The Hot Rock sees Robert Redford star as an ex-con who embarks on another job after regaining his freedom. His associate, played by Danny DeVito, isn't thrilled with this, and forces him to pull one more job. Gene Hackman plays a man ready to retire from "the business" in Heist. Vaughn oozed talent he would later use as the director of Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class. The insanely stylish 2004 film was one of the finest gangster flicks of the decade. Longtime Guy Ritchie producer Matthew Vaughn made his directorial debut with Layer Cake, about a man ( Daniel Craig) in the cocaine trade who has a distaste for guns. The fantastic ensemble cast includes Benicio del Toro and Jason Statham - and the moral of the story (if there is one) surely must be not to mess with the family of an Irish Traveller. The bumbling Frenchman first hit the big screen in 1964's The Pink Panther, where he's tasked with recovering the largest diamond in the world - aptly named the Pink Panther.Īn 84-carat diamond, a bare-knuckle boxer ( Brad Pitt), and good old fashioned revenge abound in Guy Ritchie's 2000 film Snatch. It doesn't get any more charming than Inspector Jacques Clouseau. Gritty, engaging and also featuring a fantastic turn by Jon Hamm as an FBI agent, the film sees the men embark on a daring heist at Fenway Park and a ridiculously cool car chase through Boston's North End. Unfortunately (or fortunately?) for him, a beautiful and brilliant detective ( Rene Russo) makes it her mission to hunt him down and a cat-and-mouse thing (plus some lovin') ensues.īen Affleck and Jeremy Renner make a nun's habit terrifying as Boston-area bankrobbers in 2010's The Town. The handsome Thomas Crown doesn't do it for the money. Pierce Brosnan charmed in this 1999 remake of the 1969 film of the same name. The real bad guys (lead by Charles Grodin) have eyes on stealing the Baseball Diamond from the Mallory Gallery. Miss Piggy - a common criminal? Say it ain't so! Fear not Muppet fans, it's nothing more than a frame-job played out in The Great Muppet Caper, which sees Piggy blamed for the theft of an expensive necklace. It was the aftermath they couldn't handle. Kline won the best supporting actor Oscar for playing the bungling ex-CIA agent Otto in the film which saw the group's jewel heist go well. As the writer and star of 1988's A Fish Called Wanda, Cleese lead a cast including Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin. Thievery has never been so funny as when John Cleese put his spin on it. Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn’s moody L.A.-based film also featured a seasoned supporting cast, which included Ron Perlman, Albert Brooks and Bryan Cranston. When his neighbor’s ( Carey Mulligan) ex-con husband ( Oscar Isaac) is coerced into robbing a pawnshop, the driver offers his assistance. Ryan Gosling plays a mechanic by day, getaway driver by night in 2011’s Drive. Five decades later, Danny Ocean's story would be retold in the George Clooney– Brad Pitt ensemble. The Rat Pack hit Los Vegas in the 1960 classic which saw Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr.
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