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

1. Catch Me If You Can (2002)

PG-13 | 141 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Barely 17 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen

Votes: 1,101,818 | Gross: $164.62M

2. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

Passed | 134 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy

Votes: 62,224 | Gross: $4.05M

3. After the Thin Man (1936)

Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Private detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora are back home at last and hoping for a quiet New Year when there is a murder. The obvious suspect is his wife, Nora's cousin, Selma.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart, Elissa Landi

Votes: 12,167 | Gross: $4.34M

4. I Want to Live! (1958)

Approved | 120 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A prostitute, sentenced to death for murder, pleads her innocence.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, Theodore Bikel

Votes: 7,403

5. Abuse of Weakness (2013)

Unrated | 105 min | Drama

A stroke-afflicted filmmaker is manipulated by a notorious con man.

Director: Catherine Breillat | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Kool Shen, Laurence Ursino, Christophe Sermet

Votes: 1,293 | Gross: $0.03M

6. A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2017 TV Movie)

TV-G | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Aurora hosts Martin's niece and her newborn for the night, but then his niece disappears, the baby is found hidden in the bathtub and Aurora discovers a stranger in her linen closet, along with $10,000 cash in a diaper bag.

Director: Kevin Fair | Stars: Candace Cameron Bure, Yannick Bisson, Marilu Henner, Lexa Doig

Votes: 1,669

7. Year of the Dog (I) (2007)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

A secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies.

Director: Mike White | Stars: Molly Shannon, John C. Reilly, Peter Sarsgaard, Laura Dern

Votes: 6,612 | Gross: $1.54M

8. The Amazing Adventure (1936)

Approved | 61 min | Drama, Romance, Comedy

A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for year without touching his inheritance.

Director: Alfred Zeisler | Stars: Cary Grant, Mary Brian, Peter Gawthorne, Henry Kendall

Votes: 2,188

9. Bodybuilder (2014)

104 min | Drama

Twenty year old Antoine has made enemies of a gang of young thugs, to whom he owes money. Fed up with his scams and petty crimes, his mother and older brother decide to send Antoine to his ... See full summary »

Director: Roschdy Zem | Stars: Vincent Rottiers, Yolin François Gauvin, Marina Foïs, Nicolas Duvauchelle

Votes: 679

10. Spooner (1989 TV Movie)

98 min | Drama

An escaped forger (Robert Urich) poses as a high-school wrestling coach.

Director: George Miller | Stars: Robert Urich, Jane Kaczmarek, Paul Gleason, Keith Coogan

Votes: 138

11. Keeping Secrets (1991 TV Movie)

96 min | Drama

The FILM Autobiography of actress and entrepreneur Suzanne Somers with all the trials and tribulations that made her who she is today.

Director: John Korty | Stars: Suzanne Somers, Ken Kercheval, Michael Learned, Kim Zimmer

Votes: 113

12. Red Silk (1999 Video)

86 min | Comedy, Crime

When a couple of over-the-hill and down-on-their-luck female private eyes stumble from an art smuggling caper into a kidnap and murder plot, they try to turn a profit instead of solving the crime.

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Lina Romay, Christie Levin, Paul Lapidus, Anna Stern

Votes: 167

13. Smrt cerného krále (1972)

115 min | Crime, Mystery

Prague of the 1930s. A pretty young girl boards a crowded tram. Suddenly she catches the attention of a young man who not only appreciates the girl's charm, but also tries to steal her ... See full summary »

Director: Jirí Sequens | Stars: Jaroslav Marvan, Josef Bláha, Josef Vinklár, Jana Brejchová

Votes: 105

14. Code 3 (1957)
Episode: The Man with Many Faces (1957)

30 min | Crime, Drama

The dying daughter of a clerk wants to go to Honolulu before she dies. The clerk, knowing he'd never be able to afford it but wanting to give her what is her dying wish, begins forging checks to get the money for the trip.

Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Richard Travis, Whit Bissell, Fredd Wayne, John Craven

Votes: 28

15. Hec Ramsey (1972–1974)
Episode: Mystery of the Yellow Rose (1973)

75 min | Drama, Mystery, Western

Hec pursues a check forger to Santa Rita, New Mexico, where he meets and rekindles an old flame. Hec plays attorney to free a friend being framed for murder, which puts him afoul of Henry T. Madden, a tyrant who holds the town in fear.

Directors: Douglas Benton, Charles Ziarko | Stars: Richard Boone, Rick Lenz, Diana Muldaur, Claude Akins

Votes: 38

16. Murder Call (1997–2000)
Episode: Drop Dead Gorgeous (1997)

TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller

Former football star Wayne Pascall is found dead in the lift of a publicity company owned by Anita Black. Anita is successful, attractive and now missing.

Director: Ian Watson | Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott

Votes: 25

17. Everglades! (1961–1962)
Episode: Keene's Choice (1962)

30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

When a Veteran's Administration official travels to the Everglades to meet with Willie Keene about additional benefits, gets driven off by his shotgun wielding relatives, he turns to Linc ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Herzberg | Stars: Ron Hayes, Elisa Loti, Michael Ebert, Judy Wallace

18. Burn Notice (2007–2013)
Episode: Turn and Burn (2008)

TV-PG | 55 min | Action, Crime, Drama

While Michael's new handler asks him to locate a Tunisian counterfeiter, Sam asks him to help a woman who says she is being stalked by a drug dealer, and his mother asks him to join her in seeing a therapist.

Director: John T. Kretchmer | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless

Votes: 636

19. Women Behind Bars (2008– )
Episode: Lutrische Dancy & Anita Gonzales (2009)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary

A mother of three pleaded guilty to fatally shooting her husband after many failed attempts at disposing of his body. A woman was convicted of robbing and murdering her elderly friend along with her son and his two friends as accomplices.

Director: Richard Swindell | Stars: Ashley Crary, Melba Pearson, Rolando Garcia, Lutrische Dancy

Votes: 13

20. Women Behind Bars (2008– )
Episode: Alicia Williamson & Patricia Donnelly (2009)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary

A single mother pleads self-defense after fatally stabbing a man she met on a dating website after he rejected her. A woman who strangled a man she just met at a swinger's club after changing her mind about having sex with him for money.

Director: Richard Swindell | Stars: Ashley Crary, Alicia Williamson, Willie Kidd, Angela Kidd

Votes: 14

21. Cra$h & Burn (2009–2010)
Episode: Til Death (2010)

Drama

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Director: Anne Wheeler | Stars: Luke Kirby, Caroline Cave, Leela Savasta, Steve Bacic

Votes: 9

22. Crime Stories (1998– )
Episode: The Elderly Executioners (2007)

46 min | Documentary, Crime

Multiple murders in rural communities are always a shocking occurrence, but never more so than in Livingston County, Missouri in the late 1980's. Ray and Faye Copeland, an elderly farmer ... See full summary »

Directors: Steve Allen, Chris Triffo | Stars: Bill Courage, Dennis Murphy

Votes: 6

23. Jeff Lewis Live (2019– )
Episode: Jen Green, Chef Stu, & Balldo (2022)

Comedy, Talk-Show

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Stars: Shane Douglas, Jen Green, Alyssa Heimrich, Jeff Lewis

24. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Killer's 'Cattle' Log (2001)

TV-PG | 22 min | Documentary, Crime

When police in the Great Plains were called to retrieve a dead body, they did a background check on the victim. The trail guided them into a strange thread of homeless drifters, cattle ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Thomas, Al Copeland, Faye Copeland, Scott Lindley

Votes: 103