I’m smarter than you and I’m gonna find
out what I want to know and I’m gonna
get it from you whether you like it or
not some people just can’t be trusted I
used to box rocks but oh yeah well I
need to kill the CIA welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 movie con
artists what do you want yes yes I want
yes for this list we’re looking at big
screen con artists who acted alone but
also those who decided to or more heads
were better than one I don’t believe it
neither do I
so some entries will include multiple
characters oh yeah why
also spoiler alert you are not number
ten my name ain’t chump it’s Billy Hoyle
Billy hoarder Sidney Deane and Billy
Hoyle white men can’t jump okay Billy
now can we count to 10 Billy –
basketball hustlers Billy and Sidney
joined together in the hopes of doubling
their chances to rack up the Green look
man give me this money man can save my
marriage here I mean with the score I
could move in a week Sidney is black
Billy is white and the title refers to
one of Sydney’s erroneous beliefs about
race and athletic ability really listen
to what white men can’t jump during the
course of the movie the two con artists
take on each other as well as other
basketball players to get by let me
explain all right but the men’s rules
are very simple if you win you win if
you lose you lose but on no
circumstances you ask for the money back
the story goes beyond scheming and
hustling however as it chronicles the
development of a genuine friendship
between the two men and the growth of
the characters as they eventually reject
racial stereotypes well you wouldn’t
know what a behind-the-back pass was you
have a hard enough time passing gas mom
goes back to that thing I was saying I
broke myself a white man wants a win
first look good second a black man wants
to look good first wins second that is
this ridicu
yes philosophical Bowl should I have
ever heard number nine Tom Ripley the
talented mr. Ripley who’s that
it’s Tom Tom Ripley the title character
is a restroom attendant and forger who
becomes involved in a con based on
mistaken identity
thank you Tom Ripley while wearing a
borrowed Princeton blazer at a cocktail
party
a wealthy attendee whose son Dickie
Greenleaf graduated from the school
assumes Ripley is a Princeton grad and
knows Dickie boy Vicki I think he’s
planning on staying in Rome for a few
days Ripley doesn’t correct the
misconception and accepts an offer of
$1,000 to go to Italy to talk the
younger Greenleaf into returning to the
US persuade my son to come home I’d pay
you $1,000
uh I have always wanted to go to Europe
sir in Italy
Ripley quickly learns that he will need
to stretch his talents as a con artist
even further and that he must be willing
to go to great lengths including murder
to keep up appearances and the lifestyle
he yearns for Oh Dicky
good Oh Oh God
okay okay number eight Jordan Belfort
the wolf of Wall Street
Jordan Belfort I sent you a con artist
who practiced his deception in the real
world Jordan Belfort violated the trust
of his company’s investors and misused
their money to support his drug habit
and decadent lifestyle you be ferocious
he’d be relentless telephone the movie
was based on a memoir by the real-life
Belfort in which he detailed his
limitless capacity for crooked business
and personal conduct he had literally a
fuckload of money Leonardo DiCaprio
whose demonstrated his ability to
flawlessly portray characters on both
the right and wrong sides of the law was
cast in the leading role which
additionally helps Belfort earn a spot
on this list well we don’t work for you
man sweetheart yeah my money taped it
it’s okay technically you do work for me
number seven Lawrence Jameson and
Freddie Benson dirty rotten scoundrels
Freddie Benson and you are Lawrence
Jameson Lawrence a suave and
sophisticated Brit and Freddie an
uncouth American newcomer are con
artists attempting to scheme their way
to riches in the French Riviera $50,000
that is a lot of money they tried to put
aside their rivalry and competition for
a limited number of potential victims by
teaming up you’ll enjoy Oklahoma’s
wide-open spaces but eventually decide
the town isn’t big enough for the two of
them
Freddie get it into your head the bets
off she hasn’t got the money you know
what it sounds like to me it sounds like
you’re trying to get out of the bed if
you’re trying to get out of the bed fine
then you lose and you leave town Jameson
and Benson make a
loser leaves bet which spirals
hilariously out of control and shows
both men they have much to learn
regarding the art of executing the
perfect con I know you slept with her
but you didn’t have to steal her money
steal her money I didn’t steal her money
she stole from me number 6 Roy Waller
match dick men you heard Tom man con
artist flim-flam man matchstick man
loser whatever you want to call it take
your pick Roy is a divorced and neurotic
Los Angeles con artist running several
illegal operations with Frank Mercer his
partner in crime it’s real money right
it’s real money it’s long con I don’t do
long con during a visit to a
psychiatrist Waller is told that he has
a fourteen-year-old daughter he’s never
met even though he was aware his ex-wife
was pregnant when their marriage ended
Angela wants to talk to you though who
Angela your daughter
Roy’s eagerness to establish a
relationship with his daughter and
complete a scheme that promises big
money reveals that he may not be as
adept at the con game as he thought what
you’re selling is you and the older the
better but beware of couples you don’t
want anyone whispering remarks here but
you and for God’s sake make sure the
person you’re Connie isn’t conning you
that’s good ok let’s go fix my plot
number 5 Irving Rosenfeld and Sydney
Prosser American hustle you want to hear
it right now yeah sure although the
characters are fictional they as well as
the con depicted are loosely based on a
real-life case most notably the Abscam
operation of the 70s and 80s I believe
that you should treat people the way
they wanna be treated you know didn’t
you say that some curving in Sydney our
partners in a complicated romantic
relationship he’s married to another
woman as well as partners in crime I
don’t like going out you know that I get
anxiety when I have to meet people
while involved in a scam the couple is
arrested by an FBI agent who coerces
them into participating in a sting
operation aimed at bringing down corrupt
politicians because you’re good you’re
like the best of what you do in the
whole country yeah Irving and Sydney
stand out especially among big screen
con artists because they’re actually
remorseful about some of the people hurt
by their actions as far as I could see
people were always conning each other to
get what they wanted we even caught a
sauce number for Eddie Felson the
hustler where do you live Wow Fast Eddie
is a small-time pool hustler longing to
become a much bigger hustler hey you
ready Felton he twice challenges famous
pool champion Minnesota Fats –
high-stakes matches idle rattle kid
after losing the first match Eddy
descends into a downward spiral of
drinking violence and love gone horribly
wrong before playing the second match
god sakes what are you trying to do to
me I love you what’s your idea love
change 25 years later actor Paul Newman
would revisit the role of Fast Eddie in
the color of money
Kev’s on me in a turn that won him the
Best Actor Oscar Newman as Felson
attempts to train a young Protege in
pool hustling with unexpected results
you guys going to Atlantic City
number three Henry Shaw Gondorff and
Johnny Kelly hooker the sting he saves a
little bit maybe we’re not the Grif so
much I like Kristen legendary actors
Paul Newman and Robert Redford played
the lead roles in this film about two
con artists Gondorff and hooker who team
up to get revenge after a mutual friend
is killed by a mob boss know anything
about the guy ya croaked Luther anything
else I gotta know they plan to do so by
completing a big con on said mob boss
you’re scared of it right down to my sax
buster
you’re talking about a guy who’d kill a
grifter over a chunk of money wouldn’t
support him for two days with two of the
era’s most popular and charismatic
actors it’s nearly impossible for
viewers not to root for these
programmers and hope their scheme
ultimately succeeds
tough luck Ron Han but else would you
get for playing with your head over your
eyes okay let’s not forget that the
caper flick was nominated for ten Oscars
including a win for Best Picture and a
nod for Best Actor for Redford so
convincing was his turn as Kelly look
mr. Shaw could I plant community here in
the kid I run him out of here number two
Roger verbal Kint the usual suspects
hand me the keys you fuckin cocksucker
con artist Roger verbal Kint is one of
two survivors when the ship he’s on is
attacked and destroyed his name is
verbal verbal Kint verbal yeah Roger
really people say I talk too much
yeah I was just gonna tell you to shut
up rumor has it that mysterious Turkish
criminal mastermind Keyser Soze is
behind the boat attack as well as the
deaths of various characters in the
events leading up to it he becomes a
myth a spook story that criminals tell
their kids at night rat on your pop and
Kaiser says they will get you few people
have ever seen Soze though so it’s
difficult to even get a description of
him you’ve heard of him by the street
yeah a few times you know outside stuff
somebody working for a guy work for a
guy got some money from Keyser söze you
know she’d like that the twists and
turns to the story of this neo-noir
crime thriller plus the search for Soze
create a new standard for what defines a
great con artists greatest trick the
devil ever pulled was convincing the
world he didn’t exist
and like that he’s gone before we reveal
our top picks you what flip yo thank you
for real
here are some honorable mentions I told
you I don’t want you riding with me no
you still owe me $200 four million
dollar and your mitt
four million mourn you ever even dreamed
up more than we ever ever did together
you are not my friend this is a business
you were only as good to me as the money
you make and right now it’s not worth a
hell of a lot having believed your chips
here I’ll make sure they transfer to the
final game congratulations
nobody Cano
number one Frank Abagnale jr. catch me
if you can been a while since I’ve done
this which one’s a jumpsuit again a
master of disguise Frank Abagnale is one
of the most famous real-life imposters
ever and is definitely an overachiever
in the world of con artists lady what’s
your name although he was mostly a
forger he also managed to assume at
least eight fraudulent identities
including such high-risk impersonations
as airline pilot I’m jumping puddles for
the next few months I earn my keep
running leapfrog for the weak and weary
dr. Delman what uh what seems to be the
problem and lawyer Your Honor ladies and
gentlemen of the jury this is
irrefutable evidence that the defendant
is in fact lie even more astounding
Abagnale accomplished all of this as a
teenager a time when most people are
worrying about dating and pimples I’m
going downstairs to cash a check you
think this hotel is gonna cash a $1,000
check at 3:00 a.m. it’s a New York
savings and loan check it’s like gold
I’ll cash it the role of this youthful
con artist also represents DiCaprio’s
second appearance on this list and one
viewing of this biographical crime drama
is enough to justify why I want it to be
over I’m getting married you know I’m
settling down you’ve stolen almost four
million dollars you think we can just
call it a wedding present now you this
is gonna get to walk away from three do
you agree with our list yes yes yes
who’s your favorite movie con artist I’m
so very very very very fuck you I’m for
more fascinating top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com are you having a bad hello
out what I want to know and I’m gonna
get it from you whether you like it or
not some people just can’t be trusted I
used to box rocks but oh yeah well I
need to kill the CIA welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 movie con
artists what do you want yes yes I want
yes for this list we’re looking at big
screen con artists who acted alone but
also those who decided to or more heads
were better than one I don’t believe it
neither do I
so some entries will include multiple
characters oh yeah why
also spoiler alert you are not number
ten my name ain’t chump it’s Billy Hoyle
Billy hoarder Sidney Deane and Billy
Hoyle white men can’t jump okay Billy
now can we count to 10 Billy –
basketball hustlers Billy and Sidney
joined together in the hopes of doubling
their chances to rack up the Green look
man give me this money man can save my
marriage here I mean with the score I
could move in a week Sidney is black
Billy is white and the title refers to
one of Sydney’s erroneous beliefs about
race and athletic ability really listen
to what white men can’t jump during the
course of the movie the two con artists
take on each other as well as other
basketball players to get by let me
explain all right but the men’s rules
are very simple if you win you win if
you lose you lose but on no
circumstances you ask for the money back
the story goes beyond scheming and
hustling however as it chronicles the
development of a genuine friendship
between the two men and the growth of
the characters as they eventually reject
racial stereotypes well you wouldn’t
know what a behind-the-back pass was you
have a hard enough time passing gas mom
goes back to that thing I was saying I
broke myself a white man wants a win
first look good second a black man wants
to look good first wins second that is
this ridicu
yes philosophical Bowl should I have
ever heard number nine Tom Ripley the
talented mr. Ripley who’s that
it’s Tom Tom Ripley the title character
is a restroom attendant and forger who
becomes involved in a con based on
mistaken identity
thank you Tom Ripley while wearing a
borrowed Princeton blazer at a cocktail
party
a wealthy attendee whose son Dickie
Greenleaf graduated from the school
assumes Ripley is a Princeton grad and
knows Dickie boy Vicki I think he’s
planning on staying in Rome for a few
days Ripley doesn’t correct the
misconception and accepts an offer of
$1,000 to go to Italy to talk the
younger Greenleaf into returning to the
US persuade my son to come home I’d pay
you $1,000
uh I have always wanted to go to Europe
sir in Italy
Ripley quickly learns that he will need
to stretch his talents as a con artist
even further and that he must be willing
to go to great lengths including murder
to keep up appearances and the lifestyle
he yearns for Oh Dicky
good Oh Oh God
okay okay number eight Jordan Belfort
the wolf of Wall Street
Jordan Belfort I sent you a con artist
who practiced his deception in the real
world Jordan Belfort violated the trust
of his company’s investors and misused
their money to support his drug habit
and decadent lifestyle you be ferocious
he’d be relentless telephone the movie
was based on a memoir by the real-life
Belfort in which he detailed his
limitless capacity for crooked business
and personal conduct he had literally a
fuckload of money Leonardo DiCaprio
whose demonstrated his ability to
flawlessly portray characters on both
the right and wrong sides of the law was
cast in the leading role which
additionally helps Belfort earn a spot
on this list well we don’t work for you
man sweetheart yeah my money taped it
it’s okay technically you do work for me
number seven Lawrence Jameson and
Freddie Benson dirty rotten scoundrels
Freddie Benson and you are Lawrence
Jameson Lawrence a suave and
sophisticated Brit and Freddie an
uncouth American newcomer are con
artists attempting to scheme their way
to riches in the French Riviera $50,000
that is a lot of money they tried to put
aside their rivalry and competition for
a limited number of potential victims by
teaming up you’ll enjoy Oklahoma’s
wide-open spaces but eventually decide
the town isn’t big enough for the two of
them
Freddie get it into your head the bets
off she hasn’t got the money you know
what it sounds like to me it sounds like
you’re trying to get out of the bed if
you’re trying to get out of the bed fine
then you lose and you leave town Jameson
and Benson make a
loser leaves bet which spirals
hilariously out of control and shows
both men they have much to learn
regarding the art of executing the
perfect con I know you slept with her
but you didn’t have to steal her money
steal her money I didn’t steal her money
she stole from me number 6 Roy Waller
match dick men you heard Tom man con
artist flim-flam man matchstick man
loser whatever you want to call it take
your pick Roy is a divorced and neurotic
Los Angeles con artist running several
illegal operations with Frank Mercer his
partner in crime it’s real money right
it’s real money it’s long con I don’t do
long con during a visit to a
psychiatrist Waller is told that he has
a fourteen-year-old daughter he’s never
met even though he was aware his ex-wife
was pregnant when their marriage ended
Angela wants to talk to you though who
Angela your daughter
Roy’s eagerness to establish a
relationship with his daughter and
complete a scheme that promises big
money reveals that he may not be as
adept at the con game as he thought what
you’re selling is you and the older the
better but beware of couples you don’t
want anyone whispering remarks here but
you and for God’s sake make sure the
person you’re Connie isn’t conning you
that’s good ok let’s go fix my plot
number 5 Irving Rosenfeld and Sydney
Prosser American hustle you want to hear
it right now yeah sure although the
characters are fictional they as well as
the con depicted are loosely based on a
real-life case most notably the Abscam
operation of the 70s and 80s I believe
that you should treat people the way
they wanna be treated you know didn’t
you say that some curving in Sydney our
partners in a complicated romantic
relationship he’s married to another
woman as well as partners in crime I
don’t like going out you know that I get
anxiety when I have to meet people
while involved in a scam the couple is
arrested by an FBI agent who coerces
them into participating in a sting
operation aimed at bringing down corrupt
politicians because you’re good you’re
like the best of what you do in the
whole country yeah Irving and Sydney
stand out especially among big screen
con artists because they’re actually
remorseful about some of the people hurt
by their actions as far as I could see
people were always conning each other to
get what they wanted we even caught a
sauce number for Eddie Felson the
hustler where do you live Wow Fast Eddie
is a small-time pool hustler longing to
become a much bigger hustler hey you
ready Felton he twice challenges famous
pool champion Minnesota Fats –
high-stakes matches idle rattle kid
after losing the first match Eddy
descends into a downward spiral of
drinking violence and love gone horribly
wrong before playing the second match
god sakes what are you trying to do to
me I love you what’s your idea love
change 25 years later actor Paul Newman
would revisit the role of Fast Eddie in
the color of money
Kev’s on me in a turn that won him the
Best Actor Oscar Newman as Felson
attempts to train a young Protege in
pool hustling with unexpected results
you guys going to Atlantic City
number three Henry Shaw Gondorff and
Johnny Kelly hooker the sting he saves a
little bit maybe we’re not the Grif so
much I like Kristen legendary actors
Paul Newman and Robert Redford played
the lead roles in this film about two
con artists Gondorff and hooker who team
up to get revenge after a mutual friend
is killed by a mob boss know anything
about the guy ya croaked Luther anything
else I gotta know they plan to do so by
completing a big con on said mob boss
you’re scared of it right down to my sax
buster
you’re talking about a guy who’d kill a
grifter over a chunk of money wouldn’t
support him for two days with two of the
era’s most popular and charismatic
actors it’s nearly impossible for
viewers not to root for these
programmers and hope their scheme
ultimately succeeds
tough luck Ron Han but else would you
get for playing with your head over your
eyes okay let’s not forget that the
caper flick was nominated for ten Oscars
including a win for Best Picture and a
nod for Best Actor for Redford so
convincing was his turn as Kelly look
mr. Shaw could I plant community here in
the kid I run him out of here number two
Roger verbal Kint the usual suspects
hand me the keys you fuckin cocksucker
con artist Roger verbal Kint is one of
two survivors when the ship he’s on is
attacked and destroyed his name is
verbal verbal Kint verbal yeah Roger
really people say I talk too much
yeah I was just gonna tell you to shut
up rumor has it that mysterious Turkish
criminal mastermind Keyser Soze is
behind the boat attack as well as the
deaths of various characters in the
events leading up to it he becomes a
myth a spook story that criminals tell
their kids at night rat on your pop and
Kaiser says they will get you few people
have ever seen Soze though so it’s
difficult to even get a description of
him you’ve heard of him by the street
yeah a few times you know outside stuff
somebody working for a guy work for a
guy got some money from Keyser söze you
know she’d like that the twists and
turns to the story of this neo-noir
crime thriller plus the search for Soze
create a new standard for what defines a
great con artists greatest trick the
devil ever pulled was convincing the
world he didn’t exist
and like that he’s gone before we reveal
our top picks you what flip yo thank you
for real
here are some honorable mentions I told
you I don’t want you riding with me no
you still owe me $200 four million
dollar and your mitt
four million mourn you ever even dreamed
up more than we ever ever did together
you are not my friend this is a business
you were only as good to me as the money
you make and right now it’s not worth a
hell of a lot having believed your chips
here I’ll make sure they transfer to the
final game congratulations
nobody Cano
number one Frank Abagnale jr. catch me
if you can been a while since I’ve done
this which one’s a jumpsuit again a
master of disguise Frank Abagnale is one
of the most famous real-life imposters
ever and is definitely an overachiever
in the world of con artists lady what’s
your name although he was mostly a
forger he also managed to assume at
least eight fraudulent identities
including such high-risk impersonations
as airline pilot I’m jumping puddles for
the next few months I earn my keep
running leapfrog for the weak and weary
dr. Delman what uh what seems to be the
problem and lawyer Your Honor ladies and
gentlemen of the jury this is
irrefutable evidence that the defendant
is in fact lie even more astounding
Abagnale accomplished all of this as a
teenager a time when most people are
worrying about dating and pimples I’m
going downstairs to cash a check you
think this hotel is gonna cash a $1,000
check at 3:00 a.m. it’s a New York
savings and loan check it’s like gold
I’ll cash it the role of this youthful
con artist also represents DiCaprio’s
second appearance on this list and one
viewing of this biographical crime drama
is enough to justify why I want it to be
over I’m getting married you know I’m
settling down you’ve stolen almost four
million dollars you think we can just
call it a wedding present now you this
is gonna get to walk away from three do
you agree with our list yes yes yes
who’s your favorite movie con artist I’m
so very very very very fuck you I’m for
more fascinating top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
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