Børsmægleren Jordan Belfort lærer den første regel på Wall Street lige inden kollapset i 1987: Flyt pengene fra klientens lommer over i dine egne! I efterdønningerne opdager han nye produkter og nye mindst lige så samvittighedsløse partnere og opbygger en blomstrende børsvirksomhed på kursmanipulation og misbrug af klienternes tillid. Og hvad skal de mange penge så bruges til? Luksus, sprut, stoffer og sex! Det kan kun gå galt.
I 1930'ernes Japansk-besatte Korea bliver pigen Sook-hee ansat som tjenestepige til den Japanske rigmandsdatter Hideko, som lever et tilbagetrukket liv på en stor landejendom med hendes dominerende onkel. Men Sook-hee har en hemmelighed. Hun er i virkeligheden en tyv, som arbejder for en svindler, der håber at Sook-hee kan hjælpe ham med at forføre Hideko, så han kan få del i familieformuen. Men ikke alt går som man regner med…
Den så godt som sande beretning om storsvindleren Frank Abagnale, der ved hjælp af charme og geniale forklædninger svindler sig til millioner af dollars i 26 forskellige lande. Inden han er 18 år gammel "arbejder" han som læge, advokat og andenpilot i et større amerikansk flyselskab. Den unge storcharmør og forklædningsmester laver dog også checkfalsknerier i den store stil, så FBI sætter agent Carl Hanratty på sagen. Nu starter en langvarig menneskejagt verden over.
Gangsteren Danny Ocean forbereder sin bande på endnu et kup. Denne gang er målet et højtprofileret kasino i Las Vegas ejet af Willie Banks. Ocean og hans kumpaner er ikke bare ude efter diamanter. De vil have hævn. Banks har nemlig snydt Reuben Tishkoff, som har været et trofast medlem af gangsterbanden fra første kup.
Han var charmerende, rig og rejste meget. Carter Hayes virkede som den perfekte lejer til den ledige lejlighed i Patty Palmer og Drake Goodmans nye, store drømmehus i San Franciscos dyre ende - men skinnet bedrager... Først bliver de forundrede. Så urolige. Og da den fulde sandhed går op for Patty og Drake, bliver de dødsens angste - for Carter er en skrupelløs psykopat, og han har absolut ikke tænkt sig at flytte!
Den cool og charmerende storsvindler Nicky tager den uerfarne tricktyv Jess under sine vinger. Han oplærer sin smukke, unge elev i svindlerfaget og afledningsmanøvrens kunst. Men da Nicky forelsker sig i Jess, begynder han at miste fokus og må efterlade hende. Tre år senere er Nicky i Buenos Aires, hvor han har gang i en millionfidus inden for motorvæddeløb. Men så dukker Jess uventet op igen.
Roy og hans lærling Frankie er svindlere. De holder sig til de sikre fupnumre, for Roy er lettere fobisk. Roy finder pludselig ud af, at han har en 14-årig datter – og hun vil lære deres håndværk.
Hooker og Luther ernærer sig ved småsvindel, indtil de en dag kommer til at svindle sig til mafiapenge, og Luther bliver myrdet af mafiabossen Lonnegan. Hooker opsøger Luthers gamle svindlerven Henry Gondorff, og i 1930'ernes Chicago sætter de to sig for at hævne drabet på Luther ved at gøre Lonnegan til ofret i et gigantisk bondefangernummer.
Ed passer sin daglige dont i frisørsalonen i 1949, hvor der stadig var sort-hvide film og livsfarlige blondiner. Da en skaldet handelsrejsende kommer forbi med en fidus, ser Ed sit livs chance. Han afpresser Big Dave, som hans kone Doris har en affære med. Planen ser skudsikker ud, men det eneste, der er sikkert, er, at nogen bliver skudt. Og nogen ender i stolen for mord.
Lawrence og Freddie er fuskere med stort F. De lever højt på at narre stakater fra rige kvinder ved den franske Riviera. En dag bliver de bliver enige om, at området ikke er stort nok til dem begge og aftaler, at den første det kan få 50.000 dollars ud af en ung kvinde vinder retten til territoriet, mens den anden i stedet må finde nye jagtmarker. I den kamp gælder alle tricks.
Frank Bannister har alle tiders fidus. I kraft af sine overnaturlige evner, får han en gruppe sølle spøgelser til at spøge udvalgte huse, til skræk og rædsel for beboerne. Bagefter rykker han selv ud og klare problemerne for et beskedent vederlag. Men så en dag bliver byen hjemsøgt af virkelige gespenster med alt andet en reelle hensigter.
Moses Pray er en plattenslager. Men ikke mere, end at han godt kan se ligheden mellem sig selv og den ni-årige Addie, der står tilbage, da Moses' tidligere flamme bliver begravet. Er hun hans datter? Vi ved det ikke, men Moses indvilliger dog i at bringe hende over statsgrænsen til en tante i Missouri.
Steven (Jim Carrey) er en velfungerende mand med kone og barn. Men efter en bilulykke får han pludselig en helt ny livsindstilling, og beslutter sig for at flytte til Miami og leve livet. Det koster et overtræk på kontoen og en tur i spjældet. Her møder han Phillip (Ewan McGregor) og forelsker sig. Carrey springer ud i en overraskende rolle som forelsket storsvindler, der konstant er på kant med loven og udtænker utrolige fupnumre for at skaffe (sig) penge.
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a crime he solved. Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.
In exchange for his freedom, charming con artist Neal Caffrey provides his expertise to help straight-man FBI agent Peter Burke catch elusive white-collar criminals.
An ex-con becomes the traveling partner of a conman who turns out to be one of the older gods trying to recruit troops to battle the upstart deities. Based on Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel.
A paragliding mishap drops a South Korean heiress in North Korea -- and into the life of an army officer, who decides he will help her hide.
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.
Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.
Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner, who work as private eyes, for a deceptive sting operation. It was broadcast on the CBS network for three seasons between September 9, 1975 and August 20, 1978, bumping the Hawaii Five-O detective series to Friday nights.
Strong and successful Alice Martin is a fraud investigator who's about to be the victim of fraud by her fiancé. Between her cases, she is determined to find him before it ruins her career.
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.
A night of passion leads to love between con man Charlie and undercover CIA officer Emma, who are unknowingly on a collision course professionally. While Charlie ramps up the ‘family business’ so he can get out for good, Emma’s closing in on the vengeful criminal who holds Charlie’s family debts in-hand — forcing them to reckon with the lies they’ve told so they can save themselves and their families from disastrous consequences.
The Rogues is an American television series that appeared on NBC from September 13, 1964, to April 18, 1965, starring David Niven, Charles Boyer, and Gig Young as a related trio of former conmen who could, for the right price, be persuaded to trick a very wealthy and heinously unscrupulous mark. Although it won the 1964 Golden Globe award for Best Television Series, the show was cancelled after one season consisting of thirty episodes.
A family of crooks assume the identity of an upper-middle-class suburban clan in the Deep South.
Set in a seedy bedsit, the cowardly landlord Rigsby has his conceits debunked by his long suffering tenants.
Hank is an American situation comedy which is perhaps most notable for being an early example of a program with a true series finale, in which the underlying premise of the series reaches a natural conclusion with its final episode.
P.S. I Luv U is an American crime drama series. The title derived from the phone number of fictitious Palm Security and Investigations, which was 774-5888, which can be reached by dialing "PSI-LUVU" on a standard North American telephone.
A darkly comedic look at the world of Los Angeles storefront psychics and the organized crime syndicate that runs them. Former magician Charlie Haverford oversees a number of fortune telling parlors on behalf of his violent and domineering Romani kingpin boss, until a blow to the head jars him into a new mindset, making him question everything he has ever believed.
Pull back the curtain on bizarre double lives and see the real stories of men and women who thought they were happily married, until the day they uncovered a shocking secret about their spouse leading them to wonder who it is they really fell in love with.
Goode Behavior is an American sitcom that premiered August 26, 1996 on UPN. The series was cancelled after its first season, airing its last episode on May 19, 1997, for a total of 23 episodes.
