What are your favorite heist/caper movies?

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07 Mar 2008, 4:17 pm

And do you really like these types of movies?

My List in No Particular Order:
Catch Me If You Can
The Sting
Matchstick Men
Inside Man
Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Thirteen
The Italian Job 2003
The Usual Suspects
Snatch
Layer Cake
Sneakers
Sexy Beast


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07 Mar 2008, 4:18 pm

the muppets take manhattan



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07 Mar 2008, 4:46 pm

Quick Change


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07 Mar 2008, 4:55 pm

poopylungstuffing wrote:
the muppets take manhattan


Are you sure you're not thinking of the great muppet caper? muppets take manhattan is awesome though.



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07 Mar 2008, 4:56 pm

Catch me if you can



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07 Mar 2008, 5:13 pm

reservoir dogs
lock stock and two smoking barrels


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07 Mar 2008, 5:24 pm

lovebat wrote:
poopylungstuffing wrote:
the muppets take manhattan


Are you sure you're not thinking of the great muppet caper? muppets take manhattan is awesome though.


Oops...Maybe I am confusing them...



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07 Mar 2008, 5:27 pm

Catch Me If You Can ~ YES!
The Sting ~ :? NEVER SAW IT
Matchstick Men ~ YES!
Inside Man ~ YES!
Ocean's Eleven ~ YES!
Ocean's Thirteen ~ YES!
The Italian Job 2003 ~ YES!
The Usual Suspects ~ YES!
Snatch ~ YES!
Layer Cake ~ YES!
Sneakers ~ YES!
Sexy Beast ~ YES!

Also liked:
The French Connection (1971)
The Killing (1956)
Reservoir Dogs(1992)
Get Shorty(1995)
Heat(1995)
Ronin (1998)
Small Time Crooks (2000)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)


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07 Mar 2008, 5:52 pm

I also enjoyed Catch Me if You Can.


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07 Mar 2008, 6:16 pm

"The Sting" - still great



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07 Mar 2008, 6:56 pm

The Italian Job (the original with Michael Cane)


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07 Mar 2008, 7:55 pm

I liked Inside Man a lot.



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08 Mar 2008, 3:40 pm

mikebw,
The Sting is a 1973 heist movie with Redford & Newman starring.
The movie supposedly owns all other heist/caper movies.


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08 Mar 2008, 3:42 pm

"Ocean's Twelve" was alright, but it was terrible for most of the time.


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11 Mar 2008, 1:03 am

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Clint Eastwood,Jeff Bridges
The Sting
Reservoir Dogs



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11 Mar 2008, 5:28 am

Du Rififi chez les hommes (1955)
The Killing (1956)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Bob le flambeur (1956)


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