THEME EXPLORATION

robbery

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Lonedale Operator
The Lonedale Operator
1911 · D.W. Griffith
Pather Panchali
Pather Panchali
1955 · Satyajit Ray
Accattone
Accattone
1961 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
The Night of Counting the Years
The Night of Counting the Years
1969 · Shadi Abdel Salam
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007 · Sidney Lumet
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
1967 · Arthur Penn
Blazing Days
Blazing Days
1927 · William Wyler
Caccia tragica
Caccia tragica
1947 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Fresh Bait
Fresh Bait
1995 · Bertrand Tavernier
Le Deuxième souffle
Le Deuxième souffle
1966 · Jean-Pierre Melville
Money Movers
Money Movers
1978 · Bruce Beresford
Six of a Kind
Six of a Kind
1934 · Leo McCarey
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Molly Manning Walker USA

His filmography obsessively examines the psychology and meticulous planning of thieves and robbers, with masterworks like Heat and Thief exploring the criminal mind with operatic intensity.

 Jean-Pierre Melville France

Legendary French director whose cool, stylized approach to crime films like Le Samouraï and Bob le Flambeur established the aesthetic template for modern robbery cinema.