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1. Papillon (I) (2017)
R | 133 min | Adventure, Biography, Crime
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter, Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Director: Michael Noer | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Damijan Oklopdzic, Christopher Fairbank, Jason Ryan
Votes: 86,255 | Gross: $2.34M
2. Papillon (1973)
R | 151 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A French convict in the 1930s befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence in the South American penal colony on Devil's Island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon
Votes: 138,414 | Gross: $53.27M
3. Morbius (2022)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
Biochemist Michael Morbius tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease, but he inadvertently infects himself with a form of vampirism instead.
Director: Daniel Espinosa | Stars: Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris
Votes: 153,502 | Gross: $73.87M
4. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, Jane Leeves, Cherise Bates
Votes: 39,371 | Gross: $17.31M
5. Black Lagoon (2006)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A Japanese businessman, captured by modern-day pirates, is written off and left for dead by his company. Tired of the corporate life, he opts to stick with the mercenaries that kidnapped him, becoming part of their gang.
Stars: Megumi Toyoguchi, Daisuke Namikawa, Brad Swaile, Maryke Hendrikse
Votes: 17,936
6. I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943)
Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A forger is forced to work for a Nazi spy ring. His conscience gets the better of him, though, and he secretly conspires with the FBI to turn over the gang.
Director: Harold Young | Stars: Dean Jagger, John Carradine, Mary Brian, William Henry
Votes: 228
7. Flag Day (2021)
R | 109 min | Crime, Drama
A father lives a double life as a counterfeiter, bank robber and con man in order to provide for his daughter.
Director: Sean Penn | Stars: Mitchell McCormick, Tom Anniko, Dylan Penn, Regina King
Votes: 3,590
8. Mister 880 (1950)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Gentle romantic comedy about a Secret Service Agent trying to catch a cold case counterfeiter and a United Nations translator.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Edmund Gwenn, Dorothy McGuire, Millard Mitchell
Votes: 1,968
9. Dressed to Kill (1946)
Passed | 76 min | Crime, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes sets out to discover why a trio of murderous villains, including a dangerously attractive female, are desperate to obtain three unassuming and inexpensive little music boxes.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison, Edmund Breon
Votes: 6,917
10. True Crime: Streets of LA (2003 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Thriller
Loose cannon cop Nick Kang, suspended from the LAPD, becomes part of an elite police unit and defends the City of Angels from a plot involving the Chinese Triad and the Russian mob.
Stars: Russell Wong, Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, Michelle Rodriguez
Votes: 1,541
11. Munster, Go Home! (1966)
Approved | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The Munsters travel to England after Herman discovers he's the new Lord of the Munster Hall.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Butch Patrick
Votes: 3,050
12. The Con Artists (2014)
117 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An expert safe-cracker has 40 minutes to steal slush funds hidden inside a customs building.
Director: Kim Hong Sun | Stars: Kim Woo-bin, Kim Yeong-cheol, Ko Chang-seok, Lee Hyun-woo
Votes: 1,702
13. Naked Lies (1998)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A sexy undercover agent sent on a covert operation in Mexico has a gun, virtually no backup and no way out. She must use all her weapons, including her brains and body, against a playboy counterfeiter and his sadistic henchman.
Director: Ralph E. Portillo | Stars: Shannon Tweed, Fernando Allende, Jay Baker, Steven Bauer
Votes: 393
14. Dangerous Money (1946)
Approved | 66 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A treasury agent on the trail of counterfeit money confides to fellow ocean liner passenger Charlie Chan that there have been two attempts on his life.
Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Sidney Toler, Gloria Warren, Victor Sen Yung, Rick Vallin
Votes: 1,279
15. 9 Souls (2003)
120 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Nine convicts escape from prison; most are convicted murderers. They commandeer a van from a strip club.
Director: Toshiaki Toyoda | Stars: Yoshio Harada, Ryûhei Matsuda, Michio Akiyama, Yû Fujiki
Votes: 1,913
16. The Christmas Star (1986)
TV-G | 94 min | Drama, Family
A counterfeiter finds the true meaning of the holidays.
Director: Alan Shapiro | Stars: Edward Asner, Rene Auberjonois, Jim Metzler, Susan Tyrrell
Votes: 844
17. Flashman (1967)
96 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Superhero Flashman--who is secretly a member of the British royal family--battles a host of villains and gangsters, including Mafia bank robbers and a gang of beautiful female counterfeiters.
Director: Mino Loy | Stars: Paolo Gozlino, Claudie Lange, Ivano Staccioli, Jack Ary
Votes: 176
18. The Haunted House (1921)
Unrated | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
A bank clerk ends up in a seemingly haunted house that is actually a thieves' hideout.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Cline
Votes: 3,651
19. Ninja the Protector (1986)
Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Crime
Two brothers, Warren and David, try to defeat the evil forger who is making their lives a misery.
Director: Godfrey Ho | Stars: Richard Harrison, David Bowles, Warren Chan, Morna Lee
Votes: 497
20. Les disparus de St. Agil (1938)
98 min | Drama, Mystery
Strange things happen at night at the Saint-Argil secondary school. Baume, Sorgues and Macroy, three of the school's pupils, discover a suspicious man on the premises. Shortly after this unsettling event, pupils begin to go missing.
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Michel Simon, Armand Bernard, Aimé Clariond
Votes: 952
21. Hideout in the Alps (1936)
75 min | Crime, Drama
A forger returns to his family when he leaves jail, vowing to go straight. Although approached by an international counterfeiting gang, he keeps his word, only to find his nephew is in the ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: Ronald Squire, Jane Baxter, Anthony Bushell, Arthur Macrae
Votes: 178
22. Target: Harry (1969)
R | 85 min | Mystery, Thriller
Pilot Harry Black is hired to fly a man named Carlyle to Istanbul, where he's murdered. Now, mysterious Diane Reed and a local gangster, Rashi, are after Harry believing that he has the priceless plates Carlyle used to counterfeit money.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vic Morrow, Suzanne Pleshette, Victor Buono, Cesar Romero
Votes: 258
23. The Mandarin Mystery (1936)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Film-Noir
Two murders are committed and a $50,000 Chinese Mandarin stamp is stolen, tossed around and eventually recovered as an aggregation of costly-stamp counterfeiters are uncovered through the mastermind investigation by Ellery Queen.
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Eddie Quillan, Charlotte Henry, Rita La Roy, Wade Boteler
Votes: 458
24. Shadowed (1946)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Fred J. Johnson (Lloyd Corrigan) scores a hole-in-one but his next drive, using the lucky, initialed golf ball, soars out of bounds and lands near a spot where some counterfeiters are ... See full summary »
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Anita Louise, Lloyd Corrigan, Michael Duane, Mark Roberts
Votes: 281
25. Treasury Men in Action (1950–1955)
30 min | Crime, Drama
A squad of Treasury Department agents, headed by "The Chief", go after counterfeiters and other criminals who commit crimes that fall under the Treasure Department's jurisdiction.
Stars: Walter Greaza, Ross Martin, Tom McKee, John Stephenson
Votes: 73
26. The Killers Edge (1991 Video)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A cop teams up with an FBI agent to track down a counterfeiter.
Director: Joseph Merhi | Stars: Wings Hauser, Karen Black, Robert Z'Dar, Joe Palese
Votes: 153
27. The Big Swindle (2004)
Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
One month has passed since CHOI Chang-Hyuk's release from jail after being convicted for fraud, but this time he's cooked up an elaborate plan: the biggest bank heist in history. The best ... See full summary »
Director: Dong-hoon Choi | Stars: Shin-yang Park, Yum Jung-ah, Baek Yun-shik, Chun Ho-jin
Votes: 989
28. The Counterfeiters (1948)
Approved | 73 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Scotland Yard cop goes undercover to catch a gang of counterfeiters.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: John Sutton, Doris Merrick, Hugh Beaumont, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 101
29. Too Many Winners (1947)
Approved | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Michael Shayne accepts an assignment to investigate a gang of pari-mutual race tickets counterfeiters over the protests of his secretary, Phyllis Hamilton, who wants him to join her on a ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Hugh Beaumont, Trudy Marshall, Ralph Dunn, Claire Carleton
Votes: 104
30. Le jardinier d'Argenteuil (1966)
86 min | Comedy, Crime
Under his daring look of flower lover and naive painter, Father Tulipe is a counterfeiter who only makes small cuts to improve his ordinary.
Director: Jean-Paul Le Chanois | Stars: Jean Gabin, Liselotte Pulver, Pierre Vernier, Alfred Adam
Votes: 351
31. Triple Deception (1956)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Due to his physical resemblance to criminal Steve Chancellor, law enforcement recruits seaman Larry Ellis to pose as Chancellor and infiltrate an organized crime ring in France.
Director: Guy Green | Stars: Michael Craig, Julia Arnall, Brenda de Banzie, Barbara Bates
Votes: 225
32. The Argyle Case (1917)
70 min | Drama, Mystery
The story is that of the mysterious murder of John Argyle, a multi-millionaire, in the library of his home. Circumstances point toward Argyle's adopted daughter Mary, who is the beneficiary... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Ince | Stars: Robert Warwick, Charles Hines, Frank McGlynn Sr., Arthur Albertson
33. Monnaie de singe (1966)
83 min | Comedy, Crime
Fulbert is a sidewalk artist who is duped into working for a counterfeiter. He accompanies a woman posing as a grieving widow on a trip to Spain in a hearse. Unaware she is the mistress of a notorious gangster, Fulbert is chased by thugs.
Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Robert Hirsch, Sylva Koscina, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Alberto Closas
Votes: 66
34. Secret Service of the Air (1939)
Approved | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go undercover to crack a ruthless gang that smuggles illegal aliens.
Director: Noel M. Smith | Stars: Ronald Reagan, John Litel, Ila Rhodes, James Stephenson
Votes: 265
35. El asesino se embarca (1967)
Action, Drama, Thriller
Cops vs counterfeiter on a cruise ship from La Paz, Baja California to Mazatlán, Sinaloa.
Director: Miguel M. Delgado | Stars: Enrique Lizalde, Regina Torné, Armando Silvestre, Tito Junco
Votes: 17
36. Pilotos de la muerte (1962)
88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Germán Valdés, Adalberto Martínez, Kitty de Hoyos, Tere Velázquez
Votes: 30
37. Post Office Investigator (1949)
Approved | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A young postman becomes involved in the theft of rare stamps featuring inverted images of the Statue of Liberty. Along the way he encounters attractive criminal Clara Kelso, double-crossing gang members, and Post Office Inspectors.
Director: George Blair | Stars: Audrey Long, Warren Douglas, Jeff Donnell, Marcel Journet
Votes: 64
38. Povest o dobrih ljudeh (1975)
99 min | Drama
The return of a refugee from the police to his grandparents' village disrupts the villagers' lives.
Director: France Stiglic | Stars: Elvira Kralj, Karel Pogorelec, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Olga Kacjan
Votes: 31
39. My Husband Prefers Virgins (1975)
84 min | Drama
A married man with a son who has a passion for everything beautiful and pure has a weakness: young girls under twenty when he suspects they are virgins. So he falls in love, marries them and leaves them after the wedding night.
Director: Angelino Fons | Stars: Manuel Summers, Carmen de la Maza, África Pratt, Beatriz Galbó
Votes: 19
40. Northern Frontier (1935)
Approved | 57 min | Western
A Mountie sets out to infiltrate and break up a gang of counterfeiters.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Kermit Maynard, Eleanor Hunt, Russell Hopton, J. Farrell MacDonald
Votes: 62
41. Bad Men of the Border (1945)
Approved | 55 min | Western
U. S. Marshal Ted Cameron (Kirby Grant), masquerading as a bandit, robs a mail coach. Delores Mendoza (Armida), a passenger, is an agent for the Mexican government, assigned to investigate ... See full summary »
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Kirby Grant, Fuzzy Knight, Armida, John Eldredge
Votes: 18
42. Perilous Holiday (1946)
Passed | 89 min | Crime, Drama
Based on a serialized story by Robert Carson that ran in the Saturday Evening Post, this tale of an international counterfeiting ring operating in Mexico starts with Patrick Nevil (Pat ... See full summary »
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Ruth Warrick, Alan Hale, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 36
43. Call to Danger (1968 TV Movie)
60 min | Adventure
Jim Kingsley leads a secret government agency whose mission is to solve cases that stump other law enforcement offices.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Peter Graves, James Gregory, Daniel J. Travanti, Albert Paulsen
Votes: 9
44. Blondie's Secret (1948)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Family
The Bumsteads are trying to leave on their vacation but one thing after another (including Radcliffe stealing their luggage) is stopping them.
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Ann Mutchie
Votes: 206
45. Red Passport (2003)
R | 89 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Reuniting with his daughter and living peacefully proves harder than expected for an ex-con still haunted by his past.
Director: Albert Xavier | Stars: Frank Molina, Maite Bonilla, Frank Medrano, Bobby DeJesus
Votes: 41
46. Ei ruumiita makuuhuoneeseen (1959)
105 min | Comedy, Thriller
Private detectives Matti Kaarna and Esko Honka are invited on free trips to Malaga and Mallorca by their pilot friends. A criminal gang that produces counterfeit money and their attractive ... See full summary »
Director: Aarne Tarkas | Stars: Anneli Sauli, Helge Herala, Marjatta Kallio, Tommi Rinne
Votes: 85
47. Cabaret (1953)
69 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
A news story in the newspapers announces the investigation by the police of a major scam. Precisely, following the steps of the author of that crime, we will know the cabaret where the ... See full summary »
Director: Eduardo Manzanos | Stars: Fernando Rey, Nati Mistral, José Bódalo, María Luz Galicia
Votes: 9
48. Trick (I) (2010)
95 min | Action
Kidnappers demand six million in ransom, but the United Nations does not negotiate with terrorists. One of the best counterfeiters is serving a lengthy prison term and the agent who arrested him needs his help.
Director: Jan Hryniak | Stars: Piotr Adamczyk, Marian Dziedziel, Andrzej Chyra, Jerzy Trela
Votes: 498
49. Hubert the Smart Boy (1985)
86 min | Comedy, Crime
Hubert Hrabe, known as Smart Boy (Karel Hermánek), is a Prague dandy who is always skirting the edge of the law. Like every likable rogue, he has a worthy adversary - Police Inspector ... See full summary »
Director: Ivo Novák | Stars: Karel Hermánek, Petr Kostka, Josef Somr, Pavel Zednícek
Votes: 112
50. Poor Little Peppina (1916)
48 min | Drama
A little girl is kidnapped by the Mafia in revenge for her father's help in capturing one of the mobsters. She is presumed dead, but in reality is spirited away to Italy, where she is ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Olcott | Stars: Mary Pickford, Eugene O'Brien, Antonio Maiori, Ernest Torti
Votes: 89