# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/21 "2006-02-16T12:47:57Z")
“Going in Style”, with George Burns. ---
**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, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/22 "2006-02-16T15:49:43Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > But I can’t agree with National Treasure. That was just a dumb, dumb movie. I hated the end (the actual treasure scenes) due to the “yeahhhh… rigggght” factors, but I loved the fact it was actually filmed at Independence Hall and other places where they got to film portions you’ll never see as a tourist. When I was at the National Archives recently the seemingly rather put-upon tour guide/security guard kept saying on a loop “…and no more questions about National Treasure, it was a movie, it was fiction, it couldn’t happen, one of the agreements in letting them film here was that they couldn’t say anything remotely real about how we store the documents… the one correct thing in the movie is that you are currently standing in Washington, D.C.”. ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/23 "2006-02-16T16:54:05Z")
Another couple of movies based on books by Donald E. Westlake: _Bank Shot Jimmy the Kid_ neither are great cinema but both are fun. _Jimmy the Kid_ is a kidnapping that goes horribly wrong. A kidnapping is a heist of a person, isn’t it? By the way, I love the _Hot Rock_ and would put it up against any other comic caper gone wrong movie. ---
**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, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/24 "2006-02-16T16:57:49Z")
> [@Stranger On A Train](#): > > Sorta? It’s Mann’s masterpiece, his _magnum opus illegitimus_. Probably one of my 5 favorite movies. I meant that it was “sort of” a heist movie. Just remembered _The Score_ with Robert De Niro. Not great, but worth checking out. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/25 "2006-02-16T17:03:26Z")
_The Ladykillers_. I’ve only seen [the Tom Hanks version](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335245/), which was quite fun, but I hear [the original Alec Guinness version](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048281/) is better. I second _Sneakers_. Great movie if you like high-tech stuff. ---
**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, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/26 "2006-02-16T17:12:31Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > Another couple of movies based on books by Donald E. Westlake: > > \*Bank Shot I saw this film as a kid, and I bought it on DVD in a fit of nostalgia. There was some good stuff in it, but I don’t think it’s aged very well. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/27 "2006-02-16T17:19:11Z")
Ocean’s 11 (both versions since I think the Rat Pack veersion was great.) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/28 "2006-02-16T17:33:07Z")
Not mentioned yet: [Charley Varrick](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069865/) [The Wrong Trousers](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108598/) What? Watch W&G again and see. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/29 "2006-02-16T21:48:56Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > A couple of classic British movies: > > The Lavender Hill Mob The very film I was coming in here to mention. You sir, have fine taste. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/30 "2006-02-16T22:17:20Z")
No love for _Who’s Minding the Mint_? Featuring an actual Rat-Packer! [size=1]And Gilligan and Cpl. Klinger\* ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/31 "2006-02-16T22:30:44Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > **The Hot Rock** (maybe not great, exactly, but certainly entertaining) I’ll second this, with the addendum that Zero Mostel is very possibly the funniest man who ever lived. Another in the “not great cinema, but a really fun movie” category: **After the Sunset**. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/32 "2006-02-17T00:25:13Z")
**Gambit**. More of a romantic comedy / heist, plus it’s two heists in one: you see it played out as planned, and then as it actually comes off. ---
**Author:** ![Queuing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Queuing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queuing)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/33 "2006-02-17T00:51:27Z")
Sweet, thanks. I see my movie nights being filled for a long time. I have seen a couple of the movies suggested, not many though. Thanks all, and keep 'em coming 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kingspades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@Kingspades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingspades)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/34 "2006-02-17T00:53:46Z")
> [@ronincyberpunk](#): > > 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. Incidentally, AMC’s running a [strip](http://www.amctv.com/guide/0,,18-1-2006-D--N-EST,00.html) of the first seven episodes on Saturday, February 18. Just what I’ve been waiting for to jump in on “Hustle.” ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/35 "2006-02-17T01:02:16Z")
I haven’t seen anyone mention, **The Pink Panther**. The real one, of course, with Peter Sellers, David Nivin, Robert Wagner, etc. John Wayne’s ode to the type is **The War Wagon** ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/36 "2006-02-17T01:26:38Z")
Also: **Sam Whiskey** takes the Heist movie and puts it into the old west to rob the Denver Mint. Shallow but OK. Starred Burt Reynolds, Clint Walker, and Ossie Davis. **How to Steal a Million** with Peter O’Toole and Audrey Hepburn. It throws in romance and it makes a good film. **Don’t Raise the Bridge. Lower the Water** Jerry Lewis - Really, really weak. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/37 "2006-02-17T01:44:31Z")
**River** , actually, not **Water**. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/38 "2006-02-17T01:59:18Z")
Some of these may rely on a loose definition of “heist” or be a bit too comedic for the OP, but, in my books, they rank as good heist films nonetheless… **Sexy Beast Palookaville Bottle Rocket The Newton Boys Croupier A Fish Called Wanda Resevoir Dogs** ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-heist-movies/344736/39 "2006-02-17T02:22:33Z")
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