Catch Me if You Can is a 2002 crime film loosely based on Frank Abagnale Jr.'s autobiography. Steven Spielberg directed the film, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Abagnale, as well as Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Amy Adams, Martin Sheen and Nathalie Baye. Catch Me If You Can tells the story of Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars' by posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor and Louisiana prosecutor. His primary modus operandi was check forgery, becoming so skillful that the FBI eventually turned to him for help.

Development for the film started as far back as 1980. With the beginning of the 21st century, filmmakers such as David Fincher, Gore Verbinski, Lasse Hallström, Miloš Forman and Cameron Crowe were at one point involved with Catch Me if You Can. Spielberg (who was originally involved as producer) decided to become the project's director, dropping out of Big Fish and Memoirs of a Geisha. Filming took place from February to May 2002. Catch Me If You Can received financial and critical success, and the real Abagnale greeted the film positively. A Broadway musical adaptation, (with the same title as the film) is in development.