Genre: Heist
The crew, the plan, the one thing nobody counted on. Heist film reviews judging the cleverness of the job and the writing that has to earn it.
CrimeDog Day Afternoon (1975)
Sidney Lumet's 1975 Brooklyn bank heist. Attica, Wyoming, sweltering New York summer.
CrimeSexy Beast (2000)
Jonathan Glazer's 2000 British crime debut. Ben Kingsley terrifying as Don Logan.
CrimeThe Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Sterling Hayden, Sam Jaffe, brief Marilyn Monroe. The original ensemble heist film.
ComedyOcean’s Eleven (2001)
Soderbergh's 2001 Rat Pack remake. Clooney, Pitt, Damon, Roberts, Gould.
HeistInside Man (2006)
Spike Lee's 2006 Manhattan bank heist. Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Build.
ActionRonin (1998)
John Frankenheimer's 1998 Cold War remnant action. Ronin is John Frankenheimer's 1998 American action thriller.
CrimeThe Killing (1956)
Kubrick's 1956 racetrack robbery. Non-linear structure that became Tarantino's vocabulary.
HeistTopkapi (1964)
Jules Dassin's 1964 Istanbul museum jewel heist. Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell.
CrimeRififi (1955)
Jules Dassin's 1955 French heist. Thirty-two-minute silent jewelry heist sequence.
HeistNow You See Me 2 (2016)
Chu sequel with the Horsemen blackmailed into a Macau heist. Daniel Radcliffe joins as tech billionaire.
HeistNow You See Me (2013)
2013 Louis Leterrier heist thriller. Four illusionists pull off bank robberies during stage shows.