14 Best Heist Movies

By Vlad Zakh · December 22, 2025

Ocean’s Eleven turned the heist into pure ensemble charm, while Heat showed the genre could carry real emotional weight beneath the planning. Inside Man bends it towards a proper whodunit. Triple 9 is a dirty-cops job with a stacked cast, American Animals tells a true-crime robbery with regret built into its structure, and Now You See Me uses stage magic as the mechanics of the caper. Den of Thieves, Reservoir Dogs, Widows, Logan Lucky, The Italian Job, Point Break, Baby Driver and The Town round out the list.

Triple 9 (2016)

IMDb ★ 6.3 RT 54% Metacritic 52

A crew of dirty cops and criminals plans to kill one of their own to pull off an impossible heist.

Directed by John Hillcoat · 1h 55m · Rated R

5 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, YouTube TV, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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American Animals (2018)

IMDb ★ 7.0 RT 88% Metacritic 68

Four college students plan a real heist of rare books and badly botch it.

Directed by Bart Layton · 1h 57m · Rated R

10 wins & 22 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MUBI Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent: Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home · Buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Den of Thieves (2018)

IMDb ★ 7.0 RT 42% Metacritic 49

An elite bank robbery crew and the detectives tracking them are more alike than either wants to admit.

Directed by Christian Gudegast · 2h 20m · Rated R

1 nomination

Where to watch

Stream: AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, YouTube TV, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Now You See Me (2013)

IMDb ★ 7.2 RT 51% Metacritic 50

A team of illusionists pulls off elaborate heists disguised as stage magic.

Directed by Louis Leterrier · 1h 56m · Rated PG-13

1 win & 3 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Reservoir Dogs (1992)

IMDb ★ 8.3 RT 90% Metacritic 81

Quentin Tarantino's debut: a diamond heist gone wrong leaves criminals suspecting each other of betrayal.

Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 1h 39m · Rated R

13 wins & 23 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Widows (2018)

IMDb ★ 6.8 RT 91% Metacritic 84

Four widows finish the heist their husbands died attempting.

Directed by Steve McQueen · 2h 09m · Rated R

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award18 wins & 107 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Logan Lucky (2017)

IMDb ★ 7.0 RT 92% Metacritic 78

Two brothers plan an elaborate robbery of a NASCAR speedway's vault.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh · 1h 59m · Rated PG-13

2 wins & 11 nominations

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Italian Job (2003)

IMDb ★ 7.0 RT 72% Metacritic 68

A crew reunites to steal back the gold their own partner stole from them.

Directed by F. Gary Gray · 1h 50m · Rated PG-13

7 wins & 9 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Philo, History Vault, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz, Starz Apple TV channel, Starz Roku Premium Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Point Break (1991)

IMDb ★ 7.3 RT 68% Metacritic 60

An FBI agent goes undercover among surfers who moonlight as masked bank robbers.

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow · 2h 02m · Rated R

1 win & 2 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+, YouTube TV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Baby Driver (2017)

IMDb ★ 7.5 RT 92% Metacritic 86

A getaway driver with a personal soundtrack tries to walk away from one last job.

Directed by Edgar Wright · 1h 53m · Rated R

Nominated for 3 Oscars43 wins & 66 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Town (2010)

IMDb ★ 7.5 RT 92% Metacritic 74

A career bank robber falls for a hostage from his crew's last job.

Directed by Ben Affleck · 2h 05m · Rated R

Nominated for 1 Oscar9 wins & 46 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Inside Man (2006)

IMDb ★ 7.6 RT 86% Metacritic 76

A hostage negotiator suspects the bank robbery he's handling isn't really about money.

Directed by Spike Lee · 2h 09m · Rated R

5 wins & 12 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Ocean's Eleven (2001)

IMDb ★ 7.7 RT 83% Metacritic 74

A crew of con artists plans an elaborate simultaneous heist of three Las Vegas casinos.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh · 1h 56m · Rated PG-13

4 wins & 20 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, HBO Max, Starz Apple TV channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Heat (1995)

IMDb ★ 8.3 RT 84% Metacritic 76

An elite crew of thieves and the relentless detective pursuing them are drawn towards an inevitable, tragic collision.

Directed by Michael Mann · 2h 50m · Rated R

15 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: YouTube TV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

14 Best Heist Movies

Triple 9 (2016)

American Animals (2018)

Den of Thieves (2018)

Now You See Me (2013)

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Widows (2018)

Logan Lucky (2017)

The Italian Job (2003)

Point Break (1991)

Baby Driver (2017)

The Town (2010)

Inside Man (2006)

Ocean's Eleven (2001)

Heat (1995)

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