Heist movies transcend genre.
You can have frivolous, fun heist movies like “The Italian Job,” or heartfelt, straight-faced ones like “Point Break.” The heist itself can be meticulously planned and meditative, like the one in “Inside Man,” or fall apart before it’s even begun, as in “Good Time.”To be clear, this is a list of heist films, not movies about con artists.
“The Sting,” “The Brothers Bloom,” and “Gambit” are all brilliant, but the heist tropes — planning the mission, gathering the team, and so on — are missing.
They feel more like a magic trick than an actual heist.
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