# Funny Caper/Heist movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 15, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356 "2015-09-15T13:51:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356/61 "2015-09-16T19:14:45Z")
A musical comedy con game: [The Music Man](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056262/combined). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356/62 "2015-09-16T19:21:12Z")
Now that family-friendly caper comedy movies have been broached, Disney put out quite a few in the '60s & '70s. For example: [That Darn Cat!](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059793/combined) [The Apple Dumpling Gang](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072653/combined) [No Deposit, No Return](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074968/combined) [Candleshoe](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075807/combined) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356/63 "2015-09-17T04:00:36Z")
Comedy, with music, and multiple capers: [O Brother, Where Art Thou?](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190590/combined) Courtroom comedy with defendants mistaken for caper culprits: [My Cousin Vinny](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104952/combined). ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356/64 "2015-09-17T05:57:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I would second many that have already been mentioned here. _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_ has long been a favorite of mine - Steve Martin’s portrayal of the moronic Prince Ruprecht ought to have netted him an Oscar IMHO: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAkZQfQWK7U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAkZQfQWK7U) I think you should give [Bedtime Story](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kYRKT5SvB0) a try, with David Niven and Marlon Brando. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356/65 "2015-09-17T07:02:51Z")
[The Lavender Hill Mob](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044829/?ref_=nv_sr_1) ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356/66 "2015-09-17T07:51:30Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > [Three Kings](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120188/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_35) I don’t remember Three Kings having much humor in it at all. There was some banter at the beginning (“Is this the proctology tent?”) but the movie got serious very fast and stayed that way until the end. Marvel’s Ant Man was funny throughout and is a heist movie. What’s wrong with the remake of The Italian Job? I thought it was a great cast, good humor throughout and lots of action. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356/67 "2015-09-17T08:36:20Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Courtroom comedy with defendants mistaken for caper culprits: [My Cousin Vinny](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104952/combined). Ehh, not really a caper/heist since the two “yoots” were charged with murder – unless you count their plot to shoplift a can of tuna. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356/68 "2015-09-17T08:55:06Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > I don’t remember Three Kings having much humor in it at all. There was some banter at the beginning (“Is this the proctology tent?”) but the movie got serious very fast and stayed that way until the end. :dubious: Dude, they blew up a cow. The scene where the reporter, Adriana Cruz (Nora Dunn) chases Walter (Jamie Kennedy) around while driving a jeep screaming “where is he, bitch?” is hilarious. Also: Archie Gates: Sit down. What do you see here? Chief Elgin: Bunkers, sir. Archie Gates: What’s in them? Troy Barlow: Stuff they stole from Kuwait. Archie Gates: Bullshit. I’m talking about millions in Kuwaiti bullion. Conrad Vig: You mean them little cubes you put in hot water to make soup? Archie Gates: No, not the little cubes you put in hot water to make soup. And: Troy Barlow: I’m gonna buy a set of Lexus convertibles in every color. Chief Elgin: I told you, Lexus don’t make a convertible. Troy Barlow: I’ll bet you a Lexus they do. Chief Elgin: Alright, but it won’t be a convertible. Also: [Walter’s wearing night-vision goggles in broad daylight] Troy Barlow: Hey, would you take those fucking things off? Walter: I never got to use night-vision. Troy Barlow: They do not work during the day! Walter: Yeah, they kinda work. This movie is by turns hilarious, deadly serious and as tense and intense as a room full of people holding hand grenades without pins; it’s one of the best war movies ever made IMO. ---
**Author:** ![barath\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/90ced4/32.png) [@barath\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barath_s)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356/69 "2015-09-17T12:56:23Z")
I nominate : A Fish called Wanda & Fierce Creatures ---
**Author:** ![Nefario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/59ef9b/32.png) [@Nefario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefario)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356/70 "2015-09-17T13:56:06Z")
\*[The In-Laws](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_In-Laws_(1979_film))\*with Peter Falk as an undercover CIA operative with a son planning to marry a super-conservative dentists daughter (Alan Arkin). Hilarious action with South American warlords. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356/71 "2015-09-17T14:19:28Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Ehh, not really a caper/heist since the two “yoots” were charged with murder – unless you count their plot to shoplift a can of tuna. 🙂 Let me guess, you simply read the title and skipped “Courtroom comedy with defendants mistaken for caper culprits”? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356/72 "2015-09-17T14:40:37Z")
IOW: I know it’s not really a caper/heist movie. It’s a courtroom movie which explores what could happen if a caper/heist goes bad where people with a similar appearance to the culprits had been minutes earlier. ---
**Author:** ![TheInimitableMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TheInimitableMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheInimitableMaven)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356/73 "2015-09-17T15:01:28Z")
The one Woody Allen movie I’ve watched entirely, not in bits and pieces, and in turn REALLY liked, more than fits the bill here: [_ **Small Time Crooks** _](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0196216/?ref_=nv_sr_1) ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356/74 "2015-09-17T15:42:01Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > The Italian Job. (Original version only, don’t bother with the remake.) > [@DWMarch](#): > > What’s wrong with the remake of The Italian Job? I thought it was a great cast, good humor throughout and lots of action. I’l go so far as to say the remake is much better than the original. I put the original The Italian Job and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in the same category. They are remembered as being a LOT better than they really where. Or, more accurately, they don’t hold up well under the test of time and people remember them as being a lot better than they were. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356/75 "2015-09-17T16:55:07Z")
> [@Nefario](#): > > \*[The In-Laws](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_In-Laws_(1979_film))\*with Peter Falk as an undercover CIA operative with a son planning to marry a super-conservative dentists daughter (Alan Arkin). Hilarious action with South American warlords. “Serpentine! Serpentine!” > [@TheInimitableMaven](#): > > The one Woody Allen movie I’ve watched entirely, not in bits and pieces, and in turn REALLY liked, more than fits the bill here: [_ **Small Time Crooks** _](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0196216/?ref_=nv_sr_1) Also see _Take the Money and Run_. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356/76 "2015-09-17T23:12:38Z")
_[Tower Heist](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4KXF7NWFRE)_ was a pretty good heist comedy. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356/77 "2015-09-18T11:29:22Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > What’s wrong with the remake of The Italian Job? I thought it was a great cast, good humor throughout and lots of action. I found it to be totally forgettable. I can hardly remember a single thing about it, except that most of it was set in America, which makes the title itself pretty silly. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356/78 "2015-09-18T14:42:07Z")
Heist Safe Men Happy, Texas Welcome to Collinwood (a remake of Big Deal on Madonna Street) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356/79 "2015-09-18T15:58:23Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > I found it to be totally forgettable. . . I remember a couple of things about _The Italian Job_. First, it was like a commercial for the Mini-Cooper. Second, I got to look at Charlize Theron for about two hours. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356/80 "2015-09-18T17:59:17Z")
Agree with others that [Quick Change](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Change) is one you need to see. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-caper-heist-movies/731356.md?page=5)