The best con artist movies
The top 3 according to 17 votes from people: Catch Me If You Can (2002) · Ocean's Eleven (2001) · The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). (Updated Jul 27, 2023.)
Elegant swindlers, fake pilots and small-time Buenos Aires grifters: from The Sting to Catch Me If You Can, the con films chosen in Écran Large's feature and Similaires' ranking.
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Top 11
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1
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Steven Spielberg. Frank Abagnale Jr., fake pilot, fake doctor, real forger.
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2
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Steven Soderbergh. Eleven accomplices against three Las Vegas casinos.
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3
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Martin Scorsese. Jordan Belfort and stock market fraud.
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4
The Sting (1973)
George Roy Hill. Paul Newman and Robert Redford set up a con on a gangster; seven Oscars.
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5
Nine Queens (2000)
Fabián Bielinsky. Two small-time Buenos Aires crooks and a sheet of rare stamps.
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6
The Grifters (1990)
Stephen Frears. A mother, her son and his girlfriend, all of them grifters.
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7
Matchstick Men (2003)
Ridley Scott. An obsessive con man who finds out he has a daughter.
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8
Focus (2015)
Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. A seasoned pickpocket and his apprentice.
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9
Identity Thief (2013)
Seth Gordon. An identity thief face to face with her victim.
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10
House of Games (1987)
David Mamet. A psychiatrist drawn in by a poker player.
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11
Inside Man (2006)
Spike Lee. A bank robbery that hides something else.
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