Top Decption Movies & TV Shows

Man on a Ledge (2012)

6.4 2.8K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled.

Plot: new york city, deception, rooftop, diamond heist, framed for a crime, escaped prisoner, negotiator, surprise-ending

Cast

Denzel Washington

Eva Mendes

Sanaa Lathan

John Billingsley

Out of Time (2003)

6.4 1.3K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in order to find out the truth.

Plot: adultery, miami, florida, double murder, deception, murder, divorce, police detective, ...

Place: florida

Cast

Gael Garcu00eda Bernal

Vicky Krieps

Rufus Sewell

Alex Wolff

Old (2021)

6.3 4.9K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Country: China, United States of America

Duration: 108 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.

Plot: beach, husband wife relationship, schizophrenia, escape, time warp, rapper, coral reef, deception, ...

Vacancy (2007)

6.3 1.7K votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 85 min.

Audience: R

Story: A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.

Style: tense

Plot: remoteness, motel, snuff, deception, hidden camera, psychological thriller, killer, trapped, ...

The Traitors (2023) TV Show

6.2 57 votes

Genre: Reality

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 48

Audience: TV-14

Story: The entertainment industry’s most competitive reality stars and famous faces play the ultimate murder mystery game. Hosted by award-winning actor Alan Cumming at an ancient castle set deep in the Scottish Highlands, contestants work together on a series of exhilarating missions to build a prize fund worth up to $250,000. Hidden amongst the Faithful are the Traitors, whose goal is to eliminate the Faithful and claim the prize for themselves.

Style: suspenseful, intense

Plot: secret identity, traitor, round table, game show, deception, murder, betrayal, voting, ...

Place: scotland

Cast

Cillian Murphy

Eva Birthistle

Catherine Walker

Andrew Scott

The Delinquent Season (2018)

6.1 54 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: Ireland

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: NR

Story: In Dublin, two couples (Jim and Danielle; Yvonne and Chris) are seemingly living in marital bliss. However, when Chris's behaviour begins to change, Yvonne seeks solace in the arms of Jim, and before long they are in the midst of an affair. When a life-changing secret is later revealed, all four are forced to re-evaluate their lives, their marriages, and their friendships - but can anything be salvaged from the wreckage?

Plot: infidelity, marriage, dublin, ireland, deception

Cast

Nick Jonas

Isabel Lucas

Dermot Mulroney

Kandyse McClure

Careful What You Wish For (2015)

6.1 437 votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 91 min.

Audience: R

Story: A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.

Plot: infidelity, killing, deception, murder, neighbor, domestic violence, love affair, peeping tom, ...

Cast

Robbie Amell

Rachael Taylor

Gray Powell

Jacob Neayem

ARQ (2016)

6.1 1.3K votes

Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 88 min.

Audience: R

Story: Two old friends living in a dystopic future become trapped in a mysterious time loop — one that may have something to do with an ongoing battle between an omnipotent corporation and a ragtag band of rebels.

Plot: post-apocalyptic future, time travel, deception, time loop, struggle for survival, paranoid, corporate espionage, mysterious events

Cast

Renu00e9e Zellweger

Ewan McGregor

Sarah Paulson

David Hyde Pierce

Down with Love (2003)

6.1 792 votes

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Country: United States of America, Germany

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.

Style: absurdist

Plot: new york city, journalist, empowerment, fake identity, deception, womanizer, playboy, author, ...

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Vanessa Williams

James Caan

James Coburn

Eraser (1996)

6.1 2.1K votes

Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller

Country: Canada, United States of America

Duration: 115 min.

Audience: R

Story: A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.

Plot: suicide, showdown, ambush, hitman, hostage, traitor, new identity, witness, ...

Cast

Topher Grace

Anna Faris

Dan Fogler

Teresa Palmer

Take Me Home Tonight (2011)

6.0 727 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: Germany, United States of America

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: R

Story: Recent MIT grad Matt Franklin should be well on his way to a successful career at a Fortune 500 company, but instead he rebels against maturity by taking a job at a video store. Matt rethinks his position when his unrequited high-school crush, Tori, walks in and invites him to an end-of-summer party. With the help of his twin sister and his best friend, Matt hatches a plan to change the course of his life.

Plot: becoming an adult, lie, deception, sister, friends, best friend, fraternal twins, high school crush

Cast

Kristen Stewart

Chris Hemsworth

Charlize Theron

Sam Claflin

Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

6.0 8.3K votes

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 127 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: After the Evil Queen marries the King, she performs a violent coup in which the King is murdered and his daughter, Snow White, is taken captive. Almost a decade later, a grown Snow White is still in the clutches of the Queen. In order to obtain immortality, The Evil Queen needs the heart of Snow White. After Snow escapes the castle, the Queen sends the Huntsman to find her in the Dark Forest.

Plot: magic, immortality, fairy tale, queen, imprisonment, forest, deception, eternal youth, ...

Cast

Jay Hernandez

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Derek Richardson

Eythor Gudjonsson

Barbara Nedeljakova

Hostel (2006)

6.0 4.0K votes

Genre: Horror

Country: United States of America, Czech Republic

Duration: 94 min.

Audience: R

Story: Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.

Plot: sadism, amsterdam, netherlands, bathroom, brothel, paranoia, human trafficking, bratislava, ...

Place: iceland

Cast

Tim Allen

Elizabeth Mitchell

Judge Reinhold

Wendy Crewson

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)

5.6 1.2K votes

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: G

Story: Now that Santa and Mrs. Claus have the North Pole running smoothly, the Counsel of Legendary Figures has called an emergency meeting on Christmas Eve! The evil Jack Frost has been making trouble, looking to take over the holiday! So he launches a plan to sabotage the toy factory and compel Scott to invoke the little-known Escape Clause and wish he'd never become Santa.

Plot: winter, holiday, santa claus, deception, sequel, north pole, jack frost, duringcreditsstinger, ...

Tusk (2014)

5.5 1.7K votes

Genre: Comedy, Horror

Country: Canada, United States of America

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: R

Story: When his best friend and podcast co-host goes missing in the backwoods of Canada, a young guy joins forces with his friend's girlfriend to search for him.

Style: shocking, tense

Plot: obsession, interview, deception, walrus, mysterious man, disfigurement, podcaster, abduction, ...

Place: canada

Cast

Danny Trejo

Vinnie Jones

Jake Busey

Shayla Beesley

Reaper (2014)

5.5 64 votes

Genre: Crime, Horror, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 90 min.

Story: Criminals and a beautiful but cunning hitchhiker must battle a supernatural force known as the Reaper.

Style: haunting, suspenseful

Plot: hotel, drug dealer, monster, psychopath, anti hero, seduction, knife, deception, ...

Cast

Du00e9borah Franu00e7ois

Mathieu Demy

Alain Cauchi

Benjamin Siksou

Student Services (2010)

5.3 146 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: France

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Nineteen-year-old Laura is stressed by her first year at college when money worries distract her from her studies and so, desperate for cash, she answers an online advertisement for intimate companionship that leads her down a dangerous path.

Plot: hotel, hotel room, jealousy, based on novel or book, roommates, shower, cigarette, underwear, ...

Place: france

Cast

Robert De Niro

Edward Norton

Milla Jovovich

Frances Conroy

Stone (2010)

5.3 740 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: R

Story: Parole officer Jack Mabry has only a few weeks left before retirement and wishes to finish out the cases he's been assigned. One such case is that of Gerald 'Stone' Creeson, a convicted arsonist who is up for parole. Jack is initially reluctant to indulge Stone in the coarse banter he wishes to pursue and feels little sympathy for the prisoner's pleads for an early release. Seeing little hope in convincing Jack himself, Stone arranges for his wife to seduce the officer, but motives and intentions steadily blur amidst the passions and buried secrets of the corrupted players in this deadly game of deception.

Plot: prison, fire, manipulation, seduction, vegetarian, playground, deception, arson, ...

Cast

Owen Wilson

Morgan Freeman

Gary Sinise

Sara Foster

The Big Bounce (2004)

5.0 279 votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime

Country: United States of America

Duration: 88 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A small-time con artist and a Hawaiian real estate developer's mischievous, enterprising mistress team up for a potential $200,000 score.

Plot: hotel, robbery, based on novel or book, judge, blackmail, seduction, stolen money, delinquency, ...

Place: hawaii

Cast

Karina Lombard

Nathaniel Parker

Rachel Ward

Michael York

Wide Sargasso Sea (1993)

4.9 36 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller

Country: Australia

Duration: 98 min.

Audience: NC-17

Story: In the wake of Jamaican emancipation, French colonist Annette Cosway falls into poverty and marries racist Englishman Paul Mason. But when Annette's young son dies in a fire started by former slaves, Mason flees to England, leaving his grief-stricken wife and her Creole daughter Antoinette behind. Soon Antoinette learns she must marry to claim her inheritance and sets her sights on Rochester, an Englishman eerily similar to Mason.

Plot: based on novel or book, nightmare, voodoo, deception, liar, promise, arson, betrayal, ...

Place: jamaica

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