Movies tagged as "scam"

11:14 (Eleven Fourteen, The Movie) [2003, USA, Canada ] starting from $1.99

Fate can change in seconds

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller Actors: Henry Thomas, Blake Heron, Barbara Hershey, Clark Gregg, Hilary Swank, Shawn Hatosy, Stark Sands, Colin Hanks, Ben Foster, Patrick Swayze, Rachael Leigh Cook, Jason Segel, Rick Gomez, Directors: Greg Marcks Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   In Middletown, at 11:14 PM, two cars accidents happen at the same time, affecting the lives of five different groups of people. A drunken driver hits a man in a lonely road near a bridge; three young men hits a woman with a van, one of the passenger has a severed penis while another man on the road shoots them; a young man robs a convenience store, with the support of the clerk; a man finds a body in a cemetery and gets rid off it; and a young woman pretending to be pregnant tries to raise money for an abortion. All of these characters and their fates are very connected.

Addams Family, The [1991, USA ] starting from $1.99

It's not the same old Thing.

Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror Actors: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Elizabeth Wilson, Christina Ricci, Judith Malina, Dan Hedaya, Carel Struycken, Paul Benedict, Christopher Hart, Dana Ivey, Jimmy Workman, John Franklin, Tony Azito, Douglas Brian Martin Directors: Barry Sonnenfeld, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   The Addams step out of Charles Addams' cartoons. They live with all of the trappings of the macabre (including a detached hand for a servant) and are quite wealthy. Added to this mix is a crooked accountant and his loan shark and a plot to slip in the shark's son into the family as their long lost Uncle Fester. Can the false Fester find his way into the vault before he is discovered?

Big Bounce, The [2004, USA ] starting from $1.99

Who's scamming who? A comedy about taking a chance on paradise.

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Thriller Actors: Owen Wilson, Butch Helemano, Charlie Sheen, Vinnie Jones, Gregory Sporleder, Terry Ahue, Pete Johnson, Mike Renfro, Tony Dorsett, Brian L. Keaulana, Morgan Freeman, Willie Nelson, Andrew Wilson, Sara Foster, Gary Sinise Directors: George Armitage, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Surfer/drifter/con man Jack Ryan (Wilson) makes his way to Hawaii and lands a job caring for an Walter Crewes (Freeman), a judge on the island. His new gig leads to an involvement with an beautiful, enterprising woman (Foster), who's really the lover of a real estate tycoon (Sinise) - a shady businessman and longtime rival of Judge Crewes. Ryan, naturally, has to choose between the woman, the money, or the honorable path.

Boiler Room [2000, USA ] starting from $1.99

Where would you turn? How far would you go? How hard will you fall?

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller Actors: Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nicky Katt, Scott Caan, Ron Rifkin, Jamie Kennedy, Taylor Nichols, Bill Sage, Tom Everett Scott, Ben Affleck, John Griesemer, David Younger, Russel Harper, Mark Webber, Christopher Fitzgerald Directors: Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   A young man has dropped out of Queens College but desperately wants to please his father, a federal judge who's harsh with his son. At his father's insistence, Seth Davis closes a casino he operates in his own house, mostly for college students. Thinking he'll please dad, he takes a job in a small brokerage house, an hour from Manhattan, where trainees make cold calls to lists of well-paid men, and then apply high-pressure tactics to sell initial public offerings exclusive to the firm. He's terrific at sales. Once training is over, the pay is phenomenal, and Seth wonders why. Curiosity leads him to ethical dilemmas, encounters with the Feds, and new territory with his father.

Choke [2008, USA ] starting from $1.99

Genres: Comedy, Drama Actors: Kathryn Alexander, Kathryn Alexander, Teodorina Bello, Kate Blumberg, Jonah Bobo, Willi Burke, Heather Burns, Heather Burns, David Wolos-Fonteno, Matt Gerald, Clark Gregg, Joel Grey, Viola Harris, Brad William Henke, Paz de la Huerta, Directors: Clark Gregg Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Victor Mancini, a sex-addicted med-school dropout, who keeps his increasingly deranged mother, Ida, in an expensive private medical hospital by working days as a historical re-enactor at a Colonial Williamsburg theme park. At night, Victor runs a scam by deliberately choking in upscale restaurants to form parasitic relationships with the wealthy patrons who "save" him. When, in a rare lucid movement, Ida reveals that she has withheld the shocking truth of his father's identity, Victor enlists the aid of his best friend, Denny and his mother's beautiful attending physician, Dr. Paige Marshall, to solve the mystery before the truth of his possibly divine parentage is lost forever.

Dragonheart [1996, USA ] starting from $1.99

You will believe.

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy Actors: Dennis Quaid, Julie Christie, Sean Connery, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite, Dina Meyer, Jason Isaacs, Brian Thompson, Lee Oakes, Wolf Christian, Terry O'Neill, Eva Vejmelková, Milan Bahúl, Peter Hric, Sandra Kovacicova, Kyle Cohen, Thom Baker Directors: Rob Cohen, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Set in the 10th Century, a man (Bowen) teams up with the last dragon to remind the people of a long lost code of honor, and inspire them to fight for their freedom from a tyrannical king.

Duplex [2003, USA, Germany ] starting from $1.99

Alex and Nancy finally found their dream home...And then they moved in.

Genres: Comedy Actors: Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore, Eileen Essell, Harvey Fierstein, Justin Theroux, James Remar, Robert Wisdom, Swoosie Kurtz, Wallace Shawn, Maya Rudolph, Amber Valletta, Cheryl Klein, Tim Maculan, Jackie Titone, Yevgeni Lazarev Directors: Danny DeVito, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Alex Rose (Stiller) and Nancy Kendricks (Barrymore) are a young, professional, New York couple in search of their dream home. When they finally find the perfect Brooklyn brownstone they are giddy with anticipation. The duplex is a dream come true, complete with multiple fireplaces, except for one thing: Mrs. Connelly (Eileen Essel), the cranky old lady who lives on the rent-controlled top floor. Assuming she is elderly and ill, they take the apartment but their hopes are quickly dashed when they realize that Mrs. Connelly is an energetic senior who enjoys watching her television at top volume day in and day out and rehearsing in a brass band. A writer, Alex is attempting to finish his novel against a looming deadline. However, each day as he begins to write, he is interrupted by Mrs. Connelly's numerous demands and requests and what begins as a nuisance quickly escalates into an all-out war. When Nancy loses her job and the pair are trapped at home together with Mrs. Connelly, their rage turns to homicidal fantasy as they plot ways to get rid of their no-good neighbour...

Factotum [2005, France, Germany, Sweden, USA, Norway ] starting from $1.99

What matters most is how you well you walk through the fire.

Genres: Comedy Actors: Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei, Fisher Stevens, Didier Flamand, Adrienne Shelly, Karen Young, Thomas Lyons, Dean Brewington, James Cada, James Michael Detmar, Kurt Schweickhardt, Dee Noah, James Noah, Michael Egan, Directors: Bent Hamer Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along the way, he fends off the distractions offered by women, drinking and gambling.

Go [1999, USA ] starting from $1.99

life begins at 3am.

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime Actors: Katie Holmes, Sarah Polley, Suzanne Krull, Desmond Askew, Nathan Bexton, Robert Peters, Scott Wolf, Jay Mohr, Timothy Olyphant, Jodi Bianca Wise, William Fichtner, Rita Bland, Tony Denman, Scott Hass, Natasha Melnick, Directors: Doug Liman Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   'Go' is set mostly during one long Christmas Eve in the lives of a group of young adults on the events surrounding a drug deal in Los Angeles replayed three different times from three different views. In a straightforward manner; when slacker Simon Baines (Desmond Asknew) takes off for a getaway to Las Vegas with his friends, Ronna (Sarah Polley) takes his shift at the 24-hour grocery store where they work. When two guys, named Adam and Zack (Scott Wolf and Jay Mohr), walk in asking to score some dope from Simon, Ronna takes it upon herself and her friends Claire (Katie Holmes) and Mannie (Nathan Bexton) to buy some some stuff from the local drug dealer Todd Gains (Timothy Olyphant). But the drug deal is a sting that Adam and Zack are forced to set up by an overzealous narcotics agent, Burke (William Fichtner). Ronna is forced to dispose of the drugs. With no other alternative, she tries to double-cross Todd with phony drugs. Meanwhile in Las Vegas, Simon's adventures with his best friend Marcus (Taye Diggs) hit an unfortunate turn during a trip to a strip club, while Adam and Zack end up spending Christmas Eve with Burke and his wife Irene (Jane Krakowski), and afterwards while driving to a rave that Ronna is dealing, the guys accidentally hit Ronna with their car and leave her for dead. Nearby, Mannie nearly OD's on dope, and Claire gets more friendly with a vengeful Todd whom is now looking for Ronna.

Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The [1966, Italy, Spain ] starting from $1.99

For Three Men The Civil War Wasn't Hell. It Was Practice!

Genres: Action, Adventure, Western Actors: Eli Wallach, Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè, Luigi Pistilli, Rada Rassimov, Enzo Petito, Claudio Scarchilli, John Bartha, Livio Lorenzon, Antonio Casale, Sandro Scarchilli, Benito Stefanelli, Angelo Novi, Antonio Casas, Directors: Sergio Leone Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   The Good is Blondie, a wandering gunman with a strong personal sense of honor. The Bad is Angel Eyes, a sadistic hitman who always hits his mark. The Ugly is Tuco, a Mexican bandit who's always only looking out for himself. Against the backdrop of the Civil War, they search for a fortune in gold buried in a graveyard. Each knows only a portion of the gold's exact location, so for the moment they're dependent on each other. However, none are particularly inclined to share...

Great Race, The [1965, USA ] starting from $1.99

THE GREAT LAUGH SHOW OF ALL TIME!

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Sport Actors: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O'Connell, Vivian Vance, Dorothy Provine, Larry Storch, Ross Martin, George Macready, Marvin Kaplan, Hal Smith, Denver Pyle, William Bryant Directors: Blake Edwards, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention. The Blake Edwards style of slapstick and song originated with this movie. A dedication to Laurel and Hardy appears at the beginning of the film. Edwards' tribute to Stan and Ollie can be seen most clearly in the interaction between Professor Fate and his cohort Max, as well as in the operatic Pottsdorf pie fight.

Harper [1966, USA ] starting from $1.99

This is a different kind of cat named Harper... and excitement clings to him like a dame!

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery Actors: Paul Newman, Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Julie Harris, Arthur Hill, Arthur Hill, Janet Leigh, Janet Leigh, Pamela Tiffin, Pamela Tiffin, Robert Wagner, Robert Wagner, Robert Webber, Robert Webber, Shelley Winters, Shelley Winters, Harold Gould, Harold Gould, Roy Jenson, Roy Jenson, Strother Martin, Strother Martin, Martin West, Martin West, Jacqueline deWit, Jacqueline deWit, Eugene Iglesias, Eugene Iglesias, Directors: Jack Smight, Jack Smight Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Paul Newman IS Harper, a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby (Lauren Bacall) hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.

Jackie Brown [1997, USA ] starting from $1.99

This Christmas, Santa's Got A Brand New Bag

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller Actors: Denise Crosby, Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, Robert De Niro, Michael Bowen, Chris Tucker, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Tom 'Tiny' Lister Jr., Hattie Winston, David Haig, Aimee Graham, Ellis Williams, Tangie Ambrose Directors: Quentin Tarantino, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Jackie Brown is the name of a flight attendant who gets caught smuggling her boss' gun money on the airline she works for. Luckily for her, the Fed Ray Nicolet and the LA Cop Mark Dargus decide to team up in order to arrest the arms dealer she works for, whose name they don't even know. Here's when she has to choose one way: tell Nicolet and Dargus about Ordell Robbie (the arms dealer) and get her freedom -except that if Ordell suspects you're talking about him, you're dead- or keep her mouth shut and do some time. That's when she meets Max Cherry -her bail bondsman-, a late fifties, recently separated, burnt-out man, who falls in love with her. Then Jackie comes up with a plan to play the Feds off against Ordell and the guys he works with -Louis Gara and Melanie Ralston, among others- and walk off with their money. But she needs Max's help. No one is going to stand in the way of his million dollar payoff...

Last Seduction, The [1994, USA ] starting from $1.99

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller Actors: Linda Fiorentino, Bill Pullman, Michael Raysses, Zack Phifer, Peter Berg, Brien Varady, Dean Norris, Donna Wilson, Mik Scriba, J.T. Walsh, Erik-Anders Nilsson, Patricia R. Caprio, Herb Mitchell, Bill Nunn, Renee Rogers, Directors: John Dahl Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Bridget Gregory has a lot going for her: she's beautiful, she's intelligent, she's married to a doctor. But all of this isn't enough, as her husband Clay finds out. After she persuaded him to sell medicinal cocaine to some drugdealers, she takes off with the money, almost a million dollars, and goes undercover in a mid-American smalltown. Because Clay has to pay off a loan shark who'll otherwise damage him severely, he keeps sending detectives after her, trying to retrieve the money. When Bridget meets Mike Swale, a naive local who is blinded by her beauty and directness, she devises an elaborate, almost diabolical scheme to get rid of Clay once and for all.

Layer Cake [2004, UK ] starting from $1.99

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller Actors: Daniel Craig, Tom Hardy, Jamie Foreman, Sally Hawkins, Burn Gorman, George Harris, Tamer Hassan, Colm Meaney, Marcel Iures, Francis Magee, Dimitri Andreas, Kenneth Cranham, Garry Tubbs, Nathalie Lunghi, Marvin Benoit Directors: Matthew Vaughn, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   A successful cocaine dealer, who has earned a respected place among England's Mafia elite, plans an early retirement from the business. However, big boss Jimmy Price hands down a tough assignment: find Charlotte Ryder, the missing rich princess daughter of Jimmy's old pal Edward, a powerful construction business player and gossip papers socialite. Complicating matters are two million pounds' worth of Grade A ecstasy, a brutal neo-Nazi sect and a whole series of double crossings. The title "LAYER CAKE" refers to the layers or levels anyone in business goes through in rising to the top. What is revealed is a modern underworld where the rules have changed. There are no 'codes', or 'families' and respect lasts as long as a line. Not knowing who he can trust, he has to use all his 'savvy', 'telling' and skills which make him one of the best, to escape his own. The ultimate last job, a love interest called Tammy, and an international drug ring threaten to draw him back into the 'cake mix'. But, time is running out and the penalty will endure a lifetime..