Catch Me If You Can
The true story of a real fake.
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr.who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor.An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars.But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $352M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Catch Me If You Can actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
Spoiler-free. Read the analysis below for the full argument.
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Catch Me If You Can appears in 3 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Top 100 Crime Movies Ranked #25
Placed at #25 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Crime Movies Ranked #26
Placed at #26 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #108
Placed at #108 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
0 wins · 2 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 2 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Original Score
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Catch Me If You Can returned 6.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $52M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $352M
- Release date
- Dec 16, 2002
- Runtime
- 2h 21m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, French
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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