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The Handmaiden

2016 ★ 8.2

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a

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Great Pretender

2020 ★ 7.5

Supposedly Japan's greatest swindler, Makoto Edamura gets more than he bargained for when he tries to con Laurent Thierry, a real world-class crook. Great Prete

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Deus Nos Acuda

1992 ★ 6.8

The plot tells the story of Celestina, an angel responsible for Brazil. When threatened by God with being sent to the country she was supposed to help grow, she

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Stavisky...

1974 ★ 5.9

Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent assist small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French politics. But when his g

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The Con Artists

1976 ★ 7.1

Belle Duke, in order to get revenge on her former lover Philip Bang, organize his jail break. But instead of Philip is the Italian Felice Brianza, AKAS Felix, t

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Smile Charles

2026 ★ 0.0

An unknown actor from Korea, having lost everything after appearing in pornography, hides away as an online sex worker under the alias "Smile Charles." The pain

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Porky's

1981 ★ 6.4

In 1954 Florida, a group of high school boys head to a strip club in the Everglades in an attempt to lose their collective virginity. When the club's owner and

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Marriage Toxin

2026 ★ 7.9

For centuries, the deadly arts have been perfected by Masters, and Five Great Families hold the greatest power and influence. Hikaru Gero, an heir to the Gero f

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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

1988 ★ 7.1

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 compe

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Kingpin

1996 ★ 6.5

After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next

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The Road to El Dorado

2000 ★ 7.3

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 mi

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Matchstick Men

2003 ★ 7.0

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. Comedy Dra

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Midnight Cowboy

1969 ★ 7.5

Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindle

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Fun with Dick and Jane

2005 ★ 6.2

After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face.

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The Saint

1962 ★ 7.4

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need. The

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Baccano!

2007 ★ 7.7

Alchemists, swindlers, thieves, and gangsters cross paths on The Flying Pussyfoot, a 1930s American transcontinental train, as it embarks on a legendary voyage

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Iljimae

2008 ★ 6.9

Set during the Joseon Dynasty, Ryung acts as a useless gangster in the marketplace by day but at night he is a chivalrous robber who robs corrupt government off

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Home Not Alone 3

2026 ★ 0.0

Masha encounters the insidious Nanny again. But now the villain has a new ally - the charming swindler Anton. At stake is the school graduation! Together with h

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Bad Seeds

2018 ★ 7.6

Wael, a former street child, makes a living from small scams with his adoptive mother and partner-in-crime Monique. When this unconventional duo swindles the wr

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My Little Girl

2018 ★ 7.9

Eight-year-old Öykü is an exceptional little girl, who unlike her peers is very empathetic and perceptive of the world around her. When her aunt, who has been h

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Tower Heist

2011 ★ 6.1

A luxury condo manager leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. With only days until the billionaire gets away w

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Nine Queens

2000 ★ 7.8

Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps, the "nine queens". Crime Thriller Drama

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The Legend of the Blue Sea

2016 ★ 7.4

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. Comedy Drama

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The Hustle

2019 ★ 6.2

Two female scam artists, one low rent and the other high class, compete to swindle a naïve tech prodigy out of his fortune. A remake of the 1988 comedy "Dirty R

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