best heist movies

Heist films have been around since ever since the creation of film and cinema. Edwin S. Porter’s 1903 silent film The Great Train Robbery is the earliest example of heist films. George Fitzmaurice and Harry d’Abbadie d’Arrast’s 1930 pre-code film Raffles, was the first film that was able to be classed as a “heist” film, […]

There is a great scene in the recently released American Animals (Bart Layton, 2018), in which the four thieves, who are starting to prepare a heist of their own, buy every heist film they can find and watch them all in an attempt to gather ideas. Of course, this isn’t really the best idea, however, […]

Heists are always interesting to watch onscreen, which is probably why Hollywood likes to make so many movies involving them. It’s always a great rush to see how they pull off the heist, and run away with the cash in hand and the girl underneath the arm. Yet, some of the very best heist movies […]