Heist film

The heist film or caper film is a subgenre of crime film, consisting of films that tell a caper story. These films feature plots in which a team of skillful criminals carry out a clever and daring theft. [1]

For films named Heist, see Heist (disambiguation) § Film.

Early films in the genre tended to have the heist ultimately fail, as a result of the strictures imposed by the Motion Picture Production Code; since the abandonment of the Production Code, most caper films feature successful heists.[1]

One of the early defining heist films was The Asphalt Jungle (1950), which Film Genre 2000 wrote "almost single-handedly popularised the genre for mainstream cinema". It featured robbers whose personal failings ultimately led to the failure of their robbery. Similar films using this formula were Armored Car Robbery (1950), The Killing (1956), and The Getaway (1972). By the 1990s, heist films "experiment and play with these conventions" and focused more on character relationships than the crime itself.[2]

List of films
Film Year Ref.
11 Harrowhouse1974[3]
80 Million2011[4]
Armored Car Robbery1950[2]
The Asphalt Jungle1950[5]
Baby Driver2017[6]
Bande à part1964[5]
The Bank Job2008[6]
Big Deal on Madonna Street1958[7]
Blue Collar1978[8]
Bob le flambeur1956[8]
Bonnie and Clyde1967[9]
Bottle Rocket1996[6]
The Castle of Cagliostro1979
Le Cercle Rouge1970[5]
Dead Presidents1995[10]
Den of Thieves2018[11]
Le deuxième souffle1966[8]
Dog Day Afternoon1975[5]
Entrapment1999[12]
Fast Five2011[6]
A Fish Called Wanda1988[6]
Flawless2007[3]
The Getaway1972[8]
Going in Style2017[13]
Grand Slam1967[8]
Heat1995[6]
The Hatton Garden Job2017[6]
Heist 2001 [14]
Hell or High Water2016[15]
The Hot Rock1972[3]
How to Steal a Million1966[8]
Hudson Hawk1991[16]
Inception2010[5]
Inside Man2006[6]
The Italian Job1969[6]
The Italian Job2003[6]
Jackie Brown1997[9]
The Killing1956[6]
King of Thieves2018[17]
The Lavender Hill Mob1951[8]
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels1998[6]
Logan Lucky2017[6]
Now You See Me2013[13]
Ocean's 82018[8]
Ocean's 111960[7]
Ocean's Eleven2001[5]
Ocean's Twelve2004[8]
Ocean's Thirteen2007[18]
Out of Sight1998[9]
Point Break1991[6]
Quick Change1990[9]
Reservoir Dogs1992[5]
Rififi1955[5]
Ronin1998[9]
The Score2001[19]
Set It Off1996[6]
Sexy Beast2000[5]
Snatch2000[6]
Sneakers1992[20]
The Split1968[21]
The Sting1973[6]
Thief1981[5]
The Thomas Crown Affair1968[6]
The Thomas Crown Affair1999[6]
Three Kings1999[9]
Topkapi1964[7]
The Town2010[6]
Vinci2004[4]
The Usual Suspects1995[6]
Widows2018[5]

References
  1. Hardy, Phil, ed. (1997). "The Caper Film". The BFI Companion to Crime. A & C Black. pp. 70–71. ISBN 978-0-304-33215-1.
  2. Wilson, Ron (2000). "The Left-Handed Form of Human Endeavour". In Dixon, Wheeler W. (ed.). Film Genre 2000: New Critical Essays. SUNY Press. pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-0-7914-4513-6.
  3. Hunter, Rob (September 6, 2018). "The Best Diamond Heist Movies You've Never Seen". /Film. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  4. Haltof, Marek (2015). Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 127, 148, 253. ISBN 978-1-4422-4472-6.
  5. Morris, Brogan (September 14, 2018). "10 great heist films". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  6. Dockterman, Eliana (August 18, 2017). "The 25 Best Heist Movies". Time. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  7. Axmaker, Sean (April 9, 2020). "Art of the steal: Here are some great heist/caper films to stream". Seattle Times. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  8. Staff, Playlist (September 10, 2010). "25 All-Time Favorite Heist Movies". IndieWire. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  9. Leitch, Will; Gierson, Tim (June 7, 2018). "The 25 Best Heist Movies of All Time". Vulture. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  10. Burlingame, Russ (July 17, 2015). "Ant-Man's Most Overlooked Cameo: Ant-Man Himself". Comicbook.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  11. Gleiberman, Owen (January 18, 2018). "Film Review: 'Den of Thieves'". Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  12. Maslin, Janet (April 30, 1999). "Film Review; They're a Devilish Match, But Who's Conning Whom?". The New York Times. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  13. Robey, Tim (March 23, 2017). "The timeless appeal of the heist movie". The Telegraph. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  14. "Here's one we saw earlier". the Guardian. 2001-11-25. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  15. Klimek, Chris (August 11, 2016). "'Hell Or High Water' Is A Smart, Substantive Heist Film". npr.org. NPR. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  16. Attenborough, Richard (1997). "The Caper Film". The BFI Companion to Crime. University of California Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-520-21538-2.
  17. Tobias, Scott (January 24, 2019). "'King Of Thieves': Bank Heist Film Deposits A Great Cast But Withdraws The Style". npr.org. NPR. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  18. Travers, Peter (June 8, 2007). "Ocean's Thirteen". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  19. Ebert, Roger (2001-07-13). "The Score movie review & film summary". Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  20. Kehr, Dave (September 9, 1992). "SLEEK `SNEAKERS` FITS HEIST GENRE LIKE AN OLD SHOE". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  21. Ebert, Roger (October 17, 1968). "The Split, Roger Ebert review". rogerebert.com. Retrieved April 3, 2020.

Further reading
  • Lee, Daryl (2014). The Heist Film: Stealing with Style. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-85058-2.
  • Sloniowski, Jeannette; Leach, Jim (eds.). The Best Laid Plans: Interrogating the Heist Film. Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-4224-4.
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