# Great Heist Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736 "2006-02-16T02:14:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Queuing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Queuing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queuing)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/1 "2006-02-16T02:14:46Z")
Hello, I quite enjoy a good heist movie, however I find that they are rarely made. By heist movies I mean things such as **The Thomas Crown Affar** , a very good heist movie. Please suggest some great heist movies for me to enjoy, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/2 "2006-02-16T02:19:22Z")
**Kelly’s Heroes** **Topkapi** ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/3 "2006-02-16T02:26:49Z")
_Snatch_ isn’t a pure heist movie, but it has a complex plot full of overarching stories about jewel thieves, con men, crooked boxing promoters, and more, plus it’s quite funny. From the same director, Guy Ritchie, I also really enjoy _Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels_, another kind-of heist movie. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/4 "2006-02-16T02:52:18Z")
**National Treasure** = good “ignore the man behind the green curtain” fun, especially the theft of the Declaration. **Cat Ballou** - well, it’s really more a train robbery- okay, there’s a train robbery in it, but it’s good. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/5 "2006-02-16T02:59:35Z")
**The Taking of Pelham One Two Three** **The Anderson Tapes** **Charlie Varrick** (more a getaway than a heist, but still) **The Hot Rock** (maybe not great, exactly, but certainly entertaining) ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/6 "2006-02-16T03:09:16Z")
I’d also suggest “The Italian Job.” Both versions. (1969 and 2003) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/7 "2006-02-16T03:34:51Z")
In addition to **Topkapi** , there’s the same director’s **Rififi** , which some consider better. Depending on how you consider it, there’s also **The Great Train Robbery** (the 1979 version). “Find me a dead cat.” ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/8 "2006-02-16T03:50:17Z")
You might want to check out \*\*No Blood, No Tears \*\* and **The Big Swindle**. Two Korean films that I enjoyed very much. I’ve written a review of \*\*NBNT \*\* if you can’t find much on it and want to know more. The IMDb is little help. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/9 "2006-02-16T05:05:39Z")
As is my current crusade allow me to direct you to a tv show you might enjoy. It’s called Hustle. It’s a BBC show which follows a group of conmen as they do long cons on various unsavory folk. While the show was originally on BBC, it’s latest rendition was partially produced by the AMC channel and so they are rebroadcasting the first 2 series every Saturday night at 10pm. The show runs 75 minutes on AMC due to the BBC show being 60 minutes, and AMC including 15 minutes of commercials. Check it out: [http://hustle.amctv.com/](http://hustle.amctv.com/) You won’t regret it. Honest. ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/10 "2006-02-16T05:13:05Z")
I watched Hustle (based on your earlier thread recommending it) and, yeah, that show is pretty “keen” as they’d say. It isn’t really heist genre though. ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/11 "2006-02-16T05:16:48Z")
On second thought, it’s probably close enough to heist to count. It has all of the important parts: the plan, the execution, the twist, and the surprise. ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/12 "2006-02-16T05:37:00Z")
The remake of **Ocean’s Eleven**. ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/13 "2006-02-16T05:50:41Z")
Kubrick’s _The Killing_ (1956). One of the first heist movies, probably. Michael Mann’s _Thief_ (1981). _Heat_, sorta. _Sneakers_. _The Sting_, sorta. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/14 "2006-02-16T06:22:54Z")
> [@Palooka](#): > > I watched Hustle (based on your earlier thread recommending it) and, yeah, that show is pretty “keen” as they’d say. It isn’t really heist genre though. Yes! I’m glad you liked it 🙂 And as you said in your follow up, it’s up there. Some episodes are more heist-ish than others, but I won’t ruin the upcoming episodes. This week’s episode is a pretty awesome one too. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/15 "2006-02-16T06:29:25Z")
> [@awldune](#): > > _Heat_, sorta. Sorta? It’s Mann’s masterpiece, his _magnum opus illegitimus_. (_Thief_ is great, too.) [ul] [li]_The Wild Bunch_[/li][li]_Die Hard_, of course. (Kind of a foiled heist, but someone mentioned its predecessor, _The Taking of Pelham One Two Three_, so it’s game.)[/li][li]_The Spanish Prisoner_[/li][li]_Ronin_[/li][li]_Le Cercle Rouge_[/li][li]_Bob Le Flambour_[/li][/ul] Is _Double Indemnity_ too far out of line? Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/16 "2006-02-16T06:33:31Z")
> [@LiveOnAPlane](#): > > I’d also suggest “The Italian Job.” > > Both versions. (1969 and 2003) Yes. (But I prefer the original.) ---
**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:** [February 16, 2006, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/17 "2006-02-16T07:33:52Z")
A couple of classic British movies: The Lavender Hill Mob The League Of Gentlemen ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/18 "2006-02-16T09:36:01Z")
Heh. It’s amazing how many of these I’ve already seen or are already in my Netflix queue. I’ll second/third/whatever the recommendations for both Italian Jobs and Ronin. The Sting is worth seeing, too, if you haven’t already. I’ll even throw out another recommendation for Hustle. But I can’t agree with National Treasure. That was just a dumb, dumb movie. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/19 "2006-02-16T11:02:16Z")
The Score Swordfish The Great St Louis Bank Robbery Gone In 60 Seconds Matchstick Men High Risk Heist Bad Santa The Squeeze The Asphalt Jungle Quick Change The Getaway ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/20 "2006-02-16T12:18:53Z")
_Raising Arizona_ has several. “I’ll be taking these Huggies and whatever cash you got.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736.md?page=2)