The Best Con Movies
16 March 2010
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I Love You Phillip Morris is released in cinems this week and stars Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor.
The story of real-life con man Steven Russell who made a living faking 'slip and fall' accidents claiming tens of thousands of dollars on the insurance.
To fund his extravagant lifestyle, he conned his way into a CEO role at a top company embezzling a huge sum of money.
After his imprisonment, he escaped from jail (which he did on several occasions usually on Friday 13th) and organised the release of his partner Phillip Morris after posing as his lawyer.
He is currently locked up in a 10ft by 7ft cell, allowed out for only one hour per day. He received the largest sentence ever given, 144 years for fraud.
- The Sting (1973)
Starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford
In 1930s Chicago, Johnny Hooker is a small-time con man making a living from rolling drunks and pulling scams with his partner Luther Coleman.
After a lucrative con, they are on a high but neither realise that their ‘mark’ worked for a big-time gangster and very soon there’s a contract out on their heads.
When Coleman is killed, Hooker vows to avenge his death and teams up with the greatest con-artist ever Henry Gondorff for a dangerous ‘sting’.
- Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Starring Tom Hanks and Leonardo Di Caprio. Directed by Steven Spielberg
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor.
Set in the 1960s, a young Frank goes to New York vowing to earn some money for his father who is in trouble with the IRS. Just a few years later, he’s tracked down by the FBI and jailed for passing more than $4million in bad cheques.
- Paper Moon (1973)
Starring Ryan O’Neal and Tatum O’Neal. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership
- Confidence (2003)
Starring Ed Burns, Dustin Hoffman and Rachel Weisz
Jake Vig is a consummate grifter about to pull his biggest con yet to avenge his friend's murder. After being summoned by the LA crime lord called The King, Jake and his team are told that they now work for him and are assigned a task to steal money from his rival.
Having no options, Jake gets to work on developing a new con. He enlists the help of his two remaining partners, and also convinces an independent con artist named Lilly to join them.
Unfortunately, The King, a wiry, manic man demands that one of his men also work on the con which involves bribing a vice president at the bank into wiring money offshore.
The plan hits a major snag a Special Agent shows up looking to finally bust Jake, whom he has followed for years.
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