Top Decption Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Stan Laurel

Oliver Hardy

Mae Busch

Dorothy Christy

Sons of the Desert (1933)

7.1 267 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 65 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention.

Plot: husband wife relationship, deceived wife, deception, pre-code, next door neighbor, domineering wife, convention, subterfuge, ...

Cast

Hayley Mills

Maureen O'Hara

Brian Keith

Charles Ruggles

The Parent Trap (1961)

7.0 426 votes

Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 129 min.

Audience: G

Story: Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their parents back together. The girls, one of whom has been living with their mother and the other with their father, switch places after camp and go to work on their plan, the first objective being to scare off a gold-digger pursuing their father.

Plot: summer camp, deception, twins, twins separated at birth

Cast

Rock Hudson

Doris Day

Tony Randall

Edie Adams

Lover Come Back (1961)

7.0 169 votes

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 107 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret "VIP" campaign in order to persuade the mystery product’s scientist to switch to her firm.

Plot: romcom, deception, advertising, sex comedy, white collar, madison avenue, workplace comedy, workplace romance, ...

Cast

Tom Cruise

Kenneth Branagh

Bill Nighy

Terence Stamp

Valkyrie (2008)

7.0 4.1K votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller, War

Country: Germany, United States of America

Duration: 121 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.

Plot: friendship, suicide, plan, berlin, germany, husband wife relationship, assassination, nazi, ...

Time: world war ii

Cast

Mammootty

Balan K Nair

Madhavi

Suresh Gopi

Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (1989)

7.0 34 votes

Genre: Action, Drama

Country: India

Duration: 168 min.

Story: Chanthu, a poor orphan and Aromal are cousins and belong to the Chekavar clan, a warrior clan who hire themselves out as duellers to settle disputes among the rich and powerful. Aromal, jealous of the much more talented Chanthu, makes life miserable for him and Chanthu decides to leave and live with Aringodar, a rival chekavan, as his pupil. When the two sons of a local landlord have a property dispute and decide to hire Aromal and Aringodar to duel it out, Chanthu has to decide where his loyalty lies - with the family of the uncle who brought him up or with Aringodar who provided him with sanctuary.

Plot: cousin, deception, uncle, revenge, orphan, feudal lord, kalari, ballads of north malabar

Cast

Glen Powell

Margaret Qualley

Jessica Henwick

Bill Camp

How to Make a Killing (2026)

6.9 555 votes

Genre: Comedy, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom, France

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: R

Story: Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way.

Plot: manipulation, dark comedy, deception, family secrets, remake, killing spree, family power struggle, disowned, ...

Cast

Neil Nitin Mukesh

Dharmendra

Zakir Hussain

Vinay Pathak

Johnny Gaddaar (2007)

6.9 70 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 141 min.

Story: Five men get involved in a drug deal set up by a corrupt police officer, but the plan goes awry when the youngest member decides to steal the money.

Plot: deception, woman between two men

Cast

Adam Sandler

Drew Barrymore

Rob Schneider

Sean Astin

50 First Dates (2004)

6.9 7.8K votes

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 99 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.

Style: romantic

Plot: amnesia, romcom, deception, womanizer, love, car accident, screwball comedy, short-term memory loss, ...

Place: hawaii

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

Elliot Page

Patrick Wilson

Sandra Oh

Odessa Rae

Hard Candy (2005)

6.8 2.8K votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 104 min.

Audience: R

Story: Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s in for a surprise.

Plot: pedophilia, suicide, rape, age difference, photographer, sadism, insanity, shower, ...

Dookudu (2011)

6.8 52 votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 174 min.

Audience: NR

Story: To protect his father recovering from a coma, a relentless cop must pose as the political leader his father always envisioned while hunting the men who tried to kill him.

Plot: coma, undercover, mafia boss, deception, revenge, mafia, tv show in film, make believe, ...

Cast

Johnny Weissmu00fcller

Maureen O'Sullivan

John Buckler

Benita Hume

Tarzan Escapes (1936)

6.8 130 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure

Country: United States of America

Duration: 89 min.

Audience: NR

Story: White hunter Captain Fry tries to take Tarzan back to civilization, caged for public display. He arrives in the jungle with Jane's cousins, Eric and Rita, who want Jane's help in claiming a fortune left her.

Plot: elephant, africa, chimpanzee, tree house, cousin, deception, tarzan, trap, ...

Cast

Antonio Banderas

Diane Venora

Dennis Storhu00f8i

Vladimir Kulich

The 13th Warrior (1999)

6.7 2.1K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, History

Country: United States of America

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: R

Story: A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland joins a group of Vikings, initially offended by their behavior but growing to respect them. As they travel together, they learn of a legendary evil closing in and must unite to confront this formidable force.

Plot: witch, mission, based on novel or book, kingdom, arabian, village, cave, horse, ...

Time: medieval, 10th century

Place: scandinavia

Cast

Cary Grant

Ingrid Bergman

Cecil Parker

Phyllis Calvert

Indiscreet (1958)

6.6 201 votes

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Anna Kalman is an accomplished actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams. While talking about this subject with her sister, in walks Philip Adams and she realizes that this is the charming, smart, and handsome man she has been waiting for.

Plot: london, england, deception, based on play or musical, love, revenge, urban, gentleman, ...

Cast

Rooney Mara

Jude Law

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Channing Tatum

Side Effects (2013)

6.6 3.3K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 106 min.

Audience: R

Story: A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.

Plot: depression, new york city, fraud, insomnia, deception, cover-up, murder, lawyer, ...

Cast

Johnny Weissmu00fcller

Maureen O'Sullivan

Neil Hamilton

Paul Cavanagh

Tarzan and His Mate (1934)

6.6 152 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure

Country: United States of America

Duration: 104 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Harry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.

Plot: elephant, africa, crocodile, greed, expedition, lion, chimpanzee, rhinoceros, ...

Cast

Garrett Hedlund

Olivia Wilde

Jeff Bridges

Bruce Boxleitner

TRON: Legacy (2010)

6.5 8.0K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 126 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a mysterious program named Quorra, Sam quests to stop evil dictator Clu from crossing into the real world.

Plot: artificial intelligence (a.i.), computer program, video game, secret identity, dystopia, simulation, super computer, utopia, ...

Cast

Luke Wilson

Giovanni Ribisi

Gabriel Macht

James Caan

Middle Men (2009)

6.5 346 votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: R

Story: Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals and struggles not to drown in a sea of conmen, mobsters, drug addicts, and pornstars.

Plot: pornography, corruption, nightclub, stripper, deception, website, money, wealth, ...

Place: texas

Cast

John Travolta

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Kasia Smutniak

Richard Durden

From Paris with Love (2010)

6.4 2.4K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom, France

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: R

Story: James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig—working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with Charlie Wax. Trigger-happy Charlie soon has James crying for his desk job, but when he learns that the same guys they're trying to catch are after him, James realises that Charlie may be his only hope of survival.

Plot: central intelligence agency (cia), ambassador, paris, france, undercover, explosive, anti hero, pimp, ...

The Invitation (2016)

6.4 2.9K votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.

Plot: suicide, husband wife relationship, paranoia, lantern, suspicion, cult, deception, conspiracy, ...

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