Counterfeiter movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant counterfeiter movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, tense and detective films and TV shows about / with counterfeiter, forgery, police, money, prison, betrayal, murder, violence, chase and police officer plots mostly in Crime, Drama and Action genres shot in USA, South Korea, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as counterfeiter: Flag Day (2021), The Counterfeiters (2007), Papillon (2017), Farzi (2023), Nine Queens (2000), The Killers Edge (1991), The Con Artists (2014), To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Pilotos de la muerte (1962), Munster, Go Home! (1966).

List of counterfeiter movies

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 5.4
 4K
Flag Day (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A father lives a double life as a counterfeiter, bank robber and con man in order to provide for his daughter.
Style: disturbing, captivating
Plot: cons and scams, father daughter relationship, family relations, counterfeiter, con artists, fraud, social problems, embezzler, family secret, money problems, father, bank robber ...
Time: 70s, 90s, 80s, year 1981, year 1975 ...
Place: minneapolis minnesota, minnesota, taj mahal
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The Counterfeiters (2007)
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: tense, bleak, brutal, harsh, serious ...
Plot: holocaust, nazi, concentration camp, world war two, nazi germany, prison, brutality, counterfeit money, war crime, war, racial slur, world war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 2008, year 2007 ...
Place: germany, europe, poland, austria, vienna ...
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 7.2
 85K
Papillon (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Czech Republic, Spain
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Henri "Papillon" Charrière is convicted in Paris for a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he becomes obsessed with escaping. After planning and executing a series of treacherous ...
Style: suspense, factual, psychological, art house, homoerotic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: prison, prison escape, island prison, friendship, life sentence, escape, thief, solitary, survival, wrongful conviction, human spirit, jungle ...
Time: year 2017, year 1931, 1930s, year 1969, year 1970 ...
Place: south america, colombia, france, venezuela, paris france
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 8.4
 45K
Farzi (2023)
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: psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot: counterfeit money, counterfeiter, criminal underworld, forgery, cat versus mouse, forensics, police investigation, fake, criminal, crime investigation, painter, sleuth ...
Place: india
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 7.9
 57K
Nine Queens (2000)
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, mindfuck, suspenseful, atmospheric, tricky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: plot twist, swindle, partner, manipulation, twists and turns, justice, police, robbery, partners in crime, mind game, great ending, con men ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: argentina, buenos aires argentina, venezuela, latin america, italy
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The Killers Edge (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A cop teams up with an FBI agent to track down a counterfeiter.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police officer, vietnam veteran, fbi, counterfeiter, cop, special agent, rivalry, betrayal, confined, forgery, undercover, chases and races ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
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The Con Artists (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Ji-hyuk is an expert safe-cracker who lives the highlife stealing antiques and jewelry with his team. CHO, a powerful and cruel gang boss threatens them to steal $150 million with him. Ji-hyuk plans to get revenge on CHO, but ends up falling into ...
Style: political, social, tense
Audience: chick flick
Plot: organized crime, heist, partner, corruption, partners in crime, criminal heroes, secret, gangster, political intrigue, tragic villain, group of criminals, politics ...
Place: east asia, busan
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To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Style: neo noir, suspense, tense, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, revenge, investigation, murder, vengeance, police investigation, law enforcement, cop, male pubic hair, chase, hitman, organized crime ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa
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Pilotos de la muerte (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A couple of provincial gas station employees travel to the capital seeking fortune of vehicle mechanics accidental career passing drivers.
Plot: mechanic, gas station, driver, pilot, car race, couples, car racing, kidnapping, counterfeiter
Time: 60s
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Munster, Go Home! (1966)
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: werewolf, frankenstein, halloween, love, lycanthropy, british pub, joke, family relations, estate, eccentric family, car race, friends ...
Time: year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place: england
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 7.9
 444
Private Schulz (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, War
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: Private Schulz is a BBC television comedy drama serial set mostly in Germany, during and immediately after World War II. It stars Michael Elphick in the title role and Ian Richardson playing various parts. Other notable actors included Tony Caunter, ...
Style: detective
Plot: world war two, army, nazi spy, nazi concentration camp, satire, forgery, diving, drowning, nazi officer, ss, lake, unhappy ending ...
Place: dunkirk, england
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Hubert the Smart Boy (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Titulní hrdina komediálního filmu je typický žižkovský frajer. S chytrostí a šarmem si vyřizuje otevřené účty s policejním inspektorem Mourkem, který ho chce stůj co stůj dostat do kriminálu. Jenže Fešák Hubert unikne z každé ...
Style: detective, poliziottesco, crying
Plot: hotel room, escape, peeping tom, husband wife relationship, dog, restaurant, on the run, adultery, voyeurism, photograph, party, hotel ...
Time: 1920s
Place: prague, central europe
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 5.4
 311
Lethal Panther (1990)
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, cia, revenge, female police officer, forgery, shootout, gang, cia agent, counterfeiter, martial arts ...
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Monnaie de singe (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Fulbert is a sidewalk artist who is duped into working for a counterfeiter. He accompanies a woman posing as a grieving widow on a trip to Spain in a hearse. Unaware she is the mistress of a notorious gangster, Fulbert is chased by thugs.
Style: detective
Plot: con men, prison escape, fiancee, typist, police officer, security guard, male to female cross dressing, cabriolet, secretly observing, arrested, talking parrot, police investigator ...
Place: madrid, paris france
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 7.2
 2K
9 Souls (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: After discovering a hole in their crowded cell, nine prisoners escape their confinement to track down the key of the universe, which a fellow prisoner known as the Counterfeit King said he had hidden.
Style: serious, realistic, surreal, uplifting, crime drama ...
Plot: prison, on the run, treasure hunt, criminal heroes, society, social misfits, misfit, friendship, chase, escaped prisoner, convict, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
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The Christmas Star (1986)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Horace McNickle (Edward Asner) is a two-time felon serving prison time for counterfeiting. On the week before Christmas, he escapes from prison dressed as Santa Claus due to his uncanny resemblence to St. Nick resulting from his long white beard and ...
Style: christmas classics, semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, holiday, youth, xmas, suburbs, store, eccentric family, fish out of water, parents and children, mistaken identity, when the parents are away, cons and scams ...
Time: 80s
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 4.9
 7K
The Saint (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is asked by a desperate rich man to find his kidnapped daughter. However, in addition to evading the authorities, Simon must face a dangerous adversary from his past.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: female warrior, rescue, hostage, danger, spy, kidnapping, father daughter relationship, robbery, car chase, conspiracy, undercover, thief ...
Time: 2010s
Place: moscow russia, bucharest, tower bridge london, big ben london, iraq ...
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The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A rich, old counterfeiter is lured out of retirement.
Style: black and white, neo noir, slang, surprise ending
Plot: forgery, accomplice, brothel, horse race, brothel madam, one last job, horse, gangster, counterfeit money, counterfeiter, bank note, paper ...
Time: 60s
Place: france, paris france
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 3.4
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Naked Lies (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story: FBI agent Cara Landry is sent on an undercover assignment to gather evidence on Damian Medina, a Mexican casino owner running a counterfeiting operation for the Cali drug cartel...
Style: independent film, erotic, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female agent, one woman army, counterfeiter, terrorism, betrayal, seduction, undercover agent, night, woman with a gun, casino, secret service, romantic triangle ...
Time: 90s
Place: mexico city, mexico
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Company Business (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An aging agent is called back by "the Company" to run a hostage trade of a Soviet spy for an American agent.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, espionage, cold war, secret mission, conspiracy, cia, hostage, exodus, race against time, assassination attempt, danger, politics ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: germany, europe, france, paris france, east berlin ...
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The Big Swindle (2004)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story: After being convicted for fraud, one month has passed since CHOI Chang-Hyuk's release from jail. But this time around he's got and elaborate plan cooked up. It's the biggest bank heist in history that'll make any thief have a wet ...
Style: exciting, realistic, stylized, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, crime gone awry, law enforcement, disorder, cons and scams, betrayal, dishonesty, caper, asian prostitute, bank robbery, violent content, twists and turns ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, korea
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Pistol Whipped (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Steven Seagal stars in this gritty, no-holds barred action film as an elite ex-cop with a gambling problem and a mountain of debt. When a mysterious man offers to clear his debts in exchange for the assassination of the city's most notorious ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, gambling, spy, aikido, downfall, danger, introspection, life is a bitch, dishonesty, redemption, father daughter relationship, crime boss ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, connecticut
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 8.0
 138K
Papillon (1973)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story: A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Style: inspirational, psychological, grim, realistic, depressing ...
Plot: prison escape, prison, escape, life philosophy, runaway, human spirit, prisoner, escape attempt, brutality, prison break, prison life, criminal heroes ...
Time: year 1973, 1940s, 20th century, 1930s
Place: persia, latin america, atlantic ocean
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 7.4
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Damo (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 840 min.
TV show
Story: Damo is a 2003 South Korean fusion historical drama, starring Ha Ji-won, Lee Seo-jin, and Kim Min-joon. Set in the Joseon Dynasty, it tells the story of Chae-ok, a damo relegated to the low-status job of a female police detective who investigates ...
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, detective ...
Plot: martial arts, investigation, undercover, police, political conspiracy, sleuth, female protagonist, government conspiracy, uncover truth, conspiracy, fighting crime, criminal ...
Time: 17th century
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Project Ninja Daredevils (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Canada, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two brothers, Warren and David, try to defeat the evil forger who is making their lives a misery.
Style: action adventure
Plot: ninja, martial arts, police, violence, hospital, sex, fight, undercover cop, sword, fistfight, sex scene, hand to hand combat ...
Time: year 1986
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Boiling Point (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; ...
Style: suspense, exciting, neo noir, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: undercover cop, murder, organized crime, prison, redemption, revenge, vengeance, investigation, undercover, tough heroes, working undercover, master criminal ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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 5.6
 497
Trick (2010)
Genre: Action
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Kidnappers demand six million in ransom, but the United Nations does not negotiate with terrorist. One of the best counterfeiters is serving a lengthy prison term and the agent who arrested him needs his help.
Style: realistic, semi serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: prison, politics, manhunt, terrorism, state affairs, dishonesty, chases and races, kidnapping, money, working undercover, agent, female nudity ...
Time: 21st century
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 5.7
 2K
The Four (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 118 min.
Story: An undercover agent is assigned by his corrupt chief to infiltrate a rival department and sabotage their investigation of counterfeit currency. What he discovers is the counterfeiter's real plan. To overthrow the capital. Not by flooding it ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, scary, captivating ...
Plot: martial arts, supernatural, investigation, secret agent, rivalry, zombie, medieval, undercover, danger, wuxia, military officer, officer ...
Place: china, asia, ancient china
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 7.9
 18K
Black Lagoon (2006)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Black Lagoon is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe. It has been published in Shogakukan's Monthly Sunday Gene-X since 2002, and nine collected volumes have been released so far. It was later adapted into an anime ...
Style: anime, exciting, suspenseful, humorous, psychological ...
Audience: kids
Plot: danger, gunfight, pirate, mercenary, kidnapping, team, rivalry, violence, arms dealer, gang, criminal, femme fatale ...
Time: 90s
Place: japan, colombia, asia, southeast asia, thailand
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 5.2
 151K
Morbius (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An announced Marvel Studios production.
Style: gothic, dark, saga, suspenseful, hood ...
Audience: adult
Plot: vampire, transformation, superhero, vampirism, mutation, human monster, supernatural, doctor, mad scientist, desperation, fear, villain ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: costa rica, new york, manhattan new york city, greece
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