Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "counterfeiter"

1. 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: 154,455 | Gross: $73.87M

2. 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: 86,759 | Gross: $2.34M

3. 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: 138,694 | Gross: $53.27M

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: 39,604 | 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: 18,063

6. 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: 3,606

7. 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: 6,947

8. 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: 3,059

9. 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: 262

10. 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: 1,978

11. 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: 1,550

12. 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: 396

13. 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: 3,662

14. 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: 1,705

15. 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: 232

16. 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: 1,285

17. 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: 1,919

18. 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

19. 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: 846

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: 957

21. 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: 107

22. 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: 499

23. 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: 180

24. 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

25. 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: 462

26. 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: 991

27. 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: 227

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: 103

29. 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: 282

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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: 152

33. 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: 267

34. Pilotos de la muerte (1962)

88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

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Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Germán Valdés, Adalberto Martínez, Kitty de Hoyos, Tere Velázquez

Votes: 30

35. 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: 90

36. 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

37. 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: 208

38. The Amazing Mr. Nordill (1947)

11 min | Short, Crime, Mystery

This Passing Parade short is based on the exploits of counterfeiter Everett Nordill, one of the cleverest counterfeiters who ever baffled the agents of the U. S. Treasury department.

Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: John Nesbitt, Leon Ames, Clinton Sundberg, Elinor Donahue

Votes: 114

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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: 352

42. 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

43. 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: 499

44. 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

45. 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

46. The Mutineers (1949)

Approved | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Mobster Thomas Nagle and his gang take over a ship to use running guns and counterfeit money into Lisbon.

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Jon Hall, Adele Jergens, George Reeves, Noel Cravat

Votes: 38

47. 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

48. The Two Plates (2010 Video)

Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

From the producers of Lights Camera Dead and the director of the critically acclaimed film Big Fish in Middlesex comes The Two Plates. An urban tale in the heart of Richmond Virginia about ... See full summary »

Director: Jonathan Straiton | Stars: Assassin, Ambush, Wes Reid, Derrick Johnson

Votes: 34

49. 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: 86

50. 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: 63