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Cast

Gianna Jun

Lee Min-ho

Lee Hee-jun

Shin Won-ho

The Legend of the Blue Sea (2016) TV Show

7.4 216 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: Palau, South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 20

Story: A mermaid from the Joseon period ends up in present-day Seoul, where she crosses paths with a swindler who may have ties to someone from her past.

Plot: con man, mermaid, promise, romance, historical fiction, naive, first love, evil stepmother, ...

Cast

Akshay Kumar

Anupam Kher

Manoj Bajpayee

Jimmy Shergill

Special 26 (2013)

7.3 230 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 144 min.

Audience: NR

Story: During the 1980s in India, a group of con artists rob businessmen and politicians by conducting fake raids, posing as officers of the CBI or Income Tax Department . They plan to execute their biggest con as a final job while a relentless cop is on their trail.

Plot: heist, con artist, theft

Cast

Kenneth Branagh

Kevin Kline

Rosie Perez

Armand Assante

The Road to El Dorado (2000)

7.3 4.1K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 90 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Stowing away after a failed con, a pair of swindlers end up on El Dorado, the fabled "city of gold", where they quickly get in over their heads when they are mistaken as gods by the inhabitants.

Plot: gold, horse, cartoon, musical, con artist, sword fight, adventurer, conquistador, ...

Time: 16th century

Imposters (2017) TV Show

7.3 133 votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 20

Audience: TV-14

Story: Maddie, a persona shifting con-artist who is as beautiful as she is dangerous, leaves her unwitting victims tormented when they realize they have been used and robbed of everything – including their hearts. But things get complicated when her former targets, Ezra, Richard, and Jules team up to track her down.

Plot: fbi, fake identity, dark comedy, con artist, criminal, married

The Company You Keep (2023) TV Show

7.2 64 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 10

Audience: TV-14

Story: A night of passion leads to love between con man Charlie and undercover CIA officer Emma, who are unknowingly on a collision course professionally. While Charlie ramps up the ‘family business’ so he can get out for good, Emma’s closing in on the vengeful criminal who holds Charlie’s family debts in-hand — forcing them to reckon with the lies they’ve told so they can save themselves and their families from disastrous consequences.

Plot: central intelligence agency (cia), undercover, con man, man woman relationship, con artists

Cast

Tobin Bell

Shawnee Smith

Synnu00f8ve Macody Lund

Steven Brand

Saw X (2023)

7.2 2.4K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 118 min.

Audience: R

Story: Between the events of 'Saw' and 'Saw II', a sick and desperate John Kramer travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer, only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable. Armed with a newfound purpose, the infamous serial killer returns to his work, turning the tables on the con artists in his signature visceral way through devious, deranged, and ingenious traps.

Plot: mexico city, mexico, sadism, riddle, gore, sequel, con artist, cancer, ...

Place: mexico

Cast

Steve Martin

Michael Caine

Glenne Headly

Anton Rodgers

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)

7.1 1.1K votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime

Country: United States of America

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Con artist Lawrence Jamieson is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the lavish fruits of his deceptions -- that is, until a competitor, Freddy Benson, shows up. When the new guy's lowbrow tactics impinge on his own sophisticated work and believing him to be the infamous conman 'The Jackal', Lawrence resolves to get rid of him. Confident of his own duplicitous talents, he challenges Freddy to a winner-takes-all competition: whoever swindles their latest mark, American heiress Janet Colgate, out of $50,000 first can stay, while the other must leave town.

Plot: bet, casino, competition, southern france, wheelchair, seduction, con man, swindler, ...

Cast

Ricky Whittle

Ian McShane

Emily Browning

Yetide Badaki

American Gods (2017) TV Show

7.1 1.8K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 26

Audience: TV-MA

Story: An ex-con becomes the traveling partner of a conman who turns out to be one of the older gods trying to recruit troops to battle the upstart deities. Based on Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel.

Plot: based on novel or book, allegory, mythology, con man, road trip, god, conspiracy, mysterious man, ...

Cast

Michelle Dockery

Hugh Bonneville

Elizabeth McGovern

Phyllis Logan

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025)

7.0 279 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 123 min.

Audience: PG

Story: When Mary finds herself at the center of a public scandal and the family faces financial strife, the entire household grapples with the threat of social disgrace. The Crawleys must embrace change as the staff prepares for a new chapter with the next generation leading Downton Abbey into the future.

Plot: con man, scandal, sequel, playwright, historical fiction, aristocrat, horse racing, lgbt, ...

Time: 1930s, 20th century

Matchstick Men (2003)

7.0 2.0K votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 116 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.

Plot: daughter, based on novel or book, parent child relationship, con man, pole dancer, obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd), criminal, bank vault, ...

The Frighteners (1996)

7.0 1.8K votes

Genre: Comedy, Horror

Country: New Zealand, United States of America

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: R

Story: Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.

Plot: daughter, small town, mother, sheriff, judge, funeral, widow, fbi, ...

Cast

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Shimon Yehuda Hayut

Cecilie Fjellhu00f8y

Pernilla Sju00f6holm

Ayleen Charlotte

The Tinder Swindler (2022)

7.0 1.1K votes

Genre: Crime, Documentary

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 114 min.

Audience: 15

Story: Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, an Israeli conman wooed women online then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now, some victims plan for payback.

Plot: con man, fraud, dating, con, meeting on the internet, social media, online dating, desperate, ...

Cast

Bradley Cooper

Cate Blanchett

Toni Collette

Willem Dafoe

Nightmare Alley (2021)

6.9 3.4K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 151 min.

Audience: R

Story: An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.

Plot: infidelity, based on novel or book, love triangle, tarot cards, mentor, hustler, lie, supernatural, ...

Time: 1940s

Cast

John Cusack

Gene Hackman

Dustin Hoffman

Rachel Weisz

Runaway Jury (2003)

6.9 1.6K votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 127 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell Rohr against shady jury consultant Rankin Fitch, who uses illegal means to stack the jury with people sympathetic to the defense. But when juror Nicholas Easter and his girlfriend Marlee reveal their ability to sway the jury into delivering any verdict they want, a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game begins.

Plot: based on novel or book, court case, widow, new orleans, louisiana, manipulation, jury, gun violence, ...

Cast

Mel Gibson

Jodie Foster

James Garner

Graham Greene

Maverick (1994)

6.9 1.8K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 127 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game beginning in a few days. He joins forces with a woman with a marvelous Southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.

Plot: ship, saloon, poker, mississippi river, native american, oregon, usa, con artist, ...

The Riches (2007) TV Show

6.9 60 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 20

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A family of crooks assume the identity of an upper-middle-class suburban clan in the Deep South.

Plot: con man, outlaw, dysfunctional family, impostor

Cast

Will Smith

Margot Robbie

Adrian Martinez

Gerald McRaney

Focus (2015)

6.9 8.3K votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: R

Story: Nicky, an accomplished con artist, gets romantically involved with his disciple Jess but later ends their relationship. Years later, she returns as a femme fatale to spoil his plans.

Plot: seduction, con man, illusion, deception, rivalry, femme fatale, con artist, illusionist, ...

Cast

Christian Bale

Bradley Cooper

Amy Adams

Jeremy Renner

American Hustle (2013)

6.9 7.8K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 138 min.

Audience: R

Story: A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia.

Plot: new jersey, fbi, mayor, con artist, mobster, scam, hair, century, ...

Time: 1970s

Cast

Samara Weaving

Kyle Gallner

Kyra Sedgwick

Jon Gries

Carolina Caroline (2026)

6.8 34 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 107 min.

Audience: R

Story: A young woman, desperate to leave her small town, runs away with a charming con man, embarking on a crime and passion-filled journey through the Southeast to find her estranged mother.

Plot: con man, southeast, estranged mother, missing mother

Cast

Dulquer Salmaan

Ritu Varma

Rakshan

Niranjani Ahathian

Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal (2020)

6.8 82 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: India

Duration: 162 min.

Story: Two wily online scammers mend their fraudulent ways after meeting the girls of their dreams — until a deceitful discovery throws their world for a loop.

Plot: con artists

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