Comedy films about scams

List of the best comedy films about scams according to visitors: What We Do in the Shadows, Cruella, The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, The Greatest Beer Run Ever, We're the Millers, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Brink, Death Becomes Her, Happy Gilmore, Road Trip.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrehorror, comedy
CountryNew Zealand, USA
Duration01:25

Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA

In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, adventure
CountryFrance, India, Belgium, Singapore, USA
Duration01:29

The story of Ajatashatru Oghash Rathod, a fakir who tricks his local village in Rajasthan, India into believing his possesses special powers and into paying him to fly to Paris to buy a bed of nails from an Ikea store.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, drama, military, history
CountryUSA

A man’s story of leaving New York in 1967 to bring beer to his childhood buddies in the Army while they are fighting in Vietnam.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:50

A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:54

A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

Three top U.S. government and military officials scramble to prevent World War 3 from happening amidst the chaos of a geopolitical crisis.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:44

Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once arch-rival Helen's fiance. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to be a great deal more complicated than a mere murder plot.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:32

Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore -- whose unconventional approach and antics on the grass courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin -- is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize money. Meanwhile, an attractive tour publicist tries to soften Happy's image.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:34

Four friends take off on an 1800 mile road trip to retrieve an illicit tape mistakenly mailed to a girl friend.

Markimdb: 8.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:27

City Lights is the first silent film that Charlie Chaplin directed after he established himself with sound accompanied films. The film is about a penniless man who falls in love with a flower girl. The film was a great success and today is deemed a cult classic.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:56

A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genreaction, comedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:24

Recruited to join a top-secret mission for the Air Force, a renegade pilot finds himself coping with an incompetent admiral and a carefully selected squadron of flyers who are either inept or half-blind.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:37

A calamity at Dante and Randall's shops sends them looking for new horizons - but they ultimately settle at Mooby's, a fictional Disney-McDonald's-style fast-food empire.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:49

Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets about to keep his promise.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrefantastic, comedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:28

Alcoholic pilot, Ted Striker has developed a fear of flying due to wartime trauma, but nevertheless boards a passenger jet in an attempt to woo back his stewardess girlfriend. Food poisoning decimates the passengers and crew, leaving it up to Striker to land the plane with the help of a glue-sniffing air traffic controller and Striker's vengeful former Air Force captain, who must both talk him down.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration01:29

When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:39

    Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    A workaholic architect finds a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA

    Detective Inspector Richard Poole is transferred to Sainte Marie, an island in the Caribbean. Totally unsuited to the Caribbean way of life, Richard hates the sun, sea and sand and isn't used to the Sainte Marie style of policing. Working with the exotic Camille each week Richard investigates intricate and intriguing murders.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands
    Duration01:27

    Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrecomedy, adventure, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration01:40

    The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation, without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, family, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:50

    Bachelor football star Joe Kingman seems to have it all. He is wealthy and carefree, and his team is on the way to capturing a championship. Suddenly, he is tackled by some unexpected news: He has a young daughter, the result of a last fling with his ex-wife. Joe must learn to balance his personal and professional lives with the needs of his child.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrecomedy, adventure
    CountrySouth Africa, Botswana, USA
    Duration01:49

    A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, crime
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:37

    Scott Turner has 3 days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some "real" cases, not just misdemeanors. Then Amos Reed is murdered, and Scott Turner sets himself on the case. The closest thing to a witness in the case is Amos Reed's dog, Hooch, which Scott Turner has to take care of if it's going to avoid being "put to sleep".

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA, Czech Republic
    Duration01:30

      When Scott learns that his longtime cyber-buddy from Berlin is a gorgeous young woman, he and his friends embark on a trip across Europe.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:38

      Down-on-their luck brothers, Lars and Ernie Smuntz, aren't happy with the crumbling old mansion they inherit... until they discover the estate is worth millions. Before they can cash in, they have to rid the house of it's single, stubborn occupant: a tiny and tenacious mouse.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:59

      Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas eve.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:43

      A high school slacker pretends to be sick to skip school and have an exciting day off alongside his girlfriend and his best buddy through Chicago, while trying to outwit his obsessive school principal and his unconformited sister along the way.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:43

      A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fired. Outside, blind man Wally Karue hears the shot but cannot see the perpetrator. Both are arrested, but escape to form an unlikely partnership. Being chased by both the law AND the original killers, can the pair work together to outwit them all?

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:38

      It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems that this evening's room service is serving up one unbelievable happening after another.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA, Thailand
      Duration01:42

      The Hangover crew heads to Thailand for Stu's wedding. After the disaster of a bachelor party in Las Vegas last year, Stu is playing it safe with a mellow pre-wedding brunch. However, nothing goes as planned and Bangkok is the perfect setting for another adventure with the rowdy group.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA, Hong Kong

      When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrecomedy, adventure, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:56

      Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene after Charlie loses his medication.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty good at robbing people and even enjoy it -- but they have second thoughts when they're reminded that crime can hurt innocent people. When the couple hears that Globodyne boss Jack McCallister actually swindled the company, they plot revenge.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genrecomedy, drama, military, history
      CountryNew Zealand, Czech Republic, USA

      A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, family, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV—and identification by the mob.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      Peter Highman must scramble across the US in five days to be present for the birth of his first child. He gets off to a bad start when his wallet and luggage are stolen, and put on the 'no-fly' list. Peter embarks on a terrifying journey when he accepts a ride from an actor.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      The army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Martin is the inexplicable the incorrigible the invicible sgt. Ernie bilko leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the armed forces.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:53

      The characters we met a little more than a decade ago are returning to East Great Falls for their high-school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t and that time and distance can’t break the bonds of friendship. It was summer 1999 when four small-town Michigan boys began a quest to lose their virginity. In the years that have passed, Jim and Michelle married while Kevin and Vicky said goodbye. Oz and Heather grew apart, but Finch still longs for Stifler’s mom. Now these lifelong friends have come home as adults to reminisce about – and get inspired by – the hormonal teens who launched a comedy legend.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrecomedy, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:47

      Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After some "adventures" they finally get to Aspen where, using the lost money they live it up and fight for Mary's heart.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:42

      Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

      During their travels from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally Will debate whether or not sex ruins a perfect relationship between a man and a woman. Eleven years later, and they're still no closer to finding the answer.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the world are no longer fought on the battlefield. A career Marine, he has no idea what to do as a civilian, so his commander finds him a job - commanding officer of a local school's JROTC program, a bunch of ragtag losers with no hope.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:44

      The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con brought home by Vince, the patriarch of the family, who is a corrections officer in real life, and a hopeful actor in private.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrecomedy, adventure, crime, music
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
      Duration01:43

      In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer's 'Odyssey'.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:26

      When former comedian Mark McCarthy is faced with a rare form of cancer, he hires a young, impressionable cameraman to document his crude and comical lessons on what it means to be a man for his unborn son.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:23

      Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he is to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.. this adds to Frank's problems. A host of celebrities at the Academy awards ceremony are humiliated by Frank as he blunders his way trying to foil Rocco.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:41

      Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but at getting enough to eat. When they scam the rich and beautiful Grey Ellison into believing she backed her Mercedes into Bill, they're only hoping for a free meal. But Grey is touched, and over the objections of her snotty fiancé.




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