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Top Ten "One Last Job!" Flicks

There's nothing like the chance to settle a score to lure a criminal out of retirement. How would you rank these flicks?

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1 Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood is pulled out of the quiet life by the chance to nail a bunch of ruthless cowboys -- and get his farm back on track. 332 476
2 Heat
Al Pacino and his gang successfully pull off a never-need-to-work-again armored-car heist, incurring the wrath of Robert De Niro. 218 426
3 The Wild Bunch
In Sam Peckinpah's classic tale, revenge is but one catalyst for the gang. They'd also like to retire in prosperity. 83 333
4 The Getaway
A wife (Ali MacGraw) offers the bank-robbing services of her husband (Steve McQueen) to get him out of jail. 2 304
5 Heist
David Mamet's first big studio flick stars Gene Hackman as an aging criminal strong-armed into executing that one last complicated job. -28 290
6 The Killer
The great Chow Yun Fat plays a Triad assassin who agrees to pull off one last hit in order to finance a nightclub singer's eye operation. -68 278
7 Thief
Michael Mann's first feature stars James Caan as a criminal who needs to pull off one last caper so he can retire with his girl. -73 275
8 The Killing
This Kubrick collaboration follows Sterling Hayden as he plans the racetrack heist that will net him enough scratch to finally quit the game. -87 275
9 Sexy Beast
Ray Winstone stars opposite a snarly Ben Kingsley as unwillingly un-retired safecracker Gal Dove. -110 274
10 Rififi
The grizzled con at the heart of this French tale (Jean Servais) opts out of the first job he's offered, only to reconsider because of a girl. -141 255