con/scam
  • Foolish Wives picture
    Movies

    Foolish Wives (1922)

    A fake Russian count (Erich von Stroheim) lusts for maids, nurses and a U.S. diplomat's wife in...

  • Boy of the Streets picture
    Movies

    Boy of the Streets

    A street-gang leader (Jackie Cooper) gets shot, then goes straight with his trusty girlfriend...

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    Movies

    Yonkers Joe (2009)

    A con man's family gets in the way of a scheme.

  • The Train Robbers picture
    Movies

    The Train Robbers (1973)

    A proud widow (Ann-Margret) hires a Civil War veteran (John Wayne) to recover gold her late husband...

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    Movies

    Funny Girl (1968)

    Ziegfeld Follies star Fanny Brice (Barbra Streisand) falls for gambler Nicky Arnstein (Omar Sharif).

  • Tequila Sunrise picture
    Movies

    Tequila Sunrise (1988)

    A narcotics officer (Kurt Russell) uses a woman (Michelle Pfeiffer) to catch his buddy, a big-time...

  • 36 Hours picture
    Movies

    36 Hours (1965)

    A disguised Nazi officer (Rod Taylor) seeks D-Day data from a drugged U.S. major (James Garner) in...

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    Movies

    Diabolique (1996)

    A wife (Isabelle Adjani) and a mistress (Sharon Stone) conspire to murder the brutal headmaster...

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    Movies

    Modesty Blaise

    An archcriminal (Dirk Bogarde) wants diamonds being guarded by a British secret agent (Monica Vitti)...

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    Movies

    Howards End (1992)

    An English businessman (Anthony Hopkins) thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to a impoverished...

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    Movies

    The Producers (2005)

    A Broadway producer (Nathan Lane) and his accountant (Matthew Broderick) scheme to overfinance a...

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    Movies

    Cocktail (1988)

    The hottest bartender (Tom Cruise) in Manhattan leaves his partner (Bryan Brown), goes to Jamaica...

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    Movies

    Houseguest (1995)

    An impostor (Sinbad) fools a lawyer (Phil Hartman) and his family as an old friend trained in oral...

  • Short Circuit picture
    Movies

    Short Circuit (1986)

    An animal lover (Ally Sheedy) befriends harmless runaway military robot No. 5, followed by its...

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    Movies

    Risky Business (1983)

    A call girl (Rebecca De Mornay) helps a Princeton applicant (Tom Cruise) turn his home into a...

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    Movies

    Save the Tiger (1973)

    An underhanded, bankrupt dress manufacturer (Jack Lemmon) considers arson and ponders his lost...

  • The Music Man picture
    Movies

    The Music Man (1962)

    A librarian (Shirley Jones) hears a sour note when a charming rogue (Robert Preston) convinces Iowa...

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    Movies

    Two Much (1996)

    A young gallerist is in love with two sisters at the same time. In order to solve the problem he...

  • The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly picture
    Movies

    The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1968)

    A drifter (Clint Eastwood), a bandit (Eli Wallach) and a bounty hunter (Lee Van Cleef) reach a...

  • The Ringer picture
    Movies

    The Ringer (2005)

    Special Olympians train a man (Johnny Knoxville), who is pretending to be mentally impaired, to go...

  • The Spoilers picture
    Movies

    The Spoilers (1942)

    A cheated prospector (John Wayne) and a crooked gold official (Randolph Scott) have an epic brawl...

  • You Can't Cheat an Honest Man picture
    Movies

    You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

    The owner (W.C. Fields) of a circus plays Cupid for his daughter (Constance Moore) and his...

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    Movies

    Desire (1936)

    An automotive engineer bound for a holiday in Spain meets a sultry jewel thief.

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    Movies

    The Cool Ones (1967)

    A young, millionaire rock promoter decides to create a new boy/girl duo team for his teen TV dance...

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    Movies

    Chisum (1970)

    The biggest cattle baron (John Wayne) in New Mexico declares war on a land-grabbing outsider...

  • From Noon Till Three picture
    Movies

    From Noon Till Three (1976)

    A frontier widow (Jill Ireland) makes a pulp-novel legend out of her three-hour affair with a...

  • Harry and Walter Go to New York picture
    Movies

    Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)

    Two vaudevillians (James Caan, Elliott Gould) join a master safecracker (Michael Caine) on a bank...

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    Movies

    Two If By Sea (1996)

    After stealing a priceless painting, a man (Denis Leary) promises his long-time girlfriend (Sandra...

  • Small Time Crooks picture
    Movies

    Small Time Crooks (2000)

    A dishwasher/ex-convict (Woody Allen) and his manicurist wife (Tracey Ullman) scheme to get rich by...

  • Can't Buy Me Love picture
    Movies

    Can't Buy Me Love (1987)

    A teenager (Patrick Dempsey) pays the most popular girl (Amanda Peterson) in school to be his...