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1. 11 Harrowhouse (1974)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Independent diamond broker and his girlfriend attempt a heist at a major Diamond Exchange house in London.

Director: Aram Avakian | Stars: Candice Bergen, Charles Grodin, James Mason, Trevor Howard

Votes: 1,220 | Gross: $0.61M

2. 11.6 (2013)

Not Rated | 102 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

In November 2009, French security van driver Toni Musulin makes off with nearly 12 million euros, then turns himself over to the authorities a week later.

Director: Philippe Godeau | Stars: François Cluzet, Bouli Lanners, Corinne Masiero, Juana Acosta

Votes: 2,596

3. 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)

R | 125 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

21 Metascore

A gang of ex-cons rob a casino during Elvis convention week.

Director: Demian Lichtenstein | Stars: Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox, Christian Slater

Votes: 48,771 | Gross: $15.74M

4. 4.3.2.1. (2010)

Not Rated | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

4 girls out on a 3 days trip in to 2 cities, if they survive. While Jo is working in a supermarket, her 3 friends are all out on their adventures. A chance encounter with diamond thieves sends them on a collision course with fate itself.

Directors: Noel Clarke, Mark Davis | Stars: Emma Roberts, Tamsin Egerton, Ophelia Lovibond, Shanika Warren-Markland

Votes: 11,024

5. 5 Against the House (1955)

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

Four vets attending college on the GI Bill and a cabaret singer try to rob a Reno Casino and pull off the perfect crime.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Guy Madison, Kim Novak, Brian Keith, Alvy Moore

Votes: 2,055

6. Formula 51 (2001)

R | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

23 Metascore

An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.

Director: Ronny Yu | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Nigel Whitmey

Votes: 50,967 | Gross: $5.20M

7. Aankhen (2002)

Not Rated | 165 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After a temperamental man is unceremoniously stripped of his duties as a bank manager, he decides to seek revenge by robbing the bank, for which he trains three blind men.

Director: Vipul Amrutlal Shah | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Sushmita Sen, Arjun Rampal

Votes: 13,959

8. Farewell, Friend (1968)

M/PG | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After an overseas deployment, two former French Foreign Legion members plan to break into the vault of a French corporation.

Director: Jean Herman | Stars: Alain Delon, Charles Bronson, Brigitte Fossey, Olga Georges-Picot

Votes: 4,094

9. Farewell, Friend (1968)

M/PG | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After an overseas deployment, two former French Foreign Legion members plan to break into the vault of a French corporation.

Director: Jean Herman | Stars: Alain Delon, Charles Bronson, Brigitte Fossey, Olga Georges-Picot

Votes: 4,094

10. After the Fox (1966)

Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Crime

An Italian criminal mastermind, impersonating a film director, plans to grab the loot on a beach where a bogus movie is being filmed.

Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Peter Sellers, Victor Mature, Britt Ekland, Martin Balsam

Votes: 4,771

11. After the Sunset (2004)

PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

38 Metascore

The story of what happens after a master thief achieves his last big score, when the F.B.I. Agent who promised he'd capture him, is about to do just that.

Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson, Don Cheadle

Votes: 49,868 | Gross: $28.33M

12. Ambush in Leopard Street (1962)

60 min | Crime, Drama

A retired thief plans a diamond heist, but faces trouble when he hires outside help to execute his plan.

Director: J. Henry Piperno | Stars: James Kenney, Michael Brennan, Bruce Seton, Norman Rodway

Votes: 161

13. American Heist (2014)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

23 Metascore

James owes his life to his older brother, Frankie after taking the rap for a crime they committed together. While Frankie served time, James worked to turn his life around, got a steady job and began courting his former girlfriend Emily. Now, Frankie is released and back on the streets with no money and no place to go.

Director: Sarik Andreasyan | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Earl Minor, Adrien Brody, Jordana Brewster

Votes: 17,560

14. American Hustle (2013)

R | 138 min | Crime, Drama

90 Metascore

A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild F.B.I. Agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and the Mafia.

Director: David O. Russell | Stars: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence

Votes: 500,473 | Gross: $150.12M

15. The Anderson Tapes (1971)

GP | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

61 Metascore

After ten years in prison to protect a mafia family, Duke Anderson is released and he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Ralph Meeker

Votes: 8,851 | Gross: $10.90M

16. The Angels' Share (2012)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

66 Metascore

Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw, Roger Allam, Gary Maitland

Votes: 27,023 | Gross: $0.30M

17. Ant-Man (2015)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

64 Metascore

Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, cat burglar Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, pull off a plan that will save the world.

Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll, Evangeline Lilly

Votes: 722,518 | Gross: $180.20M

18. Appointment with Danger (1950)

Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

When ruthlessly dedicated postal inspector investigates the murder of a co-worker, he finds that the sole witness, a nun, has been targeted by the killers.

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert, Paul Stewart, Jan Sterling

Votes: 1,503

19. Armored (2009)

PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

50 Metascore

A newbie guard for an armored truck company is coerced by his veteran coworkers to steal a truck containing $42 million. But a wrinkle in their supposedly foolproof plan divides the group, leading to a potentially deadly resolution.

Director: Nimród Antal | Stars: Columbus Short, Matt Dillon, Laurence Fishburne, Jean Reno

Votes: 31,862 | Gross: $15.99M

20. Armored Car Robbery (1950)

Passed | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A well-planned robbery goes awry with tough cop Jim Cordell in pursuit of the thieves.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman, Douglas Fowley

Votes: 2,999

21. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

Passed | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

85 Metascore

A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore

Votes: 29,993

22. Federal Bank Heist (2011)

101 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

In 2005, high-ranked criminal Barão is planning the heist that inspired the film. He needs to dig a tunnel linking a house to the Banco Central's vault in Fortaleza, where he'll steal millions of (R$) reais.

Director: Marcos Paulo | Stars: Milhem Cortaz, Eriberto Leão, Hermila Guedes, Lima Duarte

Votes: 2,426

23. Assigned to Danger (1948)

Approved | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Insurance investigator Dan Sullivan is forced to pose as a doctor while investigating a huge payroll robbery.

Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Gene Raymond, Noreen Nash, Robert Bice, Martin Kosleck

Votes: 146

24. Fiasco in Milan (1959)

105 min | Comedy, Crime

The usual gang of robbers in engaged by a thief from Milan to steal a suitcase full of money, but troubles will menace the success of the operation.

Director: Nanni Loy | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Claudia Cardinale, Vicky Ludovici

Votes: 1,186

25. The Badlanders (1958)

Approved | 85 min | Western

Released from the Yuma Prison in 1898, ex-killer John McBain wants to go straight while ex-robber Peter Van Hoek seeks revenge but their destinies eventually converge in the mining town of Prescott.

Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Alan Ladd, Ernest Borgnine, Katy Jurado, Claire Kelly

Votes: 1,688

26. Band of Outsiders (1964)

Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

93 Metascore

Two crooks with a fondness for old Hollywood B-movies convince a languages student to help them commit a robbery.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Anna Karina, Claude Brasseur, Danièle Girard, Louisa Colpeyn

Votes: 27,077 | Gross: $0.04M

27. Bandits (2001)

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

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: 70,958 | Gross: $41.58M

28. The Bank Job (2008)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

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: 189,242 | Gross: $30.06M

29. The Bank Shot (1974)

PG | 83 min | Comedy, Crime

A motley crew of criminals plans to rob a Los Angeles bank that's temporarily located in a mobile home during renovations.

Director: Gower Champion | Stars: George C. Scott, Joanna Cassidy, Sorrell Booke, G. Wood

Votes: 1,182

30. Bellman and True (1987)

R | 150 min | Crime, Drama

Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly-built bank. Having obtained the information, he thought he'd seen the last... See full summary »

Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Bernard Hill, Derek Newark, Richard Hope, Ken Bones

Votes: 530 | Gross: $0.23M

31. Best Laid Plans (1999)

R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

41 Metascore

A botched robbery leads two crooks and an unwitting buddy into a web of passion, crime and murder in this twist-laden film noir.

Director: Mike Barker | Stars: Alessandro Nivola, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Brolin, Gene Wolande

Votes: 8,284 | Gross: $0.03M

32. Best Men (1997)

R | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

51 Metascore

Four best men pick up their friend, the groom, outside prison. On the way to the chapel, they stop at a bank and get involved in a robbery. The bank's surrounded. FBI takes over.

Director: Tamra Davis | Stars: Dean Cain, Andy Dick, Sean Patrick Flanery, Mitchell Whitfield

Votes: 3,121

33. Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)

Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Crime

A motley quintet of inept small-time thieves attempt the burglary of a local pawnshop in this Italian farce.

Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Totò

Votes: 11,525

34. The Big Heist (2001 TV Movie)

92 min | Crime, Drama

Jimmy Burke is a small time hood, who has one final chance to make the biggest score of his life.

Director: Robert Markowitz | Stars: Donald Sutherland, John Heard, Jamie Harris, Janet Kidder

Votes: 300

35. The Big Hit (1998)

R | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

31 Metascore

Socially anxious hitman Melvin Smiley, an expert in his lucrative field, goes on a job and falls in love with his kidnapping victim, turning his world upside down.

Director: Kirk Wong | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Avery Brooks

Votes: 31,529 | Gross: $27.05M

36. The Big Steal (1990)

99 min | Comedy

To impress a girl a shy teenaged boy buys a used Jaguar.

Director: Nadia Tass | Stars: Ben Mendelsohn, Claudia Karvan, Marshall Napier, Damon Herriman

Votes: 1,472

37. The Big Swindle (2004)

Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

One month has passed since CHOI Chang-Hyuk's release from jail after being convicted for fraud, but this time he's cooked up an elaborate plan: the biggest bank heist in history. The best ... See full summary »

Director: Dong-hoon Choi | Stars: Shin-yang Park, Yum Jung-ah, Baek Yun-shik, Chun Ho-jin

Votes: 989

38. Big Trouble (2002)

PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

47 Metascore

The lives of several Miami denizens, from ad agents to gunrunners to street thugs to law enforcement to school-children, intersect with humorous and dangerous results.

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | Stars: Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci, Tom Sizemore

Votes: 21,662 | Gross: $7.26M

39. The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Crime

Harry Price, Juliana and some incompetent European gangsters kidnap an American gangster who they think has a lot of money.

Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Raquel Welch, Robert Wagner, Godfrey Cambridge

Votes: 824

40. Black Gunn (1972)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A black militant group robs a Mafia bookie joint and also steals the incriminating ledgers which, in turn, prompts retaliation from the mob.

Director: Robert Hartford-Davis | Stars: Jim Brown, Martin Landau, Brenda Sykes, Luciana Paluzzi

Votes: 875 | Gross: $1.10M

41. Blood and Wine (1996)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife interferes.

Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Stephen Dorff, Jennifer Lopez

Votes: 10,772 | Gross: $1.08M

42. Blue Streak (1999)

PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

46 Metascore

A former convict poses as a cop to retrieve a diamond he stole years ago.

Director: Les Mayfield | Stars: Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Peter Greene, Dave Chappelle

Votes: 88,823 | Gross: $68.52M

43. The Boatniks (1970)

G | 99 min | Comedy, Family

Newly assigned to duty in the coast guard at Newport Beach, a young ensign finds himself involved in romantic complications, as well as with jewel thieves, whose antics contribute to moments of hysteria and hilarity.

Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Robert Morse, Stefanie Powers, Phil Silvers, Norman Fell

Votes: 859 | Gross: $18.61M

44. Bob the Gambler (1956)

PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

80 Metascore

After losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino.

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy, Guy Decomble

Votes: 13,367 | Gross: $0.02M

45. Bottle Rocket (1993)

13 min | Short, Comedy, Crime

Dysfunctional friends Dignan and Anthony plan and execute a robbery with their pot-growing friend, Bob.

Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Robert Musgrave, Elissa Sommerfield

Votes: 7,357

46. Bottle Rocket (1996)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

67 Metascore

Three friends plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run.

Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Ned Dowd, Shea Fowler

Votes: 83,551 | Gross: $0.56M

47. Bound (1996)

R | 109 min | Crime, Thriller

64 Metascore

Tough ex-con Corky and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caesar.

Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, John P. Ryan

Votes: 60,817 | Gross: $3.80M

48. The Brain (1969)

G | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

When NATO transfers some of its funds from Paris to Brussels by train, a criminal mastermind posing as a British colonel plans to steal it but two petty French thieves also have the same intent.

Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bourvil, David Niven, Eli Wallach

Votes: 4,376

49. The Brink's Job (1978)

PG | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

60 Metascore

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: 3,516 | Gross: $9.40M

50. Capers (2008)

PG-13 | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Three teams of criminals share the same Brooklyn block, but each exists in a separate genre of film. The Amateurs are trapped in a 1970's anti-hero movie. The Sputniks live in black and white. The Moolies can't escape their rap video life.

Director: Julian M. Kheel | Stars: Danny Masterson, Leon, Aysan Celik, Michael Cecchi

Votes: 382

51. Bugs and Thugs (1954)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

When Bugs calls a cab he doesn't know it's the getaway car for a couple of bankrobbers (he does know the capital of Nevada).

Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 1,804

52. Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)

PG | 115 min | Comedy, Western

A prequel of sorts to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) which chronicles the two outlaws' lives in the years before the events portrayed in the 1969 movie.

Director: Richard Lester | Stars: William Katt, Tom Berenger, Jeff Corey, John Schuck

Votes: 1,709 | Gross: $5.14M

53. Candleshoe (1977)

G | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

68 Metascore

Welcome to Candleshoe, a stately English manor where a swashbuckling pirate hid a fortune in Spanish doubloons centuries ago. And that's what young orphan Casey and a sly con man are determined to find.

Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Jodie Foster, David Niven, Helen Hayes, Leo McKern

Votes: 4,953

54. Caprice (1967)

Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

An industrial designer causes chaos when she sells a secret cosmetics formula to a rival company.

Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Doris Day, Richard Harris, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen

Votes: 1,728 | Gross: $4.09M

55. Casino (1995)

R | 178 min | Crime, Drama

73 Metascore

In Las Vegas, two best friends - a casino executive and a mafia enforcer - compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods

Votes: 564,449 | Gross: $42.44M

56. Catch That Kid (2004)

PG | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

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: 10,984 | Gross: $16.70M

57. The Red Circle (1970)

Not Rated | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

92 Metascore

After leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist.

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volontè, Yves Montand

Votes: 28,181 | Gross: $0.37M

58. Chain of Fools (2000)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime

Salma Hayek plays an avid detective assigned to the heist of a batch of precious coins that end up in the hands of a suicidal barber.

Directors: Pontus Löwenhielm, Patrick von Krusenstjerna | Stars: Steve Zahn, Salma Hayek, Jeff Goldblum, Elijah Wood

Votes: 4,345

59. Charleston (1977)

PG | 113 min | Comedy

Con-man tries to pull a fast one on what appears to be an easy prey, but his "victim" scams him for five million dollars!

Director: Marcello Fondato | Stars: Bud Spencer, Herbert Lom, Jack La Cayenne, Dino Emanuelli

Votes: 1,100

60. Charley Varrick (1973)

PG | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

76 Metascore

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: 14,132

61. Yôki na gyangu ga chikyû o mawasu (2006)

92 min | Comedy, Crime

A comedy about four strangers who decide to make a gang and start robbing banks just for the fun of it.

Director: Tetsu Maeda | Stars: Takao Osawa, Kyôka Suzuki, Shôta Matsuda, Kôichi Satô

Votes: 166

62. Four Ways Out (1951)

74 min | Crime, Drama

Four criminals commit a robbery at a soccer stadium, and then split up to try to hide separately from the police.

Director: Pietro Germi | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Renato Baldini, Cosetta Greco, Paul Muller

Votes: 432

63. The Sicilian Clan (1969)

GP | 122 min | Crime, Drama

An ambitious young mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them.

Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Lino Ventura, Irina Demick

Votes: 9,161 | Gross: $3.00M

64. Comes a Bright Day (2012)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A romantic thriller set during the armed robbery of one of London's most exclusive jewelers.

Director: Simon Aboud | Stars: Timothy Spall, Imogen Poots, Craig Roberts, Ben Cura

Votes: 1,773

65. The Con Artists (1976)

PG | 105 min | Comedy, Crime

During the 1920s France, con-men Philip and Felice escape prison and join forces to swindle Philip's rich ex-wife Belle.

Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Capucine, Adriano Celentano, Ugo Bologna

Votes: 4,536

66. Confidence (2003)

R | 97 min | Crime, Thriller

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: 35,354 | Gross: $12.21M

67. Cops and Robbers (1973)

PG | 89 min | Crime, Comedy

Two disillusioned New York City policemen plan a ten million dollar robbery to fuel their low pensions, only to run into one debacle after another in the process.

Director: Aram Avakian | Stars: Cliff Gorman, Joseph Bologna, Charlene Dallas, James Ferguson

Votes: 872

68. Crackers (1984)

PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Reduced to minding the counter at a crusty pawn shop, Weslake tumbles onto a scheme by some disgruntled misfit clients to rob the place. Rather than blow the whistle, however, he insinuates himself as the heist's mastermind.

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Jack Warden, Sean Penn, Wallace Shawn

Votes: 1,547 | Gross: $0.13M

69. Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)

R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama

36 Metascore

A jewel thief's daughter is kidnapped after he steals a collection of prized black diamonds, which aren't at all what they seem.

Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak | Stars: Jet Li, DMX, Mark Dacascos, Anthony Anderson

Votes: 46,778 | Gross: $34.71M

70. Crime Spree (2003)

R | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A French gang of thieves flies over to Chicago for a one time job. However, things seem to get out of hand soon.

Director: Brad Mirman | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Harvey Keitel, Johnny Hallyday, Renaud

Votes: 5,663

71. The Concrete Jungle (1960)

TV-14 | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In the UK, after pulling a racetrack robbery, repeat offender Johnny Bannion hides the loot in a farmer's field but the police and the local mob come looking for Johnny and the money.

Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Stanley Baker, Sam Wanamaker, Grégoire Aslan, Margit Saad

Votes: 1,764

72. Criss Cross (1949)

Not Rated | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An armored truck driver and his ex-wife conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed on the route.

Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally

Votes: 9,605

73. Sophie's Place (1969)

M/PG | 106 min | Comedy, Crime

Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.

Director: Jim O'Connolly | Stars: Telly Savalas, Edith Evans, Warren Oates, Cesar Romero

Votes: 301

74. Crossroads to Crime (1960)

57 min | Crime

PC Don Ross suspects that a gang of lorry hijackers, operating from a transport café, is behind a series of vehicle thefts. When his suspicions are dismissed by his superiors, Ross decides ... See full summary »

Director: Gerry Anderson | Stars: Miriam Karlin, George Murcell, David Graham, Victor Maddern

Votes: 120

75. Danger: Diabolik (1968)

Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A master thief and his sensual lover pull off heist after heist, all while an envious coalition of cops and gangsters is gunning for them.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli, Adolfo Celi

Votes: 7,197

76. The Day of the Wolves (1971)

G | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Gang tries to take over small town to rob its banks.

Director: Ferde Grofé Jr. | Stars: Richard Egan, Martha Hyer, Rick Jason, Jan Murray

Votes: 362

77. The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960)

Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In 1901, a group of IRA members decides to rob the Bank of England in order to finance their movement and to embarrass the British government.

Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Aldo Ray, Elizabeth Sellars, Peter O'Toole, Kieron Moore

Votes: 950

78. Dead Presidents (1995)

R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama

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: 24,496 | Gross: $24.20M

79. Second Wind (1966)

Not Rated | 150 min | Crime, Drama

A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin, Christine Fabréga

Votes: 6,639

80. Dhoom (2004)

Not Rated | 129 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dhoom reinvents the classic cops and robbers tale for the 21st century. Fast bikes, big action, and non-stop fun make for a thrilling story.

Director: Sanjay Gadhvi | Stars: Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Uday Chopra, Esha Deol

Votes: 22,419 | Gross: $0.25M

81. Dhoom 2 (2006)

Not Rated | 152 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Back in action DHOOM:2 reinvents the action comedy genre and propels it into the 21st century. Go on and enjoy the ride once again with Jai and Ali.

Director: Sanjay Gadhvi | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Uday Chopra

Votes: 29,931 | Gross: $2.64M

82. Diamonds (1975)

PG | 108 min | Crime, Drama

Richard Roundtree (SHAFT), Robert Shaw (JAWS) and $100 Million of the Hottest Rocks in the World!

Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Robert Shaw, Richard Roundtree, Barbara Hershey, Shelley Winters

Votes: 357

83. Die Hard (1988)

R | 132 min | Action, Thriller

72 Metascore

A New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson

Votes: 946,182 | Gross: $83.01M

84. Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

R | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

58 Metascore

John McClane and a Harlem store owner are targeted by German terrorist Simon in New York City, where he plans to rob the Federal Reserve Building.

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson, Graham Greene

Votes: 408,388 | Gross: $100.01M

85. Dillinger (1973)

R | 107 min | Action, Biography, Crime

John Dillinger and his gang go on a bank robbing spree across the midwest, but one G-Man is determined to bring him down.

Director: John Milius | Stars: Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Michelle Phillips, Cloris Leachman

Votes: 5,856 | Gross: $2.00M

86. Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)

PG | 93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

52 Metascore

Down-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags along for the ride.

Director: John Hough | Stars: Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Kenneth Tobey

Votes: 7,832 | Gross: $0.62M

87. Disorganized Crime (1989)

R | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Career criminal Frank plans a bank heist and sends for his buddies to help pull the job. Before his buddies arrive, he's caught, forcing his cohorts to pull the job alone. Frank soon escapes, setting off a search by the bumbling cops.

Director: Jim Kouf | Stars: Hoyt Axton, Corbin Bernsen, Rubén Blades, Fred Gwynne

Votes: 2,573 | Gross: $7.72M

88. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

R | 125 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

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: 273,203 | Gross: $50.00M

89. $ (1971)

R | 121 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A bank security expert plots with a call girl to rob three safety deposit boxes containing $1.5 million in cash belonging to three very different criminals from a high-tech security bank in Hamburg, Germany.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Gert Fröbe, Robert Webber

Votes: 2,887 | Gross: $4.40M

90. Don't Say a Word (2001)

R | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

38 Metascore

When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret...

Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy, Skye McCole Bartusiak

Votes: 57,096 | Gross: $55.00M

91. Drive a Crooked Road (1954)

Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An upright car mechanic falls in love with the girlfriend of a gangster. This forces him to participate in the criminal underworld.

Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Dianne Foster, Kevin McCarthy, Jack Kelly

Votes: 2,021

92. The Driver (1978)

R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

56 Metascore

A getaway driver becomes the latest assignment for a tenacious detective.

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani, Ronee Blakley

Votes: 19,440 | Gross: $4.91M

93. Empire State (2013)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Two childhood friends plan to rob an armored-car depository, but an NYPD officer stands in their way.

Director: Dito Montiel | Stars: Liam Hemsworth, Michael Angarano, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Ben-Victor

Votes: 22,943

94. Entrapment (1999)

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

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: 123,963 | Gross: $87.70M

95. Face (I) (1997)

R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In the face of demise in his values, a socialist in England decides to form a gang and rob banks for a living.

Director: Antonia Bird | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone, Steve Sweeney, Gerry Conlon

Votes: 4,805

96. Family Business (1989)

R | 110 min | Crime, Drama

54 Metascore

An ex professor offers Adam $1,000,000 to "get" some plasma from a high tech company's lab. Adam asks his criminal grandpa for help. Can they convince Adam's now honest dad to join?

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick, Rosanna DeSoto

Votes: 13,800 | Gross: $12.20M

97. Fast Five (2011)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

66 Metascore

Dominic Toretto and his crew of street racers plan a massive heist to buy their freedom while in the sights of a powerful Brazilian drug lord and a dangerous federal agent.

Director: Justin Lin | Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster

Votes: 407,387 | Gross: $209.84M

98. The Great Train Robbery (1978)

PG | 110 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

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: 19,566 | Gross: $13.03M

99. First Sunday (2008)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

41 Metascore

Two bungling, petty criminal BFFs try to rob a church, but someone from staff beat them to it. They spend the night with the church staff to get the money.

Director: David E. Talbert | Stars: Ice Cube, Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan, Loretta Devine

Votes: 11,671 | Gross: $37.93M

100. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime

80 Metascore

In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister.

Directors: Charles Crichton, John Cleese | Stars: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin

Votes: 153,987 | Gross: $63.49M



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