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Best Robbery Movies of all time

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1. Inside Man (2006)

R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

7.6 Rate 76 Metascore

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TV-PG | 71 min | Horror, Sci-Fi this feature.

7.6 Rate 87 Metascore

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3. Wisdom (1986)
R | 109 min | Crime, Drama Best Robbery Movies of
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Votes: 3,412 | Gross: $5.72M

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4. Kelly's Heroes (1970)
GP | 144 min | Adventure, Comedy, War

7.6 Rate 50 Metascore

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A group of U.S. soldiers sneaks across enemy lines to get their
hands on a secret stash of Nazi treasure.
Director: Brian G. Hutton | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles,
Carroll O'Connor

Votes: 50,069 | Gross: $1.38M

5. The Silent Partner (1978)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

7.4 Rate 74 Metascore

A timid bank teller anticipates a bank robbery and steals the

money himself before the crook arrives. When the sadistic crook
realizes he's been fooled, he tracks down the teller and engages
him in a cat-and-mouse chase for the cash.
Directors: Daryl Duke, Curtis Hanson | Stars: Elliott Gould, Christopher
Plummer, Susannah York, Céline Lomez

Votes: 6,736

6. Run Lola Run (1998)

R | 80 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

7.7 Rate 77 Metascore

After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up

with 100,000 Deutschmarks.
Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert
Knaup, Nina Petri

Votes: 199,274 | Gross: $7.27M

7. Stander (2003)
R | 111 min | Action, Biography, Crime

7.1 Rate 62 Metascore

The life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police

officer turned bank robber.
Director: Bronwen Hughes | Stars: Thomas Jane, David O'Hara, Dexter
Fletcher, Deborah Kara Unger

Votes: 8,762 | Gross: $0.02M

8. The Dark Knight (2008)

PG-13 | 152 min | Action, Crime, Drama

9 Rate 84 Metascore

When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos
on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the
greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight
injustice.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron
Eckhart, Michael Caine

Votes: 2,627,420 | Gross: $534.86M

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9. The Bank Job (2008)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

7.2 Rate 69 Metascore

Martine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's

Baker Street. She targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth
millions in cash and jewelry along with a treasure trove of dirty
secrets.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows,
Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays

Votes: 182,280 | Gross: $30.03M

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10. Steal (2002)
R | 83 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

5.4 Rate
A gang of extreme sportsmen raises the stakes in their criminal
activities.
Director: Gérard Pirès | Stars: Natasha Henstridge, Stephen Dorff, Bruce
Payne, Steven Berkoff

Votes: 5,928

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11. Takers (2010)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama

6.2 Rate 45 Metascore

A group of bank robbers find their multi-million dollar plan

interrupted by a hard-boiled detective.
Director: John Luessenhop | Stars: Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen, Matt
Dillon, Michael Ealy

Votes: 63,123 | Gross: $57.74M

12. Reservoir Dogs (1992)

R | 99 min | Crime, Thriller

8.3 Rate 79 Metascore

When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving

criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael
Madsen, Chris Penn

Votes: 1,011,167 | Gross: $2.83M

13. Ocean's Twelve (2004)

PG-13 | 125 min | Crime, Thriller

6.5 Rate 58 Metascore

Daniel Ocean recruits one more team member so he can pull off
three major European heists in this sequel to Ocean's Eleven
(2001).

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia

Roberts, Catherine Zeta-Jones

Votes: 390,462 | Gross: $125.54M

14. Ocean's Eleven (2001)

PG-13 | 116 min | Crime, Thriller

7.7 Rate 74 Metascore

Danny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las
Vegas casinos simultaneously.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia
Roberts, Matt Damon

Votes: 572,374 | Gross: $183.42M

15. Ocean's Thirteen (2007)

PG-13 | 122 min | Crime, Thriller

6.9 Rate 62 Metascore

Danny Ocean rounds up the boys for a third heist after casino
owner Willy Bank double-crosses one of the original eleven,
Reuben Tishkoff.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt

Damon, Michael Mantell

Votes: 347,312 | Gross: $117.15M

16. Heat (1995)
R | 170 min | Action, Crime, Drama

8.3 Rate 76 Metascore

A group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat

from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest
heist.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon
Voight

Votes: 651,424 | Gross: $67.44M

17. Entrapment (1999)

PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Crime, Romance

6.3 Rate 54 Metascore

An insurance agent is sent by her employer to track down and

help capture an art thief.
Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ving
Rhames, Will Patton

Votes: 116,750 | Gross: $87.70M

18. The Town (2010)

R | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

7.5 Rate 74 Metascore

A proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold Claire, the

assistant manager, hostage. Things begin to get complicated
when one of the crew members falls in love with Claire.

Director: Ben Affleck | Stars: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy
Renner

Votes: 390,473 | Gross: $92.19M

19. The Pink Panther (2006)

PG | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

5.6 Rate 38 Metascore

Bumbling Inspector Clouseau must solve the murder of a famous

soccer coach and find out who stole the infamous Pink Panther
diamond.

Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Jean Reno, Emily
Mortimer

Votes: 87,005 | Gross: $82.23M

20. Grand Slam (1967)

Not Rated | 121 min | Crime, Drama

6.8 Rate
At the suggestion of a retired professor, a motley group of
criminals plans the robbery of a Brazilian diamond company but it
must contend with a new alarm system and the mutual distrust
among its members.

Director: Giuliano Montaldo | Stars: Janet Leigh, Robert Hoffmann, Klaus

Kinski, Riccardo Cucciolla

Votes: 1,262

21. The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

R | 113 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller

6.8 Rate 72 Metascore

A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing

artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective.
Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis Leary,
Ben Gazzara

Votes: 94,265 | Gross: $69.30M

22. The Brink's Job (1978)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

6.5 Rate
A fictional retelling of the infamous Boston Brink's Company
robbery on January 17th, 1950, of $2.7M, and cost the American
taxpayers $29M to apprehend the culprits with only $58,000
recovered.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Allen Garfield,
Warren Oates

Votes: 3,123 | Gross: $9.40M

23. The Great Train Robbery (1978)

PG | 110 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

6.9 Rate 68 Metascore

England, 1850s. A master criminal aims to rob a train of a large

sum of gold. Security is incredibly tight and the task seems an
impossible one. However, he has a plan and just the right people
to carry it out.
Director: Michael Crichton | Stars: Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland,
Lesley-Anne Down, Alan Webb

Votes: 18,164 | Gross: $13.03M

24. The Hot Rock (1972)

PG | 101 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

6.8 Rate 65 Metascore

Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a

museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to
steal it...
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman,
Paul Sand

Votes: 6,428 | Gross: $2.54M

25. Charley Varrick (1973)

PG | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

7.5 Rate
A man, his wife and their friend stage a bloody bank robbery
without realizing they are stealing from the Mob.

Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Felicia Farr,
Andrew Robinson

Votes: 12,409

26. The Killing (1956)

Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

8 Rate 91 Metascore

Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and

execute a daring racetrack robbery.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince

Edwards, Jay C. Flippen

Votes: 90,271

27. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

R | 111 min | Action, Biography, Crime

7.7 Rate 86 Metascore

Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named

Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree
through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J.
Pollard, Gene Hackman

Votes: 113,509
28. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
R | 125 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

8 Rate 86 Metascore

Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice

simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately,
the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre
nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Penelope Allen, Sully
Boyar

Votes: 257,248 | Gross: $50.00M

29. Point Break (1991)

R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

7.2 Rate 58 Metascore

An F.B.I. Agent goes undercover to catch a gang of surfers who

may be bank robbers.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary
Busey, Lori Petty

Votes: 183,578 | Gross: $43.22M

30. Bandits (2001)

PG-13 | 123 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

6.5 Rate 60 Metascore

Two bank robbers fall in love with the girl they've kidnapped.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate
Blanchett, Troy Garity

Votes: 68,561 | Gross: $41.58M

31. The Italian Job (2003)

PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

7 Rate 68 Metascore

After being betrayed and left for dead in Italy, Charlie Croker and
his team plan an elaborate gold heist against their former ally.
Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Mark Wahlberg, Edward
Norton, Charlize Theron

Votes: 368,828 | Gross: $106.13M

32. The Real McCoy (1993)

PG-13 | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

5.5 Rate
A woman is released from prison, an expert bank robber who
wants to settle down and go straight, but her parole officer and
her former employer try to get her to pull one more heist.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Kim Basinger, Val Kilmer, Terence Stamp,
Gailard Sartain

Votes: 9,187 | Gross: $6.47M

33. Catch That Kid (2004)

PG | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

5.2 Rate 33 Metascore

A girl and her two friends raid a bank, looking for the money
needed for financing the cure of her dying father.
Director: Bart Freundlich | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Sam Robards, Jennifer
Beals, Corbin Bleu

Votes: 10,512 | Gross: $16.70M

34. Heartbreakers (2001)
PG-13 | 123 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

6.2 Rate 47 Metascore

A mother and daughter con team seduce and scam wealthy men.
Director: David Mirkin | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Gene
Hackman, Ray Liotta

Votes: 55,023 | Gross: $40.34M

35. Confidence (2003)

R | 97 min | Crime, Thriller

6.6 Rate 59 Metascore

Jake Vig is a consummate grifter about to pull his biggest con

yet, one set to avenge his friend's murder. But his last scam
backfired, leaving him indebted to a mob boss and his enforcer.
Director: James Foley | Stars: Edward Burns, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz,
Andy Garcia

Votes: 34,510 | Gross: $12.21M

36. Scorched (I) (2003)

PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Crime

5.9 Rate
By chance 3 employees rob their bank the same weekend.

Director: Gavin Grazer | Stars: Alicia Silverstone, Rachael Leigh Cook,

Woody Harrelson, John Cleese

Votes: 6,784

37. Heist (2001)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama

6.5 Rate 66 Metascore

A career jewel thief finds himself at tense odds with his longtime
partner, a crime boss who sends his nephew to keep watch.
Director: David Mamet | Stars: Gene Hackman, Rebecca Pidgeon, Danny
DeVito, Delroy Lindo

Votes: 37,391 | Gross: $0.05M

38. Ronin (1998)

R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

7.2 Rate 67 Metascore

A freelancing former U.S. Intelligence Agent tries to track down a

mysterious package that is wanted by the Irish and the Russians.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha
McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård

Votes: 184,667 | Gross: $41.62M

39. Quick Change (1990)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Crime

6.8 Rate 56 Metascore

Three thieves successfully rob a New York City bank, but making
the escape from the city proves to be almost impossible.
Directors: Howard Franklin, Bill Murray | Stars: Bill Murray, Geena Davis,
Randy Quaid, Dale Grand

Votes: 20,947 | Gross: $15.26M

40. Rififi (1955)
Not Rated | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

8.1 Rate 97 Metascore

Four men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human

element intervenes...
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel,
Janine Darcey

Votes: 34,617 | Gross: $0.06M

41. Dead Presidents (1995)

R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama

6.9 Rate
A Vietnam vet adjusts to life after the war while trying to support
his family, but the chance of a better life may involve crime and
bloodshed.

Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Larenz Tate, Keith David,
Chris Tucker, Freddy Rodríguez

Votes: 22,646 | Gross: $24.20M

42. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

8.2 Rate 66 Metascore

Eddy persuades his three pals to pool money for a vital poker
game against a powerful local mobster, Hatchet Harry. Eddy
loses, after which Harry gives him a week to pay back 500,000
pounds.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran,
Jason Statham

Votes: 580,580 | Gross: $3.90M

43. Three Kings (1999)

R | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

7.1 Rate 82 Metascore

In the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, four soldiers set out to
steal gold that was stolen from Kuwait, but they discover people
who desperately need their help.

Director: David O. Russell | Stars: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice

Cube, Spike Jonze

Votes: 172,673 | Gross: $60.65M

44. Swordfish (2001)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

6.5 Rate 32 Metascore

A covert counter-terrorist unit called Black Cell led by Gabriel

Shear wants the money to help finance their war against
international terrorism, but it's all locked away. Gabriel brings in
convicted hacker Stanley Jobson to help him.
Director: Dominic Sena | Stars: John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry,
Don Cheadle

Votes: 188,267 | Gross: $69.77M

45. Inception (2010)

PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

8.8 Rate 74 Metascore

A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-

sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea
into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the
project and his team to disaster.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-
Levitt, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe

Votes: 2,328,474 | Gross: $292.58M

 46. The Score (2001)
R | 124 min | Action, Crime, Drama

6.8 Rate 71 Metascore

An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth
when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.

Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando,

Angela Bassett

Votes: 128,600 | Gross: $71.07M

47. Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)

PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Crime

6.1 Rate 47 Metascore

When an affluent couple lose all their money following a series of

blunders, they turn to a life of crime to make ends meet.
Director: Dean Parisot | Stars: Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni, Alec Baldwin, Richard
Jenkins

Votes: 146,347 | Gross: $110.33M

48. Thief (1981)

R | 123 min | Action, Crime, Drama

7.4 Rate 78 Metascore

An ace safe cracker wants to do one last big heist for the mob
before going straight.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson,
Jim Belushi

Votes: 32,795 | Gross: $11.49M

49. Out of Sight (1998)

R | 123 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

7 Rate 85 Metascore

A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of

mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving
Rhames, Steve Zahn

Votes: 93,337 | Gross: $37.56M

50. The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)

PG | 104 min | Comedy, Romance

6.1 Rate
A computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he
starts making waves an insurance investigator hounds him. He
also meets a woman who becomes his accomplice.
Director: Bud Yorkin | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Jacqueline Bisset, Warren Oates,
Jill Clayburgh

Votes: 1,076 | Gross: $0.68M

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