Movies and TvShows featuring "pretending-to-be-drunk" theme.

In 1936, a money runner carrying $11,000 is conned by three men. The mobster who was supposed to receive the money seeks revenge and one of the con men is killed. In Chicago, the partner of the deceased seeks help from an old friend to get revenge on the mobster and swindle him out of a large sum of money. They plan an elaborate con that involves cheating at a poker game and tricking the mobster into placing a large bet on a fixed horse race. In the end, they successfully con the mobster and escape with the money.

A young woman named Cassie seeks revenge against those who were complicit in a traumatic event from her past. She targets individuals who were involved in the assault of her friend Nina, which ultimately led to Nina's suicide. Cassie uses elaborate schemes to confront and expose these individuals, forcing them to face the consequences of their actions. As Cassie's crusade intensifies, she becomes entangled in a dangerous game that culminates in a shocking and tragic climax.

Money Train follows two foster brothers, who are transit cops. They hatch a plan to rob a money train during the New Year's Eve celebrations.

Balloon is a gripping drama based on the true story of two families who escaped from East Germany to West Germany in an improvised hot air balloon. Set in 1979 and 1989, the film follows a group of friends, including an electrician and a physicist, as they meticulously plan their daring escape. Tensions rise as they evade the Stasi and border patrol officers, with their lives hanging in the balance.

Hell Below is a movie from 1933 that tells the story of a naval officer in a submarine during World War I. The movie explores themes of friendship, loyalty, and the challenges of warfare.

In a world devastated by an ice age, people gather in a hotel to play a deadly game called Quintet. A man named Essex becomes involved and discovers that the game has a much darker purpose. As he tries to survive, he uncovers secrets and mysteries that lead him to question the true nature of the game and the world he is in.

Public Hero Number 1 (1935) is a crime drama film set in the 1930s. The story revolves around a heroic public figure who pretends to be drunk and infiltrates a gang of robbers to bring them to justice. Along the way, he must navigate prison riots, escape attempts, and a flooded river. With the help of a government agent and a prison cellmate, he takes down the gang leader and reunites with his long-lost sister.

A private detective discovers a dead body and gets caught up in a conspiracy involving a gold mine and Chinese New Year festivities. As he investigates, he faces shootouts, suspects, and a thrilling murder mystery.

Evie's co-workers at the uniform shirt factory, and her almost-fiancée's inability to kiss, inspire her to slip a letter into a size sixteen-and-a-half shirt for some anonymous soldier. It's received by "Wolf" Larson, who immediately throws it away, but his sensitive, dreaming--and short--buddy John McPherson snags it, and begins a correspondence with Evie, pretending to be Wolf. But things get complicated when Evie wants to meet her tall, handsome soldier. And even more complicated when Wolf sees Evie and likes what he sees.

Clumsy peculiar pupil Alfons Zitterbacke dreams of being an astronaut and wreaks havoc anywhere he goes but against all odds wants to proof everyone who is teasing him wrong especially his father who wants him to be more of a 'normal' kid.

Secret Service agents try to solve the theft of treasury banknote plates.

A famous detective is invited to a swanky party at an elegant mansion, but before the night is over he finds himself involved with gangsters, blackmail and murde

A British officer poses as a traitor in order to infiltrate a team of terrorists who are sabotaging ships, while a seductive cabaret dancer is working for the mysterious genius who runs the enemy spy ring.

A teacher, a gunman, an ex-Colonel and a beautiful girl decide to steal a big load of gold stored in Fort Henderson. The task is not easy, because the fort is very well guarded, but with adventurous stratagems...

Lawmen free a convict to hunt his ex-cellmate.

In prison in colonial Algeria, shortly after the end of the Second World War, three indigenous cellmates make out. Once free, they attack the authority represented by the triad of the boss, the gendarme and the administrator. “Living the colonial condition,” confided Tewfik Farès, “is something! It’s not sociologically or historically speaking. It’s life. And I think that’s all there in it. [...] For a hundred and thirty years, we wait. We hold back. We push back. We hope. At the same time, on different occasions, there are skirmishes, unrest.

(IMDb) A man has lost his memory. He has no idea who is is, why he has woken up in a grungy motel room, or why people are trying to kill him.