Movies: Heists to See
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- DirectorPeter YatesStarsStanley BakerJoanna PettetJames BoothA group of British criminals plan the robbery of the Royal Mail train on the Glasgow-London route.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsVittorio GassmanMarcello MastroianniRenato SalvatoriA motley quintet of inept small-time thieves attempt the burglary of a local pawnshop in this Italian farce.
- DirectorMenahem GolanStarsRobert ShawRichard RoundtreeBarbara HersheyRichard Roundtree (SHAFT), Robert Shaw (JAWS) and $100 Million of the Hottest Rocks in the World!
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsDonald SutherlandJack WardenSean PennReduced 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.
- DirectorJack SheaStarsRory CalhounLeslie NielsenLainie KazanA crook brings together a group of ex-cons and other misfits in order to rob the payroll at an Air Force base.
- DirectorKen AnnakinStarsVittorio De SicaRaquel WelchRobert WagnerHarry Price, Juliana and some incompetent European gangsters kidnap an American gangster who they think has a lot of money.
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsGeorge ClooneyJennifer LopezVing RhamesA career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsWarren BeattyGoldie HawnGert FröbeA 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.
- DirectorPeter HallStarsUrsula AndressStanley BakerDavid WarnerThe 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 needs her help and that of her philandering spendthrift husband. It all comes down to a matter of trust.
- DirectorBud YorkinStarsRyan O'NealJacqueline BissetWarren OatesA 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.
- DirectorAram AvakianStarsCandice BergenCharles GrodinJames MasonIndependent diamond broker and his girlfriend attempt a heist at a major Diamond Exchange house in London.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsLando BuzzancaJean-Claude BrialyHeinz RühmannSmall 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 shack up with a shady used car dealer caled Il Cajella to help finance their new life of crime by planing to rob a statue from the Vatican. But a big-time American gangster, named Joe Ventura, hears about the heist and wants the priceless statue for himself by having his mistress, Samantha, come onto and betray the woman-hungry Cajella to give the statue away to her.
- DirectorJerry HopperStarsGene BarryLydia ClarkeMichael MooreAn atomic scientist's son is kidnapped by enemy agents.
- DirectorDemian LichtensteinStarsKurt RussellKevin CostnerCourteney CoxA gang of ex-cons rob a casino during Elvis convention week.
- DirectorJerry HopperStarsJ. Pat O'MalleyRobert J. WilkeRobert GistMakeshift gang carries off a theft of $2,000,000 and manages to baffle the police for three years.
- DirectorSilvio NarizzanoStarsLee RemickRichard AttenboroughHywel BennettBased 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 and they have a coffin to spare. Then there's the gold-digger nurse and the gonad-grabber detective and a host of other wonderful characters.
- DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsPierce BrosnanRene RussoDenis LearyA very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective.
- DirectorRoger DonaldsonStarsAlec BaldwinKim BasingerMichael MadsenAn ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsPeter GallagherElisabeth ShueAlison ElliottA 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.
- DirectorLarry PeerceStarsCharlton HestonJohn CassavetesMartin BalsamA crazed sniper is set to kill spectators at an L.A. Coliseum football championship game and the police race against time to eliminate him.
- DirectorEdmond O'BrienStarsJeffrey HunterDavid JanssenStella StevensTwo Korean War veterans re-unite to pull off a heist at a San Francisco airport but find themselves running for their lives.
- DirectorElliot SilversteinStarsAnthony QuinnGeorge MaharisMichael ParksYoung 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.
- DirectorTed KotcheffStarsJane FondaGeorge SegalEd McMahonWhen a successful, middle-class couple finds themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
- DirectorEmilio MiragliaStarsWalter PidgeonIra von FürstenbergKlaus KinskiA blind professor masterminds the theft of treasure from St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
- DirectorIrving BrecherStarsRobert WagnerDolores HartCarolyn JonesAn odd assortment of criminals steals a mothballed Liberty vessel to use it as a getaway after a planned bank robbery in Boston.
- DirectorLaslo BenedekStarsTrevor HowardDorothy DandridgeEdmund PurdomA 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.
- DirectorRussell RouseStarsStephen BoydYvette MimieuxGiovanna RalliA thief blackmails her former colleagues into robbing a bank in Spain housing some very valuable royal jewels.
- DirectorJacques DerayStarsGeorge HamiltonClaudine AugerAlberto de MendozaAn 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.aka: The Man from Marrakesh, or That Man George!
- DirectorFrank OzStarsRobert De NiroEdward NortonMarlon BrandoAn 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.
- DirectorHy AverbackStarsZero MostelKim NovakClint WalkerThree separate plans to rob a top-security bank in the western town of Friendly, Texas, circa 1880.
- DirectorPhil Alden RobinsonStarsRobert RedfordDan AykroydSidney PoitierA security pro finds his past returning to haunt him when he and his unique team are tasked with retrieving a particularly important item.
- DirectorJon AmielStarsSean ConneryCatherine Zeta-JonesVing RhamesAn insurance agent is sent by her employer to track down and help capture an art thief.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsRed SkeltonCara WilliamsJames WhitmoreA diamond cutter in search of his birth parents gets caught up with con men who want to get their hands on a rare diamond.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsRichard JordanOliver TobiasDavid NivenReleased 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.
- DirectorDon SiegelPeter R. HuntRobert Ellis MillerStarsBurt ReynoldsLesley-Anne DownDavid NivenTwo sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels. Despite a continuous exchange of quips they eventually become romantically involved.
- DirectorPeter DuffellStarsTelly SavalasRobert CulpJames MasonThirty 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.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsJack HawkinsNigel PatrickRoger LiveseyA disgruntled veteran recruits a group of disgraced colleagues to perform a bank robbery with military precision.
- DirectorRobert ScheererStarsSusan Saint JamesJane CurtinJessica LangeA 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.
- DirectorJohn QuestedStarsAlbert FinneyMartin SheenSusannah YorkWhen 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.
- DirectorDavid GreenStarsPhil CollinsJulie WaltersLarry LambBased on the story of Ronald Christopher "Buster" Edwards (Phil Collins), one of the thieves involved in "The Great Train Robbery" of 1963.
- DirectorBill ForsythStarsBurt ReynoldsCasey SiemaszkoSheila KelleyProfessional 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.
- DirectorSidney HayersStarsMichael CraigFrançoise PrévostBillie WhitelawA 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.
- DirectorHenry LevinStarsTom EwellMickey RooneyMickey ShaughnessyThree 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, parasitic friend and Rocky is their bookie pal. Gus persuades Max that with his unusual swallow tube they could rob a bank and Max could swallow the note to be shown the teller after the money is handed over. They pull off the robbery with incredible ease, become involved with a vitamin-gulping horse, lose their bank roll, try robbery again - and wind up behind the Eight Ball.
- DirectorDavid MametStarsGene HackmanRebecca PidgeonDanny DeVitoA career jewel thief finds himself at tense odds with his longtime partner, a crime boss who sends his nephew to keep watch.
- DirectorRonald NeameStarsShirley MacLaineMichael CaineHerbert LomAn 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.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsRobert MitchumJane GreerWilliam BendixAn army lieutenant accused of robbery pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's fiancee.
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsRory CalhounMary CostaJames GregoryA "confidence couple" pose as husband and wife while attempting a bank heist.
- DirectorGeorge EnglundStarsJean-Claude KillyDanièle GaubertCliff PottsChristian 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 250,000 dollars that represent the gains of the winter resort where he works. He manages to persuade Monica to join in the heist as well as Bob Skinner, a ski racer down on his luck who needs the money to replenish his finances. The caper as such succeeds but the three accomplices should not celebrate too soon. An insurance investigator indeed appears on the scene...
- DirectorClaude LelouchStarsJean-Louis TrintignantDanièle DelormeCharles GérardStory about an incurable thief, his success and his failures.
- DirectorClaude LelouchStarsLino VenturaJacques BrelCharles DennerWhen 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 Latin America. They get framed by a guerrilla leader, who had been kidnapped by them before, and while being tried the French Government decides to let them flee to Africa where they get on with the same old game.
- DirectorClaude LelouchStarsLino VenturaFrançoise FabianCharles GérardReleased 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 Cannes, but also by a very special someone he met there.
- DirectorTom GriesStarsDonald SutherlandJennifer O'NeillRobert DuvallAn insurance investigator romances a wealthy young beauty when he suspects she may be involved in fencing stolen jewels.
- DirectorRobert Michael LewisStarsHenry FondaLeonard NimoyJames McEachinA parole officer forced into retirement gets together three ex-convicts to pull of a $30-million armored car robbery.
- DirectorGerald ThomasStarsSidney JamesSylvia SymsDick EmeryAn 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 stolen, which George had hidden in a hollow tree during the chase in which they were caught. The only trouble is that the tree was in the middle of a lonely lane when they were imprisoned; now, 15 years later, it's in the backyard of a police station.
- DirectorGérard OuryStarsJean-Paul BelmondoBourvilDavid NivenWhen 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.
- DirectorBarry PollackStarsThalmus RasulalaJudy PaceJulian ChristopherThalmus 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.
- DirectorWolf RillaStarsTerence MorganYôko TaniJohn CrawfordIn 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.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsDick Van DykeBarbara FeldonJohn McGiverA 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.
- DirectorMaurizio LucidiStarsEli WallachUrsula AndressFabio TestiAfter 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 stuck in an isolated motel until his car is fixed. The owner of the motel, a sexy woman in her thirties, falls in love with him, but her suspicions about him begin to multiply, as the police arrive at the motel...
- DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsDick HaymesNina FochRoland YoungA 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.
- DirectorJack ConwayStarsJohn BarrymoreLionel BarrymoreKaren MorleyA detective is tasked to capture an elusive thief called Arsene Lupin.
- DirectorGeorge FitzmauriceHarry d'Abbadie d'ArrastStarsRonald ColmanKay FrancisDavid TorrenceA 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 "retire" from that life, but an old friend comes to him with a predicament that entails him committing one last job.
- DirectorBrian G. HuttonStarsClint EastwoodTelly SavalasDon RicklesA group of U.S. soldiers sneaks across enemy lines in WWII France to get their hands on a secret stash of Nazi treasure.
- DirectorMarvin J. ChomskyStarsCarl BetzStephen CollinsBurr DeBenningIn 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 prison and sees the other gang members letting him take all the heat, he still doesn't come clean to the cops. He feels a loyalty to his best friend, who was also in on the crime. But what will his best friend choose to do?
- DirectorJohn RidleyStarsDavid CarusoKelly LynchStacey DashLovers 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 escaping car. Ned is joined in his search for Jude by female hitchhiker Bec.
- DirectorGuy RitchieStarsJason StathamBrad PittStephen GrahamUnscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
- DirectorFrancis MegahyStarsIan McShaneWarren ClarkeStephen GreifA group of fascists plan to finance their work by pulling off a bank robbery.
- DirectorMichael PressmanStarsClaudia JenningsTara StrohmeierJocelyn JonesExplosive drama and action when two sexy girls go on a bank robbing binge.
- DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsTom BellJudi DenchPaul RogersPeter 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, he goes back to his old life, providing for his expensive tastes by executing a series of daring burglaries.
- DirectorNoel BlackStarsDonald SutherlandBrooke AdamsPaul MazurskyThe two least likely bank robbers in the known universe plan and execute... kind of... the ultimate heist.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroSharon StoneJoe PesciIn Las Vegas, two best friends - a casino executive and a mafia enforcer - compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsMaruschka DetmersJacques BonnafféMyriem RousselA woman involved with a terrorist group becomes dangerously close to the police officer guarding the bank they plan to rob.
- DirectorJohn BoultingStarsAnton RodgersCharlotte RamplingEric SykesRogues 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 and the money gone on nursing care. They soon discover that Duke is actually running Hope Springs Nature Clinic with the help of most of the local villains. Very strange - and the nearby army camp and Sara's encouragement of Lieutenant Vine would seem to be no coincidence either.
- DirectorRobert DayStarsPeter SellersDavid LodgeBernard CribbinsWhile 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.
- DirectorMartin BrestStarsGeorge BurnsArt CarneyLee StrasbergThree friends living on the dole decide to rob a bank.
- DirectorNoel NosseckStarsStella StevensStuart WhitmanGeorge DiCenzoGambling, 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.
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsRichard WidmarkMai ZetterlingNigel PatrickWorld 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.
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsJohn WayneKirk DouglasHoward KeelThe 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.
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsKim BasingerVal KilmerTerence StampA 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.
- DirectorClaude LelouchStarsJean YanneMarie-Sophie L.Patrick BruelOn 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 Cartiers; he suspects them of the murder.) He's framed for the theft and spends ten years in prison, writing to his daughter, Marie-Sophie, who's 11 when he's sent away. Released, he reconnects to Marie-Sophie and to the young thieves, seeks revenge, and is quickly arrested again. She doesn't know what to make of her father, retreats to her Swiss fiancé, and is flummoxed when one of the young thieves falls for her. Is resolution possible when crime cuts across families and romance?
- DirectorAlvin RakoffStarsNadja TillerRod SteigerPeter van EyckWhen an enigmatic woman hires a group of criminals to rob a US Army payroll armored truck bound for Marseilles things go wrong.aka: On Friday at Eleven
- DirectorJeremy KaganStarsJackie GleasonMac DavisTeri GarrA 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.
- DirectorDon McDougallStarsChristopher GeorgeElizabeth AshleyHoward DuffAn armored car guard who is forced to help rob his own company must convince the police that he is innocent.
- DirectorStuart OrmeStarsPierce BrosnanTom SkerrittWendy HughesFramed con-man seeks revenge by planning a racetrack heist.
- DirectorRobert MarkowitzStarsDonald SutherlandJohn HeardJamie HarrisJimmy Burke is a small time hood, who has one final chance to make the biggest score of his life.
- DirectorLee H. KatzinStarsDon MeredithJoseph CampanellaLarry WilcoxA husband and wife come up with a plan to steal $10 million in gold, using the hijacking of a police helicopter as a diversion.
- DirectorKôichi SakamotoMakoto YokoyamaStarsMotoko NaginoMichael HexumJohnny Yong BoschA 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.
- DirectorSergio GobbiStarsRobert HosseinCharles AznavourVirna LisiPatterning himself after the American gangster John Dillinger, a criminal is tracked by an inspector, a former childhood friend.
- DirectorAlan TaylorStarsWilliam ForsytheVincent GalloAdam TreseJerry 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 exposes their incompetence as criminals, a fateful event (and an old black-and-white film) convinces them that they can pull off an armored-truck robbery. While they are busy plotting their caper, their dysfunctional families spin out of control all around them.
- DirectorKurt VossStarsLuke PerryIce-TRichmond ArquetteTwo brothers turn against each other when confronted with the possibility of getting millions of dollars found in a stolen armored car.
- DirectorPeter RossiStarsPaul Ben-VictorDaniel BenzaliMyriam CyrFour career felons are brought together by desperation and greed in the most devious attempt to double-cross a rival crime boss
- DirectorJoseph RubenStarsWesley SnipesWoody HarrelsonJennifer LopezA vengeful New York City transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares. His foster brother, a fellow cop, tries to protect him.
- DirectorGérard PirèsStarsNatasha HenstridgeStephen DorffBruce PayneA gang of extreme sportsmen raises the stakes in their criminal activities.
- DirectorJohn IrvinStarsHarvey KeitelStephen DorffTimothy HuttonA retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.
- DirectorPierre Granier-DeferreStarsLino VenturaCharles AznavourIrina DemickThree 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 colleague Alphonse to join their team. But the well thought-out coup fails, and Alphonse is the only one of them who ends up in jail for several years. When he's released, he's out for revenge.
- DirectorRichard BaileyStarsDean StockwellRuss TamblynAlex KarrasFriends 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 recoup the money they've lost over the years, but things don't go as planned.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsRene AuberjonoisBill BixbyLeonard FreySix businessmen who have a weekly after-hours basketball game get caught up in a bet about a hide-and-seek contest.
- DirectorJacques AudiardStarsVincent CasselEmmanuelle DevosOlivier GourmetShe 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.
- DirectorLarry ClarkStarsJames WoodsMelanie GriffithVincent KartheiserIn 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.
- DirectorBob RafelsonStarsJack NicholsonMichael CaineStephen DorffA 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.