Fraud movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant fraud movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspense, tense, realistic, entertaining and crime drama films and TV shows about / with fraud, betrayal, deception, con artists, cheating, conspiracy, money, scam, moral ambiguity and corruption plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, South Korea, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as fraud: Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Wizard of Lies (2017), The Big Short (2015), Parasite (2019), The Italian Job (2003), Ocean's Eleven (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2004), Madoff (2016), Lawyer Sodom (2023), Delightfully Deceitful (2023).
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List of fraud movies
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: 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, serious, tense ...
Plot:
wall street, scam, financier, stock exchange, fraud, money, investor, financial crisis, finance, businessman, corporate world, workplace ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
new york, usa
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533K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
Style:
intellectual, realistic, tense, inspirational, intelligent ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, girls' night, date night, teen drama ...
Plot:
finance, wall street, business, stock market, financial crisis, money, greed, banking, economic crisis, bank, loan, analysis ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2015, future, year 2016 ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, las vegas, california
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1.1M
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, psychological thriller, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
poverty, wealthy family, working class, social satire, class differences, scam, wealth, basement, plot twist, rich snob, driver, unemployment ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019
Place:
south korea, east asia, seoul, asia, india
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, Germany, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, ...
Style:
suspense, clever, action packed, suspenseful, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, family friendly, chick flick, date night ...
Plot:
heist, robbery, vengeance, caper, car chase, bank robbery, perfect crime, conspiracy, chase, gold, safecracker, theft ...
Time:
year 2003, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
italy, venice, philadelphia, los angeles, california ...
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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: 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: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story:
The rise and fall of Bernie Madoff, who's Ponzi scheme bilked $65 billion from unsuspecting victims.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, serious, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fraud, finance, money, con artists, cons and scams, true crime, biopic, criminal, economics, business, historical figure, business tycoon ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
A legal suspense drama featuring the unconventional lawyer Odagiri Wataru, who specializes in defending fraud victims. The story revolves around Wataru's choice to defend fraudsters for a specific reason, as he strives to win cases against the ...
Style:
suspense, tense, hardboiled detective, detective, suspenseful ...
Plot:
fraud, legal, law, courtroom, injustice, female lawyer, attorney, lawyer, defense attorney, fight for justice, fight, courtroom drama ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A cooperative drama between a fraudster who cannot empathize and an overly sympathetic lawyer, as well as a revenge play against absolute evil.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspense, twisted ...
Plot:
fraud, empathy, lawyer, con artists, law, revenge, attorney, relationships, problem, male female relationship, lawyer client relationship, intrigue ...
Place:
south korea
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Style:
clever, cynical, captivating, motivational, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
money, corruption, wall street, business, rise and fall, addiction, stock market, stock broker, success, wealth, greed, rags to riches ...
Time:
80s, year 2013, 90s, 20th century, year 1987 ...
Place:
new york, usa, geneva switzerland, big ben london, italy ...
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293K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, War
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
Style:
funny, humorous, realistic, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
corruption, arms dealer, smuggling, friendship, rise and fall, gunrunner, marketing, military, arms smuggling, drug, con artists, fraud ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 2000s, year 2008, year 2005 ...
Place:
afghanistan, las vegas, iraq, baghdad iraq, jordan ...
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77K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical drama film which tells the true story of the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s.
Style:
intellectual, period piece, game show, talky, intense ...
Plot:
greed, investigation, moral dilemma, fame, ethics, television, corruption, advertising, idealism, lawyer, fraud, professor ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1957, year 1994 ...
Place:
new york, usa, washington d.c., boston
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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:
suspense, captivating, tense, detective
Plot:
scam, fraud, single mother, threatening telephone call, single parent, trap, mother and daughter, anonymous telephone call, caper, trapped, changing lives, family relations ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
TV show
Story:
Sokkar is a professional swindler who gets outdone by Omar, another swindler. As she enters into a series of conflicts to get her money back from him, she eventually decides to unite with him to carry out bigger defrauding operations.
Style:
semi serious, psychological, satirical, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
scam, con artists, fraud, deception, money, thief, con men, relationships, problem, male female relationship, stolen money, cons and scams ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ottmar hands his Hamburg bakery to daughter Janina, retiring after 40 years with his wife to compatriot Beinle's fancy seniors residence in Pattaya, Thailand, which also provides private nursing as required. She waited decades to enjoy free ...
Style:
captivating, tense, crime drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fraud, bakery, deception, elderly, aging, relationship problems, con trick, family problems, family business, business, marital problem, scam ...
Place:
thailand, germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Helena, a beautiful immigrant actress/model, way too old for modeling and too old for acting without credits finally lands a big job but overseas. Out of desperation and advice of her LA friends she commits a federal fraud to get her traveling ...
Style:
funny, captivating, entertaining, light, tension ...
Plot:
fraud, betrayal, modeling, immigration, desperation, fake identity, con artists, lifestyle, career change, life is a bitch, career, female protagonist ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 184 min.
TV show
Story:
Set against the backdrop of the coming industrial revolution in eighteenth century Yorkshire, the drama follows David Hartley as he assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers to embark upon a revolutionary criminal enterprise that will capsize the ...
Style:
historical drama, thrilling, captivating, period piece, serious ...
Plot:
fraud, industrial revolution, organized crime, criminal, gang, cons and scams, con artists, working class, class conflict, civil unrest, rebellion, conspiracy ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
yorkshire, britain
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
TV show
Story:
The scam of the century, which occurred in France and Europe between 2008 and 2009. Billions gone up in smoke on the new financial market of "carbon quotas" invented to fight against global warming. The association of Belleville crooks ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
fraud, investigation, true crime, scam, greed, deception, con artists, cons and scams, money, corporate crime, merchant, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A series of unprecedented crimes committed by a cunning group of land scammers who use real estate sales as bait to steal large sums of money.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, crime drama, suspenseful, twisted ...
Plot:
fraud, con artists, organized crime, money, criminal, deception, scheming, escapades, gang, cons and scams, bandit, criminal gang ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A brother and sister con-artist duo find themselves scamming a grieving billionaire by convincing him they can introduce him to God, face-to-face.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, tense, crime drama, tension ...
Plot:
fraud, caper, scam, cons and scams, heist, robbery, deception, grief, criminal, stolen money, theft, crime boss ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Felix Armand wants to be at the top. Because once he's there, he can finally be a decent human being. After all, he's the damn mastermind behind the most successful FinTech company of all time, and all of Germany: the CableCash AG. ...
Style:
entertaining, tense, captivating, realistic, dark comedy ...
Plot:
deception, greed, fraud, narcissism, ambition, megalomaniac, crisis, boss, politics, job, money, mafia ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Milan, Nowadays: Fernando, son of Ugo Piazza, is a brilliant criminal defense lawyer whose mother, Nelly, has done everything in her power to raise him different from his father, a deplorable gangster.
Style:
tense, suspense, crime drama, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, fraud, gangster, suspect, stolen money, criminal gang, gang, struggle for survival, money problems, bandit, mafioso ...
Place:
milan italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
A man is a swindler. He is smart enough to take the bar exam, but he could not become a prosecutor. Disregarding favoritism and biases by prosecutors, the man makes criminals pay for crimes that prosecutors did not.
Style:
crime thriller, disturbing, captivating, entertaining, twisted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fraud, con man, fighting crime, law and order, fight for justice, lynching, lawyer, cons and scams, hotshot lawyer, lawlessness, fighting the system, courtroom drama ...
Place:
south korea, seoul
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527
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
TV show
Story:
Con artist Maik Schäfer switches his fake conductor's suit for a real soutane while trying to escape custody and ends up in the catholic parish of Läuterberg. Standing in for Vicar Sanman, Maik participates in the parish members' fates ...
Style:
satirical, feel good, funny, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
con artists, fraud, religion, satire, lie, priest, church, impostor, silly humor, money problems, debt, bandit ...
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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, blood, politics, organized crime, big business, asian, business, fight club ...
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112K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio.
Style:
suspense, clever, entertaining, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
hostage, stock market, police, wall street, finance, corruption, revenge, conspiracy, money, capitalism, hostage negotiator, sniper ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
south africa, new york, russia, reykjavik iceland, south korea ...
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779K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to ...
Style:
neo noir, black comedy, dark comedy, atmospheric, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
small town, snow, dark humor, crime gone awry, ransom, kidnapping, murder, satire, foul language, police, psychopath, winter ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1987, year 1996
Place:
minnesota, minneapolis minnesota, north dakota, usa, persia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
In a time where fraud is an imminent threat, societal issues give rise to a slew of elaborate scams. Kurosaki is a man who lost his family to a "white swindler", which is a professional swindler who scams people out of their money. In ...
Style:
crime drama, twisted, dark, emotional, suspenseful ...
Plot:
fraud, revenge, investigation, scam, con artists, deception, vendetta, manipulation, moral ambiguity, anti hero, family tragedy, cat and mouse ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Is relevant?
204K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, suspense, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
mental illness, depression, psychiatrist, manipulation, murder, patient, sleepwalking, twists and turns, doctor, mental patient, mental institution, deception ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, future, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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