THEME EXPLORATION

theft and robbery

17 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Lonedale Operator
The Lonedale Operator
1911 · D.W. Griffith
Masterminds
Masterminds
2016 · Jared Hess
Pather Panchali
Pather Panchali
1955 · Satyajit Ray
Something to Remind Me
Something to Remind Me
2002 · Christian Petzold
The Night of Counting the Years
The Night of Counting the Years
1969 · Shadi Abdel Salam
In the Grey
In the Grey
2026 · Guy Ritchie
Accattone
Accattone
1961 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Blazing Days
Blazing Days
1927 · William Wyler
Blood Orange
Blood Orange
1953 · Terence Fisher
Caccia tragica
Caccia tragica
1947 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Fresh Bait
Fresh Bait
1995 · Bertrand Tavernier
Heat and Mud
Heat and Mud
1950 · Kon Ichikawa
Money Crazy
Money Crazy
1977 · John Woo
Money Movers
Money Movers
1978 · Bruce Beresford
Raining in the Mountain
Raining in the Mountain
1979 · King Hu
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Christina
Christina
1960 · Yannis Dalianidis
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jean-Pierre Melville France

His noir masterpieces like 'Bob le Flambeur' and 'Le Samouraï' are definitive explorations of heist culture and criminal codes of honor.

 Molly Manning Walker United States

Films like 'Heat' and 'Thief' examine theft and robbery with meticulous attention to psychology, technique, and the criminal-cop dynamic.

 Stanley Kubrick United States

His film 'The Killing' deconstructs the heist narrative while exploring themes of fate, greed, and the perfect crime's impossibility.