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Steal Some High-Stakes Thrills with These 12 Heist Movies and Shows
From Kaleidoscope to Army of the Dead.
Oct. 21, 2025
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Heist movies are all about wanting more: more action, more swindling, more fast cars, more stylish getaways and great outfits, more buddy banter. It’s the itch you can’t scratch, the pursuit of the payoff so big it daunts and dazzles, tempting those who seek it to the wrong side of the law.
The harder the job, the more satisfying the getaway. Why break into a regular vault when you can do it in a zombie-ridden Las Vegas casino? Why steal one of Cleopatra’s golden eggs when you can steal three? Why settle for anything less than robbing the crown jewels from the world’s most prestigious museum? And why watch one movie when you can watch 12? Pop the Champagne, break out your best fake mustache, and check out this curated watchlist of heist movies and shows.
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Lift
Talk about stretching your wings: In this heist film, comedy star Kevin Hart dives into a more dramatic role than what he’s typically known for. Hart portrays Cyrus Whitaker, the leader of a band of art thieves on a mission to steal $500 million worth of gold. But this isn’t your average heist. Cyrus and his band of criminals — played by Vincent D’Onofrio, Úrsula Corberó, Billy Magnussen, Yun Jee Kim, and Viveik Kalra — were recruited by an Interpol agent (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) to help catch billionaire Lars Jorgensen (Jean Reno) and prevent a terrorist attack. It’s a pretty simple Lift, except they’ll have to pull it off on a plane mid-flight. Buckle up!
Kaleidoscope
Eric Garcia’s anthology series throws the rule book out the window. Each viewer will experience their own version of this ambitious heist, which tracks a crew of thieves working to thwart the world’s most powerful security and unlock an airtight vault for a massive payday. Unfolding over eight episodes named after various colors, the show won’t progress in sequential order; you might start with “Yellow,” while your mom is served up “Green,” creating a unique tailored puzzle. Connect the dots, and voilà! You’re in.
Red Notice
Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds) is the world’s most wanted art thief; John Hartley (Dwayne Johnson) is the FBI agent sent to catch him. But when they both find themselves in a cat-and-mouse game with an elusive mastermind known as The Bishop (Gal Gadot), the two must work together in order to bring her down. And if Booth should just happen to steal Cleopatra’s three golden eggs along the way? Well, that’s just business.
Army of the Dead
Think heist, but make it undead. Trust Zack Snyder to overhaul the heist genre by adding in extra-high stakes in this 2021 movie. Six years after a sudden zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, the United States is about to attempt to eradicate the problem with a nuclear strike. With only 32 hours to spare before the entire city is under a mushroom cloud, billionaire Bly Tanaka (Hiroyuki Sanada) approaches mercenary Scott Ward (Dave Bautista) with a business proposition: Steal $200 million lying in an abandoned casino vault. To pull it off, Scott assembles a misfit band of thieves, including old friends Maria Cruz (Ana de la Reguera), Vanderohe (Omari Hardwick) and Marianne Peters (Tig Notaro), along with newcomers like German master safecracker Ludwig Dieter (Matthias Schweighöfer), sharpshooter Mikey Guzman (Raúl Castillo) and his partner, Chambers (Samantha Win). With the clock ticking down and hungry zombies on their tail, the team soon realizes that snagging the loot will come at a price.
Army of Thieves
Did you ever wonder what was happening in the rest of the world while zombies were ravaging Las Vegas? Well, Zack Snyder did. The result: A 2021 prequel to Army of the Dead that follows then-bank teller Ludwig Dieter as he’s suddenly hired by the mysterious Gwendoline (Nathalie Emmanuel) to join her burgeoning band of thieves on a mission to break into not one, not two, but three separate uncrackable safes. New gang, new mission, same lovable German wit.
Triple Frontier
Triple Frontier will go down in cinematic history as the movie that provided both photographic evidence of Oscar Isaac, Garrett Hedlund, and Charlie Hunnam wrestling on the beach, and the indelible image of Ben Affleck contemplating his existence while wrapped in a towel (amen!). And that’s just off-screen. Directed by J.C. Chandor, from a script by Mark Boal, the 2019 film follows a band of US Army Delta Force veterans, disillusioned by the country’s callous indifference towards their service, who get together for one last mission: stealing $75 million from a South American crime lord. This time, though, they’re in it for themselves.
Money Heist
Before Squid Game, red jumpsuits only meant one thing: Welcome to the world of La Casa de Papel, where thieves named after international cities wear Salvador Dalí masks while taking Spain’s most highly guarded finance centers hostage. The goal? Make off with hundreds of millions in euros. And if you love this series, you’ll want to queue up Berlin next. The spin-off, set before the events of its predecessor, follows the titular character as he prepares for one of his most extraordinary schemes: disappearing $44 million worth of jewels.
Lupin
Burglary just got a lot more gentlemanly. Omar Sy plays Assane Diop, the son of Senegalese immigrants. Inspired by French fictional literary icon Arsène Lupin, Diop sets out to get revenge on the family who framed his father for the theft of a priceless necklace more than two decades earlier. Watch if you enjoy charismatic French people in snug tuxedos mixed in with a healthy dose of socioeconomic commentary, or if you just want to take a trip through some of Paris’ most gorgeous landmarks.
This Is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist
Heist meets true crime in this four-part docuseries about one of the biggest hauls in American history that remains unsolved. On March 18, 1990, two men entered Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum posing as police officers. Over the next 81 minutes, they proceeded to make off with hundreds of millions of dollars in priceless art, including works by Degas, Vermeer, Manet, and Rembrandt. No one has ever been charged, and the art has never been recovered. So, what happened? That’s precisely what Colin Barnicle’s series tries to unpack, with interviews, archival footage, and recreations outlining the events and the prime suspects involved.
Coin Heist
How far would you go to avoid being the new kid in a new school? That’s what this Emily Hagins–directed 2017 thriller tries to answer as four teens (Sasha Pieterse, Alexis G. Zall, Alex Saxon, and Jay Walker) join forces in an attempt to save their Philadelphia prep school from financial ruin after an embezzlement scandal. The plan is simple: create fake valuable coins and then hack into the US Mint. But it all gets complicated when the group splits over a key question: Can the end really ever justify the means?
How to Rob a Bank
If there were a hall of fame of thieves, it would certainly include Scott Scurlock. He is considered by some to have been the most successful bank robber in the United States, and his creative disguises, complete with facial prosthetics and makeup, aided him in robbing 19 banks in the Seattle area between 1992 and 1996, which earned him the moniker “Hollywood Bandit” or simply “Hollywood.” In this documentary, detectives, journalists, friends of Scurlock, and even some of his accomplices lay out how he was able to get away with stealing around $2.3 million and shed light on how he was eventually captured.
The Out-Laws
If it’s heisting with humor you’re after, apprehend this movie starring Adam Devine, Pierce Brosnan, Ellen Barkin, and Nina Dobrev. Devine plays Owen, a bank manager about to wed Parker (Dobrev). When Parker’s parents unexpectedly arrive, Owen is thrilled to finally meet the elusive couple. Owen gets drunk while entertaining Parker’s parents — and spilling security secrets about his job — and the day after, his bank is robbed by a couple who seem very familiar. The truth about who Parker’s parents really are starts to unfurl and Owen is coerced into helping them pull off more heists in order to keep Parker safe. Produced by Adam Sandler, Adam DeVine, and Allen Covert this one has nonstop laughs amid the action.
Additional reporting by Ananda Dillon
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