Films like Catch Me If You Can
15 picks with a similar feel
What defines Catch Me If You Can, going by its Boxlist taste profile: Expect a realistic, serious crime drama, slow-burning rather than fast. Best if you like depth over escapism. Its strongest markers on Boxlist are themes of culture clash, deep rivalry and mysteries that are not what they seem, plus tags such as inspired by a true story, con man and fbi.
Here are 15 films with a similar feel, ranked by how closely they match that profile. Treat them as picks to try, not a definitive list.
Based on Catch Me If You Can (2002).
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Legend (2015)
Film6.9
Why it's like Catch Me If You Can: Also grounded and weighty, with themes of deep rivalry. Common ground: biography.
- 2
American Hustle (2013)
Film6.8Faster-paced
Why it's like Catch Me If You Can: Also grounded and dark, with themes of culture clash and deep rivalry. Common ground: fbi.
- 3
GoodFellas (1990)
Film8.5
Why it's like Catch Me If You Can: Also grounded and weighty, with themes of deep rivalry. Common ground: biography.
- 4
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Film7.5
Why it's like Catch Me If You Can: Also grounded and weighty, with themes of culture clash and deep rivalry.
- 5
The Highwaymen (2019)
Film6.7
Why it's like Catch Me If You Can: Also grounded and weighty, with themes of deep rivalry. Common ground: fbi.
- 6
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Film7.7
Why it's like Catch Me If You Can: Also grounded and weighty, with themes of culture clash and deep rivalry. Common ground: fbi.
- 7
Molly's Game (2017)
Film7.1
Why it's like Catch Me If You Can: Also grounded and intricate, with themes of deep rivalry. Common ground: fbi, biography.
- 8
On My Skin (2018)
Film8.1Warmer in tone
Why it's like Catch Me If You Can: Also grounded and slow-burning. Common ground: biography.
- 9
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Film7.6
Why it's like Catch Me If You Can: Also inventive and weighty, with themes of culture clash and mysteries that are not what they seem. Common ground: con man.
- 10
The Departed (2006)
Film8.2Faster-paced
Why it's like Catch Me If You Can: Also weighty and intricate, with themes of culture clash and deep rivalry.
- 11
The Traitor (2019)
Film7.8
Why it's like Catch Me If You Can: Also grounded and weighty, with themes of deep rivalry.
- 12
Suburra (2015)
Film7.3Faster-paced
Why it's like Catch Me If You Can: Also weighty and dark, with themes of deep rivalry.
- 13
Just Mercy (2019)
Film8.0
Why it's like Catch Me If You Can: Also grounded and weighty, with themes of culture clash and deep rivalry.
- 14
Tell No One (2006)
Film7.3
Why it's like Catch Me If You Can: Also weighty and grounded, with themes of culture clash and deep rivalry.
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Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Film7.5
Why it's like Catch Me If You Can: Also grounded and weighty, with themes of culture clash and deep rivalry. Common ground: fbi.
Boxlist compares Catch Me If You Can with every film in its catalogue on ten taste scores (pace, tone, weight, realism and more), story themes, genres and TMDB keywords, and ranks the closest. Every pick has a TMDB rating of 6.7 or more from at least 1,000 votes, new releases wait until their ratings settle, and only one title per franchise makes the list. It is an approximation of feel, so treat it as a starting point. Ratings are TMDB audience scores out of 10.
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- What should I watch if I like Catch Me If You Can?
- Picks with a similar feel include Legend, American Hustle, GoodFellas and Donnie Brasco. Each shares part of Catch Me If You Can's taste profile, themes or tags; the full list has 15 films.
- How are these films like Catch Me If You Can chosen?
- Boxlist compares Catch Me If You Can with every film in its catalogue on ten taste scores (pace, tone, weight, realism and more), story themes, genres and TMDB keywords, and ranks the closest. Every pick has a TMDB rating of 6.7 or more from at least 1,000 votes, new releases wait until their ratings settle, and only one title per franchise makes the list. It is an approximation of feel, so treat it as a starting point.