Coolest Con Artist Duos
AMC Movie List

Coolest Con Artist Duos

Swindlers and cheaters make for great movies. How would you rate these bamboozling pairs?

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1 The Sting
A grifter (Robert Redford) enlists a great con artist (Paul Newman) to help hoodwink a mob boss who killed his mentor. 239 323
2 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Two competing swindlers (Steve Martin and Michael Caine) duke it out for control over the Riviera’s gullible targets. 32 222
3 A Fish Called Wanda
Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline star as a fake married couple who double-cross their partners in a jewel heist. 28 232
4 The Producers
A producer and his accountant (Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder) scheme to profit off a Broadway flop in this Mel Brooks comedy. 25 221
5 The Color of Money
In this Martin Scorsese flick, retired pool hustler (Paul Newman) takes on a protégé (Tom Cruise) and decides to reenter the game. 24 222
6 Paper Moon
A father-daughter con team (played by real-life dad and daughter Ryan and Tatum O’Neal) preys on recently widowed women. -2 208
7 The Score
A retiring thief (Robert De Niro) pulls off his final heist, but doesn’t trust his team (Marlon Brando and Edward Norton). -2 188
8 The Music Man
In this 1962 musical, a salesman (Robert Preston) and his associate (Buddy Hackett) hawk music lessons without a lick of skill. -7 205
9 Matchstick Men
Nicolas Cage plays a grifter who plans a con with his protégé (Sam Rockwell), until his daughter shakes things up. -10 218
10 White Men Can't Jump
A white hoops player (Woody Harrelson) uses race to trick people into doubting his skill. Wesley Snipes plays his partner. -15 223