Top 10 Sci-Fi Films About Con Artists and Heists

Description: This film explores virtual reality and the concept of simulated worlds, where characters must navigate through layers of deception to uncover the truth.

Fact: The film was released around the same time as "The Matrix," leading to comparisons between the two.

Description: In a future where crimes are predicted and prevented, a detective must go on the run when he's accused of a future murder. The film features a high-tech con involving the manipulation of precognitive visions.

Fact: The film was based on a short story by Philip K. Dick, and Steven Spielberg used real-time face recognition technology to create the futuristic setting.

Description: While not a traditional con film, the Matrix series involves a complex deception where humans are unknowingly trapped in a simulated reality. The characters within the Matrix are essentially conning the system to free others.

Fact: The film's highway chase scene was one of the most expensive sequences ever filmed, costing over $10 million.

Description: In this dystopian thriller, clones are raised in a facility under the guise of being the last survivors of a contaminated Earth. The ultimate con is the facility's lie about their existence and purpose.

Fact: The film's concept was inspired by a real-life incident where a man discovered he was a clone.

Description: Although not set in the future, this film involves a magician's ultimate trick, which could be seen as the ultimate con. The rivalry between two magicians leads to a series of increasingly elaborate deceptions.

Fact: The film's title refers to the final act of a magic trick, where the magician makes the trick's effect seem impossible.

Description: In this time-travel thriller, hitmen known as "loopers" kill targets sent back from the future. However, when one looper is tasked with killing his future self, the con becomes personal and complex.

Fact: The film's director, Rian Johnson, wrote the script in just three days after being inspired by a dream.

Description: This mind-bending film takes the concept of a con to a whole new level by diving into the subconscious. A team of thieves uses experimental technology to infiltrate the dreams of their targets to plant an idea, making it the ultimate con.

Fact: Christopher Nolan wrote the script over a decade before the film was released, and it was inspired by his own dreams. The film's special effects team won an Academy Award for their groundbreaking work.

Description: A man discovers that his life is being manipulated by a mysterious group known as The Adjustment Bureau, leading to a thrilling chase and a con to outsmart fate itself.

Fact: The film was based on a short story by Philip K. Dick, and the hats worn by the agents were a nod to the original story.

Description: A soldier relives the same day of battle against alien invaders, using his knowledge to outsmart the enemy in a time loop, which can be seen as a form of conning time itself.

Fact: The film was initially titled "All You Need is Kill" after the Japanese novel it was based on.

Description: A time-traveling agent must prevent a future crime, but the real con is the intricate web of time loops and identity twists that unfold.

Fact: The film is based on the short story "All You Zombies" by Robert A. Heinlein, which explores themes of time travel and paradoxes.