other good con movies - Confidence (2003) Discussion

[–] jg67 18 years ago

"The Grifters was a horrible movie, nothings happens at all no action, no exitment and no suspence. No not very interesting. Unfortunatley there aren`t many good con films out there. You HAVE seen them all...Oh, wait, there`s "Ocean`s Eleven" and "Italian Job"."

^^^^^LMAO Ah...the historic influence of MTV and Ritalin.

The Grifters
House of Games
The Spanish Prisoner
Shooting Fish
Confidence
The Sting
Matchstick Men

"I thought her a mere social climber, but now I see she's a mountineer." Mrs. Sedley

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[–] amish_wiseguy 18 years ago

The Grifters can help you sleep after a hard day's work. boring film

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[–] tigerslam18 18 years ago

The Sting!
The Sting!
The Sting!

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[–] jk80 18 years ago

don't know if House of Games or Heist have been mentioned yet. I enjoyed both of those. Good old Mamet.

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[–] loucas1991 18 years ago

Layer Cake
Revolver
and BBC series : hustle

anyone know if the sequal of the sting is any good?

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[–] silencenblcnwhte 18 years ago

Employee of the Month. not the one with dane cook, i forgot whos in it, but its a pretty good con movie..if you wanna call it one.

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[–] MovieMob 18 years ago

"The Usual Suspects" (1995), an all-star cast; and "The Saint" (1997). Couldn't think of anything better than these two.

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[–] alyisanawdar 18 years ago

these two brit flicks fit within the loose meaning of con i think:

two way stretch,
comedy/heist
peter sellers 'dodger' tries to pull off a heist while still stuck in prison. i haven't seen this in a long time, and it's probably pretty dated, but it's certainly a classic,

51st state
double dealing/con
can't remember the plot fully, again it's been a while, but it's been on the tv a coupla times, and i love anything with robert carlyle in it. also it's got samuel l jackson in a kilt!!

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[–] shiftnd 16 years ago

Revolver, however a great, great film, is in no way a con movie.

and Thank You to whoever mentioned The Talented Mr. Ripley, i must watch that again. Excellent film, as i remember.

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[–] FillCorey 16 years ago

Check the start and end dates on this thread...pretty impressive!
I didn't have the patience to read the whole damn thing, but I never saw any mention of one of the grand-daddies of Con Movies: Topkapi. (Melina Merkouri and a terrific Peter Ustinov). May be the ORIGINAL use of the acrobatic specialist thief descending by cable to make the "impossible" snatch. Definitely worth the rental.

Everybody wants money; that's why they call it MONEY!

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[–] yurenchu 14 years ago

Topkapi is not a con movie, it's a heist movie. But I agree the movie is excellent and definitely a must-see in the genre.

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[–] luss911 18 years ago

criminal, remake of nine queens...very good film

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[–] X-erro 18 years ago

The following, written and directed by christoper nolan, memento, Batman begins, the prestige, y'know the master of narrative, the guy who makes all the films you love. him. The following was his first and you might at first think it's boring but watch it all the way through to the end and you will love it.

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[–] asajb2000 18 years ago

How about "The Spanish Prisoner"? With Campbell Scott and Steve Martin in a dramatic role. This does not have as many layers and is also not as deep and intricate as the others, but it is interesting and also you get personally invested in the plot and the outcome.

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[–] lukaslukas 18 years ago

Lucky Number Slevin

My vote history
http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=21237198

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[–] simonski33 18 years ago

Try "House of Games" by David Mamet. A small Masterpiece in het con-movie genre.

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[–] msdpace 17 years ago

not that anyone will read this on page 10, but The Good Thief is a fantastic movie.

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