Best Heist Movies
The best heist movies ever made, ranked by audience score. Inception takes it at 8.4, and the 20 films below prove how much range the premise has — The Usual Suspects, Reservoir Dogs and Big Deal on Madonna Street pull it in completely different directions.
20 titles · average score 7.8 ·
The top 5 picks
- 1
Inception (2010)
★ 8.4 · 39,914 ratingsCobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the…
- 2
The Usual Suspects (1995)
★ 8.2 · 11,623 ratingsHeld in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million…
- 3
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
★ 8.1 · 15,703 ratingsA botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde,…
- 4
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
★ 8.1 · 795 ratingsBest friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make them rich. With the help of some fellow criminals, he plans to dig a…
- 5
The Sting (1973)
★ 8.0 · 3,054 ratingsA novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.
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How this list is ranked
Nothing on this page is hand-picked to hit a word count. We pull films matching this list's criteria from TMDB, require a real audience behind each score, and rank by that score — 20 titles averaging 7.8. The page rebuilds daily, so new releases appear here as soon as enough people have rated them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best heist movie?
Inception (2010) at 8.4, ahead of The Usual Suspects and Reservoir Dogs. All 20 films on this page average 7.8.
How do you find heist movies?
Through TMDB's keyword tagging, which is maintained by its community and goes far deeper than genre labels — it catches films that share a premise even when they belong to completely different genres.
Is this list updated?
Yes — it rebuilds every day from TMDB, so newly released movies appear as soon as enough people have rated them. You do not need an account to browse it, and there is no paywall on anything at MovieAI.