Sindarina, Edge Case DetectiveMar 22
I 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?
Show threadLisa 🦔

@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!

Mar 22 at 8:54pmWeb
Show threadLisa 🦔Mar 22
@sindarina (one day I will fully read the instructions. Today was not that day 😅)
Show threadSindarina, Edge Case DetectiveMar 22

@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.

Show threadCelloMom On CarsMar 22

@sindarina @mycrowgirl

But have you seen Players (2012), the Bollywood remake of the Italian job?

The translations are something.

Show threadLisa 🦔Mar 23
@CelloMomOnCars I have not, but it sounds like I need to fix that! @sindarina
Show threadSindarina, Edge Case DetectiveMar 23
@CelloMomOnCars @mycrowgirl 'Not available for streaming' 😞
Show threadCelloMom On CarsMar 23

@sindarina @mycrowgirl

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

YouTube
Show threadSindarina, Edge Case DetectiveMar 23
@CelloMomOnCars @mycrowgirl It isn't! Starts out in an 'Amsterdam' that is very much not Amsterdam 😂
Show threadSindarina, Edge Case DetectiveMar 23
@CelloMomOnCars @mycrowgirl OK, without subtitles I am not going to last for almost three hours, even though it's amusingly bad.
Show threadCelloMom On CarsMar 23

@sindarina @mycrowgirl

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.

Show threadhattifattenerMar 22
@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?
Show threadSindarina, Edge Case DetectiveMar 23

@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 😂

The Guns of Navarone

A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.

The Movie Database
Show threadhattifattenerMar 23
@sindarina @mycrowgirl Just another day in the life of the Edge-Case Detective I guess!
Show threadJenica Lake เหล็ถเลถMar 23
@mycrowgirl @sindarina pink panther is very good!! Made me think of What's Up Doc from the same time period