ChannelHopper.org > Films about con artists
Films about con artists
The Grifters
A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The Grifters
Diggstown
Gabriel Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a business man. The business man owns most of a boxing-mad town called Diggstown. The bet is that Gabe can find a boxer that...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Diggstown
Nothing Sacred
When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Nothing Sacred
The Rainmaker
Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's just plain plain! Even the town sheriff, File, fo...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The Rainmaker
An American Tail
A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a "land without cats," at the turn of the 20th century. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone and must fend off not...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent An American Tail
The Wizard of Lies
A look behind the scenes at Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wake, both for the victims and Madoff's family.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The Wizard of Lies
Six Degrees of Separation
The story of a young, gay, black, con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way into the lives of a white, upper-class New York family.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Six Degrees of Separation
Hot Millions
A con artist gains employment at an insurance company in order to embezzle money by re-programming their "new" wonder computer.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Hot Millions
The Hoax
In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The Hoax
The Good Liar
Career con man Roy sets his sights on his latest mark: recently widowed Betty, worth millions. And he means to take it all. But as the two draw closer, what should have been another simple swindle tak...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The Good Liar