American Hustle

Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) and Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) work together as con artists in 1970s New Jersey. They are forced to team up with FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper), who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia. Irving's wife, Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence), is a volatile and unpredictable woman who becomes increasingly unstable throughout the film.