The following list, by no means complete, comprises films discussed in this book or analysed during its writing.
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11 Harrowhouse (Aram Avakian, 1974, UK)
Ad Ogni Costo / Grand Slam (Giuliano Montaldo, 1967, Italy/Spain/West Germany)
The Anderson Tapes (Sidney Lumet, 1971, US)
Armored Car Robbery (Richard Fleischer, 1950, US)
Art Heist (Bryan Goeres, 2004, Spain/US)
The Asphalt Jungle (John Huston, 1950, US)
Assault on a Queen (Jack Donohue, 1966, US)
Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (Nanni Loy, 1960, Italy)
Aura, El / The Aura (Fabián Bielinsky, 2005, Argentina)
Bandits (Barry Levinson, 2001, US)
The Bank Job (Roger Donaldson, 2008, UK)
Bank Shot (Gower Champion, 1974, US)
The Big Caper (Robert Stevens, 1957, US)
Big Deal on Madonna Street / I Soliti Ignoti (Mario Monicelli, 1958, Italy)
The Big Job (Gerald Thomas, 1965, UK)
Bob le Flambeur (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1956, France)
Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson, 1996, US)
The Brinks Job (William Friedkin, 1978, US)
The Caper of the Golden Bulls (Russell Rouse, 1967, US)
Ca$h (Eric Besnard, 2008, France)
Casse, Le / The Burglars (Henri Verneuil, 1971, France)
Cent mille dollars au soleil / Greed Under the Sun (Henri Verneuil, 1964, France/Italy)
Le Cercle rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970, France)
Le Cerveau / The Brain (Gérard Oury, 1969, France)
Une Chance sur deux (Patrice Leconte, 1998, France)
Charley Varrick (Don Siegel, 1973, US)
Le Clan des Siciliens / The Sicilian Clan (Henri Verneuil, 1969, France)
Classe tous risques / The Big Risk (Claude Sautet, 1960, France/Italy)
Cool Breeze (Barry Pollack, 1972, US)
Cops and Robbers (Aram Avakian, 1973, US)
Crackers (Louis Malle, 1984, US)
Criss Cross (Robert Siodmak, 1949, US)
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (John Guillermin, 1960, UK)
Daylight Robbery (Paris Leonti, 2008, UK)
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (Bernard Girard, 1966, US)
Dead Presidents (Albert and Allen Hughes, 1995, US)
Derailed (Mikael Håfström, 2005, US/UK)
Le Dernier Tunnel (Erik Canuel 2004, Canada)
Diamonds (Menahem Golan, 1975, Israel/US)
Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988, US)
Dodookdeul / The Thieves (Dong-Hoon Choi, 2012, South Korea)
Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975, US)
The Dr. Mabuse Gambler (Fritz Lang, 1922, Germany)
Duffy (Robert Parrish, 1968, UK/US)
Égoûts du paradis (José Giovanni, 1979, France)
Entrapment (Jon Amiel, 1999, US/UK)
Family Business (Sidney Lumet, 1989, US)
The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009, US)
Feng kuang de shi tou / Crazy Stone (Hao Ning, 2006, China)
Five Against the House (Phil Karlson, 1955, US)
Flawless (Michael Radford, 2007, UK)
Foolproof (William Philips, 2003, Canada)
The Front Line (David Gleeson, 2006, Ireland/Germany/Sweden)
Gambit (Ronald Neame, 1966, US)
Le Gang (Jacques Deray, 1977, France/Italy)
The Getaway (Roger Donaldson, 1994, US)
The Getaway (Sam Peckinpah, 1972, US)
The Good Die Young (Lewis Gilbert, 1954, UK)
The Good Thief (Neil Jordan, 2002, France/UK/Ireland)
The Great Train Robbery (Edwin S. Porter, 1903, US)
Guns, Girls, and Gangsters (Edward L. Cahn, 1959, US)
The Happy Thieves (George Marshall, 1961, US)
Heat (Michael Mann, 1995, US)
Heist (David Mamet, 2001, US)
High Sierra (Raoul Walsh, 1941, US)
The Hot Rock (Peter Yates, 1972, US)
Hot Thrills and Warm Chills (Dale Berry, 1967, US)
House of Bamboo (Samuel Fuller, 1955, US/Japan)
How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (Robert Scheerer, 1980, US)
How to Steal a Million (William Wyler, 1966, US)
Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010, US/UK)
Inside Man (Spike Lee, 2006, US)
The Italian Job (Peter Collinson, 1969, UK)
The Italian Job (F. Gary Gray, 2003, US)
Jack of Diamonds (Don Taylor, 1967, US/West Germany)
The Jokers (Michael Winner, 1967, UK)
Kansas City Confidential (Phil Karlson, 1952, US)
Kelly’s Heroes (Brian G. Hutton, 1970, US)
The Killers (Robert Siodmak, 1946, US)
The Killing (Stanley Kubrick, 1956, US)
Der Krieger und die Kaiserin / The Princess and the Warrior (Tom Tykwer, 2000, Germany)
The Ladykillers (Alexander Mackendrick, 1955, UK)
The Ladykillers (Joel and Ethan Cohen, 2004, US)
The Lavender Hill Mob (Charles Crichton, 1951, UK)
The League of Gentlemen (Basil Dearden, 1960, UK)
Little Caesar (Mervyn LeRoy, 1931, US)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Guy Ritchie, 1998, UK)
The Lookout (Scott Frank, 2007, US)
Mad Money (Callie Khouri, 2008, US)
Man on a Ledge (Asger Leth, 2012, US)
Max et les ferrailleurs /
Max and the Junkmen (Claude Sautet, 1971, France)
Mélodie en sous-sol / Any Number Can Win (Henri Verneuil, 1963, France/ Italy)
Midas Run (Alf Kjellin, 1969, US)
Money Movers (Bruce Beresford, 1978, Australia)
Ni pour ni contre (bien au contraire) (Cédric Klapisch, 2003, France)
No Road Back (Montgomery Tully, 1957, UK)
Ocean’s Eleven (Lewis Milestone, 1960, US)
Ocean’s Eleven (Steven Soderbergh, 2001, US)
Ocean’s Thirteen (Steven Soderbergh, 2007, US)
Ocean’s Twelve (Steven Soderbergh, 2004, US)
Odds Against Tomorrow (Robert Wise, 1959, US)
Once a Thief (John Woo, 1991, Hong Kong)
Once a Thief (Ralph Nelson, 1965, France/US)
Out of Sight (Steven Soderbergh, 1998, US)
Perfect Friday (Peter Hall, 1970, UK)
Plunder Road (Hubert Cornfield, 1957, US)
Le Premier cercle / Ultimate Heist (Laurent Tuel, 2009, France)
A Prize of Gold (Mark Robson, 1955, UK)
Quick Change (Howard Franklin and Bill Murray, 1990, US)
Raffles (Sam Wood, 1939, USA)
The Rebel Set (Gene Fowler, Jr., 1959, US)
Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992, US)
Rififi (Jules Dassin, 1955, France)
Rififi à Tokyo (Jacques Deray, 1963, France/Italy)
Robbery (Peter Yates, 1967, UK)
Rough Cut (Don Siegel, 1980, US)
The Score (Frank Oz, 2001, US)
Set It Off (F. Gary Gray, 1996, US)
Seven Thieves (Henry Hathaway, 1960, US)
Sexy Beast (Jonathan Glazer, 2000, UK)
Six Bridges to Cross (Joseph Pevney, 1955, US)
Snatch (Guy Ritchie, 2000, UK)
Sneakers (Phil Alden Robinson, 1992, US)
Les Spécialistes (Patrice Leconte, 1985, France)
The Split (Gordon Flemyng, 1968, US)
The Squeeze (Antonio Margheriti, 1978, Italy/West Germany)
Swindle (K.C. Bascombe, 2002, Canada)
Takers (John Luessenhop, 2010, US)
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (Joseph Sargent, 1974, US)
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (Tony Scott, 2009, US)
They Came to Rob Las Vegas (Antonio Isasi, 1968, Spain/Italy/France/ West Germany)
Thick as Thieves (Mimi Leder, 2009, US)
The Thomas Crown Affair (John McTiernan, 1999, US)
The Thomas Crown Affair (Norman Jewison, 1968, US)
Three Kings (David O. Russell, 1999, US)
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (Michael Cimino, 1974, US)
Tian xia wu zei / A World Without Thieves (Xiaogang Feng, 2004, China)
Tiempo reel / Reel Time (Fabrizio Prada, 2002, Mexico)
Topkapi (Jules Dassin, 1964, US)
Touchez pas au grisbi (Jacques Becker, 1954, France)
Tower Heist (Brett Ratner, 2011, US)
The Town (Ben Affleck, 2010, US)
Two-Way Stretch (Robert Day, 1960, UK)
The Underneath (Steven Soderbergh, 1995, US)
The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995, US)
Violent Saturday (Richard Fleischer, 1955, US)
Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (Nick Park, 1993, UK)
The War Wagon (Burt Kennedy, 1967, US)
Welcome to Collinwood (Anthony and Joe Russo, 2002, US/Germany)
White Heat (Raoul Walsh, 1949, US)