Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Suspense/Crime > Heist: 89 Films to Rent
- Lookout, The (2007)
- Dir. Scott Frank
Feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Isla Fisher…
- It–boy Joseph Gordon–Levitt elevates this small–town crime thriller as an impaired bank janitor who is coerced into acting as an…
- No Country for Old Men (2007)
- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones…
- A masterfully executed thriller from the Coen brothers, who return to the suspense–driven fatalism of their most admired films (BLOOD SIMPLE,…
- Inside Man (2006)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster…
- Proficient, personalised heist thriller from dir. Spike Lee (25TH HOUR) in which a smooth and cold super–crim (Owen) engineers the robbery of…
- Firewall (2005)
- Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany, Virginia Madsen…
- Bank security expert Harrison Ford is forced into a tight corner when his family home is invaded by gun–toting criminals, led by a…
- 7 Times Lucky (2004)
- Dir. Gary Yates
Feat. Kevin Pollak, Liane Balaban, Jonas Chernick…
- Solid caper film that benefits from Kevin Pollak's performance as a small time con man who suddenly finds himself with the prospect of a big score…
- After the Sunset (2004)
- Dir. Brett Ratner
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson…
- Recently retired jewel thieves Brosnan and Hayek are safely esconsed on a desert island, when an old FBI nemesis turns up simultaneous with a…
- Hustle (TV Series) (Hu$tle) (2004)
- Feat. Robert Vaughn, Rob Jarvis, Adrian Lester…
- Popular Brit TV drama about the so–called 'pros of con': five slick yet human ripoff artists who earn their bread by staging elaborate stings…
- Foolproof (2003)
- Dir. William Phillips
Feat. Ryan Reynolds, David Suchet
- A slick if stereotypical heist thriller, in which a group of brainy thieves plan 'foolproof' heists, but find their ambitions go awry when their next…
- Good Thief, The (2002)
- Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Nick Nolte, Ralph Fiennes
- This woozy, lightly stylised thriller finds Nick Nolte as the titular gambling thief looking to go into retirement by heisting expensive paintings…
- Hard Word, The (2002)
- Dir. Scott Roberts
Feat. Guy Pearce, Rachel Griffiths, Damien Richardson…
- A lean comic thriller taking its attitude from LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS, but given stubbled Aussie charm by leads Guy Pearce and Rachel…