What are your favorite HEIST films?

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FilmBoy77

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what are your favorite heist films?

i'm doing a film involving a heist and would like to know what you consider the best and possibly what you liked most about it.

thanks in advance
 
Running Time - for the Rope-esque "one continuous shot" way in which it was made... and because Bruce Campbell is awesome in it.:D
 
I'm not sure if this really qualifies, but I would say "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead." It's more of a tragic drama about how greed, desperation and guilt affect the characters, but there is a heist involved.

Also, Ocean's 11 (the original). Heists can be fun and cool too.
 
Thief and Heat. Mann at his best.

Topkapi is a great classic Heist flick, as is Kubrick's The Killing.
 
White Heat
Asphalt Jungle
Dog Day Afternoon
Rififi
The Killing
Reservoir Dogs
Bob Le Flambeur
Le Cercle Rouge
Straight Time
Out of Sight
Quick Change
 
The Good Thief - I can't praise this movie enough. It looks good, Nick Nolte and Tcheky Karyo and Ralph Fiennes are great. The supporting cast is great. The story just works. Maybe my favorite heist film (and a remake - better than the original material, by far - of Bob the Gambler.)

Heat - Well, Michael Mann, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro. What more to say?

The Fifth Element - It's basically a caper movie, at heart. A real fun one.

Ocean's Eleven - The Clooney one. For me, it's the personalities that make the movie work. The caper itself was forgettable, but the dialog was great fun.

Inside Man - Yeah, okay, it's kind of flawed. But the heist parts are entertaining.

Sneakers - Cast and script made this one work. It was clever.

Die Hard - Is it still a heist movie, if it's about the hero screwing up the villains' carefully-engineered heist...?
 
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