Movies like Lords of Scam (2021)
The best movies like Lords of Scam (2021) are Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King (2022), Biggest Heist Ever (2024) and Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard (2022). If Lords of Scam hooked you with its documentary and crime, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedInside Job (2010)7.7/10 from 1,093 votes
- NewestMurder in Monaco (2025)Released 2025
- In FrenchThe Masked Scammer (2022)Also in French
Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King (2022)
When the young founder of a collapsing cryptocurrency exchange dies unexpectedly, irate investors suspect there's more to his death than meets the eye.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBiggest Heist Ever (2024)
Their crimes earned them the nickname Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde — and the story only gets weirder in this documentary about the most lucrative heist ever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard (2022)
Upstart payment firm Wirecard wowed the financial industry with its runaway success — until a tenacious team of journalists exposed massive fraud.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRisk (2017)
Capturing the story of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with unprecedented access, director Laura Poitras finds herself caught between the motives and contradictions of Assange and his inner circle in a documentary portrait of power, betrayal, truth and sacrifice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRunning with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee (2022)
Through raw, revealing footage and interviews with fugitive tech pioneer John McAfee, this documentary uncovers new layers of his wild years on the run.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBitconned (2024)
In this true-crime documentary, three guys exploit the freewheeling cryptocurrency market to scam millions from investors and bankroll lavish lifestyles.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOperation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal (2021)
An examination that goes beyond the celebrity-driven headlines and dives into the methods used by Rick Singer, the man at the center of the shocking 2019 college admissions scandal, to persuade his wealthy clients to cheat an educational system already designed to benefit the privileged.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShiny_Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord (2021)
Max S. reveals how he built a drug empire from his childhood bedroom in this story that inspired the series "How to Sell Drugs Online."
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Masked Scammer (2022)
Featuring interviews with his accomplices and victims alike, this deep dive explores how a master con man scammed French elites out of millions of euros.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
The Tinder Swindler (2022)
Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, an Israeli conman wooed women online then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now, some victims plan for payback.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMurder in Monaco (2025)
Monaco, 1999. One of the world's richest men dies in his penthouse. This documentary unpacks the mysterious murder of billionaire banker, Edmond Safra.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Jewel Thief (2023)
Gerald Blanchard's surprising, first-hand account as a calculating and accomplished criminal mastermind. Two unlikely detectives track him worldwide as he commits increasingly elaborate heists in a quest for fame.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel (2025)
Featuring tell-all interviews with insiders and former staff, this exposé traces American Apparel's journey from fashion phenomenon to financial flop.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInside Job (2010)
A film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisVjeran Tomic: The Spider-Man of Paris (2023)
In his own words, the burglar behind the 2010 robbery of the Paris Museum of Modern Art tells how he pulled off the biggest art heist in French history.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Forecaster (2014)
MARTIN ARMSTRONG, once a US based trillion dollar financial adviser, used the number pi to predict economic turning points with precision. When some big New York bankers asked him to join the club to help them to take over Russia, he refused to join the manipulation. A few days later the FBI stormed his offices accusing him of a 3 billion dollar Ponzi Scheme - an attempt to stop him talking about the real Ponzi Scheme of debts that the US has build up over the years and which he thinks starts to collapse after October 1, 2015, a mayor pi turning point he is predicting.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Fugitive: The Curious Case of Carlos Ghosn (2022)
From his rise as a business mogul to his plummet into international notoriety, this true crime documentary examines the bizarre story of Carlos Ghosn.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Shadow Billionaire (2009)
DHL Founder and billionaire Larry Hillblom seemed to have vanished into thin air when he failed to return from a routine flight in his vintage Seabee over the Pacific. After his disappearance, a dark side of Larry emerged. Even before he was officially declared dead, bar girls throughout Southeast Asia came forward claiming to have had children by Larry and seeking a piece of his vast fortune. BILLIONAIRE unravels the secretive and scandalous life of this enigmatic and reclusive tycoon. The battle over his estate took on epic proportions, pitting impoverished, teenage prostitutes against Larry's former business associates and several of the largest law firms in the world. In the end it is a David and Goliath story, as a surprising hero emerges to untangle the web and discover the startling truth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Man on the Run (2023)
The true story of Jho Low, a mysterious businessman, and playboy, as he masterminds a scheme to exploit a sovereign wealth fund in Malaysia, 1MDB. With the collaboration of Prime Minister Najib Razak, Low funnels billions into global bank accounts to fuel his extravagant lifestyle, including Hollywood parties and even financing "The Wolf of Wall Street."
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
Icahn: The Restless Billionaire (2022)
Explore the contradictions at the heart of famed financier Carl Icahn. A polarizing figure described as both an activist investor and a ruthless corporate raider, Icahn rose from modest beginnings in Queens to become one of the richest men in the world, embodying the American Dream. Yet, he openly criticizes corporate excess and the huge wealth inequality gap.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Wirecard: The Billion Euro Lie (2021)
Wirecard: a beacon of hope for Germany's future industries. A FinTech with a dark mucky past and a grandiose future. A company that was set to take over Deutsche Bank in 2019. Until the marvel collapses as a tissue of lies in June 2020, leaving a black hole of 3.2 billion euros in debt.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Turn of the Tide: The Surreal Story of Rabo de Peixe (2025)
In June 2001, hundreds of kilos of cocaine washed up in a Portuguese village. This gripping documentary reveals the long-lasting impact on the community.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
Pharma Bro (2021)
The story of Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical tycoon known for raising the price of an AIDS drug 5500% overnight, buying the sole copy of a Wu-Tang Clan album for $2 million dollars and being convicted of securities fraud.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
The Panama Papers (2018)
A documentary feature film about the biggest global corruption scandal in history, and the hundreds of journalists who risked their lives to break the story.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnraveled (2012)
Just days before Bernard Madoff captured headlines as the largest Ponzi schemer in U.S. history, Marc Dreier, a prominent Manhattan attorney, was arrested for orchestrating a massive fraud scheme that netted hundreds of millions of dollars from hedge funds. Brazen forgeries and impersonations branded the white collar crime spree remarkable. "Unraveled" is set in the purgatory of house arrest -- an Upper East Side penthouse -- where the Court has ordered Dreier confined until his sentencing day. The film weaves Dreier's struggle to prepare for the possibility of life imprisonment with first-person flashbacks, which reveal his audacious path of destruction. Destroyed by his own hubris, Dreier attempts to grasp his tragic unraveling. With unprecedented access, "Unraveled" exposes a mastermind of criminal deception.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
Bank Robbers: The Last Great Heist (2022)
Through candid interviews, the perpetrators of Argentina's most notorious bank heist detail how — and why — they carried out the radical 2006 operation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIf a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011)
Filmmaker Marshall Curry explores the inner workings of the Earth Liberation Front, a revolutionary movement devoted to crippling facilities involved in deforestation, while simultaneously offering a profile of Oregon ELF member Daniel McGowan, who was brought up on terrorism charges for his involvement with the radical group.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStolen: Heist of the Century (2025)
Antwerp, 2003. A gang of thieves rob the impenetrable Diamond Center. Who was behind one of the world's biggest heists - and how did they pull it off?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPoisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food (2023)
Through revealing interviews with experts and victims' families, this gripping documentary examines the problem of deadly foodborne illness in the US.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDeliver Us from Evil (2006)
Documentary filmmaker Amy Berg investigates the life of 30-year pedophile Father Oliver O'Grady and exposes the corruption inside the Catholic Church that allowed him to abuse countless children. Victims' stories and a disturbing interview with O'Grady offer a view into the troubled mind of the spiritual leader who moved from parish to parish gaining trust ... all the while betraying so many.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & documentary
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Lords of Scam?
The closest matches to Lords of Scam are Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King (2022), Biggest Heist Ever (2024) and Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard (2022). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Lords of Scam?
People who watched Lords of Scam most often go on to Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King (2022), Biggest Heist Ever (2024) and Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard (2022).
What is the highest-rated movie like Lords of Scam?
Inside Job (2010), rated 7.7/10 by 1,093 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Lords of Scam?
Murder in Monaco (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Lords of Scam?
Yes: The Masked Scammer (2022) and Vjeran Tomic: The Spider-Man of Paris (2023).
How are movies similar to Lords of Scam chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Lords of Scam, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.