Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), dir. Jim Jarmusch
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The Anderson Tapes (1971)
The Anderson Tapes is a 1971 heist/ crime film. It was directed by Sidney Lumet and stars Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, and comedian Alan King. The screenplay was written by Frank Pierson, based upon a best-selling 1970 novel of the same name by Lawrence Sanders. The film is scored by Quincy Jones.
The Brink’s Job (1978)
The Brink’s Job is a 1978 film directed by William Friedkin and starring Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Allen Garfield, Warren Oates, Gena Rowlands and Paul Sorvino. It is based on the Brink’s robbery in Boston, where almost 3 million dollars was stolen. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, George R. Nelson). Notably, in August 1978, 15 unedited reels of the film were stolen at gunpoint. The robbers demanded a $600000 ransom. The money was never paid, because the robbers, showing a distinct lack of filmmaking knowledge, hijacked outtakes and dailies, positive prints of negatives were being held by Technicolor in New York City. The material was replaced with no significant delay. The robbers, however, made a ransom call, which triggered an investigation by the FBI. During the ransom call, Friedkin told the robbers to “get a projector and enjoy the film; it was all theirs”.
5 Against the House (1955)
5 Against the House is a 1955 American heist film starring Kim Novak, Guy Madison and Brian Keith, directed by Phil Karlson and based on a story by Jack Finney. It centers on a fictional robbery of what was a real Nevada casino, Harold’s Club.
Four college buddies enjoy a night at a Reno casino and overhear a cop saying that robbing the casino “cannot be done.” That gets the brainiest rich kid among them thinking up a plan for the perfect robbery. He convinces the others to join in when they hear that it will only be a college hoax, his plan being to let the police know where the money is afterwards
Band of Outsiders (1964)
Bande à part is a 1964 Nouvelle vague film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It was released as Band of Outsiders in North America; its French title derives from the phrase faire bande à part, which means “to do something apart from the group.”
The film is an adaptation of the novel Fools’ Gold by American author Dolores Hitchens.
The film belongs to the French New Wave movement.
Godard described it as “Alice in Wonderland meets Franz Kafka”
Die Hard (1988)
Usually cathergorised as an action or hostage film the plot develops into a good old fashioned heist and is therefore gladly included here. Very entertaining Film starring Bruce Willis as New York cop John McClane battling terrorists who are holding hostages in an LA office building.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a British crime film directed and written by Guy Ritchie. The story is a heist film involving a self-confident young card sharp who loses £500,000 to a powerful crime lord in a rigged game of three card brag. In order to pay off his debts, he and his friends decide to rob a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door. The film brought Guy Ritchie international acclaim and introduced actors Vinnie Jones, a former Welsh international footballer, and Jason Statham to worldwide audiences.
Ronin (1988)
Ronin is a 1998 heist-thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer and written by J.D. Zeik and David Mamet. It stars Robert De Niro and Jean Reno as two of several former special forces and intelligence agents who team up to steal a mysterious, heavily guarded suitcase while navigating a maze of shifting loyalties and alliances. The film is noted for its car chases through Nice and Paris and is in the clip above.
Thief (1981)
Thief is a 1981 neo-noir film written and directed by Michael Mann and based on the novel The Home Invaders by Frank Hohimer. The film’s cast includes James Caan, Tuesday Weld, James Belushi and Willie Nelson.
