Heist Films
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Heist Films

There's nothing like pulling off the perfect robbery (and the perfect getaway). Which film movie delivers the most thrills in the process?

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1 Heat
Al Pacino and Robert De Niro pair up for a deadly cat and mouse game in Michael Mann's intelligent thriller. 285 713
2 Ocean's Eleven
Steven Soderbergh took a cool movie from 1960 and made it cooler by casting George Clooney and Brad Pitt as the ones sacking the casinos. 264 748
3 The Italian Job
Forget the Mark Wahlberg remake. The 1969 original features Michael Caine and Benny Hill and one helluva car chase. 207 609
4 The Thomas Crown Affair
Steve McQueen's burglar plans One Last Job; Faye Dunaway is the insurance investigator who falls for his charms. 158 520
5 Inside Man
This Spike Lee joint involves robbers (Clive Owen among them) who dress like hostages so cops (including Denzel Washington) can't tell friend from foe. 157 563
6 Heist
Gene Hackman leads a crew, disguised as cops and runway technicians, past airport security to unload gold from a Swiss plane. 57 417
7 The Killing
How do you pull off a plan involving staged fights, an assassinated race horse, and clown masks? Ask Stanley Kubrick. -67 387
8 The Asphalt Jungle
In this jewelry store heist, the central event is rendered in an 11-minute sequence of criminal professionalism. -75 371
9 Quick Change
Bill Murray directs and stars, as a gun-wielding clown, weaving in and out of NYC traffic to make his escape after a bank robbery. -113 385
10 Bottle Rocket
The Owen brothers (Luke and Owen) co-star in this Wes Anderson indie about small-time thieves. -169 339