Movies: Heists to See

by qempyrean | created - 10 Aug 2011 | updated - 1 week ago | Public

Caper-related films that I'd like to see at least once.

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1. Robbery (1967)

110 min | Crime, Drama

A group of British criminals plan the robbery of the Royal Mail train on the Glasgow-London route.

Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Stanley Baker, Joanna Pettet, James Booth, Frank Finlay

Votes: 2,046

2. Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)

Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Crime

A motley quintet of inept small-time thieves attempt the burglary of a local pawnshop in this Italian farce.

Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Totò

Votes: 11,525

3. Diamonds (1975)

PG | 108 min | Crime, Drama

Richard Roundtree (SHAFT), Robert Shaw (JAWS) and $100 Million of the Hottest Rocks in the World!

Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Robert Shaw, Richard Roundtree, Barbara Hershey, Shelley Winters

Votes: 357

4. Crackers (1984)

PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Reduced to minding the counter at a crusty pawn shop, Weslake tumbles onto a scheme by some disgruntled misfit clients to rob the place. Rather than blow the whistle, however, he insinuates himself as the heist's mastermind.

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Jack Warden, Sean Penn, Wallace Shawn

Votes: 1,547 | Gross: $0.13M

5. Dayton's Devils (1968)

103 min | Crime

A crook brings together a group of ex-cons and other misfits in order to rob the payroll at an Air Force base.

Director: Jack Shea | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Leslie Nielsen, Lainie Kazan, Eric Braeden

Votes: 75

6. The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Crime

Harry Price, Juliana and some incompetent European gangsters kidnap an American gangster who they think has a lot of money.

Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Raquel Welch, Robert Wagner, Godfrey Cambridge

Votes: 825

7. Out of Sight (1998)

R | 123 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

84 Metascore

A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Steve Zahn

Votes: 99,381 | Gross: $37.56M

8. $ (1971)

R | 121 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A bank security expert plots with a call girl to rob three safety deposit boxes containing $1.5 million in cash belonging to three very different criminals from a high-tech security bank in Hamburg, Germany.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Gert Fröbe, Robert Webber

Votes: 2,887 | Gross: $4.40M

9. Perfect Friday (1970)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Crime

The deputy manager of a London bank has worked out a way to rob the branch of £200,000. When he becomes involved with the attractive Lady Dorset he decides to go ahead with his plan. He ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Ursula Andress, Stanley Baker, David Warner, Patience Collier

Votes: 1,171 | Gross: $0.50M

10. The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)

PG | 104 min | Comedy, Romance

A computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he starts making waves an insurance investigator hounds him. He also meets a woman who becomes his accomplice.

Director: Bud Yorkin | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Jacqueline Bisset, Warren Oates, Jill Clayburgh

Votes: 1,244 | Gross: $0.68M

11. 11 Harrowhouse (1974)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Independent diamond broker and his girlfriend attempt a heist at a major Diamond Exchange house in London.

Director: Aram Avakian | Stars: Candice Bergen, Charles Grodin, James Mason, Trevor Howard

Votes: 1,220 | Gross: $0.61M

12. Operazione San Pietro (1967)

G | 100 min | Comedy, Crime

Small time crook Napoleone falls into an unlikely gang made up of a gangster, called The Baron, and his two cohorts, Agonia and The Captain, where Napoleone takes them to Rome where they ... See full summary »

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Lando Buzzanca, Jean-Claude Brialy, Heinz Rühmann, Christine Barclay

Votes: 291

13. The Atomic City (1952)

Passed | 85 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An atomic scientist's son is kidnapped by enemy agents.

Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Gene Barry, Lydia Clarke, Michael Moore, Nancy Gates

Votes: 520

14. 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)

R | 125 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

21 Metascore

A gang of ex-cons rob a casino during Elvis convention week.

Director: Demian Lichtenstein | Stars: Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox, Christian Slater

Votes: 48,773 | Gross: $15.74M

15. Blueprint for Robbery (1961)

Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama

Makeshift gang carries off a theft of $2,000,000 and manages to baffle the police for three years.

Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: J. Pat O'Malley, Robert J. Wilke, Robert Gist, Romo Vincent

Votes: 176

16. Loot (1970)

PG | 101 min | Comedy, Crime

Based on the play by Joe Orton, this film follows the adventures of two pals who have pulled off a bank robbery and have to hide the loot. Fortunately one of them works in a funeral parlor ... See full summary »

Director: Silvio Narizzano | Stars: Lee Remick, Richard Attenborough, Hywel Bennett, Milo O'Shea

Votes: 628

17. The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

R | 113 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller

72 Metascore

A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective.

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis Leary, Ben Gazzara

Votes: 100,663 | Gross: $69.30M

18. The Getaway (1994)

R | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

51 Metascore

An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods

Votes: 19,666 | Gross: $16.10M

19. The Underneath (1995)

R | 99 min | Crime, Thriller

69 Metascore

A recovering gambling addict attempts to reconcile with his family and friends but finds trouble and temptation when caught between feelings for his ex-wife and her dangerous hoodlum boyfriend.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Peter Gallagher, Elisabeth Shue, Alison Elliott, William Fichtner

Votes: 3,854 | Gross: $0.54M

20. Two-Minute Warning (1976)

Approved | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama

46 Metascore

A crazed sniper is set to kill spectators at an L.A. Coliseum football championship game and the police race against time to eliminate him.

Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam, Beau Bridges

Votes: 4,387

21. Man-Trap (1961)

Unrated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Two Korean War veterans re-unite to pull off a heist at a San Francisco airport but find themselves running for their lives.

Director: Edmond O'Brien | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Stella Stevens, Elaine Devry

Votes: 257

22. The Happening (1967)

101 min | Comedy

Young drifters kidnap rich businessman Roc Delmonico for kicks and demand $200K for his release. But none of Roc's relatives or Mafia associates want to part with the money. So Roc switches allegiances and plots revenge.

Director: Elliot Silverstein | Stars: Anthony Quinn, George Maharis, Michael Parks, Robert Walker Jr.

Votes: 839

23. Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Crime

When a successful, middle-class couple finds themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Jane Fonda, George Segal, Ed McMahon, Dick Gautier

Votes: 4,885

24. The Vatican Affair (1968)

M/PG | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A blind professor masterminds the theft of treasure from St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

Director: Emilio Miraglia | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Ira von Fürstenberg, Klaus Kinski, Marino Masé

Votes: 66

25. Sail a Crooked Ship (1961)

Approved | 88 min | Comedy

An odd assortment of criminals steals a mothballed Liberty vessel to use it as a getaway after a planned bank robbery in Boston.

Director: Irving Brecher | Stars: Robert Wagner, Dolores Hart, Carolyn Jones, Frankie Avalon

Votes: 275

26. Malaga (1960)

97 min | Crime, Drama

A jewel thief pulls off a big heist, stabs his partner-in-crime in the back, dumps his girlfriend and goes on the run with the loot. The ex-partner and the girlfriend team up to go after him.

Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Trevor Howard, Dorothy Dandridge, Edmund Purdom, Michael Hordern

Votes: 130

27. The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967)

102 min | Action, Comedy

A thief blackmails her former colleagues into robbing a bank in Spain housing some very valuable royal jewels.

Director: Russell Rouse | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Yvette Mimieux, Giovanna Ralli, Vito Scotti

Votes: 203

28. L'homme de Marrakech (1966)

90 min | Adventure, Crime, Thriller

An unscrupulous man travels to southern Morocco along with his lover to steal a cargo of gold bullion with the collaboration of a mining engineer and the person who will be in charge of transportation.

Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: George Hamilton, Claudine Auger, Alberto de Mendoza, Tiberio Murgia

Votes: 52

aka: The Man from Marrakesh, or That Man George!

29. The Score (2001)

R | 124 min | Action, Crime, Drama

71 Metascore

An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth with his lover when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist that comes with a large payout.

Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando, Angela Bassett

Votes: 134,179 | Gross: $71.07M

30. The Great Bank Robbery (1969)

M/PG | 98 min | Comedy, Western

Three separate plans to rob a top-security bank in the western town of Friendly, Texas, circa 1880.

Director: Hy Averback | Stars: Zero Mostel, Kim Novak, Clint Walker, Claude Akins

Votes: 697

31. Sneakers (1992)

PG-13 | 126 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

65 Metascore

A security pro finds his past returning to haunt him when he and his unique team are tasked with retrieving a particularly important item.

Director: Phil Alden Robinson | Stars: Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Sidney Poitier, Jo Marr

Votes: 62,566 | Gross: $51.43M

32. Entrapment (1999)

PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Crime, Romance

54 Metascore

An insurance agent is sent by her employer to track down and help capture an art thief.

Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ving Rhames, Will Patton

Votes: 123,965 | Gross: $87.70M

33. The Great Diamond Robbery (1954)

Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Crime

A diamond cutter in search of his birth parents gets caught up with con men who want to get their hands on a rare diamond.

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Red Skelton, Cara Williams, James Whitmore, Kurt Kasznar

Votes: 283

34. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1980)

102 min | Comedy, Crime

Released from a British prison, an American is hired as an electrician for a London bank but his criminal acquaintances show-up and force the reluctant Yank to join them as the inside-man in a well-planned bank heist.

Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Richard Jordan, Oliver Tobias, David Niven, Elke Sommer

Votes: 489

35. Rough Cut (1980)

PG | 112 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

58 Metascore

Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels. Despite a continuous exchange of quips they eventually become romantically involved.

Directors: Don Siegel, Peter R. Hunt, Robert Ellis Miller | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Lesley-Anne Down, David Niven, Timothy West

Votes: 1,502

36. Inside Out (1975)

PG | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Thirty years after WW2, a team of former GIs and German soldiers plans to retrieve Nazi loot hidden in the Soviet occupied East Germany, its exact location only known to an imprisoned Nazi war criminal.

Director: Peter Duffell | Stars: Telly Savalas, Robert Culp, James Mason, Aldo Ray

Votes: 655

37. The League of Gentlemen (1960)

Unrated | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A disgruntled veteran recruits a group of disgraced colleagues to perform a bank robbery with military precision.

Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Richard Attenborough

Votes: 5,280

38. How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980)

PG | 105 min | Comedy, Crime

30 Metascore

A caper comedy about three suburban housewives who, in order to beat inflation and subsidize their alimony checks, plot to steal $1 million from a large plastic ball which is displayed in a local shopping center.

Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: Susan Saint James, Jane Curtin, Jessica Lange, Richard Benjamin

Votes: 1,998

39. Loophole (1981)

PG | 105 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in a daring scheme to rob one of London's biggest bank vaults.

Director: John Quested | Stars: Albert Finney, Martin Sheen, Susannah York, Colin Blakely

Votes: 964

40. Buster (1988)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Based on the story of Ronald Christopher "Buster" Edwards (Phil Collins), one of the thieves involved in "The Great Train Robbery" of 1963.

Director: David Green | Stars: Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb, Stephanie Lawrence

Votes: 4,374 | Gross: $0.54M

41. Breaking In (1989)

R | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy

Professional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has "larceny in his heart", it will take him a long time to get as good as Ernie.

Director: Bill Forsyth | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Casey Siemaszko, Sheila Kelley, Lorraine Toussaint

Votes: 1,756 | Gross: $1.88M

42. I Promised to Pay (1961)

94 min | Crime, Drama

A gang plans to steal a factory's wages, but an armored van foils them. They rob anyway, killing the driver. His vengeful wife and encroaching police make the gang betray each other.

Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Michael Craig, Françoise Prévost, Billie Whitelaw, William Lucas

Votes: 894

43. A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958)

87 min | Comedy, Crime

Three horse-racing lovers turn to robbery to appease their gambling appetites. Max is the nice, easygoing, vitamin-gulping guy with an out-sized swallow tube; Gus is his penniless, ... See full summary »

Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Tom Ewell, Mickey Rooney, Mickey Shaughnessy, Dina Merrill

Votes: 108

44. Heist (2001)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama

66 Metascore

A career jewel thief finds himself at tense odds with his longtime partner, a crime boss who sends his nephew to keep watch.

Director: David Mamet | Stars: Gene Hackman, Rebecca Pidgeon, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo

Votes: 39,060 | Gross: $0.05M

45. Gambit (1966)

Approved | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

62 Metascore

An English cat burglar needs a Eurasian dancer's help to pull off the perfect heist, but even the most foolproof schemes have a way of backfiring.

Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Herbert Lom, Roger C. Carmel

Votes: 6,597

46. The Big Steal (1949)

Approved | 71 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Romance

An army lieutenant accused of robbery pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's fiancee.

Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix, Patric Knowles

Votes: 5,391

47. The Big Caper (1957)

Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A "confidence couple" pose as husband and wife while attempting a bank heist.

Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Mary Costa, James Gregory, Robert H. Harris

Votes: 881

48. Snow Job (1972)

PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama

Christian Biton is a skiing instructor in the Italian Alps. He has a wealthy girlfriend, Monica Scotti, and expensive tastes. To be able to live in style he has a plan : to lay hands on the... See full summary »

Director: George Englund | Stars: Jean-Claude Killy, Danièle Gaubert, Cliff Potts, Vittorio De Sica

Votes: 184

49. The Crook (1970)

G | 120 min | Crime, Thriller

Story about an incurable thief, his success and his failures.

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Danièle Delorme, Charles Gérard, Christine Lelouch

Votes: 960

50. Money Money Money (1972)

R | 113 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions. Among their hostages are singer Johnny Hallyday and an ambassador in ... See full summary »

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Lino Ventura, Jacques Brel, Charles Denner, Johnny Hallyday

Votes: 2,487 | Gross: $0.18M

51. Happy New Year (1973)

PG | 115 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Released from prison apparently under a New Year amnesty, a criminal tries to pick up the threads of a life changed not only by his daring plan to rob a jewelry store in out-of-season ... See full summary »

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Lino Ventura, Françoise Fabian, Charles Gérard, André Falcon

Votes: 1,992 | Gross: $0.16M

52. Lady Ice (1973)

PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An insurance investigator romances a wealthy young beauty when he suspects she may be involved in fencing stolen jewels.

Director: Tom Gries | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Jennifer O'Neill, Robert Duvall, Patrick Magee

Votes: 620

53. The Alpha Caper (1973 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A parole officer forced into retirement gets together three ex-convicts to pull of a $30-million armored car robbery.

Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Henry Fonda, Leonard Nimoy, James McEachin, Elena Verdugo

Votes: 232

54. The Big Job (1965)

85 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

An inept gang of bank robbers led by George The Brain is caught and sentenced to 15 years hard labour each. When they are released from prison they start out to collect the money they had ... See full summary »

Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Sylvia Syms, Dick Emery, Joan Sims

Votes: 882

55. The Brain (1969)

G | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

When NATO transfers some of its funds from Paris to Brussels by train, a criminal mastermind posing as a British colonel plans to steal it but two petty French thieves also have the same intent.

Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bourvil, David Niven, Eli Wallach

Votes: 4,377

56. Cool Breeze (1972)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama

Thalmus is the leader for a group of criminals who gather in L.A. to rob a bank. Their goal is to find a new bank.

Director: Barry Pollack | Stars: Thalmus Rasulala, Judy Pace, Julian Christopher, Lincoln Kilpatrick

Votes: 415 | Gross: $1.18M

57. Piccadilly Third Stop (1960)

78 min | Crime, Drama

In London, a wealthy playboy, an American adventurer, a small-time thief and a retired safe-cracker team-up to rob a foreign embassy's safe by digging a tunnel from the London Underground into the embassy's cellar.

Director: Wolf Rilla | Stars: Terence Morgan, Yôko Tani, John Crawford, Mai Zetterling

Votes: 278

58. Fitzwilly (1967)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Romance

A butler and the staff of an eccentric aged philanthropist whose family wealth is exhausted engage in larceny and crimes to maintain her lifestyle and provide funds for her charitable activities.

Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Feldon, John McGiver, Edith Evans

Votes: 2,045

59. Stateline Motel (1973)

R | 86 min | Crime, Drama

After robbing a jewellery shop in Canada, two Americans arrange a meeting near the US borders in order to split the loot. One of them has an accident with his car on his way there and gets ... See full summary »

Director: Maurizio Lucidi | Stars: Eli Wallach, Ursula Andress, Fabio Testi, Massimo Girotti

Votes: 359

60. St. Benny the Dip (1951)

Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Crime

A gang of con artists disguise themselves as clerics in order to pull off a job, but soon find that even pretending to be religious people is having an effect on them.

Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Dick Haymes, Nina Foch, Roland Young, Lionel Stander

Votes: 307

61. Arsène Lupin (1932)

Approved | 84 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

A detective is tasked to capture an elusive thief called Arsene Lupin.

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley, John Miljan

Votes: 1,278

62. Raffles (1930)

72 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a woman and falls in love he decides to "... See full summary »

Directors: George Fitzmaurice, Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast | Stars: Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, David Torrence, Frederick Kerr

Votes: 1,126 | Gross: $1.00M

63. Kelly's Heroes (1970)

GP | 144 min | Adventure, Comedy, War

50 Metascore

A group of U.S. soldiers sneaks across enemy lines in WWII France to get their hands on a secret stash of Nazi treasure.

Director: Brian G. Hutton | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor

Votes: 53,746 | Gross: $1.38M

64. Brinks: The Great Robbery (1976 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

In this telling of the infamous 1950 robbery, James McNally is portrayed as the one gang member who maintains his silence in the face of extreme police pressure. When he is sent up to ... See full summary »

Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Carl Betz, Stephen Collins, Burr DeBenning, Michael V. Gazzo

Votes: 85

65. Cold Around the Heart (1997)

R | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Lovers Ned and Jude snatch a lot of diamonds in a jewelry store holdup, leaving three dead bodies. Ned is captured, but soon escapes and vows revenge on Jude, who pushed him out of their ... See full summary »

Director: John Ridley | Stars: David Caruso, Kelly Lynch, Stacey Dash, Chris Noth

Votes: 1,099

66. Snatch (2000)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime

55 Metascore

Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.

Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Stephen Graham, Vinnie Jones

Votes: 911,544 | Gross: $30.33M

67. The Great Riviera Bank Robbery (1979)

102 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A group of fascists plan to finance their work by pulling off a bank robbery.

Director: Francis Megahy | Stars: Ian McShane, Warren Clarke, Stephen Greif, Christopher Malcolm

Votes: 339

68. The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976)

R | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Explosive drama and action when two sexy girls go on a bank robbing binge.

Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Claudia Jennings, Tara Strohmeier, Jocelyn Jones, Miles Watkins

Votes: 761

69. He Who Rides a Tiger (1965)

103 min | Crime, Drama

Peter Rayston (Tom Bell), has been in and out of prison most of his life. At thirty-years-old, he is released for the eighth time, after serving a sentence for housebreaking. Immediately, ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Tom Bell, Judi Dench, Paul Rogers, Kay Walsh

Votes: 110

70. A Man, a Woman and a Bank (1979)

PG | 100 min | Comedy, Crime

The two least likely bank robbers in the known universe plan and execute... kind of... the ultimate heist.

Director: Noel Black | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Paul Mazursky, Allan Kolman

Votes: 532

71. Casino (1995)

R | 178 min | Crime, Drama

73 Metascore

In Las Vegas, two best friends - a casino executive and a mafia enforcer - compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods

Votes: 564,489 | Gross: $42.44M

72. First Name: Carmen (1983)

R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Music

A woman involved with a terrorist group becomes dangerously close to the police officer guarding the bank they plan to rob.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Maruschka Detmers, Jacques Bonnaffé, Myriem Roussel, Christophe Odent

Votes: 4,515

73. Rotten to the Core (1965)

90 min | Comedy, Crime

Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's girl Sara gives them the news Duke is dead ... See full summary »

Director: John Boulting | Stars: Anton Rodgers, Charlotte Rampling, Eric Sykes, Ian Bannen

Votes: 235

74. Two Way Stretch (1960)

TV-PG | 78 min | Comedy, Crime

While in prison, Dodger plots the perfect heist: break out, steal diamonds, get back before noticed. With days left on sentence and a solid alibi, he's confident nothing can go wrong.

Director: Robert Day | Stars: Peter Sellers, David Lodge, Bernard Cribbins, Wilfrid Hyde-White

Votes: 2,643

75. Going in Style (1979)

PG | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

65 Metascore

Three friends living on the dole decide to rob a bank.

Director: Martin Brest | Stars: George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg, Charles Hallahan

Votes: 3,910 | Gross: $26.87M

76. Las Vegas Lady (1975)

PG | 87 min | Crime, Drama

Gambling, Heists, Love and Intrigue - all part of this suspense-filled comedy about a female gang that plans a daring caper in the gambling capital of the world, Las Vegas.

Director: Noel Nosseck | Stars: Stella Stevens, Stuart Whitman, George DiCenzo, Lynne Moody

Votes: 251

77. A Prize of Gold (1955)

98 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

World War II sergeant Joe Lawrence falls for refugee aiming to relocate German orphans. He conspires with comrades to fund relocation through heist. Plot follows daring robbery plan and blossoming romance amidst wartime challenges.

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Richard Widmark, Mai Zetterling, Nigel Patrick, George Cole

Votes: 355

78. The War Wagon (1967)

Unrated | 101 min | Drama, Western

The story of a man who was shot, robbed and imprisoned who returns to steal a large gold shipment from the man who wronged him. The gold is transported in an armored stage coach, the War Wagon.

Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Robert Walker Jr.

Votes: 10,809

79. The Real McCoy (1993)

PG-13 | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A woman is released from prison, an expert bank robber who wants to settle down and go straight, but her parole officer and her former employer try to get her to pull one more heist.

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Kim Basinger, Val Kilmer, Terence Stamp, Gailard Sartain

Votes: 9,639 | Gross: $6.47M

80. Attention bandits! (1987)

111 min | Drama

On the day Jean Gabin dies, a kidnaper who also takes a fortune in jewels heisted from Cartiers murders Simon Verini's wife. (Simon was fencing the jewels for a youthful gang who robbed ... See full summary »

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Jean Yanne, Marie-Sophie L., Patrick Bruel, Charles Gérard

Votes: 379

81. The World in My Pocket (1961)

93 min | Crime, Thriller, Drama

When an enigmatic woman hires a group of criminals to rob a US Army payroll armored truck bound for Marseilles things go wrong.

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Nadja Tiller, Rod Steiger, Peter van Eyck, Jean Servais

Votes: 115

aka: On Friday at Eleven

82. The Sting II (1983)

PG | 101 min | Comedy, Crime

A team of cons is planning a new scam involving betting on a boxing match but one of its past victims aims to exact revenge by eliminating the whole group.

Director: Jeremy Kagan | Stars: Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis, Teri Garr, Karl Malden

Votes: 2,452 | Gross: $6.35M

83. The Heist (1972 TV Movie)

73 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An armored car guard who is forced to help rob his own company must convince the police that he is innocent.

Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Christopher George, Elizabeth Ashley, Howard Duff, Norman Fell

Votes: 35

84. The Heist (1989 TV Movie)

R | 97 min | Drama, Romance

Framed con-man seeks revenge by planning a racetrack heist.

Director: Stuart Orme | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Tom Skerritt, Wendy Hughes, Noble Willingham

Votes: 867

85. The Big Heist (2001 TV Movie)

92 min | Crime, Drama

Jimmy Burke is a small time hood, who has one final chance to make the biggest score of his life.

Director: Robert Markowitz | Stars: Donald Sutherland, John Heard, Jamie Harris, Janet Kidder

Votes: 300

86. Sky Heist (1975 TV Movie)

90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A husband and wife come up with a plan to steal $10 million in gold, using the hijacking of a police helicopter as a diversion.

Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Don Meredith, Joseph Campanella, Larry Wilcox, Ken Swofford

Votes: 77

87. Wicked Game (2002)

PG-13 | 95 min | Action

A pair of small time thieves bungle their biggest heist, get pulled into a scheme of deadly deceit and ultimately stumble onto a second chance to redeem themselves.

Directors: Kôichi Sakamoto, Makoto Yokoyama | Stars: Motoko Nagino, Michael Hexum, Johnny Yong Bosch, George Cheung

Votes: 79

88. Carbon Copy (1970)

PG | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Patterning himself after the American gangster John Dillinger, a criminal is tracked by an inspector, a former childhood friend.

Director: Sergio Gobbi | Stars: Robert Hossein, Charles Aznavour, Virna Lisi, Albert Minski

Votes: 209

89. Palookaville (1995)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Crime

Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: William Forsythe, Vincent Gallo, Adam Trese, Gareth Williams

Votes: 2,609 | Gross: $0.32M

90. The Heist (2000 Video)

R | 83 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Two brothers turn against each other when confronted with the possibility of getting millions of dollars found in a stolen armored car.

Director: Kurt Voss | Stars: Luke Perry, Ice-T, Richmond Arquette, Amy Locane

Votes: 440

91. Heist (1998)

R | 95 min | Crime, Thriller

Four career felons are brought together by desperation and greed in the most devious attempt to double-cross a rival crime boss

Director: Peter Rossi | Stars: Paul Ben-Victor, Daniel Benzali, Myriam Cyr, Gill Gayle

Votes: 113

92. Money Train (1995)

R | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A vengeful New York City transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares. His foster brother, a fellow cop, tries to protect him.

Director: Joseph Ruben | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Jennifer Lopez, Robert Blake

Votes: 43,204 | Gross: $35.32M

93. Steal (2002)

R | 83 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A gang of extreme sportsmen raises the stakes in their criminal activities.

Director: Gérard Pirès | Stars: Natasha Henstridge, Stephen Dorff, Bruce Payne, Steven Berkoff

Votes: 6,091

94. City of Industry (1997)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.

Director: John Irvin | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Stephen Dorff, Timothy Hutton, Famke Janssen

Votes: 6,501 | Gross: $1.50M

95. Cloportes (1965)

Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Crime

Three petty criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they lack the starting funds to buy the required welding torch. So they persuade their successful ... See full summary »

Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Lino Ventura, Charles Aznavour, Irina Demick, Maurice Biraud

Votes: 597

96. Win, Place or Steal (1974)

PG | 88 min | Comedy

Friends have 2 things in common:1) they like to bet on the horses 2) they invariably lose. They scheme to steal one of the track's betting machines, so they could print winning tickets and ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Bailey | Stars: Dean Stockwell, Russ Tamblyn, Alex Karras, Alan Oppenheimer

Votes: 63

97. Shirts/Skins (1973 TV Movie)

74 min | Comedy, Sport

Six businessmen who have a weekly after-hours basketball game get caught up in a bet about a hide-and-seek contest.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Rene Auberjonois, Bill Bixby, Leonard Frey, Doug McClure

Votes: 81

98. Read My Lips (2001)

R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

82 Metascore

She is almost deaf and he lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.

Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos, Olivier Gourmet, Olivier Perrier

Votes: 16,468 | Gross: $1.36M

99. Another Day in Paradise (1998)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In the hope of a big score, two junkie couples team up to commit various drug robberies which go disastrously wrong, leading to dissent, violence, and murder.

Director: Larry Clark | Stars: James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser, Natasha Gregson Wagner

Votes: 9,216 | Gross: $1.03M

100. Blood and Wine (1996)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife interferes.

Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Stephen Dorff, Jennifer Lopez

Votes: 10,772 | Gross: $1.08M



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