The Best Heist Movies of the '90s

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Only one gives you a topless Julie Delpy.

i voted for Ronin after careful deliberation. second choice is three kings.

all amazing:

Ronin (1998)
The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
Three Kings (1999)
True Romance (1993)

I actually have a lot of love for Payback, even though I'm not sure it qualifies as a "heist" movie. I've been thinking about doing a revenge movie poll if there hasn't been one yet. Payback would be high on my list for those. I pretty much hate real-life Mel Gibson, but Payback to me is a work of art and probably my 2nd favorite movie with him in it (after Lethal Weapon). It's a hilarious movie packed with an all-star cast of some of my favorite character actors, and with a ton of great lines/scenes. I also really love the dirty 70s Charlie Bronson feel to the cinematography and set design.

Just to remind everybody, Heat is some straight fucking bullshit. Some 3 hour long straight fucking bullshit.

SNEAKERS

and bottle rocket

and you cannot be serious nv

I like M Mann, and I still think Heat is top 10 worstest movies of all time. I can dig slow films if nothing happens at all, or they're epic, or the plot is fiendish in its intricacy, but this is just a 90 minute straight to video cops and robbers flick shot at half speed.

damn i dont even know where to start w/ that, the heist scene alone is like 30 minutes of sheer adrenaline. one of the most incredible climaxes/action sequences ive ever scene

honestly had no idea anyone even could be much less was bored w/ that movie

Heat would have benefited from some serious editing. I like films with quiet reprieves that allow me to soak in the atmosphere, but the movie just feels overindulgent at times. I could have done without the Pacino/De Niro diner scene, and the stuff with Pacino and his wife really bog down the pacing. I own the movie, but rarely watch it because of the length.

When Pacino's missus did that "closure" line, I nearly left the cinema. But I was laughing too hard.

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Anyone who didn't vote Full Contact is an idiot.

Casino is a heist movie???

gotta be ronin.

out of sight

(most underrated movie on the list is probably miami blues.)

three kings

I'm probably with Tipsy, but I love every indulgent moment of Casino as well. More importantly, Lee Marvin's ghost will torment to death anyone who votes for Payback.

Killing Zoe sucks. Would it have been made without Lawrence Bender's association with Tarantino?

I know how these polls go, and I don't like that Heat is not going to get as many votes as it deserves just because of a couple muscle-bound hatey posts from one dude. (Guess what I voted for.)

out of sight is great too.

yeah, ronin 1, out of site 2, etc
totally forgot that heat was 3 hrs long!

ronin, heat then payback. big hit for yucks.

My god, there is so much garbage on that list.

Three Kings and Out of Sight stand out on that list, and fuck "heist movies."

harrumph!

I mean the ones that are endlessly remaking the ones from the '50s, obv.

You people are either a) all crazy or b) haven't seem Full Contact. Most of the rest of these movies are garbage anyway.

Three Kings, blech. Old Robert DeNiro movies. Double blech.

Weak sauce remakes of Point Blank.

Also if you haven't seen Full Contact the Grifters >>>>>>> anything else on this list.

full contact sounds like a softcore thriller.

And Heat doesn't?

I mean the ones that are endlessly remaking the ones from the '50s, obv.

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how many times am i going to have to post "no one gives a shit" until you get it?

Heat basically is a softcore thriller minus DeNiro/Pacino shower scene actually.

the director's cut of payback that came out on dvd recently >>> the theatrical version.

(yes morbs, point blank is good too)

xxxxp

"totally forgot that heat was 3 hrs long!"

This seems impossible.

i'll probably vote Ronin, but no love for Jackie Brown (although i don't remember it being very heisty)?

lol Sneakers. i don't think i've seen it since the theater!

LOL at people complaining about "Old Robert DeNiro movies" ... as opposed to what, the really awesome new Robert DeNiro movies?

i like a whole bunch of movies on this list. probably because i like "heist movies" and "the '90s".

Three Kings, though I'm sure it strictly fits in the Heist Movie category.

OK n/a, yer right, unimaginative recycling is the sacramental wine of American culture. THE END

Everything after Once Upon a Time in America is a "new Robert De Niro movie."

there have been crotchety douchebag film snobs on the internet before you, does that make you obsolete?

impulse vote for sneakers

I mean Robert DeNiro being OLD in them.

I'm shocked people actually liked Three Kings.

shocked!

The last hour and a half of that movie is terrible. Actually the first hour is pretty lame too!

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I DON'T LIKE THIS

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n/a is fucking on fire. i like it

these are pretty bad:

The Big Hit (1998)
Blue Streak (1999)
Dead Presidents (1995)
Entrapment (1999)
Gonin aka The Five (1995)
Hudson Hawk (1991)
Killing Zoe (1994)
Payback (1999)
Underneath (1995)
The Usual Suspects (1995)

is blood and wine terrible? i don't even remember hearing about it.

alex your judgment of '90s heist movies is breaking my heart.

No, Blood and Wine is good. it has Stephen Dorff in it!

haha

Nobody likes Bound???

n/a is fucking on fire

pass the kerosene.

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"hey thanks for your useful contribution to our discussion message board"

What the hell kind of discourse were you expecting on a discussion message board?

omg Killing Zoe, in which Roger Avary drags Julie Delpy down to his hell.

"alex your judgment of '90s heist movies is breaking my heart."

The lack of love for Full Contact is breaking mine.

Nah just kidding I really don't care. FTR Ronin's pretty decent. It's just far from the best movie on this list.

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What about A Simple Plan? Does that have a heist in it?

It wasn't on the list I took this from. I thought about adding it, but decided it doesn't really qualify since the film didn't really center around the heist that drove the plot. Great movie, though.

I removed the Die Hard movies from the list, and probably should have removed Casino, too.

Killing Zoe had a great soundtrack, Jean-Hugues Anglade over-acting, Julie Delpy topless, and looked great. Am I the only one on this thread who will admit to liking it? I guess I like it in the same way that if I do a 2000s heist poll, I'd be tempted to vote for Way of the Gun.

At least Way of the Gun has James Caan in a good performance.

Jackie Brown for the motherfuckin' win

'00s heist movie poll, pls

(i would probably vote for "heist")

and: http://videodetective.com/photos/352/014800_9.jpg

'00s heist poll coming in 2010! (w/ hopes that a lot more great heist movies are released between now and then)

nooooooo

ilx interest in heist movies of the '00s is at an all-time high, the time is now.

The Spanish Prisoner is my pick. It almost feels like a made for TV movie (no violence, no language, no sex) but really good.

Killing Zoe had a great soundtrack, Jean-Hugues Anglade over-acting, Julie Delpy topless, and looked great. Am I the only one on this thread who will admit to liking it?

I liked it for the same reasons. Enjoyed it more than other fake-Tarantino movies like Albino Alligator and Very Bad Things.

love and a .45!!

is really bad!!

xxp That's not much of a stretch.

killing zoe is bad but eric stoltz seems like a bro.

he wasted no time going from real tarantino to fake tarantino.

More that he just stuck w/ Avery.

biggest reason I like Killing Zoe is the whole friends growing apart thing. one asshole grew up; one got worse. at first Anglade seems like a fun dude to hang out with, too. Stoltz did a great job just seeming like kind of a chill going-with-the-flow sort of guy until his funny and crazy friend gets him into trouble. who can't relate to that? strip away all the stylistic 90s crime movie cliché stuff and it's basically a movie about a friendship not surviving time and age.

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Now I can officially complain that y'all suck.

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de niro takes the top 3

The Usual Suspects (1995) 3

people still rep for this?

OLD de niro!

I didn't see The General on the list until now! Great movie: top-form Brendan Gleeson and Jon Voight.

Wow, I really thought Ronin would take this. Nice to see a vote for Quick Change, too.

The General is def. best movie that didn't get a vote.

ha, i didn't even register that quick change was on here, weird movie

The 90s was a great decade for heist movies

lol

v pleased w/ the results but i wouldve liked to see bottle rocket get at least one vote

Working from home sick today and "Sneakers" is the perfect movie to watch.

Not a great movie but really fun and the cast is insane. I like how Dan Aykroyd has more of a '90s alternarock haircut than River Phoenix. Also its crazy how much more Whistler saves everyone else's asses than anyone else on the team.

Ben Kingsley's ponytail and weird indeterminate accent.

Also ends with the team figuring out the NSA wants the magic box to spy on Americans?