Heist Movies

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What are your favorite heist movies?

Rififi and Topkapi for classics. Both from the same director. The former has a Criterion Blu-ray. The latter will be out in October. The Italian Job is halfway decent as well, both the original and remake. Same goes for both versions of The Thomas Crown Affair, although in that case the remake is better.

Die Hard and Die Hard with a Vengeance are terrific if you want more action-oriented takes on the heist film. Michael Mann's done a couple of terrific ones, Thief and Heat. If you're into spy movies, then obviously Goldfinger is one of the greats. I've got all four Ocean's Eleven movies on DVD but haven't watched them yet. They're supposed to be pretty good.

Honestly, my favorite heist stuff is on TV. I became obsessed with Mission: Impossible the moment I saw it and soon found myself spending $150 on a complete series DVD set and watching every episode. I was also pleased to discover Leverage, which does a much better job of capturing the essence of the old Mission: Impossible than the Tom Cruise films.

American Hustle
Casino (1995)
Die Hard
Die Hard with a Vengeance
Fast Five
The Great Train Robbery (1903)
Kelly's Heroes
Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Thirteen

Jackie Brown was good. It had a level of realism in characterisation that you don't often get in Tarantino movies, and a rare happy ending for a Heist movie.

The Bank Job
Ocean's Eleven {original & remake, don't care much about the sequels to the remake}
The Thomas Crown Affair {original & remake}
The Town
American Hustle
Bandits
Dog Day Afternoon
The Italian Job {never seen the original}
Inside Man
Man On A Ledge
Matchstick Men
Tower Heist
The Usual Suspects
Now You See Me

Heat.

The Italian Job (2003)
Dog Day Afternoon