con/scam
  • The Sting II picture
    Movies

    The Sting II (1983)

    A master con man (Jackie Gleason) and his partner (Mac Davis) work a boxing scam on a club owner,...

  • Police Academy picture
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    Police Academy (1984)

    The new mayor's policy puts badges on misfits: one (Steve Guttenberg) has a police record; another...

  • The Cocoanuts picture
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    The Cocoanuts (1929)

    Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo (The Marx Brothers) take advantage of hotel guests during the...

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    Barquero (1970)

    A ferryman (Lee Van Cleef) and a mountain man (Forrest Tucker) defend Mexican-border settlers from a...

  • To Catch a Thief picture
    Movies

    To Catch a Thief (1955)

    A retired cat burglar (Cary Grant) sees fireworks with an American heiress (Grace Kelly) on the...

  • The Fortune Cookie picture
    Movies

    The Fortune Cookie (1966)

    A TV cameraman hurt while covering a football game is told by his brother-in-law how to get a big...

  • The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington picture
    Movies

    The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977)

    The world's most famous madame is called to Washington to testify before Congress.

  • Paper Moon picture
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    Paper Moon (1973)

    A 1930s con man (Ryan O'Neal) teams up with a precocious 9-year-old (Tatum O'Neal) who could be his...

  • Born Yesterday picture
    Movies

    Born Yesterday (1950)

    A scrap-metal tycoon (Broderick Crawford) pays a Washington newsman (William Holden) to make his...

  • Allotment Wives, Inc. picture
    Movies

    Allotment Wives, Inc.

    A government agent (Paul Kelly) foils a group of women who marry soldiers for their allotment...

  • Blanche Fury picture
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    Blanche Fury

    A Victorian governess (Valerie Hobson) marries an English heir, then plots with a stableboy (Stewart...

  • Divorce picture
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    Divorce

    A four-time divorcee (Kay Francis) flirts with her childhood sweetheart (Bruce Cabot), whose wife...

  • Strange Days picture
    Movies

    Strange Days (1995)

    A black-marketeer (Ralph Fiennes) who sells virtual-reality experiences tries to save his ex-flame...

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    Movies

    Welcome to Collinwood (2002)

    A safecracker in a wheelchair helps a group of bumbling criminals plan a heist.

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    Movies

    Baby Blue Marine (1976)

    In this WWII-era drama, Jan-Michael Vincent plays Marion Hedgepeth, a young Marine who fails out of...

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    Rain Man (1988)

    A wheeler-dealer (Tom Cruise) meets his brother (Dustin Hoffman), an institutionalized...

  • Bad Jim picture
    Movies

    Bad Jim (1989)

    After discovering Billy the Kid's horse, a cowboy trades in his white hat for a black one.

  • Wag the Dog picture
    Movies

    Wag the Dog (1997)

    To divert attention from a presidential scandal, an adviser (Robert De Niro) hires a Hollywood...

  • Wild Things picture
    Movies

    Wild Things (1998)

    A Florida policeman (Kevin Bacon) investigates when two teens accuse a high-school guidance...

  • Empire of the Ants picture
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    Empire of the Ants

    A Florida real-estate woman (Joan Collins) takes buyers to an island where ants have been swilling...

  • Victor/Victoria picture
    Movies

    Victor/Victoria (1982)

    A Chicago mobster (James Garner) falls for a female impersonator (Julie Andrews), actually a woman,...

  • The Rainmaker picture
    Movies

    The Rainmaker (1956)

    A huckster (Burt Lancaster) charms a small-town Kansas spinster (Katharine Hepburn) and offers to...

  • Leap of Faith picture
    Movies

    Leap of Faith (1992)

    Fake faith healer Jonas Nightingale is stranded in a small town where he finds he can't fool all of...

  • Man Trouble picture
    Movies

    Man Trouble (1992)

    Love and danger unite a dog trainer (Jack Nicholson) and an opera singer (Ellen Barkin), each of...

  • Confidence picture
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    Confidence (2003)

    A con man (Edward Burns) and his crew swindle a gangster's accountant, then try to repay him by...

  • Love and Death picture
    Movies

    Love and Death (1975)

    Neurotic Boris (Woody Allen) and his distant cousin Sonja (Diane Keaton) try to kill Napoleon in...

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    The Money Pit (1986)

    A New York lawyer (Tom Hanks) and his violinist girlfriend (Shelley Long) buy a mansion cheap, then...

  • Quiz Show picture
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    Quiz Show (1994)

    A scandal rocks 1950s America when a former game-show champion admits he was given the answers....

  • Straight Talk picture
    Movies

    Straight Talk (1992)

    A folksy Arkansas dancer (Dolly Parton) turns radio psychologist and charms a Chicago newsman (James...

  • McHale's Navy picture
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    McHale's Navy

    McHale (Ernest Borgnine), Ensign Parker (Tim Conway) and the PT-boat crew take a horse to New...