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THEME EXPLORATION

heist and theft

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
How to Steal a Million
How to Steal a Million
1966 · William Wyler
Money Crazy
Money Crazy
1977 · John Woo
Reindeer Games
Reindeer Games
2000 · John Frankenheimer
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
The Brahma Diamond
The Brahma Diamond
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Trail of the Pink Panther
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982 · Blake Edwards
Red Notice
Red Notice
2021 · Rawson Marshall Thurber
The Misfits
The Misfits
2021 · Renny Harlin
Black Lizard
Black Lizard
1968 · Kinji Fukasaku
Nos amis les flics
Nos amis les flics
2004 · Bob Swaim
The Nurse in the Military Madhouse
The Nurse in the Military Madhouse
1979 · Mariano Laurenti
The Red Wolf
The Red Wolf
1995 · Yuen Woo-Ping
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher → United States

Masterfully dissects the psychology of meticulously planned heists and elaborate deceptions through films like Gone Girl and The Social Network.

Molly Manning Walker → United States

His signature style captures the tension, morality, and operational details of theft and crime with visceral intensity in Heat and Thief.

Jean-Pierre Melville → France

Pioneer of the heist genre who elevated theft narratives to art through stylish, fatalistic films like Bob le Flambeur and Le Samouraï.

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