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211 (film)
211 is a 2018 American action heist film, also known as The Bank Heist, directed by York Alec Shackleton and starring Nicolas Cage as Officer Mike Chandler. Inspired by the 1997 North Hollywood bank robbery, released June 8, 2018 by Momentum Pictures, it holds 4% on Rotten Tomatoes.
A Simple Favor (film)
A Simple Favor (2018) is a Paul Feig black comedy thriller starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively, adapted by Jessica Sharzer from Darcey Bell's novel; a vlogger investigates her friend's disappearance. Lionsgate release, 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, sequel Another Simple Favor (2025).
A Violent Prosecutor (검사외전)
A Violent Prosecutor (검사외전) is a 2016 South Korean crime comedy film in which a prosecutor framed for murder works from prison with a con artist to expose the scheme.
American Made (film)
American Made is a 2017 American action comedy drama directed by Doug Liman, starring Tom Cruise as TWA pilot Barry Seal, a 1980s drug smuggler and DEA informant.
Band of Robbers
Band of Robbers: 2015 American crime comedy by Aaron and Adam Nee reimagining Twain's Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn as adults; Kyle Gallner, Adam Nee, Melissa Benoist; released January 15, 2016.
Buffaloed
Buffaloed: 2019 American comedy-drama directed by Tanya Wexler, written by Brian Sacca, starring Zoey Deutch as Peg Dahl, a Buffalo hustler who becomes a debt collector; Tribeca premiere, Magnolia release February 2020.
Burn (2019 film)
Burn (2019 film), also known as Burn – Hell of a Night, is Mike Gan's feature directorial debut, a psychological thriller starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Suki Waterhouse, and Josh Hutcherson, set during a gas station robbery; released August 23, 2019, Metascore 50.
Den of Thieves (film)
Den of Thieves is a 2018 American heist crime film, Christian Gudegast's directorial debut, starring Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber, O'Shea Jackson Jr., and 50 Cent, about LA deputies pursuing a crew robbing the Federal Reserve; released by STX, grossing $44.9M, with a 2025 sequel Pantera.
Driven (2018 film)
Driven (2018) is a Nick Hamm comedy-crime drama, also called a DeLorean biopic, starring Jason Sudeikis as FBI informant Jim Hoffman and Lee Pace as John DeLorean; premiered Venice 2018, released US 2019, grossed $147,172.
Finding Steve McQueen
Finding Steve McQueen is a 2019 American heist comedy-drama directed by Mark Steven Johnson, starring Travis Fimmel, Forest Whitaker, and William Fichtner, loosely based on the 1972 United California Bank robbery targeting Nixon's $30 million slush fund.
First Love (2019 film)
First Love (Hatsukoi, 初恋) is a 2019 Japanese-British crime film by Takashi Miike, starring Masataka Kubota and Sakurako Konishi, screened at Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2019.
Focus (2015 film)
Focus is a 2015 American romantic con-artist caper film written and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, starring Will Smith as con man Nicky Spurgeon and Margot Robbie as novice grifter Jess Barrett.
Gringo (2018 film)
Gringo (2018) is a dark comedy crime film directed by Nash Edgerton, starring David Oyelowo as Harold Soyinka, with Charlize Theron, Joel Edgerton, Amanda Seyfried, Thandie Newton, and Sharlto Copley. Released March 9, 2018 by STX, it grossed about $11 million worldwide and scored 39% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Heist (2015 film)
Heist (The Bus 657 Heist) is a 2015 American action crime thriller directed by Scott Mann, starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Robert De Niro, and Dave Bautista; a failed casino robbery leads to a bus hijacking. Released November 13, 2015; 30% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Hustlers (film)
Hustlers is a 2019 American crime comedy-drama film directed by Lorene Scafaria, starring Constance Wu and Jennifer Lopez as strippers who drug and defraud wealthy Wall Street clients.
King of Thieves (2018 film)
King of Thieves is a 2018 British crime film directed by James Marsh, starring Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, and Tom Courtenay as the retirees behind the 2015 Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary; released 14 September 2018 by StudioCanal, Metascore 48, RT 32%.
Logan Lucky
Logan Lucky (2017) is Steven Soderbergh's heist comedy, written by Rebecca Blunt, starring Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, and Daniel Craig as West Virginians robbing Charlotte Motor Speedway during the Coca-Cola 600; released independently for $29 million.
Masterminds (2016 film)
Masterminds is a 2016 American heist comedy directed by Jared Hess and starring Zach Galifianakis and Kristen Wiig, loosely based on the 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery in North Carolina.
Museo
Museo (Museum), 2018 Mexican crime drama by Alonso Ruizpalacios starring Gael García Bernal and Leonardo Ortizgris; fictionalized account of the 1985 theft of pre-Hispanic artifacts from Mexico City's National Museum of Anthropology; Silver Bear for Best Screenplay, Berlinale 2018.
Once Upon a Time in Venice
Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017) is an American action comedy directed by Mark Cullen, starring Bruce Willis as Venice Beach detective Steve Ford recovering his stolen dog from drug lord Spyder (Jason Momoa), with John Goodman; grossed $855,888 and was poorly reviewed.
Stockholm (2018 film)
Stockholm (2018) is Robert Budreau's comedy-drama-crime film starring Ethan Hawke and Noomi Rapace, based on the failed 1973 Swedish bank robbery that coined "Stockholm syndrome"; Metascore 54, 70% on Rotten Tomatoes. Distinct from the 2013 Spanish film of the same name.
Suburbicon
Suburbicon is a 2017 American black comedy crime thriller directed by George Clooney, starring Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Noah Jupe, and Oscar Isaac; it was released by Paramount Pictures.
The Adventurers
The Adventurers (侠盗联盟) is a 2017 Hong Kong and Chinese action-heist film directed by Stephen Fung, starring Andy Lau, Shu Qi, Zhang Jingchu, and Jean Reno.
The Happytime Murders
The Happytime Murders is a 2018 American comedy film directed by Brian Henson, starring Melissa McCarthy and set in a Los Angeles where puppets and humans coexist.
The Jesus Rolls
The Jesus Rolls is a 2020 American comedy written, directed by, and starring John Turturro as Jesus Quintana from The Big Lebowski, remaking Bertrand Blier's 1974 French film Going Places (Les Valseuses); released by Screen Media on February 28, 2020, 85 minutes, rated R, and poorly reviewed (Metacritic 44, RT 20%).
War Dogs (2016 film)
War Dogs (2016), originally titled Arms and the Dudes, is Todd Phillips's comedy-drama starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller as real Miami arms dealers Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz, who won a $300 million Pentagon Afghan ammunition contract; scored 62% on Rotten Tomatoes and 57 on Metacritic.
Widows (2018 film)
Widows (2018) is Steve McQueen's heist thriller, co-written with Gillian Flynn from Lynda La Plante's 1983 ITV series, about four Chicago widows pulling a $5 million heist to repay a $2 million debt; it earned a 91% Tomatometer and $42.4 million US gross.