Scam Angels (2018)

A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.

２００８年１２月、証券投資会社会長バーニーは妻ルース、そして２人の息子に驚愕の事実を明かす。彼は過去１５年間に渡り、有数の顧客を騙して嘘の取引を行い、約６５０億ドルを破綻させたというのだ。その後、ＦＢＩによって彼が詐欺の罪で逮捕されたというニュースはたちまち世界中の金融界を揺るがし、家族を混乱の渦に巻き込んでいく。ある夜バーニーは、周囲からの批判に耐えかねないと嘆く妻ルーシーと共に自殺を図る。

Daniel Lugo, manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion. To achieve his goal, he recruits musclemen Paul and Adrian as accomplices. After several failed attempts, they abduct rich businessman Victor Kershaw and convince him to sign over all his assets to them. But when Kershaw makes it out alive, authorities are reluctant to believe his story.

詐欺師アーヴィンと、その相棒で愛人のシドニー。彼らはFBI捜査官リッチーに逮捕されるが、無罪放免を条件におとり捜査への協力を持ち掛けられる。それは、架空のアラブ人富豪をダシに、カジノ利権に群がる政治家やマフィアを一網打尽にするというもの。アーヴィンとシドニーは、標的のカーマイン市長に近づくが、二人の仲を嫉妬するアーヴィンの妻ロザリンがおとり捜査の邪魔をする。＜1970年代後半のアメリカを揺るがした政治家などの収賄スキャンダル、アブスキャム事件を題材にしたサスペンスドラマ。自由と引き換えに、FBIが仕掛ける悪徳政治家検挙を狙ったおとり捜査に協力させられる詐欺師たちの姿を、スリリングに映し出していく。メガホンを取るのは、『世界にひとつのプレイブック』などのデヴィッド・O・ラッセル。＞

Tells the "riches to rags" story of the Nobles, three upper-class twenty-somethings that appear to have no limits to their checkbooks, and no direction in their lives. Until one day, their father tries to teach them a lesson by staging a financial scandal that forces the whole family to escape to an old house in the poor side of town, and leads the "kids" to do what they haven't done before: get jobs.

Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.

成功を導く法則"ザ・シークレット"の謎を、各界で活躍する指導者たちが解説。プラトン、ダ・ヴィンチ、アインシュタインらの偉業の陰にあった秘密が今明らかに。

A group of wealthy boys in Los Angeles during the early 1980s establishes a get rich quick scam that turns deadly.

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.

In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that puts the mundane lives of a dozen residents on a collision course. This clever tale tells the story of two hit men, a mistress, a nurse, a vindictive ex-wife, a wealthy art dealer and his lovelorn assistant, a suicidal writer and his dog, and a bitter cop and his partner.

Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps (the "nine queens").

Broadway producer, Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming little old ladies to invest in a production many times over what it will actually cost, and then put on a sure-fire flop, so nobody will ask for their money back – and what can be a more certain flop than a tasteless musical celebrating Hitler.

Korea’s biggest network marketing scam reveals a far greater network of corruption and conspiracy lurking underneath.

Military men Rock Reilly and Eddie Devane are tasked with taking a prisoner, blonde bombshell Toni Johnson, on what becomes an unforgettable road trip. Toni, an enlistee who's in trouble for deserting her unit, soon proves that she's craftier than most inmates.

Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.

Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new 'machine' gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he has never met.

A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.

A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.

The 1975 film by Georgi Daneliya "Afonya" was an unexpected commercial hit in USSR. The main character "Afonya" Borshev is a plumber, who spends his life partying with "buddies", many of whom he doesn't even remember after nights of heavy drinking. His wife leaves him, his boss places him on probation, his whole life is falling apart, but he doesn't realize it. Afonya met Katya at a dance club, yet didn't pay her much attention. But she is the one, who can save him... In this movie Daneliya achieves a perfect balance of satire and drama. Quotes from the movie gained a cult status in USSR.

Fast-talking Latino con artist Pestario "Pest" Vargas is the target of Scottish mobsters to whom he owes a considerable debt. Willing to do anything to raise money and avoid severe injury or death, Vargas agrees to a very unusual job -- he will be transported to a remote island and hunted by Gustav Shank, a racist German executive. If he can survive a full day and night, Vargas gets $50,000 and will be set free. Is he wily enough to elude Shank?