Nine Queens

Nine Queens (Nueve reinas, 2000) is Fabián Bielinsky's Argentine crime thriller, available to watch online on iFILM. One day in Buenos Aires, two con men, and a scheme that keeps turning out to be something other than it looked a minute ago.

Marcos, a seasoned hustler, catches young Juan running a small register scam and takes him on, arguing that nobody pulls a big job alone. Chance hands them a sheet of extremely rare stamps, the so-called nine queens, that a wealthy collector will pay a fortune for. Forgery or genuine, who is playing whom, and whether there's an honest player anywhere in this deal: Bielinsky doles out the answers a drop at a time and saves the real one for last.

Ricardo Darín plays Marcos as a charming cynic you never trust for a second and can't stop watching. The director's debut became a touchstone of Latin American con-artist cinema, still picked apart for its closing twist. If you like stories that fool the audience right along with the mark, stream Nine Queens (2000) online on iFILM.