Heist
"Heist" as a genre in TV shows and films encapsulates narratives centered around meticulously planned robberies, grand thefts, or elaborate schemes aiming to acquire valuable treasures, money, or information. These stories often revolve around a group of individuals, each with specialized skills and roles, coming together for a common goal.
The heist genre typically delves into the intricate planning stages, highlighting the detailed strategies, clever maneuvers, and unforeseen obstacles encountered along the way. These narratives often include a charismatic mastermind or leader who orchestrates the operation, recruiting a diverse team of experts—such as a hacker, a con artist, a safe-cracker, or a getaway driver—each contributing their unique talents to execute the plan flawlessly.
The tension within heist stories derives from the precision required to outsmart security measures, navigate intricate systems, and evade law enforcement while maintaining a sense of camaraderie among the team members. Plot twists, unexpected betrayals, and internal conflicts within the group often add layers of complexity, keeping the audience engaged as the heist unfolds.
The heist genre typically delves into the intricate planning stages, highlighting the detailed strategies, clever maneuvers, and unforeseen obstacles encountered along the way. These narratives often include a charismatic mastermind or leader who orchestrates the operation, recruiting a diverse team of experts—such as a hacker, a con artist, a safe-cracker, or a getaway driver—each contributing their unique talents to execute the plan flawlessly.
The tension within heist stories derives from the precision required to outsmart security measures, navigate intricate systems, and evade law enforcement while maintaining a sense of camaraderie among the team members. Plot twists, unexpected betrayals, and internal conflicts within the group often add layers of complexity, keeping the audience engaged as the heist unfolds.
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- CreatorÁlex PinaStarsÚrsula CorberóÁlvaro MorteItziar ItuñoAn unusual group of robbers attempt to carry out the most perfect robbery in Spanish history - stealing 2.4 billion euros from the Royal Mint of Spain.
- CreatorJenna BansStarsChristina HendricksRettaMae WhitmanThree suburban mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take back their power.
- CreatorEric GarciaStarsGiancarlo EspositoRufus SewellPaz VegaCentered around the largest heist ever attempted, the vengeance and betrayals that surround it.
- CreatorÁlex PinaStarsYoo Ji-taeYunjin KimJeon Jong-seoA genius strategist and people with different personalities and abilities fighting an extraordinary variable and engaging in an unprecedented hostage play.
- CreatorJake CoburnNicholas WoottonStarsMorena BaccarinRyan Michelle BatheCosta RoninA sexy and twisted heist show on how far some people will go for love, justice and the most valuable commodity in the world: truth.
- CreatorNeil ForsythStarsHugh BonnevilleJack LowdenEmun ElliottDrama series inspired by true events surrounding the 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery, and the remarkable story that followed.
- CreatorJames DeMonacoStarsSteve CirbusDonnie WahlbergMichael HyattA group of military veterans, who recently returned home from serving in Iraq, band together to pull off a major bank heist.
- StarsAndrey MironovAnatoliy PapanovRolan BykovTwo scoundrels try to find twelve dining room chairs, into one of which a fortune in jewellery was sewn.
- CreatorChris ChibnallStarsRobert GlenisterJack RothLuke EvansA two-part drama which portrays The Great Train Robbery of 8 August 1963, firstly from the point of view of the robbers and then from the point of view of the police who set out to identify and catch the robbers.
- CreatorIván EscobarEsther Martínez LobatoÁlex PinaStarsMaggie CivantosNajwa NimriItziar CastroAfter a few years dedicating themselves to robbing jewelers, banks, and casinos, it is time for Macarena and Zulema to separate.
- CreatorAlex De RakoffStarsRupert GrintLuke PasqualinoLucien LaviscountA group of up-and-coming hustlers who stumble upon a truck-load of stolen gold bullion are suddenly thrust into the high-stakes world of organized crime.
- StarsJeroen PercevalLiesa Van der AaCedric TyllemanA team of negotiators and special forces respond to a hostage situation in a small bank, with the events unfolding through the eyes of the criminals and their victims.
- CreatorPablo GonzalezC.S. PrinceStarsAndrés ParraChristian TappanWaldo UrregoTV series follows the robbery of Colombia's central bank in October 1994 when a thieves made off with $33million.
- StarsSteven MackintoshWarren BrownNicola WalkerThe story of three employees of a security depot who plan and execute a multi-million pound cash heist.
- CreatorJack ThorneStarsSamantha MortonTahar RahimGoran BogdanIndependent Claims Specialist Naomi (Samantha Morton) is given the job by her boss, Tom (Sir John Hurt), of recovering stolen diamonds, no matter what it takes. Also on the trail of the diamonds, from a different direction, is Police Officer Khalil (Tahar Rahim). The investigation takes them across Europe and into a world where shadowy figures control events.
- StarsAmbreen RaziaAllan MustafaTom DavisComedy crime caper set in London in the early 1980s, following a gang of hopeless small time crooks who through their own stupidity and poor judgement find themselves embroiled in one of the biggest gold heists in history.
- CreatorJohn WellsStarsRay LiottaVirginia MadsenSimon BakerA drama about the lives of a crew of professional criminals.
- CreatorCamilla AhlgrenStarsIzabella ScorupcoJohannes KuhnkeAlva BrattIt tells the story of a group of young women who carry out burglaries to liberate themselves from the expectations on women.
- StarsAdel EmamAhmed EltohamyMohamed EmamNaji Atallah, a former egyptian diplomat in the egyptian embassy in israel, seeks revenge against israelis as he plans to rob a bank in telaviv with a squad of youths he recruited.
- CreatorLars LundströmStarsOla RapaceAnja LundqvistBisse UngerHoffa, Nicke and Hamid want more luxury but the money is just not enough. So they get faster money, but not legal
- CreatorNorman MorrillStarsAndre BraugherMae WhitmanYancey AriasWhen it comes to pulling heists, Nick Atwater is a master. But when it comes to his family life he is not as successful. But there are far bigger problems ahead, will he and his team be able to make a clean getaway?
- CreatorJessica RedenbachStarsMiranda OttoAina DumlaoLena CruzFollows the theft of a multi-million-dollar necklace and the women from different walks of life who come together to ensure that justice is served.
- CreatorPushpendra Nath MisraStarsJimmy ShergillAashim GulatiNamit DasWhen an unlikely group of misfits discovers a common enemy in the same ruthless yet superstitious politician, they plot a heist to exact revenge.
- StarsAlex NortonDavid HaymanKenneth CranhamFour elderly men, all experienced thieves, carry out a large-scale robbery.
- StarsMasami NagasawaMasahiro HigashideFumiyo KohinataDako (Masami Nagasawa) is a con woman who takes money from wealthy people like yakuza bosses and evil businessmen. She works with Boku-chan (Masahiro Higashide) and Richard (Fumiyo Kohinata) to carry their plans using fantastic teamwork.
- CreatorDaniel SanduStarsAlexandru PapadopolCristian BotaGavril PatruTwo municipal workers, depressed in a bar, spontaneously joke about being able to rob a bank van, in order to sound big. Trouble starts when their plan is taken at face value by a mobster, who threatens them to actually do the heist.
- StarsSheridan SmithDaniel MaysCaroline GoodallThe true story of Charmian Brent (née Powell), the rebellious product of a strict 1950s upbringing, and her whirlwind romance with Ronald Biggs leading to a descent into crime, most infamously 1963's Great Train Robbery.
- StarsAllan HawcoPaul GrossEric JohnsonDavid Slaney escapes from prison tries to hook up with his partner for one more drug deal and while being hunted by police. Based on the novel by Lisa Moore.
- CreatorMark CullenRobb CullenStarsMarika DominczykDougray ScottSteve HarrisA team of crooks tries to rob three different Beverly Hills jewelers at the same time.
- StarsAnn MitchellFiona HendleyKate WilliamsLinda Perelli and Dolly Rawlins have one thing in common, their husbands are in the same gang robbing security vans. A terrible accident is about to bring them closer.
- StarsLotta TejleSissela KyleTomas von BrömssenJenny and Cecilia are two women in their 60s who live a regular middle class life in Kalmar. But when both realize that the future is anything but light for them, they decide to do something drastic, robbing a bank office in Stockholm.
- StarsAnders BaasmoKyrre HellumEdward SchultheissFive career criminals dream of a final heist that will set them up for life. As they chase their obsession, friendship and loyalty is put to the test by personal tragedies and love, while the police are closing in.
- StarsAlex KingstonSian ReevesChristine BottomleyFour recently paroled female (English) thieves pull an elaborate stunt to steal a fortune in cash and get a crime boss arrested for it. They plan to escape to Barbados with the loot, but mess up. They hide for a while in Scottish town Hope Springs, where they pretend to take over the run-down hotel as a cover. They soon lose the fortune in a fire, so they must stay and make the hotel work, but get caught up in local crime mysteries too.
- StarsPaw HenriksenElmer BäckTeun LuijkxThe charismatic leader of an artist collective based in Copenhagen plan an art heist. He intends to steal six of the worlds most famous paintings.
- CreatorJoshua MalinaStarsJoshua MalinaMichael PanesMichael Ian BlackThe tale of three slacker friends and the adventures that ensure after one of them inadvertently robs a bank armed only with a large salami.
- StarsMercedes RuehlBrooke ShieldsRosie PerezThe widows of three men killed while trying to steal a famous painting, join forces to find their husband's killers and finish off the job of stealing the painting.
- CreatorGabriel NicoliStarsJoaquín FurrielBenjamín AmadeoCarla QuevedoAfter investing all his savings to travel with his son to the World Cup, Lucho is shocked when the Argentine team gets disqualified from the games. He and a flashy group of losers, decide to devise a plan to steal the World Cup trophy.
- StarsThai EdwardsKevin KetchamJustin BaldoniA team of mercenaries lead by a disgraced former Marine causes a blackout in Los Angeles to gain access to some CIA slush funds.
- StarsHorst TappertHans CossyGünther NeutzeIt is the story of the famous British train robbery from the 1960s, told in almost documentary style from the view of the robbers.
- StarsJohn BachCatherine WilkinGary DayBased in Melbourne, Australia in the 1980s, a true story about a group of men desperate for money who plan one of the greatest heists in Australian history. Bigger then any of their previous jobs this one is a lot harder then ever thought of but evading police and staying low is a much bigger task.
- StarsPete PostlethwaiteGeraldine JamesCaroline HayesLen, a former getaway driver, encounters the temptations of all the seven sins while desperately trying to solve personal and family issues, keep his job at his uncle's funeral home, and, most importantly, stay straight.
- StarsAnn MitchellLinda MarloweMaureen SweeneyDolly Rawlins has just been released from prison after serving 5 years (stated on the credits of the original TV series) for murdering her husband Harry after a robbery that she and several other women carried out on a security van that Harry was planning to raid [see _"Widows" (1983) (mini)_ and _"Widows 2" (1985) (mini)_]. Having acquired a reputation in prison as a dominant, respected figure, and now apparently being a reformed character, Dolly teams up with a number of other ex-convicts: Gloria Radford (who had fenced stolen guns), Ester Freeman (who ran a brothel), Connie Stevens and Angela Dunn (prostitutes), Julia Lawson (a drug dealer), and Kathleen O'Reilly (a forger). Dolly and the other women make plans to set up a children's home in a derelict Victorian house. But Dolly is planning one final armed robbery on a mail train. The other women want a share in the proceeds, but they're also secretly planning to get their hands on Dolly's money and jewels from the previous robberies. The police are also watching Dolly, hoping that she will lead them to the loot, but matters are hopelessly compromised when Mike Withey, one of the detectives and the brother of Shirley Miller, who died in the jewel raid [see _"Widows 2" (1985) (mini)_], starts having an affair with Angela. He is coerced to help with the mail-train robbery. Having pulled off the robbery, the women meet back at the Manor House to divide up the spoils, but the simmering atmosphere of mistrust between Dolly and Ester leads to a tragic ending, after a trivial misunderstanding about a visit by the police.
- CreatorJane HewlandCameron McAllisterCaleb RansonStarsMichelle CollinsEmily WoofMartin CrewesFour housewives who find themselves suddenly in desperate need of money for dire individual circumstances begin to consider the possibility of armed robbery as a way out of their various dilemmas. Kathy is a previously wealthy whose former football star husband has absconded with their funds and left her and their children to face his violent creditors. Pat needs money to get her drug-addicted son into an expensive rehabilitation center. Val struggles for options in her crisis: pregnancy, possibly by her white husband's black best friend. And Paula, Val's sister, needs the thrill of danger even more than money. Together they plot a robbery that leads them further into crime and possible disaster.
- StarsCecilia RothJuan Pablo ShukRafael FerroIn 2001, a gang of Colombian thieves travel to Argentina to carry out robberies while the country is preoccupied with a political and economic crisis.