivating, satirical, tense ...
Plot:
counterfeit money, boxer, athlete's life, criminal, fight, problem, athlete and trainer, escapades, money problems, satire, money, boxing ...
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
One million yen in elaborate fake bills that no one can tell are not the real deal were picked up by a homeless person. The bills begin to circulate like the blood flowing through blood vessels. These fake bills undermine the Japanese economy like a ...
Style:
detective, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
counterfeit money, investigation, police, investor, undercover, money, detective inspector, crime investigation, money problems, problem, sleuth, police investigation ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In the combustible action franchise's final installment, maverick detectives Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh square off against Asian mobster Wah Sing Ku, who's up to his neck in slave trading and counterfeit currency. With help from ...
Style:
entertaining, saga, detective, hilarious, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
buddy cop, car chase, chinese mafia, vigilante, gangster, ship, buddies, martial arts, shootout, police officer, brutality, betrayal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, china, california, usa, hong kong
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iraq, Qatar, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In 1990s Iraq, 9-year-old Lamia must bake the President's birthday cake. She scrambles to find ingredients for this compulsory task while facing potential punishment if she fails.
Plot:
little girl, counterfeit money, police arrest, dictatorship, loss of family, saddam hussein, dictator, school, fire, singing, birthday, rooster ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iraq
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two down on their luck Liverpool cabbies, Tommy and Gerry, strike an unusual deal with a local gangster to take their sons on a trip of a lifetime, to watch their beloved football team play in the European Cup Final in Istanbul. Hoping to use the ...
Style:
tense, not serious, humorous, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
soccer, football, nothing goes right, culture clash, friends, comedy of errors, father son relationship, male bonding, working class, friendship, gangster, travel ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, istanbul turkey, turkey, liverpool
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
When Bussan learns he has less than a year to live, he decides to continue his life as usual. He spends his time with his friends, a band called Kisarazu Cat's Eye. Their funny adventures range from playing gigs to solving a mystery surrounding ...
Style:
buddy comedy, sincere, captivating, humorous, heartfelt ...
Plot:
friendship, terminal illness, male friendship, group of friends, lifestyle, athlete's life, sport team, escapades, fighting illness, friends, illness, mortality ...
Time:
2000s, 2030s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A restaurant owner his ex-con brother and a policeman team up to avenge the murder of his old friends daughter by the Triad.
Style:
neo noir, stylized, perverse, bloody, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, triad, bloody violence, friendship, shootout, vigilantism, father daughter relationship, criminal underworld, brother brother relationship, good versus evil, gunfight, vengeance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, china, new york, usa, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A businessman leaves his country home, and wife and young son for a business trip to Paris. While there he develops a sexual and spiritual bond with a call girl.
Style:
erotic, mad
Plot:
sex, emmanuelle, nudity, oral sex, male nudity, erotica, call girl, foot fetish, bare chested male, male pubic hair, sensuality, prostitute ...
Time:
70s
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Dave Speed is no ordinary Miami cop--he is an irradiated Miami cop who has developed super powers. Unfortunately, he doesn't quite know how to use them and this gets him in trouble with his long-suffering partner. Red powder from a nuclear ...
Style:
parody, fast, semi serious, humorous, spoof ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, law enforcement, heroes, buddy cop, nuclear, flying man, nuclear missile, supernatural power, humour, police, truck ...
Time:
year 1980, 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
miami, china
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The adventures of three Romanian inept petty criminals during the 1970s.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, situational comedy, period piece, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
con artists, forgery, friendship, mistaken identity, police investigation, unhappiness, fish out of water, satire, families, heist, social commentary, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
romania, eastern europe, bucharest, europe
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Genre: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
"The Mystery Cruise" centers around best friends and impending business partners, Alvirah Meehan (Gail O'Grady), a lottery winner turned amateur sleuth, and Regan Reilly (Michelle Harrison), a private investigator. After rescuing the ...
Style:
satirical, feel good, humorous, captivating
Plot:
female detective, amateur detective, female protagonist, uncover truth, female friendship, murder, murder investigation, chase, who done it, strong female character, escapades, whodunit ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Bernice "Bernie" Rhodenbarr is a burglar by trade, and she runs a bookstore as well. Her friend Carl Hefler is a dog groomer. After a successful burglary, it's discovered that a dead body was in the house she burgled. As she's ...
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, amateur detective, chase, female protagonist, bisexual man, home invasion, disguise, framed for murder, investigation, motorcycle, african american protagonist, thief ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
usa, california, san francisco
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Natasha sets out to break up with four of her five boyfriends in a single day. There’s Victor, the melodramatic poet. Jack, the angry laborer. Tom, the friend with benefits. Winston, the nice guy. As Natasha’s story progresses, we begin to ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, stylized, romantic, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
breakup, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, cheating on boyfriend, love and romance, crush, escapades, guilty conscience, promiscuous woman, love interest, love triangle, counterfeit money ...
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Genre: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A policeman discovers a suitcase full of drug money while on duty, meanwhile his wife is having an affair with another man.
Style:
neo noir, independent film, surprise ending, f word
Plot:
unfaithful wife, cheating wife, adultery, drug deal, dead man, saving a life, sexual euphemism, mirror, ambulance, married couple, outback, sole survivor ...
Place:
south australia, australia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Singapore's top policewoman, Miss Cleopatra Wong, who heads the Seasian Interpol Criminal Investigation Department (C.I.D.), teams up with her Filipino counterpart to bust a counterfeit currency operation that threatens several Asian countries ...
Style:
psychotronic, neo noir, independent film, grindhouse
Plot:
femdom, nunsploitation, woman with a gun, exploitation, nun, female fight, women, dancing, nightclub, boeing 747, archery, kung fu ...
Time:
70s
Place:
asia, the philippines, singapore
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two brothers barely scrape by as their father continues to gamble and drink away the money they do bring home. They hatch a plan for a robbery but at what price?
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
forgery, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, gambling, gambling debt, financial problem, older woman younger man relationship, gambler, dysfunctional family, family relations, family problems, lifestyle change ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The boredom of small town life is eating Bill Williamson alive. Feeling constrained and claustrophobic in the meaningless drudgery of everyday life and helpless against overwhelming global dissolution, Bill begins a descent into madness. His ...
Style:
psychological, brutal, intense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
violence spree, killing spree, bad guy wins, violence, violent, chase, vengeance, murder, mass murder, serial killer, breaking point, massacre ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
During the United States' 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, a group of female soldiers posing as medical relief are sent back in to rescue a group of kidnapped teenagers caught between ISIS and the Taliban.
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, independent film, ambiguous ending, f word
Plot:
nudity, isis, rescue mission, female fighter, ak 47, female protagonist, female warrior, kidnapping, taliban, military, forced marriage, teenager ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
california, afghanistan, pakistan
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
Style:
detective, neo noir, tense, grim, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, car, driving, cop, undercover police officer, chase, police officer, buddy cop, organized crime, murder, italian gangster, undercover agent ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data Wang, Chunk Cohen, and Mouth Devereaux run off on a big quest to find the secret stash of ...
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, intense, retro ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, childhood, treasure map, pirate, treasure, friendship, pirate ship, small town, children, teenage girl, mischievous children, child ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
oregon, astoria oregon, usa
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Genre: Action
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story revolves around the greedy nephew of a crime lord, who has his uncle bumped off so that he can take over the business. There are several silly plot threads which include his wish to also bump off the stepson of his dead uncle, and ...
Plot:
kung fu, female assassin, machine gun, revenge, forgery, shootout, prostitute, fight, counterfeit money, beach, betrayal, brother sister relationship ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A thief known as Simon the Swiss faces up and downs in his criminal profession.
Style:
serious, realistic, cynical, tense, stylized ...
Plot:
ransom demand, kidnapper kidnapped relationship, robbery, hustler, criminal, organized crime, european, child kidnapping, kidnapping, disorder, failed attempt, cons and scams ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france, europe, brussels, brussels belgium
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Herman discovers he's the new lord of Munster Hall in England. The family sails to Britain, where they receive a tepid welcome from Lady Effigy and Freddie Munster, who throws tantrums because he wasn't named Lord Munster. An on-board ...
Style:
horror comedy, psychotronic, suspense, spooky, not serious ...
Plot:
halloween, werewolf, pub, love, lycanthropy, british pub, joke, estate, family relations, eccentric family, car race, friends ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place:
england, united kingdom, europe
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The 7th film of Ramesh Sippy.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, f word
Plot:
christian, drunkenness, tough cop, loneliness, mercilessness, identical twins, righteous rage, frustration, trial, death of friend, grief, arrest ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
india
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Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Chuck (Philip Chan), Jimmy (Waise Lee) and Lucky (Michael Wong) are blood brothers. Jimmy's cousin Jake, acts as a go-between, arranges a trafficking of counterfeit U.S. notes between Jimmy's group and the local triad society in Taiwan. ...
Style:
heroic, poliziottesco
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, mexican standoff, police shootout, counterfeit money, gunfight, police officer, hand to hand combat, martial arts, kung fu, violence, police, brutality ...
Place:
taiwan, hong kong
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The deputy manager of a London bank has worked out a way to rob the branch of £200,000. When he becomes involved with the attractive Lady Dorset he decides to go ahead with his plan. He needs her help and that of her philandering spendthrift ...
Style:
poliziottesco, independent film
Plot:
heist, perfect crime, caper, nude women, murder, naked woman, airport, investigation, police, counterfeit money, bank robbery, security guard ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
europe, london
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Greece
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Fanis and Gina, an illegal erotic couple drawn into a strange and rather elaborate kidnapping which leads to tragicomic situations.
Style:
dark comedy, tragicomedy, absurd, tension, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kidnapping, plan gone wrong, mistaken identity, forbidden love, illicit affair, lawyer, satire, corruption, desperation, scheming, bittersweet, improv ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
athens greece
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