A Glean movie guide
The Art of the Heist
One last job.
Assemble your crew for the most meticulously planned robberies in cinema history.
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The movie list
- 01
Ocean's Eleven
A charismatic crew of specialists executes a stylish, multi-casino robbery in Las Vegas.
Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.
- 02
Heat
A disciplined professional crew faces off against a relentless detective in this gritty crime epic.
Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.
- 03
Inception
A specialized team uses dream-sharing technology to pull off a high-stakes psychological heist.
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
- 04
Inside Man
A brilliant mastermind plays a high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse during a meticulously planned bank robbery.
When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.
- 05
The Italian Job
A group of thieves uses specialized roles and Mini Coopers to reclaim stolen gold.
Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, pedal-to-the-metal chase that careens up, down, above and below the streets of Los Angeles.
- 06
The Town
A tight-knit crew of Boston bank robbers navigates tactical hits and escalating pressure from the FBI.
Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.
- 07
Widows
Four women with no criminal past must execute a dangerous heist to pay off their late husbands' debts.
A police shootout leaves four thieves dead during an explosive armed robbery attempt in Chicago. Their widows have nothing in common except a debt left behind by their spouses' criminal activities. Hoping to forge a future on their own terms, they join forces to pull off a heist.
- 08
Logan Lucky
A group of unlikely underdogs plans an elaborate robbery during a high-profile NASCAR race.
Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan set out to execute an elaborate robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
- 09
Baby Driver
A talented getaway driver relies on a personal soundtrack to navigate high-speed heists for a rotating crew.
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
- 10
Rififi
This foundational classic features a legendary, near-silent sequence detailing a meticulous jewelry store job.
Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become the lover of local gangster Pierre Grutter during Tony's absence. Expanding a minor smash-and-grab into a full-scale jewel heist, Tony and his crew appear to get away clean, but their actions after the job is completed threaten the lives of everyone involved.
- 11
The Usual Suspects
Five criminals meet in a police lineup and find themselves entangled in a complex, deadly conspiracy.
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.
- 12
Fast Five
The franchise shifts gears into a massive ensemble heist as a crew of racers targets a Brazilian kingpin.
Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom.