Movie↕ | Director↕ | Year↕ | Target↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ocean's Eleven | Steven Soderbergh | 2001 | 3 Las Vegas casinos | Clooney + Pitt + 9 others, slick and stylish, the heist movie that made heist movies cool again |
Heat | Michael Mann | 1995 | Banks and armored cars | De Niro vs. Pacino diner scene, downtown LA shootout, cops and robbers as mirror images |
The Italian Job (1969) | Peter Collinson | 1969 | Gold bullion in Turin | Mini Cooper chase through Turin, Michael Caine's 'blow the bloody doors off', cliffhanger ending |
Inception | Christopher Nolan | 2010 | Planting an idea (reverse heist) | Dream-within-a-dream heist, spinning top ending debate, bending cities, BRAAAM |
Inside Man | Spike Lee | 2006 | Manhattan Trust bank | Perfect crime nobody figures out, Denzel vs. Clive Owen, Spike Lee's most commercial hit |
The Sting | George Roy Hill | 1973 | Mob boss's betting operation | Newman + Redford con masterclass, Scott Joplin ragtime, Best Picture Oscar, the ultimate con movie |
Rififi | Jules Dassin | 1955 | Parisian jewelry store | 30-minute heist scene with NO dialogue or music, grandfather of all heist films, French noir perfection |
Baby Driver | Edgar Wright | 2017 | Various bank jobs | Entire film choreographed to the soundtrack, Ansel Elgort's getaway driving, iPod as weapon |
Die Hard | John McTiernan | 1988 | Nakatomi Plaza vault | Hans Gruber's heist disguised as terrorism, 'Yippee-ki-yay', is it a Christmas movie? (yes) |
The Town | Ben Affleck | 2010 | Boston banks | Charlestown bank robbers, nun disguises, Fenway Park escape, Affleck's directing breakout |
Logan Lucky | Steven Soderbergh | 2017 | Charlotte Motor Speedway | Redneck Ocean's Eleven, Daniel Craig as a bleached-blond convict, NASCAR heist comedy |
A Fish Called Wanda | Charles Crichton | 1988 | Diamond heist gone wrong | John Cleese + Jamie Lee Curtis comedy heist, Kevin Kline's Oscar-winning idiot, British humor + crime |
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) | John McTiernan | 1999 | Monet painting from Met Museum | Pierce Brosnan as suave billionaire thief, bowler hat switcheroo, remake better than original |
Reservoir Dogs | Quentin Tarantino | 1992 | Diamond wholesaler | You never see the heist, color-coded names, Stuck in the Middle With You ear scene, Tarantino's debut |
Now You See Me | Louis Leterrier | 2013 | Banks via magic shows | Magicians as bank robbers, 'The closer you look, the less you see', twist-filled spectacle |
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