Honorable thieves, shady crooks, two-bit conmen, and more often than not, lots of money (or something equally valuable) at stake. There's nothing like a good heist movie, where the object is simple but the plan to pull them off are anything but. But what might be some of the greatest heist movies of all time?
While crime movies have always been an attraction in Hollywood, heist movies began to feel like its own thing with the success of The Asphalt Jungle in 1950, directed by John Huston. The acclaimed movie is often considered the forerunner to all heist movies, laying the foundations for future filmmakers to pull and riff from.
