Nine Queens (2000)

The gold standard for the Buenos Aires con. Fabián Bielinsky's debut pairs Ricardo Darín's fast-talking veteran with Gastón Pauls's nervous apprentice as they try to sell a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps to a wealthy foreign collector. What makes it endlessly rewatchable is how much of the humor comes from the small hustles on the way to the big one, and how every scene quietly asks who is really working whom. Hollywood remade it as Criminal in 2004 and the remake flopped; the original still holds up as one of the most satisfying swindles in any language. Watch it once for the ride, then again knowing the ending.