01 A young con artist successfully impersonates a pilot, doctor, and lawyer while evading a determined FBI agent.
6 Best Mistaken Identity and Imposter Movies
By Vlad Zakh · March 8, 2026
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Cinema has always loved the promise and peril of pretending to be someone else, and these films use that premise for both comedy and dread. In The Great Dictator (1940): A Jewish barber mistaken for a tyrannical dictator must impersonate him to stop a devastating war. Equally memorable is Catch Me If You Can (2002): A young con artist successfully impersonates a pilot, doctor, and lawyer while evading a determined FBI agent.
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02 A con man's obsession with a wealthy acquaintance's life leads him to assume the man's identity.
03 A kind-hearted look-alike is recruited to secretly impersonate the incapacitated President of the United States.
04 A French village's presumed-dead soldier returns years later, though some suspect he is an imposter.
05 A Jewish barber mistaken for a tyrannical dictator must impersonate him to stop a devastating war.
06 An English tourist is recruited to impersonate a kidnapped king who happens to be his exact double.
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