The Best Heist Movies To Watch

Published: NOV 15, 2025

THE ITALIAN JOB (1969)

The Italian Job is an equal mix of style and anarchy. With its legendary ending, it’ll keep you dangling between success and disaster.

HEAT (1995)

De Niro and Pacino portray men who’re defined purely by their craft in this downtown LA shootout, having one of the most surgical action sequences ever filmed.

INCEPTION (2010)

In this Christopher Nolan-directed heist, DiCaprio’s Cobb isn’t after money; he’s chasing family. Beneath the layers of dream logic and spectacle is the same old motive: the perfect job that might finally set you free.

LOGAN LUCKY (2017)

With NASCAR heists, prosthetic limbs, and Daniel Craig doing his best Southern drawl, this Soderbergh-directed saga depicts a bunch of guys proving they’re anything but.

THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1999)

Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo together turn theft into foreplay, the cat-and-mouse into something sinfully elegant. The movie is about the art of wanting what you shouldn’t.

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