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1) Playing God
Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A pair of con artists recruit their longtime mentor to 'play' God in order to scam a grieving billionaire.
2) Criminal
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A $750,000 one-night score awaits Richard and Rodrigo if they can flimflam an antique currency collector - a ruse soon packed with more twists than a box of pretzels.
3) Focus
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015], 2014.
Language
English
Description
Nicky is a seasoned master of misdirection who becomes romantically involved with novice con artist Jess. As he's teaching her the tricks of the trade, she gets too close for comfort and he abruptly breaks it off. Three years later, the former flame, now an accomplished femme fatale, shows up in Buenos Aires in the middle of the high stakes racecar circuit. In the midst of Nicky's latest, very dangerous scheme, she throws his plans for a loop, and...
4) The hustle
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Josephine Chesterfield is a glamorous, seductive Brit who defrauds gullible wealthy men. Penny amasses wads of cash by ripping off her marks in neighborhood bars. Despite their different methods, both are masters of the art of the fleece, so they combine talents for their next mark: a naive tech billionaire.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
Neurotic con man Roy suffers from several emotional problems, including obsessive-compulsive disorder. He and his partner Frank swindle people out of money. Frank wants to pull a really big job, but Roy is too consumed with fear and panic attacks to join him. Only cigarettes and his trusty illegal prescription drugs seem to keep him going. When Roy finds himself in desperate need of more pills, he is forced to see legitimate psychotherapist Dr. Klein....
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam, and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.
9) Love fraud
Publisher
Showtime Networks
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The four-part docu-series follows the search for Richard Scott Smith, who used the internet and his dubious charms to prey upon unsuspecting women looking for love. The story unravels in real time as Smith's victims band together to seek sweet revenge.
10) Cold call
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After single mother June receives a fateful phone call, she takes increasingly desperate measures to salvage her family's future in this dark thriller. Finding herself the victim of a scam that wipes out her savings, June tries to hunt down those responsible with the help of an old flame.
Publisher
Ammo Content
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Two rival record collectors attempt to con an old lady out of a rare, but cursed, 1930s Blues record. When a series of unfortunate circumstances lands them in jail, the feud festers for over twenty years until they are released from prison and get a second chance at snagging the vinyl, this time from a more formidable foe.
12) House of games
Series
Criterion collection volume 399
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
A therapist and best-selling author must confront her own demons when she meets a man who has gambling debts and she feels compelled to help him.
13) The tourist
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
During an impromptu trip to Europe to mend a broken heart, Frank unexpectedly finds himself in a flirtatious encounter with Elise, an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path. Against the breathtaking backdrop of Paris and Venice, their whirlwind romance quickly evolves as they find themselves unwittingly thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse.
14) Paper moon
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
A smooth-talking con man and a nine-year-old orphan are up to tricks in depression-era Kansas. Also includes a prologue by Peter Bogdanovich in which he shares insights about being a director and goes behind the scenes of Paper Moon.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In season five, $1.8 million in gold coins is missing, an elusive precious diamond is about to be found, and Neal Caffrey has a new handler, and a new love interest. But all is fair in love and crime, and the closer Neal gets to the mysterious Rebecca Lowe, the greater the danger for everyone in his life.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The story of the largest financial fraud in history as told by those who were there: victims, employees, family members, FBI agents, and Madoff himself. Viewers will see the archival news footage, rare photos, and exclusive recordings with interpretive reenactments to tell the story of his massive Ponzi scheme.
17) The good liar
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Consummate con man Roy Courtnay has set his sights on his latest mark: the recently widowed Betty McLeish, worth millions. But this time, what should have been a simple swindle escalates into a cat-and-mouse game with the ultimate stakes.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
It never occurs to Trevor that dishy blondes don't usually sell jazz records door-to-door. He orders a set of Bix Beiderbecke LPs but receives the wrong items. While trying to locate the missing music, he and his girlfriend, Jill, stumble upon black market goods in a church basement, secret meetings in a parking lot. They find corruption at the highest levels. Helping them out are a couple of friends, an overzealous police officer, an elderly snoop,...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Leverage focuses on a team led by former insurance investigator turned thief, Nate Ford. Together, they try to level the playing field for people whose lives have been destroyed by the rich and powerful. In the final season of Leverage, the team will be forced to face changing personal dynamics as the relationship between Parker and Hardison heats up, and Nate continues to struggle with inner demons.
20) The sting
Series
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
It is 1932 and a money runner is carrying the week's take -- $11,000 -- from an illegal gambling outfit in Joliet, Illinois, to the main office. On the way, three men con him out of the take. Mob boss Doyle Lonnegan discovers who pulled the job, and exacts revenge by having one of the con men, Luther Coleman thrown from a window. Lonnegan also orders a hit on Luther's partner, Johnny Hooker. To escape Lonnegan's wrath, Hooker goes to Chicago, to meet...
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