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Plot Summary:
For con men, the game of trickery is at least as important as any monetary reward they might seek. In this wry Polish film, a con-man (Piotr Fronczewski) has just been released from prison. A real artist of conmanship, he starts back at his old tricks slowly, but his deceptions grow ever more elaborate and travel steadily up the ladder of society until he has local politicians and important government ministers involved in his schemes.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 488
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 104 min
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Fast Fingers (1983)
Plot Summary:
shaw production.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, neo screwball comedy
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Francuski Numer (2006)
Plot Summary:
Magda buys an old Mercedes to go to Paris with four strangers willing to save money on travelling together. But it turns out the car is stolen and the girl quite carefree which makes leaving Warsaw very problematic.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 825
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 99 min
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Fuks (1999)
Plot Summary:
Two broken, police, destruction of property by arson with an explosive charge, stealing a car. Not bad for one night! Such is the balance of Alex's eighteenth birthday - the main hero of the film.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: smart, clever
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Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri (1990)
Plot Summary:
Petty thief and con-man brings up his son, Prasad, in his footsteps. On the run from their victims and the police, they end up in Umargaon where his traumatized sister, Gayetri Singh, used to live with her now deceased and honest Customs Officer husband, Pratap. Raman takes advantage of the situation.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags: funny
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Dr. Nawariyan (2017)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Nawariyan (Dr. නවරියන්) is a 2017 Sri Lankan Sinhala action, comedy film directed by Ranjan Ramanayake and produced by Ranjan himself with Flash Entertainment. It stars Ranjan Ramanayake and Ruwangi Rathnayake in lead roles along with Rex Kodippili, Sriyani Amarasena and Sarath Chandrasiri. The film has influenced by 2003 Bollywood film Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Sri Lanka
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining
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Siruthai (2011)
Plot Summary:
Rocket Raja (Karthi) is a small time thief who is talented enough to steal anything he comes across. In the company of Kaatupoochi (Santhanam), he enjoys life to its extent and even falls for the charm of a beautiful girl (Tamannaah). However, his life changes forever when a small girl comes to Raja calling him dad. As Raja finds out the girl's past, a flashback reveals that she is the daughter of an honest cop Rathanavel Pandian (Karthi), who is a nightmare to baddies. However, Pandian is now is on the run because his enemies are behind him and his daughter. Eventually, the villains find the whereabouts of Pandian and finishes him off. So steps in Rocket Raja (with the help of Pandian's colleagues who are behind the girl reaching him) into his shoes and finishes the unfinished work of Pandian. He also takes care of his daughter. A roller-coaster ride of fun, joy, camaraderie and romance is what 'Siruthai' is eventually.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
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Pugoy - Hostage Davao (1993)
Plot Summary:
Pugoy: Davao Hostage Crisis movie based on 1989 crisis starred Ian Veneracion. The story behind the rape joke of mayor duterte.
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Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Philippines
Duration:
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Big Nunu's Little Heist (2023)
Plot Summary:
An ex-soldier turned deliveryman is dragged into a local kingpin's bumbling gang to pull off a daring heist in an infamous South African township.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Africa
Duration: 91 min
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Brigade Miscellaneous on Alert (1971)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of three Romanian inept petty criminals during the 1970s.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Romania
Duration: 95 min
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The Foundation of Criminal Excellence (2018)
Plot Summary:
Imants Veide is writing a script about con artists and their schemes. Together with his friend Harijs Kuharjonoks he's trying them out for real for greater authenticity, but gets too entangled in real criminal schemes. More and more colorful characters appear on the horizon, but Imant's main adversary on the road to criminal excellency is his Neighbour, a true iron lady with balls bigger than all those involved combined.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Latvia
Duration: 126 min
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Esabat Hamada Wa Toto (1982)
Plot Summary:
In the wake of the privatization of the Egyptian tourism industry, a couple suddenly find themselves from rags to riches...and then back again to rags.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 464
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Egypt
Duration:
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Marrying the Mafia 2: Enemy-in-Law (2005)
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The oldest son of the White Tiger Gang is pressured by his family to settle down and get married; but when he finds the perfect girl, she turns out to be a state prosecutor for crimes of violence, specifically gangster related. The district attorney is a look-a-like of the gangster's former fiancee who died getting hit by a truck. Their feelings develop for each other but her co-worker turns out to like her as well. She does not like him so the latter turns to the darker side of the law, by conspiring with the rival Axe Gang. Unfortunately for him, the mafia son has more that a few tricks up his sleeve and gets support from his dim-witted brothers and henchman.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 482
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min
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Shooting Fish (1997)
Plot Summary:
Two con artists (Dan Futterman, Stuart Townsend) hire an unwitting medical-school student (Kate Beckinsale) as a secretary for their latest scam.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: romantic, clever, witty, black comedy, smart, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, cynical
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The Getaway King (2021)
Plot Summary:
Comedy about Zdzisław Najmrodzki, most famous polish criminal in the times of Polish People Republic, named "the getaway king", known for stealing cars and escaping prison many times, but never hurting anybody.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Lionhead (2013)
Plot Summary:
Frank desperately wants to marry his girlfriend, against the wishes of her father. When he buys a ring from a con artist, criminal investigators, the mob and even the pizza boy get involved.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: crying, detective
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The Flim-Flam Man (1967)
Plot Summary:
Mordrcai Jones (George C. Scott) is a rural con artist (a 'flim flam man') who takes on a young army deserter Curley (Michael Sarrazin) as his protégé and teaches him the tricks of the trade. Sheriff Slade (Harry Morgan) is in hot pursuit of the pair and rich girl Bonnie Lee Packard (Sue Lyon) becomes romantically involved with Curley and helps the fleeing duo stay one step ahead of the sheriff. The film features a great automobile chase scene for those who appreciate this kind of cinema hijinks. Screenplay by William Rose ("It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World").
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: cynical, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, romantic, sexy, thought provoking, clever
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Eena Meena Deeka (1994)
Plot Summary:
Deeka (Vinod Khanna) had been in jail for several crimes, including bank robberies. When his prison sentence is over, Deeka decides to go straight. Unfortunately, while in a bank, he becomes a victim of a bungling bank robber, Inder or Eena (Rishi Kapoor), who needs money to get medical treatment for his mother (Dina Pathak). When the police arrive, they witness Eena with the notorious bank robber, and come to the conclusion that Deeka has gone back to his criminal ways. Deeka's attempts to convince them are in vain, and he must escape together with Eena for now, and he does so. The police are after Deeka, and he must get a hold of Eena and get him to confess to his crime, and therefore clear his name. But Eena is unwilling to confess, and runs away from Deeka. With the police on his tail, will Deeka be able to capture Eena, and will he be successful in getting him to agree to confess?.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof
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Aankhen (1993)
Plot Summary:
A 1993 Bollywood Comedy starring Govinda and Chunky Pandey. This movie kick started a long line of Comedy movies for Govinda.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Public Enemy Returns (2008)
Plot Summary:
Kang Chul-jung has been a detective fighting crime for 15 years and is at it again against a mob boss who recruits young kids to do his dirty work.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 472
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, crime drama, detective
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Kick (2009)
Plot Summary:
Kalyan (Ravi Teja) is a kind of guy who prefers a life full of thrills than leading a regular life style. He seeks kick in whatever he does. He finds liking in Naina (Ileana). They separate due to differences. Krishna (Shyam) is a young cop who is in lookout for a big ticket thief who happens to be Kalyan. Meanwhile, Naina agrees for an engagement with Krishna. The rest of the story is all about how Kalyan wins back his lady love and the real intent behind the robberies of Kalyan.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating
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War on Everyone (2016)
Plot Summary:
Two corrupt cops in New Mexico set out to blackmail and frame every criminal unfortunate enough to cross their path. Things take a sinister turn, however, when they try to intimidate someone who is more dangerous than they are. Or is he?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: captivating, action comedy, exciting, light, cynical, dark comedy, neo noir, bloody, multicultural, absurd
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Stealing Rembrandt (2002)
Plot Summary:
Two bumbling scrap metal thieves - father and son - steal the wrong painting during a museum heist. The painting turns out to be the only original Rembrandt painting in Denmark, and all hell breaks loose. What do you do when you've got Interpol, the Danish police and the entire Danish underworld on your heels? And who was this Rembrandt guy anyway?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark, UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, realistic, black comedy, dark comedy
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My Boss, My Hero (2001)
Plot Summary:
A series of embarrassing incidents force a mobster to go back to high school to finally graduate.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 876
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, crime drama
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Queenpins (2021)
Plot Summary:
Bored and frustrated suburban homemaker Connie and her best pal JoJo, a vlogger with dreams, turn a hobby into a multi-million-dollar counterfeit coupon caper. After firing off a letter to the conglomerate behind a box of cereal gone stale, and receiving an apology along with dozens of freebies, the duo hatch an illegal coupon club scheme that scams millions from mega-corporations and delivers deals to legions of fellow coupon clippers. On the trail to total coupon dominance, a hapless Loss Prevention Officer from the local supermarket chain joins forces with a determined U.S. Postal Inspector in hot pursuit of these newly minted “Queenpins” of pink collar crime.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: entertaining, buddy comedy, humorous, light, surprise ending, feel good, captivating, funny, dark comedy, action comedy
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The Big 4 (2022)
Plot Summary:
A by-the-book female detective teams up with four down-on-their-luck assassins to investigate her father's murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: action comedy, surprise ending, neo noir, psychotronic, independent film, detective, double entendre, dark comedy
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Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Plot Summary:
Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous moppets whose antics try his patience and test his mettle, Kimble may have met his match … in more ways than one.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 159000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: light, funny, humorous, detective, sincere, surprise ending, crying, suspense, cute, hilarious
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Another You (1991)
Plot Summary:
George has been in a mental hospital for 3 years and is finally ready to go out into the real world again. Eddie Dash, a dedicated con-man, is supposed to keep him out of trouble, but when people begin to recognize George as the missing millionaire Abe, Eddie wants to take advantage of the situation.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: black comedy, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, vintage
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Lucky Numbers (2000)
Plot Summary:
Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. Desperate to escape financial ruin, he schemes with Crystal the TV station's lotto ball girl to rig the state lottery drawing. The numbers come up right, but everything else goes wrong as the plan starts to unravel and the game turns rough.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: stylized, humorous, feel good, realistic, not serious, clever, black comedy, offbeat, witty, cynical
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Taxi 4 (2007)
Plot Summary:
Before being extradited to Africa to stand trial, a notorious Belgian criminal is entrusted to the Marseilles police department for less than 24 hours. But the wily crook convinces bumbling policeman Emilien he's a lowly Belgian embassy employee who got railroaded by the brilliant master criminal.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, not serious, hilarious, exciting, offbeat, slapstick, fast
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Plot Summary:
A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 607000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, dark comedy, clever, witty, cynical, black comedy, entertaining, funny, exciting, neo noir