Best Con Artist Movies

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Discover the best con Artist Movies, ranked from best to worst.

Based on 0 votes, the movie Billionaire Boys Club, starring Ansel Elgort and Kevin Spacey, came in first as con artist movie, followed by Catch Me If You Can and Confidence from 2003. Scroll down for the top 10 con Artist Movies, recommended by movie fans in 2026.

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Billionaire Boys Club

2018 - Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Taron Egerton, Emma Roberts, Jeremy Irvine, Thomas...

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A group of wealthy boys in Los Angeles during the early 1980s sets up a get-rich-quick scam that turns deadly.

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Catch Me If You Can

2002 - Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye

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Frank W. Abagnale (Leonardo DiCaprio) worked as a doctor, lawyer and co-pilot at a well-known airline - all before he was 21 years old. Master of deception, he was also a very good •••

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Confidence

2003 - Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Andy GarciaAction, Comedy, Thriller, Crime, Mystery

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Grifter Jake Vig and his crew swindle thousands of dollars from Lionel Dolby, not knowing he was an accountant for eccentric crime boss Winston King. To settle the debt, Jake has to stay •••

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Detective Chinatown 1900

2025 - Wang Baoqiang, Liu Haoran, Chow Yun-Fat, Bai Ke, Zhang Xincheng, Yue Yunpeng, John...

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In San Francisco in 1900, Qin Fu and Ah Gui investigate a woman’s murder in Chinatown. Accusations against a Chinese suspect threaten the entire community.

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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

1988 - Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne HeadlyComedy, Crime

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On the French Riviera, smooth con man Lawrence Jamieson lives well off his schemes until a rival, Freddy Benson, shows up. The two make a bet: whoever first swindles American heiress Janet •••

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Extract

2009 - Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Kristen WiigComedy

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Joel Reynold owns a factory that makes flavor extracts and seems to have it all, except his wife Suzie's attention. He comes up with a convoluted plan to get her to cheat on him, so he can •••

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Focus

2015 - Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Rodrigo Santoro, Robert Taylor, Gerald McRaney

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Nicky, a veteran con artist, takes a novice named Jess under his wing. As he teaches her the tricks of the trade, they become romantically involved; but when Jess gets uncomfortably close •••

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I Love You Phillip Morris

2010 - Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie MannComedy, Crime, Drama, Romance

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Steven Russell lives an ordinary life until a car crash makes him admit he is gay and decide to live to the fullest, even if he has to break the law. His cons land him in prison, where he •••

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Matchstick Men

2003 - Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison LohmanComedy, Drama, Crime, Thriller

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A phobic con artist and his young protégé are close to pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con man's teenage daughter unexpectedly turns up. Besides the scam, he has to learn how to •••

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Maverick

1994 - Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James GarnerAction, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Western

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Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con his opponents than fight them. He needs another $3,000 to enter a winner-takes-all poker game on a Mississippi steamboat, so he teams up •••

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What is in this list?

This list includes, for example, Focus, Catch Me If You Can, The Wolf of Wall Street.

What are the most recent movies in this list?

Among the titles with a known release year, the most recent are: Detective Chinatown 1900 (2025), Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025), The Book of Clarence (2024).

Which movies from 2010–2019 are included?

Titles released in this period include The Hustle (2019), The Laundromat (2019), Billionaire Boys Club (2018).

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