Highest-Rated Movies about 'Shady Dealings', Sort by Popularity

A Time for Drunken Horses (2000), The Sting (1973), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Set-Up (1949), China Seas (1935), 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), Carlito's Way (1993) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Shady Dealings movies.

#16. An Ideal Husband (1999)

Storyline: Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.

Plot Keywords: government official, aristocrat, lord, wife, mistress, amusing, witty ...

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#17. Across the Pacific (1942)

Storyline: Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-martialed, kicked out of the Army, and boards a Japanese ship for the Orient in late 1941. But has Leland really been booted out, or is there some other motive for his getting close to fellow passenger Doctor Lorenz? Any motive for getting close to attractive traveler Alberta Marlow would however seem pretty obvious.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Plot Keywords: military officer, professor, pretty woman, engaging, tense, ship, ocean ...

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#18. The Hoax (2006)

Storyline: Early in 1971, the publishing company McGraw-Hill passes on Clifford Irving's new novel. He's desperate for money, so, against the backdrop of Nixon's reelection calculations, Irving claims he has Howard Hughes's cooperation to write Hughes's autobiography. With the help of friend Richard Suskind, Irving does research, lucks into a manuscript written by a long-time Hughes associate, and plays on corporate greed. He's quick-thinking and outrageously bold. Plus, he banks on Hughes's reluctance to enter the public eye. At the same time, he's trying to rebuild his marriage and deflect the allure of his one-time mistress, Nina van Pallandt. Can he write a good book, take the money, and pull off the hoax?

Plot Keywords: author, con artist, publisher, mistress, wife, billionaire, amusing ...

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#20. Arbitrage (2012)

Storyline: Robert Miller is a successful financial businessman with a loving wife and a smart daughter ready to take over the family business. Professional secrets involving illegal fraudulent activities start coming out at the same time that Robert's personal secrets take a turn for the worse and threaten to derail everything he has achieved.

Plot Keywords: businessman, wife, daughter, colleague, police detective, mistress, striking ...

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#21. A Civil Action (1998)

Storyline: Jan Schlichtmann, a tenacious lawyer, is addressed by a group of families. When investigating the seemingly non-profiting case, he finds it to be a major environmental issue that has a lot of impact potential. A leather production company could be responsible for several deadly cases of leukemia, but also is the main employer for the area. Schlichtmann and his three colleagues set out to have the company forced to decontaminate the affected areas, and of course to sue for a major sum of compensation. But the lawyers of the leather company's mother company are not easy to get to, and soon Schlichtmann and his friends find themselves in a battle of mere survival.

Plot Keywords: lawyer, child, teacher, secretary, juror, suspenseful, washington, d.c. ...

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#23. Crack-Up (1946)

Storyline: George Steele, art curator at a small museum, has an apparent mental breakdown one night, convinced he was in a train wreck...which never happened. In flashback, shortly after proposing to x-ray some old master paintings the museum has on loan, Steele is called on an unplanned nocturnal train trip. He suddenly sees another train ahead, speeding toward his... Is George indeed cracking up, or is there a plot to discredit him? The mystery grows murky with shadowy menace...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Plot Keywords: art expert, psychiatrist, police detective, reporter, coworker, museum director, intricate ...

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#24. Road to Bali (1952)

Storyline: Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an idyllic island on the way to Bali where they vie with each other for the favours of Princess Lala. The hazardous dive produces a chest of priceless jewels which arouses the less romantic interest of some shady locals.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Plot Keywords: diver, vaudevillian, prince, princess, love interest, partner, charming ...

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#25. Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935)

Storyline: Traveling with Doc Parker's medicine show, Gene finds his old friend Harry Brooks wounded and the Sheriff after him for murdering his father. Gene also sees that Craven and his gang are looking for Brooks. Finding clues that Craven was behind the murder, Gene has a plan utilizing the medicine show wagon that will trap the gang.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>

Plot Keywords: cowboy, rancher, homesteader, sheriff, ex-girlfriend, childhood friend, rousing ...

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#26. The Outcast (1954)

Storyline: Following an absence of eight years, Jet Cosgrave (John Derek) returns to his hometown of Colton, Colorado. His quest is for the recovery of his rightful heritage, the great Circle C Ranch, from his uncle, Major Cosgrave (Jim Davis), and to that end, he brings with him nine hired gunmen, headed by "Dude" Rankin (Bob Steele). His accusation that his uncle stole the ranch by a will forged after the death of his father brings instant reprisals. Judy Polsen (Joan Evans), one of a poor family of ranchers, falls in love with Jet after saving him from a bushwhacking by two Circle C gunmen, The Kid (Ben Cooper) and Bert (Harry Carey Jr.). She then vouches for him to her father, Chad Polsen (Frank Ferguson) and her brothers Boone (Slim Pickens), Asa (Nicolas Coster) and Zeke (Robert 'Buzz' Henry),—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: rancher, uncle, gunman, poor girl, father, brother, thrilling ...

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#27. Date Night (2010)

Storyline: Phil and Claire Foster are a couple who have been married for several years. Their days consists of them taking care of their children and going to work and coming home and going to bed. But they find time to have a date night wherein they go out and spend some time together. When another couple they know announce that they're separating because they're in a rut, Phil feels that he and Claire could be too. So when date night comes Phil decides to do something different. So they go into the city and try to get into a new popular restaurant. But when it's full and still wanting to do this, Phil decides to take the reservation of a couple who doesn't show up. While they're having dinner two men approach them and instructs them to stand up and go with them. They think the men are with the restaurant and want to talk to them about taking someone else's reservation. But it appears the couple whose reservation they took crossed someone and the two men work for this person. The men are after ...

Plot Keywords: husband, wife, cop, mobster, hunk, couple, amusing ...

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#28. Slither (1973)

Storyline: While searching for a small fortune of embezzled money, an ex-con, a small-time bandleader, his doting wife, and a kooky drifter find themselves being followed. Their chase takes them to trailer camps, bingo halls, laundromats, and ultimately, a showdown with a group of unconventional bad guys.

Plot Keywords: ex-convict, thief, band leader, store clerk, drifter, amusing, tense ...

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#29. The Day of the Dolphin (1973)

Storyline: Dr Jake Terrell, who has been training a pair of dolphins for many years, has had a breakthrough. He has taught his dolphins to speak and understand English, although they do have a limited vocabulary. When the dolphins are stolen, he discovers they're to be used in an assassination attempt. Now he is in a race to discover who is the target, and where the dolphins are, before the attempt is carried out.—Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>

Plot Keywords: marine biologist, wife, dolphin, undercover agent, uneasy, touching, suspenseful ...

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