Movies and TvShows featuring "subterfuge" theme.
La Femme Nikita follows the story of a young woman named Nikita who is falsely accused of a crime and sentenced to life in prison. Instead of serving her sentence, she is forcibly recruited into a secret government agency known as Section One. Trained to be an assassin, Nikita must navigate the dangerous world of espionage while trying to maintain her own moral compass. As she carries out missions and faces life-or-death situations, she begins to question the motives of her superiors and ultimately decides to rebel against the organization that trained her. With her skills and intelligence, Nikita becomes a formidable force and fights against the very system that created her.
In the film 'Alienoid', a swordsman in the Goryeo Dynasty seeks to seize a legendary divine sword, while others pursue an alien prisoner trapped in a human body in the year 2022. When a time door opens between the Late Goryeo Dynasty and the present day, chaos ensues as aliens appear on Earth.
In 'The Mole (2001)', a group of contestants participate in various challenges and missions while trying to uncover the identity of the mole among them. The show combines adventure, mystery, and intense competition as the contestants must rely on their wit and strategy to win.
It follows the workings of an American jury trial through the eyes of Ronald Gladden, a juror who is unaware the entire case is fake. Everyone except him is an actor, and everything that happens is carefully planned.
Set in the Japanese occupation era, the rich yet naive young master Ming Tai is trained to become an agent, and is later sent to become an underground spy for the Communists. Together with his brother and double agent Ming Lou, they try and bring down Wang Wei's Kuomintang Secret Service Headquarters.
In 1956 Chicago, Leonard, a tailor, is forced to treat a wounded mobster and hide a briefcase with incriminating evidence. He orchestrates a plan to uncover the rat in the organization and save himself. Betrayal, deception, and a tragic past drive the story.
The Mechanism is a gripping TV show that delves into the depths of corruption and political scandals in Brazil. Inspired by a true story, the series follows a group of federal police officers as they uncover a vast money laundering scheme involving powerful politicians and corrupt businessmen. Set in various cities across Brazil, including Curitiba, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Brasília, the show explores the intricacies of money laundering, plea bargains, subterfuge, and political manipulation. As the investigation unfolds, the officers uncover a cabal of individuals who are willing to go to great lengths to protect their illicit activities. With themes of government corruption, propaganda, and the destruction of evidence, The Mechanism keeps viewers on the edge of their seats with its suspenseful plot.
After accidentally killing a man in the boxing ring, Sean Thornton returns to Ireland and decides to reclaim his family farm. Along the way, he falls in love with a strong-willed woman named Mary Kate Danaher, but their relationship is hindered by her overprotective brother and the small-town traditions.
In 'Firefox', a Vietnam War veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder is chosen by the CIA to steal an advanced Soviet fighter jet equipped with mind-control technology. As he infiltrates the Soviet Union, he faces various challenges, including sabotage and a manhunt. With the fate of the world at stake, he must make a self-sacrificing decision to complete his mission.
Two friends fake illness to attend a convention in Honolulu, but their plans are ruined when their nosy wives find out.
Newlywed Monica is committed to a mental hospital for hallucinations, but soon finds out that her husband has a devious plan to steal her life, including her daughter.
'Project Censored: The Movie' explores media censorship in our society by exposing important stories that corporate media fails to report/under report. Using the media watchdog group, Project Censored, as their road map, two fathers from California decided to make a documentary film that will help to end the reign of Junk Food News that Corporate Media continues to feed the American people.
In a small fishing village in rural Quebec, the residents scheme to attract a doctor to their town in order to secure tax exemptions. They create a fictional lottery, manipulate the media, and go to great lengths to convince a young doctor to move to their community. As their plan unfolds, comedy and drama ensue, highlighting the lengths people will go to for their own interests.
The father of a star football player at Annapolis wants his son to follow the family pattern and join the Marines.
In a society where heterosexuals are persecuted and abortion is forbidden, two teens are forced to hide an unintended pregnancy before their secret romance is exposed.
Don't Be a Sucker! is a documentary film released in 1943 that warns against the dangers of hate speech, propaganda, and the tactics used by totalitarian regimes such as Nazi Germany. It emphasizes the importance of unity, freedom of speech, and the rejection of hatred and intolerance.
During World War II, a group of British prisoners-of-war held in German Colditz Castle plan various escapes from their German captors.
In this comedy drama, a con artist gets involved in a jewel theft and must use subterfuge and impersonations to pull off the heist. As the story unfolds, lies and deception lead to unexpected twists and turns.
Albert Zack is a struggling, bumbling, advertising salesman hired to save the Beaver Bra Company from impending doom. He is charged with signing five specific, world-famous, busty woman as endorsers for the bra line. Silly antics and situations occur as he tries, mostly in various costumes, to get close enough to these women to make his pitch for their signature. Working against him are two board members who stand to gain if the company fails. As he circles the globe in search of these signatures, he is faced with a variety of challenges, one of which is a relationship with his own secretary.
A police lieutenant and a patriotic professional gambler, rivals in life and love, combine efforts to corner a gang of Nazi saboteurs operating out of a barber shop, in which their mutual girlfriend works, and unmask its secret leader.