Classic Heist Films

I love heist movies, it's by far the best genre. This is my selection of the best, most authentic heist films.

Definition: A heist film is a film that has an intricate plot woven around a group of people trying to steal something.

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