my favourite comfort genre. Some of these are actual heist films, some of them feeeeel like heist films if you know what I mean?
Soderbergh is the heist king with:
Oceans 11 (and 12 and 13 and 8)
Logan lucky
Kimi
Magic Mike like technically isnât a heist film but people pulling together to make a plan against the odds and directed by Soderbergh just feels one.
I also think Sorkin films always feel heisty even when they arenât. People talking fast and making plans is what makes a heist great, but Mollyâs game is the closest to an actual heist film And itâs one of my favs.
the film that first got me into Heist films was Entrapment, and then The Great Escape (although is an escape film a heist filmâŠprobably not?)
Other greats, some take âheistâ more or less literally than others! -
American Hustle
Hustlers
The Big Short
Fantastic Mr Fox
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Itâs a sort of reverse heist movie because in a way watergate was a heist but it is about the reporters running around trying to figure out who done it in fantastic corduroy suits.
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Not the only one to rec this (obviously if youâre scrolling), but itâs one Iâve looked to a lot while working on some heist movie scripts. I think itâs perfectly structured, and I have a whole email in my archives where I break down exactly how it operates for reference. I even own a DVD
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