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1. Trading Places (1983)

R | 116 min | Comedy

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

Director: John Landis | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche

Votes: 166,112 | Gross: $90.40M

2. Into the Wild (2007)

R | 148 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.

Director: Sean Penn | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener, Marcia Gay Harden

Votes: 658,876 | Gross: $18.35M

3. 21 (2008)

PG-13 | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Inspired by real events and people, 21 is about six MIT students who become trained to be experts in card counting in Black Jack and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.

Director: Robert Luketic | Stars: Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, Aaron Yoo

Votes: 266,751 | Gross: $81.16M

4. Bad Girls (1994)

R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Four prostitutes join together to travel the Old West.

Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell, Drew Barrymore

Votes: 13,560 | Gross: $15.24M

5. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)

PG-13 | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than advertised, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways.

Director: John Madden | Stars: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson

Votes: 99,600 | Gross: $46.41M

6. Boiler Room (2000)

R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A college dropout, attempting to live up to his father's high standards, gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm which puts him on the fast track to success. But the job might not be as legitimate as it first appeared to be.

Director: Ben Younger | Stars: Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Nicky Katt

Votes: 56,507 | Gross: $16.94M

7. French Kiss (1995)

PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A woman flying to France to confront her straying fiance gets into trouble when the charming crook seated next to her uses her for smuggling.

Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Meg Ryan, Kevin Kline, Timothy Hutton, Jean Reno

Votes: 53,127 | Gross: $38.90M

8. Last Holiday (2006)

PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Upon learning of a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to sell all her possessions and live it up at a posh Central European hotel.

Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Timothy Hutton, Giancarlo Esposito

Votes: 36,301 | Gross: $38.36M

9. Love Rat (2024– )

Drama

Recently divorced Emma enjoys a whirlwind holiday romance with hotel proprietor Niko on the paradise island of Cyprus. When she realises Niko has scammed her out of her life savings she enlists the help of her ex to get the money back.

Stars: Ramon Tikaram, Neil Morrissey, Sally Lindsay, Gerald Kyd

Votes: 459

10. Cowboy (1958)

Approved | 92 min | Drama, Western

An idealistic tenderfoot Chicago hotel clerk is taken on a cattle-drive to Mexico by famous trail boss Tom Reece but discovers that cowboy life isn't what he expected.

Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Glenn Ford, Jack Lemmon, Anna Kashfi, Brian Donlevy

Votes: 3,480

11. Cold Call (2019)

210 min | Drama

A single mother gets caught up in a cold call scam that turns her world upside down.

Stars: Sally Lindsay, Daniel Ryan, Paul Higgins, Taj Atwal

Votes: 778

12. The Good Student (2006)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Mystery

An unpopular high school teacher turns his life around after a student is kidnapped.

Director: David Ostry | Stars: Tim Daly, Hayden Panettiere, William Sadler, Dan Hedaya

Votes: 1,578

13. What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969)

M/PG | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An aging widow hides a deadly secret which she will do anything to keep buried.

Directors: Lee H. Katzin, Bernard Girard | Stars: Geraldine Page, Ruth Gordon, Rosemary Forsyth, Robert Fuller

Votes: 2,797

14. I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)

Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Henri is depressed after losing his job, but finds himself too afraid to go through with suicide. He hires a contract killer to do the job for him instead - but what happens if he changes his mind?

Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Margi Clarke, Kenneth Colley, T.R. Bowen

Votes: 7,621

15. Rings on Her Fingers (1942)

Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Two con artists take a shopgirl under their wing, but she disrupts their marrying-for-money scheme by falling for a mathematician.

Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar, Shepperd Strudwick

Votes: 1,081

16. The Good Die Young (1954)

Approved | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In London, three otherwise law-abiding good men and their unscrupulous leader are about to commit a serious crime, but for different reasons.

Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Gloria Grahame, Richard Basehart, Joan Collins

Votes: 1,512

17. Blue Cat Blues (1956)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Drama

As Tom prepares to commit suicide, Jerry recounts the cat's hopeless lover's pursuit of the opportunistic lady that led to this.

Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Paul Frees, Bob Laztny, Jack Sabel

Votes: 1,049

18. Life's a Breeze (2013)

R | 83 min | Comedy, Drama

Tells the story of a family as they search for a lost fortune around the streets of Dublin.

Director: Lance Daly | Stars: Kelly Thornton, Fionnula Flanagan, Pat Shortt, Eva Birthistle

Votes: 1,238 | Gross: $0.00M

19. A Dream of Kings (1969)

R | 110 min | Drama

A Greek American father of a dying boy decides to take his son to Greece to breathe the clean air of his ancestors, in an attempt to save the boy's life. However, money is a problem.

Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Inger Stevens, Sam Levene

Votes: 559

20. Shadows in the Storm (1988)

R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A married man suffering from midlife crisis obsesses over a girl from his romantic fantasy. He meets her exact duplicate on vacation and helps her get rid of her abusive husband. They run off together but a caller starts blackmailing him.

Director: Terrell Tannen | Stars: Ned Beatty, Mia Sara, Michael Madsen, Donna Mitchell

Votes: 253

21. The Extra Girl (1923)

Not Rated | 68 min | Comedy, Romance

A small town girl dreams of movie stardom. A switched photo wins her a movie contract. Arrivng in Hollywood, she is assigned to the props department. Her parents visit and invest some money with a very shifty individual.

Director: F. Richard Jones | Stars: Mabel Normand, Ralph Graves, George Nichols, Anna Dodge

Votes: 1,209

22. The Scum (1963)

96 min | Crime, Drama

A string of miscalculated choices and the longing of a fresh start will drag Magda of the slums deeper and deeper into a tireless personal nightmare.

Director: Kostas Andritsos | Stars: Giorgos Foundas, Maro Kodou, Stefanos Stratigos, Nikos Tsachiridis

Votes: 74

23. The Light That Came (1909)

11 min | Short, Drama

A disfigured young woman with two beautiful sisters is courted by a blind man. Will he still love her when his sight is restored?

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Marion Leonard, Mary Pickford, Ruth Hart, Kate Bruce

Votes: 117

24. $10 Raise (1935)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Hubert T. Wilkins is a timid, underpaid bookkeeper who, after long years of timidity, gets the courage from his sweetheart, Emily Converse, to ask his boss, gruff-and-mean Mr. Bates, for a ... See full summary »

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Karen Morley, Alan Dinehart, Glen Boles

Votes: 42

25. On the Level (1930)

Passed | 65 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Cocky Biff Williams, a high-rise iron worker, on his perch 24 stories above the New York City street, flirts with a beautiful woman, Lynn Crawford, in an office-window nearby. She turns out... See full summary »

Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Victor McLaglen, William Harrigan, Lilyan Tashman, Fifi D'Orsay

26. Return from Nowhere (1944)

Approved | 10 min | Short

A man recovers his lost memories when he is forced to relive events in his dreams.

Director: Paul Burnford | Stars: John Nesbitt, Morris Ankrum, Donald Curtis, Peter Cushing

Votes: 106

27. A Time for Living (1979)

25 min | Documentary, Short

A documentary about preparing for retirement and the changes in lifestyle that may follow.

Director: Max Pepper | Stars: Graham Dow, Maurice Howie, Myra Noblet

28. The Jeffersons (1975–1985)
Episode: You'll Never Get Rich (1985)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy

George, Louise and Florence go to Atlantic City, NJ. The 3 have different experiences. Louise trying to be 'star struck' but striking out. Florence's hot streak and George...is unbelievable.

Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover

Votes: 69

29. The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992)
Episode: Fee Fie Foe Fum (1992)

TV-14 | 22 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A vicious prankster convinces his wife's mean old grandmother that he is planning to kill her and her pets and grind them up in the new garbage disposal that he bought for her.

Director: John Reid | Stars: Jean Stapleton, Robert Morelli, Lucy Lawless, Patrick Smith

Votes: 103

30. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild (2013– )
Episode: Peru (2019)

45 min | Documentary, Adventure

After six years globetrotting, Scott and Casey gambled their life savings on a kite-surfing school in a remote stretch of the Peruvian coast. Ben learns what led them to this decision.

Director: Gary Johnstone | Star: Ben Fogle

Votes: 18

31. For Love or Money (2019–2022)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2019)

44 min | Documentary, Crime

Kym and Ashley meet a man conned out of his life savings by a woman claiming to be in the U.S. military. A woman is scammed a second time when she thought she was bringing a fraudster to justice.

Directors: Jay Ahmed, Channing Brankin, Matthew Lees, Bill Mohin | Stars: Kym Marsh, Ashley John-Baptiste

32. Robbing Your Relatives (2018–2019)
Episode: Families at War 1 (2019)

45 min | Documentary, Crime

A father and stepmother cheated their teenage daughter out of her grandfather's inheritance. Identical twins fall out over a fifty-five thousand pound loan. A son robs his dementia afflicted mother of her life savings.

Directors: Claire Edwards, Lizzie Toms | Star: Craig Kelly

33. Fraud Squad (2019– )
Episode: Episode #2.6 (2020)

44 min | Documentary, Crime

Investigators uncover a senior manager taking a gamble with an NHS credit card. An exotic dance troupe boss goes AWOL after stripping the public purse of thousands of pounds. Cowards target vulnerable elderly women for their life savings.

Directors: Donnovan Harris, Jacqueline Hewer, Gareth Rowlands | Star: Michelle Ackerley

34. Ben Fogle: Make a New Life in the Country (2020– )
Episode: Lake District Restaurant (2020)

45 min | Documentary

Katrina and Gwill hook up as romantic and business partners to convert an ancient warehouse into their dream pizzeria in the English Lake District, investing their life savings in a dream new life. Ben Fogle discovers how it works out.

Directors: Josh Good, Aaron Baldwin | Star: Ben Fogle

Votes: 5

35. The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
Destroying the Economy Is Not a Good Way to Save Lives (2020 Podcast Episode)

News, Talk-Show

Add a Plot

Star: Matt Walsh

Votes: 11

36. Official Detective (1957– )
Episode: The Blind Man (1957)

30 min | Mystery, Adventure

The police are aided by a blind man in capturing safe crackers.

Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Everett Sloane, Forrest Taylor, Louis Jean Heydt, George N. Neise

37. For Love or Money (2019–2022)
Episode: Episode #2.8 (2021)

Documentary, Crime

Joanna ventured online looking for love but found a psychologically abusive relationship that would see her conned into handing over more than £60,000 of her life savings. Ash and Kym investigate and make a shocking discovery.

Directors: Kirk Barber, Matthew Lees, Channing Brankin | Stars: Kym Marsh, Ashley John-Baptiste

38. Martin Kane (1949–1954)
Episode: The Fortune Teller (1951)

Crime, Drama

Warren A. Smith, a gullible old man, is convinced by a fortune teller to move his life savings to a different bank. En route to the new establishment, the con woman's pickpocket confederate... See full summary »

Directors: Frank Burns, A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Walter Kinsella, Frank M. Thomas, Nicholas Saunders, Loring Smith

39. George Clarke's Amazing Spaces (2012– )
Episode: Stargazing Cabin and Vintage Horsebox (2022)

47 min | Documentary

In Devon, George meets Val, who's invested her life savings into building a stargazing cabin with a twist. George also visits a vintage horsebox and a Norwegian Viking-inspired longhouse.

Directors: Rebecca Allan, Adam Boyle, Scott Ward | Stars: George Clarke, William Hardie

40. Neighbours (1985– )
Episode: Episode #1.6180 (2011)

TV-G | Drama, Romance

Kyle is sick and tired of working his tail off for minimum wage for Lou, unable to save properly to start his own business and asks for a raise. It's denied, but the men conclude a wager: ... See full summary »

Director: Lucas Testro | Stars: Alan Fletcher, Gemma Pranita, Morgan Baker, Stefan Dennis

41. Zeihan on Geopolitics (2020– )
Episode: The Chinese Collapse: A (MASSIVE) Housing Overbuild || Peter Zeihan (2023)

10 min | Documentary

China is in and economic situation unheard of in the history. It has pushed the burden of maintaining economic growth onto its citizens who now have their life savings invested in over ... See full summary »

Star: Peter Zeihan

42. Grand Designs (1999– )
Episode: The Computer-cut House, Hertfordshire (2012)

TV-G | Documentary, Reality-TV

Two retired women act as patrons to a business that is using their home as a prototype for new building techniques. A machine on site cuts the buildings walls to specs, saving on ... See full summary »

Star: Kevin McCloud

Votes: 37

43. Another Period (2013–2018)
Episode: Shady Acres (2018)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, History

A new piece of technology is causing problems for those at Bellacourt Manor. A carriage accident leads to the talk of death and dying and the afterlife. While Beatrice never thought she ... See full summary »

Director: Jeremy Konner | Stars: Michael Ian Black, Paget Brewster, Beth Dover, Brett Gelman

Votes: 64

44. Our Wildest Dreams (2018)
Episode: Zambia (2018)

47 min | Documentary

Lyndon and his pregnant wife Ruth take the gamble of a lifetime as they leave the UK behind, plough all of their savings into buying a safari lodge in Zambia and set up their own business.

Director: Sean McDonnell | Star: Indira Varma

45. New Looney Tunes (2015–2020)
Episode: For the Love of Fraud/Not So Special Delivery (2018)

TV-Y7 | 11 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

When Squeaks spends his life savings on Foghorn's fraudulent snake oil, Bugs has no choice but to beat the bird at his own game. Then, Porky and Daffy are on duty delivering babies to expecting parents.

Director: Ian Wasseluk | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Jeff Bennett, Bob Bergen, Jeff Bergman

Votes: 9

46. Robbing Your Relatives (2018–2019)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2018)

45 min | Documentary, Crime

A mum who plundered her son's insurance pay-out. A daughter who stole her mum's life savings, leaving her to die penniless. A disabled single mother whose 10-year-old son took over a thousand pounds from her.

Director: Harry Beney | Star: Craig Kelly