Robbery: 134

The film, Tower Heist (2011), directed by Brett Ratner and written by Ted Griffin and Jeff Nathanson, is based on a story by Bill Collage, Adam Cooper, and Griffin. Josh Kovaks manages The Tower, a luxurious apartment complex in New York City with Wall Street mogul Arthur Shaw living in the penthouse. As a favor to Shaw, Josh entrusts him with the hotel staff’s pension ...

Fast Five (2011) is an action film directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan. While Dominic Toretto is being transported to Lompoc Prison on a bus, his sister Mia Toretto and friend Brian O’Conner launch an attack and free him. Evading authorities, the trio flees to Rio de Janeiro. Meanwhile, Mia and Brian team up with their friend Vince and others for a robbery mission involving three cars on a train. However, they discover that DEA agents are pursuing the same cars as seized property. Dom arrives with his crew but their main target Zizi only wants one car ...

Directed by Malcolm Venville, Henry’s Crime (2010) is an American romantic comedy crime film about a man living a stagnant life in Buffalo, New York. Henry works the night shift as a toll collector and seems to lack ambition or purpose. Debbie, his wife, is dissatisfied with this. When Eddie, a friend, visits one morning and asks Henry to fill in for an ill player in their baseball game, Henry agrees. However, trouble arises when Eddie convinces Henry to stop at an ATM on their way to the game. Unexpectedly, Eddie and two others rob the Buffalo Savings Bank and implicate Henry as an accomplice. As a result of this ...

The Town (2010) is an American crime thriller film co-written and directed by Ben Affleck, adapted from Chuck Hogan’s 2004 novel Prince of Thieves. Four lifelong friends from the neighborhood of Charlestown, Boston, Douglas ‘Doug’ MacRay, James ‘Jem’ Coughlin, Albert ‘Gloansy’ MacGloan, and Desmond ‘Dez’ Elden, rob a bank wearing masks. Against Doug’s wishes, Jem takes bank manager Claire Keesey hostage but later releases her unharmed. After finding out that Claire lives in their neighborhood, Doug ...

Takers (2010) is an American heist action thriller film directed by John Luessenhop. Detectives Jack Welles and Eddie Hatcher are on the case of a bold robbery orchestrated by a well-organized group. Led by Gordon Cozier, the team includes John, A.J., and brothers Jake and Jesse Attica. Notably missing from the group is former member Ghost, who had been caught during a previous heist five years ago. During his absence, Jake had started a relationship with Ghost’s ex-girlfriend Lilly, who has now accepted his proposal for marriage. After Ghost’s release from prison, he joins forces with the crew to plan their ...

Wes Anderson directed Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), an American stop-motion animated comedy film. While pilfering Berk’s Squab Farm, our cunning protagonist sets off a fox trap, inadvertently trapping himself and his wife Felicity. In the midst of their escape, she reveals her pregnancy and implores her husband to find a less hazardous job. He agrees and two human years (12 fox years) later, the Fox family, now including their son Ash, is residing in a cozy hole. Despite warnings from their lawyer Clive Badger about the dangers of being close to three farmers – Walt Boggis, Nate Bunce, and Frank Bean – Mr. ...

The Maiden Heist (2009) is an American crime comedy film directed by Peter Hewitt, following the story of Roger, a security guard at an art museum. His job involves constantly monitoring the precious artwork on display. One particular painting catches his eye – The Lonely Maiden, a beautiful woman gazing out into the distance with a sense of longing. Despite being happily married to Rose, Roger finds himself fixated on this painting. However, Rose is eager for Roger to retire so they can start their new life in Florida. One day, Roger receives news that The Lonely Maiden and several other pieces will be ...

Thick as Thieves (2009) is an action-packed American/German heist thriller directed by Mimi Leder. In New York, experienced thief Keith Ripley enlists the help of a younger criminal, Gabriel Martin, to execute a final job and pay off his debt to the Russian mafia. Their previous partner, Victor Korolenko, was killed before they could complete the plan. Despite initially being hesitant about Ripley’s trustworthiness, Martin is convinced otherwise by Ripley’s goddaughter Alexandra Korolenko, Victor’s daughter. However, tensions arise as Ripley disapproves of their growing closeness. He reveals their ...

Public Enemies (2009), an American biographical crime drama film directed by Michael Mann, follows notorious criminal John Dillinger as he attempts to evade the law and continue his life of crime in 1933. With a screenplay co-written by Ronan Bennett and Ann Biderman, the movie begins with Dillinger’s daring escape from the Indiana State Penitentiary alongside his crew. Tragically, his mentor Walter Dietrich is killed during the jailbreak. After changing their clothes and finding refuge at a safe house on Chicago’s east side, Dillinger and his accomplices carry out a series of bank robberies while FBI agent ...

Directed by French Tunisian filmmaker Mabrouk el Mechri, JCVD (2008) is a crime drama that follows Jean-Claude Van Damme as a fictionalized version of himself. The former action star finds himself in dire circumstances as his career and family fall apart in his hometown of Brussels, Belgium. Struggling financially and unable to secure acting roles, Van Damme’s personal life also takes a hit when his ex-wife gains the upper hand in a custody battle for their daughter. In search of solace, he returns to Schaerbeek where he is still regarded as a local hero. While ...

Daylight Robbery (2008), a British crime film directed by Paris Leonti and starring Paul Nicholls and Geoff Bell, follows Alex and his gang of unlikely robbers as they devise an ambitious plan to steal millions in untraceable banknotes from the underground vaults of the London Exchange Bank. To create an alibi, they pretend to be joining the mass exodus of England supporters traveling to the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. However, instead of boarding their flight, they make their way to Central London. There, they block ...

The film, The Bank Job (2008), is a heist thriller directed by Roger Donaldson and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. It is based on the true story of a burglary in Baker Street where Lloyds Bank safety deposit boxes were targeted. MI5, the British Security Services, had taken notice of this particular branch in 1971 due to a safety deposit box belonging to Michael X, a notorious black gangster. The box contained incriminating photos of Princess Margaret and was used as insurance to keep the authorities at bay. ...

The French crime film, The Second Wind (2007), helmed by Alain Corneau, follows the story of Gu – a notorious gangster who has recently broken out of prison. With all of the French police hot on his trail, Gu must make a swift exit from the country with Manouche, his beloved. In order to fund their escape, Gu seeks out one last job. However, things take a turn when a corrupt police officer sets him up and makes it seem like he betrayed his own team. Determined to clear his name and restore his honour, Gu will stop at nothing to achieve justice.

The American crime film, The Lookout (2007), marks the directorial debut of Scott Frank. While driving with his lights off at night, high school sports star Chris Pratt crashes into a stalled combine on the road. Tragically, two of his passengers do not survive while he and his girlfriend Kelly are able to live through the accident. However, Chris is left with lasting mental impairments, including anterograde amnesia and anger management issues. In an effort to cope with these challenges, Chris attends classes to learn new skills and keeps a small notebook as a tool for remembering daily tasks. Despite having only ...

Flawless (2007) is an acclaimed British heist film, helmed by director Michael Radford and penned by Edward Anderson. During an interview at a restaurant, Miss Laura Quinn, the first female manager at London Diamond Corporation, opens up to a reporter about her experiences as one of the pioneering women in the workforce. With dramatic flair, she unveils a box containing a stunning diamond and confesses, ‘I took it’. The intrigued journalist assumes that Quinn has paid for her crime with time behind bars. However, we are then taken back in time to 1960 when ...

The film How to Rob a Bank (2007) is an American independent crime comedy that follows the story of Jinx Taylor. In an attempt to withdraw his last $20, Jinx encounters a problem with the ATM transaction fee, leaving him unable to retrieve his money from the bank. Frustrated by this and other hidden charges that complicate his life, Jinx finds himself locked in the bank vault with a bound and gagged Jessica. However, as he rants about corporations taking advantage of people like him, we soon realize that Jessica is not a hostage but actually working with Simon’s armed team to rob the bank. Jinx’s unexpected arrival throws a wrench into their plans and ...

Ocean’s Thirteen (2007) is an American heist comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Brian Koppelman and David Levien. Businessman Reuben Tishkoff takes on a new project, building a hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip, against the advice of his friend and former criminal associate Danny Ocean. However, things take a turn for the worse when investor and casino mogul Willy Bank strongarms Reuben into giving up his ownership stake. After suffering a heart attack, Reuben is left bedridden. In an attempt ...

Inside Man (2006) is an American crime thriller film directed by Spike Lee and written by Russell Gewirtz. It centers on an elaborate bank heist-turned-hostage situation on Wall Street. In August 2005, inside a small, dimly-lit cell, Dalton Russell brags about committing the perfect bank robbery. In New York City, masked robbers seize control of a Manhattan bank, using variants of the name “Steve” as aliases and dressed in painter coveralls. They hold patrons and employees hostage and divide them into groups, rotating them among various rooms while disguised ...

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), an American neo-noir black comedy crime film written and directed by Shane Black, follows the story of Harry Lockhart. After showing remorse in an audition for a botched burglary, Harry unexpectedly lands a screen test in New York City. Mistaken for method acting by casting director Dabney Shaw, he is then sent to Los Angeles for another screen test. At a party in LA, Harry reunites with his childhood crush Harmony Lane and meets ‘Gay’ Perry van Shrike, a private investigator hired to help him prepare for his screen test. Meanwhile, party host Harlan Dexter has recently settled a ...

The Coen brothers‘ film, The Ladykillers (2004), features an unlikely group of characters. When stern and devout widow Mrs. Marva Munson rents a room to Professor Goldthwaite Higginson Dorr, she has no idea he plans to use her root cellar for rehearsals with his early music ensemble. What Mrs. Munson doesn’t realize is that this “ensemble” is actually a gang of criminals. Led by Dorr, the group includes Lump, a not-so-bright football player serving as their muscle; Garth Pancake, an overconfident movie effects technician with IBS; the crude and disheveled Gawain McSam as their inside man; and ...