Topic: Heist Film

Direction George Roy Hill

Cast Robert Redford · Paul Newman · Robert Shaw · Charles Durning

Synopsis The Sting (1973) follows two grifters, Johnny Hooker and Henry Gondorff, who team up to con a ruthless crime boss, Doyle Lonnegan, seeking revenge for the murder of a mutual friend. Set in 1930s Chicago, the duo devises an elaborate...

Direction John Huston

Cast Sterling Hayden · Louis Calhern · Sam Jaffe · Jean Hagen

Synopsis Doc Erwin Riedenschneider has just been released from prison and immediately seeks out financial backing for a heist which he has been plotting, the robbery of a jewellery store. He puts together a group of men consisting of Dix Handley,...

Direction Jules Dassin

Cast Jean Servais · Carl Möhner · Robert Manuel · Jules Dassin

Synopsis In Rififi (1955), a recently released ex-con named Tony teams up with three accomplices to pull off an ambitious jewelry heist in Paris. Meticulously planned and executed in near silence, the robbery is a masterclass in precision. However, their success...

Direction Quentin Tarantino

Cast Tim Roth · Harvey Keitel · Chris Penn · Steve Buscemi

Synopsis Reservoir Dogs (1992) follows a group of criminals brought together for a diamond heist orchestrated by a seasoned crime boss. The men, identified only by color-coded aliases, are strangers to each other, ensuring no personal connections compromise the job. However,...

Direction Christopher Nolan

Cast Leonardo DiCaprio · Joseph Gordon-Levitt · Elliot Page · Ken Watanabe

Synopsis Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability...

Direction Sam Peckinpah

Cast William Holden · Ernest Borgnine · Robert Ryan · Edmond O'Brien

Synopsis The Wild Bunch (1969) follows a group of aging outlaws in the early 20th century, led by Pike Bishop, as they navigate a changing world. Pursued by a relentless former ally, Deke Thornton, and his posse, the gang plans one...

Direction Guy Ritchie

Cast Jason Statham · Stephen Graham · Brad Pitt · Alan Ford

Synopsis In Snatch (2000), a chaotic web of interconnected characters collides in London's criminal underworld. A stolen diamond sets off a chain reaction involving unscrupulous boxing promoters, a ruthless gangster, and a group of bumbling thieves. At the center is a...

Direction Robert Siodmak

Cast Burt Lancaster · Ava Gardner · Edmond O'Brien · Albert Dekker

Synopsis Two professional killers invade a small town and kill a gas station attendant, "the Swede", who's expecting them. Insurance investigator Reardon pursues the case against the orders of his boss, who considers it trivial. Weaving together threads of the Swede's...

Direction Stanley Kubrick

Cast Sterling Hayden · Coleen Gray · Vince Edwards · Jay C. Flippen

Synopsis The Killing (1956) follows a meticulously planned racetrack heist orchestrated by a group of disparate individuals, each with their own motivations. The mastermind, Johnny Clay, assembles a team to execute the perfect crime, but as the plan unfolds, tensions rise...

Direction Guy Ritchie

Cast Nick Moran · Jason Flemyng · Jason Statham · Dexter Fletcher

Synopsis When streetwise charmer Eddy (Nick Moran), the son of steely bar owner JD (Sting), botches a gambling scheme with his dad’s nemesis, porn king Hatchet Harry (P.H. Moriarty), he’s got one week to come up with 500,000 pounds or he...

Direction Fabián Bielinsky

Cast Ricardo Darín · Gastón Pauls · Leticia Brédice · Tomás Fonzi

Synopsis Nine Queens (2000) follows two con artists, Juan and Marcos, who team up for a day to pull off a lucrative scam involving a set of rare stamps known as the "Nine Queens." As they navigate a web of lies,...

Direction Mario Monicelli

Cast Vittorio Gassman · Marcello Mastroianni · Renato Salvatori · Totò

Synopsis It tells the story of a sad-sack group of bumbling thieves and their desperate attempts to pull off the perfect heist.

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast Humphrey Bogart · Ida Lupino · Alan Curtis · Arthur Kennedy

Synopsis Roy 'Mad Dog' Earle is broken out of prison by an old associate who wants him to help with an upcoming robbery. When the robbery goes wrong and a man is shot and killed Earle is forced to go on...

Direction Ernst Lubitsch

Cast Herbert Marshall · Miriam Hopkins · Kay Francis · Edward Everett Horton

Synopsis In Venice, Lily (Miriam Hopkins), a pickpocket pretending to be a countess, meets the famous thief Gaston Monescu (Herbert Marshall), who is posing as a Baron, and they fall in love. Gaston robs aristocrat François Fileba and flees with Lily...

Direction Jean-Pierre Melville

Cast Alain Delon · Bourvil · Gian Maria Volonté · Yves Montand

Synopsis Master thief Corey is fresh out of prison. But instead of toeing the line of law-abiding freedom, he finds his steps leading back to the shadowy world of crime, crossing paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic ex-cop. As...

Direction Jean-Pierre Melville

Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo · Serge Reggiani · Jean Desailly · Michel Piccoli

Synopsis Burglar Maurice Faugel has just finished his sentence. He murders Gilbert Vanovre, a receiver, and steals the loot of a break-in. He is also preparing a house-breaking, and his friend Silien brings him the needed equipment. But Silien is a...

Direction Robert Bresson

Cast Martin Lasalle · Marika Green · Jean Pelegri · Dolly Scal

Synopsis In Pickpocket (1959), directed by Robert Bresson, a young man named Michel turns to petty theft as a means of escape from his mundane existence. Obsessed with the art of pickpocketing, he hones his skills under the guidance of a...

Direction Joseph H. Lewis

Cast Peggy Cummins · John Dall · Berry Kroeger · Harry Lewis

Synopsis Since he was a child, Bart Tare has always loved guns. After leaving the army, his friends take him to a carnival, where he meets the perfect girl, Annie, a sharp-shooting sideshow performer who loves guns as much as he....

Direction Peter Bogdanovich

Cast Ryan O'Neal · Tatum O'Neal · Madeline Kahn · John Hillerman

Synopsis Adapted from the novel, "Addie Pray" (1971) by Joe David Brown, PAPER MOON is the story of Moses Pray and Addie Loggins. With scenery reminiscent of "The Grapes of Wrath," the film is set in the depression-era Midwestern region of...

Direction Alexander Mackendrick

Cast Alec Guinness · Kate Johnson · Herbert Lom · Peter Sellers

Synopsis A gang of five diverse oddball criminal types rent a two room apartment in an isolated house on a London cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow with three pet parrots. The group's mastermind, Professor Marcus, tells her a cover story that...