Top 7 Movies About Adventures and Criminals
Big money and scams, passions and love, glamor and frivolity are things that can attract even the most modest people. Here are the top movies about swindlers, adventurers, and witty thieves.
Molly’s Game, 2017
Molly Bloom is leaving her sports career due to a serious injury and trying to figure out how to move on with her life. In Los Angeles, she meets a businessman, Dean, who owns an underground casino. The establishment is where the big bets are placed by people with millions in their accounts. Molly looks out at first, and when she starts to understand the rules of the game, Dean fires her, but the girl isn’t an easy one: she opens her own establishment and gradually poaches the clients of her former boss. And the things happening there are far from being legal gambling entertainment, like placing the bet on sports or spinning the roulette wheel.
We should add that the movie is based on the real story of Molly Bloom, played by the beautiful Jessica Chastain. The actress was nominated for a Golden Globe for this role, and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin received Golden Globe and Oscar nominations.
The Thomas Crown Affair, 1999
Multi-billionaire Thomas Crown pulls off the perfect heist, framing hired robbers and stealing a Claude Monet painting himself. The beautiful and intelligent Catherine comes to help the powerless cops. She’s a detective from an insurance company; she immediately finds out about this intricate and witty case of Crown’s hands and begins the game. Thomas realizes he’s being hunted and gets involved. The two flirt enough to fall in love, but can they trust each other?
Although the movie was released over two decades ago, it hasn’t lost its appeal, starring Pierce Brosnan and the beautiful René Russo. By the way, this is a remake of the 1968 movie of the same name, with Faye Dunaway in the title role, playing the therapist Crown in the new version. The movie grossed 124 million on a budget of 48 million, and critics noted the brilliant acting of René Russo. If you haven’t seen it, watch it: the movie is funny, elegant, and witty.
The Best Offer, 2013
The manager of an auction house, Virgel Oldman, is an eccentric, aging man who values works of art more than anything else in life. One day he is approached by a young woman, Claire, who asks him to help value the treasures of her deceased parents. And intrigue ensues: Claire is agoraphobic, doesn’t go out in public, and doesn’t want to show her face to Vergel. The lonely man, who hasn’t had a love relationship, falls in love with the young, beautiful Claire, helps her, and decides to change his life for her. But he unexpectedly finds out that Claire is not who she pretended to be.
Famous director Giuseppe Tornatore admitted that he thought out his art detective, or rather a romantic drama, for two decades. Although some critics wrote that the movie was predictable, the audience liked it. The movie is beautiful, saturated with expensive things, and there is classical music, but the ending is quite sad.
Focus, 2015
It’s a fun and unpredictable story about two con artists falling in love. Nikki and Jess met and fell in love to the point of madness, but the man quickly realized that such uncontrollable emotions interfere with his business… But after a while, fate brought the former lovers together again: Nikki is preparing a scam at the request of a businessman, and Jess is among those he is working against. Both characters realize that their con is dangerous for the life of a loved one. But no one is sure that feelings are in the past…
At first, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone were approved for the main roles, but the actors didn’t agree on schedules. Then, Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck tried to get the role of Nikky, but Will Smith was chosen as a replacement. He was accompanied by the beautiful Margot Robbie, and the duo turned out to be awesome!
Mascarade, 2022
The protagonists of the movie are Margot and Adrien. They come up with a cunning scheme, through which they can get rich, but everything goes wrong… Big money, adventures, rich men and wealthy women, and attractive swindlers — each of them has his own game. Some of them will win, and some of them will remain small businessmen.
A great movie, like a glass of champagne. It’s light and intoxicating, from the writer and director of the comedy “Café Bajan” Nicolas Bedos. By the way, in “Mascarade,” not only young famous actors Marina Vakt and Pierre Ninet but also superstars Isabelle Adjani and Francois Clousey starred. We invite you to the French Riviera and touch the glamorous life!
Now You See Me, 2013
A quartet of daring magicians give a gala performance in Las Vegas. They show a master class on bank robbery, and money rains down on the audience in a huge hall! And the best part is that the banknotes are real! Everyone is shocked, especially the FBI workers trying to catch the talented crooks red-handed. But the Four Horsemen aren’t so easy to catch — and the big game begins.
The movie has a really star cast: Michael Caine, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Morgan Freeman, etc. The movie was a huge box office success.
The Burnt Orange Heresy, 2019
It’s another art detective movie based on the novel by Charles Willeford. The main character James Figueras is having a difficult time. His girlfriend tries to entertain her lover, they go to visit a rich lawyer and collector Joe Cassidy. And James receives an offer he can’t refuse: he needs to steal a painting from an old and all-forgotten artist. And only after that, the influential Cassidy will help James to return to his life. But suddenly such a simple case spirals out of control.
The movie premiered at the Venice Film Festival (2019), where it won two special awards. The role of rich Cassidy starred Mick Jagger, the reclusive artist was played by Donald Sutherland, and the famous Australian actress Elizabeth Debicki played the mysterious mistress Berenice. Pay attention to nature — the movie was filmed on Lake Como.
