Movies and TvShows featuring "cons-and-scams" theme.
The Real Hustle is a reality TV show that follows a group of con artists as they demonstrate and explain various scams and con games. Through hidden camera footage, the show reveals the tricks and techniques used by these con artists to deceive unsuspecting victims. Each episode focuses on a different type of scam, providing viewers with valuable insights into the world of cons and scams.
Big Stan is a comedy movie about a con man named Stan who, after being convicted of fraud, hires a martial arts guru to teach him self-defense and survive in prison. Along the way, he learns valuable lessons about love, friendship, and personal growth. The movie incorporates elements of action, comedy, and crime, making it an entertaining and unique mix of genres.
Stories about scamming and crime in Chile's big city. All of them based on real events.
Madoff is a TV mini-series that delves into the life of Bernard Madoff, the mastermind behind one of the most notorious Ponzi schemes in history. The show chronicles Madoff's rise to power, his ability to deceive investors, and the aftermath of his fraudulent activities. With a gripping plot and compelling characters, Madoff offers a captivating insight into the world of white-collar crime.
The program shows in the episodes the scams and recurring deceptions committed by delinquents, investigating and following the subjects, to finally make a montage that makes them fall "in their own trap".
Heartbreakers is a comedy crime movie that follows a mother-daughter team of female criminals who scam wealthy men. They use various tactics, including seduction and deception, to con their targets out of their money. However, their latest target proves to be more challenging than expected, leading them to face unexpected complications and hilarious situations.
Deadfall follows siblings Addison and Liza, who are on the run after a casino heist goes wrong. In the midst of a blizzard, they get involved in a car accident, resulting in a split. Addison is hell-bent on retrieving the cash and making a run for Canada, while Liza is taken in by a former boxer turned ex-con Jay. As their paths intertwine, a series of events unfolds that tests their loyalty and forces them to confront their past.
During an ocean voyage, a group of con artists including a fast-talking American, a cheating wife, and a flirtatious woman, scheme to acquire uranium in Italy. With twists and turns, they face challenges and must find a way to beat the devil.
Bunty and Babli, two small-town dreamers, embark on a journey filled with laughter and excitement as they con their way into the hearts of people across India. Along the way, they encounter love, adventure, and unexpected challenges.
Soo-Hyun buys a washing machine on a website for used merchandise. When she receives the washing machine, she realizes that the machine is broken. She becomes angry and leaves comments on the website warning other users about the seller. She receives a threatening message from the seller. Soon, Soo-Hyun experiences creepy things happening to her.
A womanizer uses various seduction techniques to win over women, but his plans backfire when he falls for a woman who is skilled in the art of seduction herself.
Paramount's highly-fictionalized 1945 musical biography of Texas Guinan, the Roaring '20s New York nightclub owner and celebrity with alleged underworld connections who famously greeted her customers with the phrase, "Hello, suckers!"
The members of the Ameya family are all scammers. After their election scheme goes bust in their hometown, they move from Shikoku to Tokyo and resume their fraudulent activities. Everything carries on smoothly until the eldest and the fourth sons' modus operandi go awry, the mother's lover runs off with another woman, and disasters strike one after another. This film is a collaboration between Yoichi Sai and Goro Kishitani following "All Under the Moon." The family business of the Ameya family is defrauding people. The matriarch, who keeps getting married and divorced, has five children with different fathers. The Ameya family chases after fortune and leaves a trail of trouble on their path.
The conspiracy theory purports that Muslim men target Hindu women for conversion to Islam in which antisocial Arabic connection and terror funding is involved to promote love jihad in india.
In late 90s Osaka, three people from various walks of life meet by chance. They team up to orchestrate a complex financial con targeting crooked businessmen in an attempt to solve their respective financial woes.
A con man and his partner inherit a dead gangster's precocious daughter.
Part of MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series, this short film focuses on crimes revolving around pension scams.
The operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a fake 'public wedding' in the mouth of their unprofitable giant whale. But the intended 'bridegroom' absconds with the proceeds, arranging a substitute. The bride, Flip Lane (Jane Wyman), much to her surprise, finds herself really married to a handsome stranger, whose career as an artist she decides to manage, much to his dismay.