Kajillionaire

2020-09-25

dysfunctional family, con artist, scam, los angeles, california, lgbt, woman director, emotionally distant, fear of intimacy

The Party

2019-06-16

party, los angeles, california

Sathuranga Vettai

2014-07-18

heist

The Grifters

1990-10-10

based on novel or book, con man, train ride, con artist, los angeles, california, horse track, grifter, estafa, neo-noir

Home Again

2017-09-07

chance, love, hollywood, los angeles, california, family, woman director

The Con Artist

2010-11-25

con man, ex-con, woman director

Little Big Shot

1935-09-07

gambling, gangster, orphan, cons and scams

We're Talkin' Serious Money

1992-05-08

new york city, politician, mafia, scam, mobster, los angeles, california, sting operation, get rich quick scheme

Model Minority

2012-05-11

dysfunctional family, independent film, interracial romance, drug dealing, los angeles, california, teenage sexuality, japanese american, woman director, hapa

Nine Queens

2000-08-31

hotel, con man, stamp, police, partner, money, scam, grifter, convenience store, swindle, rare stamps

One-Line

2017-03-29

Gutter

2018-09-22

los angeles, california

Billionaire Boys Club

2018-07-19

greed, based on a true story, murder, scam, los angeles, california, 1980s, lies

Jitterbugs

1943-06-05

con man, singer, scam

30 Days Until I'm Famous

2004-05-07

california, latinx lead, los angeles, california, woman director

The Ro(c)k con Artists

2006-11-02

Special 26

2013-02-07

heist, con artist, theft

Only in L.A.

2013-11-30

hollywood, los angeles, california

Once a Thief

1950-07-07

con man, noir, shoplifting

All About Nina

2018-09-28

los angeles, california, woman director

Los Angeles Film Noir

2015-02-28

noir, los angeles, california, writer, woman director

Work from Home

2016-11-17

The Hustle

2019-05-09

competition, bet, remake, con artist, aftercreditsstinger

Friendsgiving

2020-10-23

thanksgiving, los angeles, california, woman director

A Holy Mess

2015-11-13

family dinner, dysfunctional family, lgbt, woman director, christmas, lgbt parenting, gay

Jack of the Red Hearts

2016-02-26

autism, con artist, woman director, mother son relationship, mother daughter relationship, brother sister relationship

White Rabbit

2018-01-18

performance artist, los angeles, california, korean american

Love Swindler

1976-09-11

con artist

Smog

1962-10-04

social satire, los angeles, california

The Con-Heartist

2020-12-03

Kings

2017-11-11

riot, police, neighbor, stealing, blood, los angeles, california, handcuffed, death, shoplifting, woman director, video tape, 1990s

Happy New Year

2014-10-23

competition, diamond, dance, stripper, dubai, thief, pole dancer, heist, con artist, diamond heist, woman director, bar dancer

Angel's Flight

1965-01-01

stripper, noir, los angeles, california

Out of Print

2014-08-23

california, hollywood, los angeles, california, woman director

The Scam

2012-01-01

Somewhere

2010-09-03

milan, los angeles, california, luxury hotel, woman director, father daughter relationship

Anita

1994-01-28

The Choirboys

1977-12-23

police, dominatrix, cop, los angeles, california

CHiPS

2017-01-16

police, police corruption, los angeles, california, buddy cop

Lowriders

2017-04-28

artist, brother, street artist, east los angeles, los angeles, california, car, ex-con, young, lowrider, car culture

Always a Bride

1953-08-12

french riviera, con artist

Revolution

2012-10-21

gay interest, los angeles, california, lgbt, iranian, short

The Bigamist

1953-12-03

san francisco, california, double life, judge, infidelity, adoption, bigamy, los angeles, california, traveling salesman, woman director

Sucker Money

1933-02-28

medium, newspaper reporter, seance, scam artist, woman director

Pick Up

1933-03-24

con man, pre-code, swindle

Jack and Jill

2011-11-11

thanksgiving, los angeles, california, family, celebration, duringcreditsstinger

American Hustle

2013-12-12

new jersey, 1970s, fbi, mayor, history, con artist, scam, mobster, hair, century

Between the Miles

2016-09-27

homelessness, los angeles, california, woman director, homeless teenager

Rule No. 3

1993-01-01

Cast

2013-06-05

casting, hollywood, los angeles, california

The Big Caper

1957-03-28

con man, noir, con artist, arson, arsonist

Game Girls

2018-11-21

los angeles, california, skid row, woman director

Heartbreakers

2001-03-23

cons and scams

Girl Flu.

2016-06-06

menstruation, coming of age, los angeles, california, woman director, mother daughter relationship

Man Against the Mob

1988-01-10

gangster, los angeles, california

Mystics

2003-12-12

con artist

The Spieler

1928-12-20

Busting

1974-02-27

los angeles, california

Almost Home

2019-11-29

los angeles, california, homeless, homeless teenager

Driving Bill Crazy

2008-11-28

Taciturn Tango

2018-12-03

subway, los angeles, california

Deidra & Laney Rob a Train

2017-01-23

woman director

Seven Psychopaths

2012-10-12

suicide, alcohol, screenwriter, underworld, fight, kidnapping, gangster, party, murder, scam, los angeles, california, explosion, criminal, shih tzu, struggling, neo-noir

House of Games

1987-10-11

gambling, con man, fraud, gambling debt, con artist, psychiatrist, female psychiatrist, neo-noir, pool hall

Sitting On The Edge Of Marlene

2014-09-15

woman director

Amancay

2006-08-06

woman director

Tees Maar Khan

2010-12-24

con man, village, police, thief, wealth, money, erotic dance, female protagonist, train, director, savior, woman director

Sticky Notes

2016-06-18

dancer, florida, father, cancer, los angeles, california, family, woman director, estrangement

Don's Plum

2001-02-10

diner, los angeles, california

Passenger Side

2009-10-28

los angeles, california

Obchodníci

2013-09-05

painter, grandparent grandchild relationship, composer, lie, painting, love, jail, con artist, money, scam

Scarlet Diva

2000-05-26

surrealism, los angeles, california, relationship, woman director

Men

1997-10-23

seduction, los angeles, california, falling in love, chef

The New Centurions

1972-08-03

los angeles, california, rookie cop, lapd

Let's Go Steady

1945-01-04

Lies My Mother Told Me

2005-03-07

secret, murder, con artist, stolen identity, con woman, mother daughter relationship

Shooting Fish

1997-08-22

london, england, nightclub, chase, fraud, liar, love, thief, wealth, money, scam, hospital, secretary, business, wedding, parole, con, dishonesty

To the Bone

2017-01-22

smoking, arizona, restaurant, artist, anorexia, los angeles, california, pregnant woman, therapy, eating disorder

White Men Can't Jump

1992-03-26

white trash, male friendship, friendship, sports, basketball, racial segregation, streetball, jeopardy, los angeles, california, hoodlum, confidence artist, hustling

Nobody Walks

2012-10-19

mumblecore, woman director

The Swindle

1997-10-15

The Gentlemen’s Alliance

1986-12-13

Deadfall

2012-11-08

sibling relationship, partner, murder, on the run, fugitive, family, homecoming, crime gone awry, dishonesty, chases and races, criminal heroes, cons and scams, murderous pair

L!fe Happens

2011-06-18

baby, roommate, pregnancy, friendship, single, los angeles, california, dating, woman director