Subgenre Sampler
Heist: 176 Films to Buy & Rent
- 25 Carat (25 Kilates) (2008)
- Dir. Patxi Amezcua
Feat. Francesc Garrido, Aida Folch, Manuel Moron…
- Relentless thriller set in the Barcelona underworld where a loan enforcer and a car thief pair up for a particularly dangerous heist.…
- Bank Job, The (2008)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows
- Heavy–for–hire Jason Stratham stars in this enjoyable crime caper based around the true story of a robbery in a London bank vault in…
- Mad Money (2008)
- Dir. Callie Khouri
Feat. Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes…
- Heist comedy from THELMA AND LOUISE scripter Callie Khouri, centred on a trio of good–girl bank employees that decide to take a walk on the…
- Maiden Heist (2008)
- Dir. Peter Hewitt
Feat. Christopher Walken, Morgan Freeman, William H. Macy…
- Agreeable caper with three aging security guards conspire to steal the artwork they're supposed to be protecting.
Intended as an affectionate…
- Tuesday (2008)
- Dir. Sacha Bennett
Feat. Philip Glenister, Ashley Walters, Christian Solimeno…
- British heist movie concerning a group of infamous criminals, a couple of beautiful bank clerks and a desperate, jobless man, all of whom decide to…
- Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney…
- Intense tragi–thriller centred around a pair of hapless brothers (Hoffman and Hawke) who face devastating family consequences after a botched…
- Flawless (2007)
- Dir. Michael Radford
Feat. Demi Moore, Michael Caine
- Competent period caper teams up undervalued Diamond Corp exec Demi Moore with disaffected janitor Michael Caine, as they decide to take revenge by…
- Graduation (2007)
- Dir. Michael Mayer
Feat. Adam Arkin, Shannon Lucio, Riley Smith…
- Teen heist flick concerns a quartet of college friends on the brink of graduation who try to pull off a risky bank job to help fund cancer treatment…
- Lookout, The (2007)
- Dir. Scott Frank
Feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Isla Fisher…
- It–boy Joseph Gordon–Levitt elevates this small–town crime thriller as an impaired bank janitor who is coerced into acting as an…
- No Country for Old Men (2007)
- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones…
- A masterfully executed thriller from the Coen brothers, who return to the suspense–driven fatalism of their most admired films (BLOOD SIMPLE,…