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Two amateur thieves got hired by a suspicious businesswoman for different tasks.

A college professor teaching "Whodunnit" fiction gets involved in the police investigation of the theft of a mega dollar research plant, the death of a student, disappearance of another and an alleged suicide.

in 1939, as a Last Defense, Poland released their convicts -- murderers, thieves, con men. All were told: "Do to the Nazis what you best!"

Laéssio Rodrigues is considered the greatest thief of rare books in Brazil. Over the last five years, this documentary has followed his trajectory, which includes four imprisonments. It is not an ordinary story the one of a young bakery attendant, obsessed with antique papers, who starts to live among fine art merchants and collectors and then sees himself in the newspapers' crime pages. But the decision to narrate it involves dilemmas for which neither Laesio nor the documentary itself were prepared. Although in twisted ways, Laessio evidences the necessity of Brazil to take care of its own History.

While attempting a burglary, charming house thief Harry stumbles upon Daisy and decides to save her from herself, which launches them both onto a darkly-comedic path of self discovery and love.

"Chain of Fools" is a heist comedy-romance about a hapless barber whose life takes a turn for the worse when he ends up in possession of a stolen treasure of ancient coins (the "Shiny New Enemies") and simultaneously falls on the wrong side of the law and in love with the detective investigating the crime.

Dr. Amusa approaches Dortmunder about a valuable gem in a museum that is of great signifigance to his people in Africa, stolen during colonial times. Dortmunder assembles a crack team of cat burglars and hatches an elaborate plan for stealing the gem. Despite their care and experience, circumstances and plain bad luck keep the gem just out of their reach.

2001 thriller film After her Montreal apartment burns down and her possessions are reduced to ash, Claire Beaucage (Juliette Lewis) heads to her boyfriend's place in Toronto, only to find that he's missing. Then the police mistake her for Lily Warden (Gina Gershon), a sinister woman who killed a local gangster (Mickey Rourke) and happens to live in the same building as Claire's boyfriend. The police pursue a bewildered Claire while a gang of criminals chases after Lily.

A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family". However, instead of remaining unobtrusive and letting the family be themselves, he can't keep himself from trying to control every facet of their lives "for the good of the show".

This is a musical romantic comedy inspired by Valenciano's hit song.

In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching "University Challenge," a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past. He's smitten, and he carelessly manages to hurt the feelings of Rebecca Epstein, a friend whose politics and wit he admires. The Challenge finale is coming up; maybe Brian can redeem himself and still avoid being a prat.

Two teenage boys will do anything to get money to buy season tickets for their local team.

Lauren Bishop, an efficient executive, meets Clay Harding, the son of the owner of the company where she works, in a business meeting. After having intense sexual intercourse, they decide to deviate the company money to a Swiss bank. Last, a cheating game between them two will make a winner and a looser.

Brothers Treat and Philip have lived alone since they were kids. Interdependent, they dwell in a loft house and live on little thefts, until an aging minor criminal moves in with them and takes over the role of a father.