Tag Archives: heist

The Italian Job

IMDB Rating: 6.90
41943 votes

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A gang of robbers, lead by career criminal Charlie Croker, create the largest traffic jam in Los Angeles history, giving them time to pull off a theft of gold bullion. They get away in their Mini Coopers, which are small enough to drive on sidewalks so they can make a clean get away before the traffic jam clears.
Actors
Charlie CrokerMark Wahlberg
Stella BridgerCharlize Theron
John BridgerDonald Sutherland
Also posted in 2003, Action, Crime, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (8)

Sneakers

IMDB Rating: 7.00
17677 votes

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A group of security analysts are offered a job by the CIA and when they are reluctant, pressure is brought to bear by the threat to disclose the identity of their leader, a 60s radical with outstanding warrants. A chip exists that will allow any computer to be cracked, and organized crime will soon control it, though sudden changes in their police records suggest that it is already operational.
Actors
College-Aged BishopGary Hershberger
College-Aged CosmoJo Marr
Martin 'Marty' BishopRobert Redford
Also posted in 1992, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Bound by Honor (aka “Blood in, blood out”)

IMDB Rating: 7.60
5774 votes

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Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.
Actors
MikloDamian Chapa
CruzJesse Borrego
PacoBenjamin Bratt
Also posted in 1993, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Riders

IMDB Rating: 5.20
1861 votes

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An entrepreneurial criminal, Slim (Dorff) is as smart as they come. Cocky and confident, he assembles a team of risk-taking rush-seekers to pull off a series of five bank heists, each time using a different extreme sport to make the getaway. Following an unexpected windfall on only their second job, the gang nets $20 million in untraceable bonds. Having scored enough money to retire on, Slim and his crew decide to call the robbery game quits. But both the mob and the police have other plans in mind for Slim: they want him to keep working, for them.
Actors
SlimStephen Dorff
KarenNatasha Henstridge
Lt. MacgruderBruce Payne
Also posted in 2002, Action, Crime, Thriller | Comments (0)

Ocean’s Twelve

IMDB Rating: 6.00
37525 votes

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Set three years after "Ocean's 11," this sequel shows us Danny Ocean gathering up his complete gang of con artists and thieves from the first film in New York City before they all jet off to Amsterdam, Rome, and Paris to pull off three seperate heists. All the while, the boys must deal with increasing pressure from a very mad Terry Benedict, a dedicated Europol agent with a link to Rusty's past, and a mysterious French rival known as the "Night Fox." Will Ocean's crew reach their full potential and become the greatest thieves the world has ever known, or will they fall victim to Benedict's revenge? All bets are off.
Actors
Matt Damon
Bernie Mac
Vincent Cassel
Also posted in 2004, Comedy, Crime, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Score

IMDB Rating: 6.80
27610 votes

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Nick Wells, a professional criminal, decides to leave the business for good, since he nearly got caught on his last job. His plan is to live in peace with his girl Diane, running his Montreal jazz club NYC. Soon Max, his good friend and financial partner in the illegal affairs, comes along with an offer Nick can't refuse: A historical and priceless French sceptre has been discovered while being smuggled into the country. It is now under massive surveillance in the Montreal Customs House, and soon to be returned to France. Nick has to team up with Max' man inside, the young, talented and aggressive thief Jackie Teller to get the precious item, and suffer no more financial problems ever. Only one question remains: Who will trick whom out of their share?
Actors
Robert De Niro
Edward Norton
Marlon Brando
Also posted in 2001, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (14)

Reservoir Dogs

IMDB Rating: 8.40
130246 votes

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Six criminals, who are strangers to each other, are hired by a crime boss Joe Cabot to carry out a diamond robbery. Right at the outset, they are given false names with an intention that they won't get too close and concentrate on the job instead. They are completely sure that the robbery is going to be a success. But when the police show up right at the time and the site of the robbery, panic spreads amongst the group members and one of them is killed in the subsequent shootout along with a few policemen and civilians. When the remaining people assemble at the premeditated rendezvous point (a warehouse), they begin to suspect that one of them is an undercover cop.
Actors
Mr. White/Larry DimmickHarvey Keitel
Mr. Orange/Freddy NewandykeTim Roth
Mr. Blonde/Vic VegaMichael Madsen
Also posted in 1992, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (1)

Femme Fatale

IMDB Rating: 6.30
9641 votes

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International con artist/thief Laure Ash helps pull off a diamond robbery in Cannes during the annual film festival. She double-crosses her partners-in-crime and makes off with the diamonds to Paris where she accidently assumes the identy of a distraught woman who commits suicide and then leaves the country. Seven years later, Laure (now called Lily Watts) re-surfaces as the wife of the new American ambassador to France where a certain Nicolas Barto, a Spanish photographer, takes her picture which sets the stage for a motion of events as the evil Laure resorts to low, underhanded means to protect her former identity by emotionally and financially destroying Nicolas while evading her former partners-in-crime still looking for her to reclaim the stolen diamonds.
Actors
Laure/LilyRebecca Romijn
Nicolas BardoAntonio Banderas
WattsPeter Coyote
Also posted in 2002, Crime, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (2)

Beverly Hills Cop II

IMDB Rating: 5.90
16359 votes

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A series of strange robberies brings Axel Foley back to Beverly Hills to help his two fellow cops solve the case. All the familiar faces of the first film are back...
Actors
Det. Axel FoleyEddie Murphy
Det. William 'Billy' RosewoodJudge Reinhold
Det. Sgt. John TaggartJohn Ashton
Also posted in 1987, Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller | Comments (1)

Ocean’s Thirteen

IMDB Rating: 7.10
30927 votes

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The last time we saw Danny Ocean's crew, they were paying back ruthless casino mogul Terry Benedict after stealing millions from him. However, it's been a while since they've come back together, which is all about to change. When one of their own, Reuben Tishkoff builds a hotel with known casino owner Willy Banks, the last thing he ever wanted was to get cut out of the deal personally by the loathsome Banks. Banks' attitude even goes so far as to finding the amusement in Tishkoff's misfortune when the double crossing lands Reuben in the hospital because of a heart attack. However, Danny and his crew won't stand for Banks and what he's done to a friend. Uniting with their old enemy Benedict, who himself has a vendetta against Banks, the crew is out to pull off a major plan. One that will unfold on the night Banks' newest hot spot opens up, when the crew is out to bankrupt one of the city's most despised businessmen. But they're not in this for the money, but for the revenge.
Actors
Rusty RyanBrad Pitt
Danny OceanGeorge Clooney
Linus CaldwellMatt Damon
Also posted in 2007, Comedy, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (26)