Sindarina, Edge Case DetectiveI need more good heist movies, but I think I have seen most of them. Anyone got any recommendations for recent heist movies in the vein of the Ocean's movies, Casa de Papel (which Netflix so boringly renamed 'Money Heist'), Now You See Me, and so forth, with a good ensemble cast?
Leonieke@sindarina Vaguely remember seeing a heist movie called Brothers Bloom, or something like that?
@leonieke Ohh, directed by Rian Johnson, great cast, I am intrigued!
The Brothers Bloom
The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.
@sindarina It was a long time ago, but somehow it stuck with me.
@leonieke Bah, it's not available anywhere, except on DVD 😞
Will bookmark for later, though, it does sound great.
@sindarina pfrt zo oud en geen hit 😑
@leonieke Zo irritant als je er voor wilt betalen, en het gewoon niet kan omdat het ergens in een rechten-limbo verkeert ofzo 😒
Pat Allan@sindarina @leonieke a strong +1 for The Brothers Bloom, I adore it - hopefully you can find a way to watch it somehow.
Bram Meehan
jasmijn02@sindarina Baby Driver?
Ashe Dryden 🙆🏼♀️🐈🐈⬛@sindarina not recent, but I assume you have seen the Maiden Heist?
@Ashedryden Hmm, maybe? The premise rings a bell. Might be a good excuse to try a local streaming rental service that claims to have been around since 2007 but which I only learned of recently 😄
Bookmarked!
Simon Rolfmore@sindarina @Ashedryden I’d say definitely Inside Man and possibly Highest 2 Lowest (both Spike Lee) depending on your flexibility, plus Jackie Brown if you are ok with Tarantino’s, er, unique voice.
Snatch (Guy Ritchie) is more of a caper but could count. Wrath of Man (same director) is more explicitly a heist.
And I’d finally throw out Heat (Michael Mann) as definitely _having_ a good heist. In fact, Thief is also excellent, and Public Enemies could count too (both Mann).
Finally, Catch Me if you Can (Spielberg) is very close in tone and emotional feel to Now You See Me, IMO.
@cloudthethings @Ashedryden Yes! I have seen 'Catch Me If You Can', it's great. Same for 'Heat', although that one has been a while, and could probably do with a rewatch.
Bookmarking for later, thanks 😊
@sindarina @Ashedryden I forgot how much I love Catch Me If You Can until recently 😁
@cloudthethings @Ashedryden Just rewatched 'Inside Man', and it remains very good 😄
Lisa 🦔@sindarina
[edit: OPE! Totally overlooked the “recent” qualifier. I fail! But here’s my less recent list anyways.]
I do love a good heist.
I’m sure I’m missing a bunch that I’ll think of later, but these immediately come to mind (in order of release date).
Rififi (1956)
The Italian Job (1969*)
The Taking of Pelham One-Two-Three (1974)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Point Break (1991)
Run Lola Run** (1998)
Ronin (1998)
Nine Queens (2001)
Rogue One*** (2016)
Bonus:
Pink Panther (1963) plus the other Sellers sequels.
The Guy Ritchie films of the early 2000’s for dumb fun.
*The 2003 was not as strong, but still fun.
**ok this one is only heist adjacent but it still hits the same vibe sometimes.
***It totally counts!
@sindarina (one day I will fully read the instructions. Today was not that day 😅)
@mycrowgirl Ohh, yes, 'Ronin' is very good, I am pretty sure I saw that one in the theater back when it came out 😄
Great car chases. Should definitely do a rewatch sometime, amazing cast.
I have seen both Italian Jobs, and the remake of Pelham with Denzel Washington, and Rogue One is of course the best Star Wars movie of all time 😍
Will check the others, I think I've seen Point Break, but ages ago.
CelloMom On CarsBut have you seen Players (2012), the Bollywood remake of the Italian job?
The translations are something.
@CelloMomOnCars I have not, but it sounds like I need to fix that! @sindarina
@CelloMomOnCars @mycrowgirl 'Not available for streaming' 😞
Hmmm I keep wondering if there is a South Asian version of Viki (which is mostly about East Asian movies and shows).
You might try the library, and interlibrary loan?
Edit:
Oh wait:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZOiQ29xNbk
Hope it's not geofenced
Players Full movie
@CelloMomOnCars @mycrowgirl It isn't! Starts out in an 'Amsterdam' that is very much not Amsterdam 😂
@CelloMomOnCars @mycrowgirl OK, without subtitles I am not going to last for almost three hours, even though it's amusingly bad.
Oh yeah, the subtitles. Forgot to check for those, sorry!
Anyway if sometime you get access to it it's worth marveling at the over-the-top interpretation.
hattifattener@mycrowgirl @sindarina Rogue One makes me think about other movies about chancy, difficult wartime operations that take a ton of meticulous planning. It's a whole genre. And from there, is The Great Escape a heist(-ish) movie? What about other prison break movies?
@hattifattener @mycrowgirl The scope really starts to creep at that point, though. Like, by that definition, 'The Guns of Navarone' would also be a 'heist-ish' movie 😄
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/10911-the-guns-of-navarone
And the same would be true for other 'small but very competent team against impossible odds', such as 'The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare', which I also loved;
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/799583-the-ministry-of-ungentlemanly-warfare
So even though I opened that door by allowing Rogue One, I would still draw a line, well, somewhere 😂
@sindarina @mycrowgirl Just another day in the life of the Edge-Case Detective I guess!
Jenica Lake เหล็ถเลถ@mycrowgirl @sindarina pink panther is very good!! Made me think of What's Up Doc from the same time period
StarSloth@sindarina Kill James Bond did a season (several years?) of heist* movies, don't listen to the episodes if you don't want spoilers, but the episode list itself contains stuff not mentioned in the other posts.
*Sometimes they're stretching the definition of heist, but I got some really good recs from it
John Leach@sindarina my friend is currently doing a personal heist film festival and has his list online. 96 in total so far (though he admits some are a bit heist adjacent). https://sleepykev.com/heist_2026/
@johnl Any list that includes 'Sneakers' is off to a good start.
Ruby S.Twilight Gangsters!
Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be streaming anywhere right now.
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/twilight-gangsters
GeePawHill@sindarina Not a heist movie, but a possible angle: "Sneaky Pete" is about a con man, but it does have several heist scenes in it.
Plus Giavanni Ribisi, who's hawt, and the delightful Margo Martindale.
It's kinda a dramedy.
Adrian Riskin 
@GeePawHill @sindarina Sneaky Pete is excellent! It's like we need to pull off this heist in order to fund another heist that will fund our long con. Ribisi and Martindale are so good in it.
Carina C. Zona@sindarina I'm surprised no one has mentioned Widows yet. Maybe the heist genre is so associated with men that it gets forgotten?
@cczona I watched that the moment it became available, like pretty much any movie with Viola Davis 😄
Chip Butty@sindarina Rogue One and the Andor series are good (if Star Wars is ok)
@otfrom Rogue One is the best Star Wars movie of all time 😎
@sindarina agreed
Getzler Lab at KenyonCollege@sindarina not quite the kind you’re asking about, but I thought Crime 101 was way better than it needed to be. Good ensemble for sure
edgeworth@sindarina The Bad Guys and its sequel are both delightful examples of the genre in animated form
@edgeworth Rented the first, and liked it! Thanks for the recommendation 😄
@sindarina I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Beyond its sequel, a couple others occurred to me: They’re imperfect matches for “heist” but along those lines I’d also recommend:
Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die (Sam Rockwell, a band of misfits, and an infiltration)
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (animated, superb cast, criminals overcoming obstacles to acquire the MacGuffin)
…and then “MacGuffin” reminds me of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse for a talented animated ensemble working toward infiltration, but also not a perfect fit for the genre.
Ohhh but Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves IS a solid fit for the genre!
@edgeworth Honor Among Thieves is so good 😄
@sindarina Another imperfect fit, but the same directors as Honor Among Thieves did Game Night as well. Excellent cast, fun time
Sarah dreams of beansDifferent type of crime but How To Blow Up a Pipeline satisfied my heist itch.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Blow_Up_a_Pipeline_(film)
@beandreams @clew I have both the book and the movie, yes 😄
@sindarina @clew I keep meaning to read the book!
Hugo Mills@sindarina I don't know how far back you've gone, but The League of Gentlemen is a good one from the B&W days. And, of course, The Lavender Hill Mob.
Not a movie, but the recent (October 2025) miniseries Frauds is premiere heist content!
@AdrianRiskin Ah, bugger, looks like it's UK only?
@sindarina possibly, sorry about that. I didnt check bc I pirate everything these days. Tons of seeds so it's easy to torrent.
@AdrianRiskin Ah 😄
I choose not to, I have plenty to watch, read, and listen to without.
Blue Witch Gwen@sindarina not a movie, but Leverage is basically a heist in every episode.
@bluewitchgwen Not available here, sadly 😞
@sindarina Lisa at Video Library, knowing my fondness for One Last Heist And Then I’m Out Of the Game recommended The Hot Rock https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068718/ … which arrived the week after RR died, so it was out. Yes, I also want something modern, but I trust her. (1/2)
Anyway she offered as an alternative Polite Society https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18257464/ which is not a heist but also not not, but is an absolute delight. If you watch the trailer, stop halfway through because the rest is from the climax.
(Also mentioned in the comments, Leverage, which TBH I can only take so much of even though it should be Extremely My Thing, is inspired by Hustle https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379632/) (2/2)
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