You all know how it goes. A priceless haul, a team of crackheads who take on every possible hurdle and a full proof plan and you have a mind-twisting heist movie. Every movie in the heist genre has a familiar taste but what sets them apart is a soothing plotline that captures a team of criminals trying to fight the odds and avoiding the fear of getting caught. Since the start of the cinema journey, the heist movies had an absolutely platinum-plated structure and a solid plotline that gave directors and writers a platform to innovate while being on the borderline of the story and that’s a big reason behind its supremacy among the other genres of cinema. Here is a list of top 10 heist movies that deliver the oddly satisfying and mind-twisting story of heist:
1. Inception: The mindful crime story of Christopher Nolan did the job of heist while keeping up the charm of tenet. The story follows the life of Cobb played by Leonardo DiCaprio, a criminal who steals information by entering his victim's dreams and tried to wipe his criminal past.
2. Dhoom 3: When it comes to heist movies, Bollywood has very limited stock but the stock industry has is nothing less than any mind-blowing heist story of Hollywood. Dhoom 3 is one of the most satisfying heist stories Bollywood has ever produced. It captures the revenge of twin brothers who rob each and every bank which made their father took his life.
3. Baby Driver: Helmed by Edgar Wright, Baby Driver is an absolute gem that portrays a high octane chase that barely lets up and a very strong soundtrack behind all the screeching brakes.
4. Widows: Steve McQueen's classy thriller follows four women whose husbands died at the hands of police during an attempted heist as they attempt to settle they're sadly exploded partners' debts.
5. Special 26: Most of the heist movies includes vicious car chase and long action sequences but this movie managed to impress the audience without any of those elements. Special 26 is considered to be one of the most mind-twisting heist movies that portray a heist where a team of criminals selects people by doing fake interviews to conduct a fake raid over the shops of wealthy people.
6. Ronin: Robert de Niro's mid-Nineties second wind tends to be seen to hinge on Heat and Jackie Brown, but Ronin is equally impressive. He's ex-CIA guy Sam, a mercenary who's now leading a bunch of specialists including Jean Reno, Stellen Skarsgard, and Sean Bean, who are on the trail of a mysterious suitcase.
7. Dead Presidents: This is one of the films which plays most freely with the heist structure. Unusually, we start at the aftermath of the job itself, with burning dollar bills and a sense that everything has spun out of control, before whipping back to 1968 to explore exactly how these men came to be so desperate that they had to hit a bank.
8. Don: Inspired from the original Don, starring Amitabh Bachchan, the new movie of the same name stars Shah Rukh Khan as the lead. There were two movies which were Don and Don 2. While the first was heavily based on the original film, the second was a whole new film. Both the movie involves a wild chase for money and power, especially Don 2.
9. Dog Day Afternoon: At the outset of Sidney Lumet's film, Al Pacino's gang look like the kind of take-no-prisoners bruisers common to the heist genre. But then, almost immediately, their plan completely falls to pieces. They're no kind of criminal outfit.
10. Aankhen: The movie stars Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Arjun Rampal, Paresh Rawal, and Sushmita Sen. Amitabh was seen in a negative role of a bank manager who tries to rob his bank with the help of three blind men. The film received a lot of appreciation and there are reports of Aankhen 2 to be made.
