The Italian Job brings together a star-studded cast, including Mark Wahlberg, Jason Statham, and Charlize Theron, in a thrilling heist movie.

If you thought that heist at the Louvre sounded like something out of a movie, this collection of heist films just might be for you. By Esther Zuckerman Over the weekend, a group of burglars stole ...

The 90s gave audeinces the best action-oriented heist movies out there. With iconic shootouts and plot twists, these six are the best of the best.

Some movie genres are elusive and hard-to-define in ways that invite all sorts of debate. But not heist movies. Do they steal something? Does the film quite significantly feature a big elaborate plan ...

A seven-minute heist in broad daylight from the most-visited museum in the world is like something straight out of a movie. For French authorities and officials at the Louvre, the daring robbery by ...

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In under eight minutes on Sunday, thieves stole priceless French Jewels from the Louvre, and some jewelry experts believe they may be lost forever. In broad daylight, robbers climbed up a ...

But conversely, pulling off a heist isn’t much like the movies. Surveillance cameras, computer-controlled alarms, knockout gas, and lasers hardly ever feature in big-ticket crime. In reality, ...