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51. Back in the U.S.S.R. (1992)
R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
During Gorbatchov's perestroika, Archer Sloan, a Chicago student, visits Moscow while the Soviet Union is changing from Communist to Wild West capitalist society. Purely by bad luck, he ... See full summary »
Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Frank Whaley, Natalya Negoda, Roman Polanski, Andrew Divoff
Votes: 490 | Gross: $0.50M
52. Painted Lady (1997 TV Movie)
204 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
From the Irish countryside to London to New York City and back again, Maggie Sheridan (Dame Helen Mirren) reenters the world as a countess and shady art dealer. With her panache and ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Jarrold | Stars: Helen Mirren, Iain Glen, Franco Nero, Michael Maloney
Votes: 566
53. Reykjavik-Rotterdam (2008)
Not Rated | 88 min | Thriller
Financial concerns tempt a security guard to return to his smuggling ways.
Director: Óskar Jónasson | Stars: Baltasar Kormákur, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Lilja Nótt Þórarinsdóttir, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson
Votes: 2,468
54. Crime Spree (2003)
R | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A French gang of thieves flies over to Chicago for a one time job. However, things seem to get out of hand soon.
Director: Brad Mirman | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Harvey Keitel, Johnny Hallyday, Renaud
Votes: 5,666
55. Air Patrol (1962)
Passed | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
L.A. detective Sgt. Castle and his two partners investigate the theft of a valuable Fragonard painting by a thief who pilots a helicopter.
Director: Maury Dexter | Stars: Willard Parker, Merry Anders, Robert Dix, John Holland
Votes: 175
56. Allmen (2016– )
TV-PG | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Dandified Allmen needs money and sells some valuable Gallé glass pieces to a dealer. After the dealer gets killed and someone also wants to kill him, Allmen and his butler try to find out what is going on.
Stars: Heino Ferch, Samuel Finzi, Andrea Osvárt, Isabella Parkinson
Votes: 227
57. The Black Square (2021)
100 min | Comedy, Crime
Two art thieves have stolen the famous "Black Square" of Russian painter Kasimir Malevich. They plan to meet their clients on a cruise ship to hand over the looted art. However, things are not going quite as planned..
Director: Peter Meister | Stars: Bernhard Schütz, Jacob Matschenz, Sandra Hüller, Christopher Schärf
Votes: 426
58. Private's Progress (1956)
102 min | Comedy, War
In World War II, a failed British officer is selected by his uncle, a brigadier with the War Office, to participate in a secret operation to recover looted artwork from the Germans.
Director: John Boulting | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Ronald Adam, Henry B. Longhurst, Peter Jones
Votes: 906
59. Raiders of the Lost Art (2014– )
Documentary, Crime, History
The history of various thefts of art and efforts to recover them.
Stars: Calandra Caldecott, Charles Darwent, Martin Bailey, Jonathan Kydd
Votes: 192
60. She Good Fighter (1995)
85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two female kickboxers and a lawyer take on a crime lord.
Director: Marc Punt | Stars: Dagmar Liekens, Sophie Winters, Tom Van Landuyt, Gaston Berghmans
Votes: 408
61. Incorrigible (1975)
100 min | Comedy
Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and outrageous, incapable of uttering a ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Geneviève Bujold, Julien Guiomar, Charles Gérard
Votes: 1,826
62. Starry Night (1999)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy
A magic potion returns artist Vincent Van Gogh back to life and lands him in the center of the Rose Bowl Parade in this oddball comedy. Of course, no one believes who he is and he is ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Davids | Stars: Abbott Alexander, Lisa Waltz, Lou Wagner, Sally Kirkland
Votes: 387
63. The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1988 TV Movie)
200 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
During WWII penniless American painter Philip Weber decides to collaborate with the Nazi leaders and help them steal priceless French artwork to keep his room in the chic Ritz Hotel and indulge in the pleasures of Nazi-occupied Paris.
Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Perry King, Leslie Caron, Cherie Lunghi, David McCallum
Votes: 155
64. Miscellaneous Brigade in the Mountains and at the Sea (1971)
100 min | Comedy, Action, Crime
Three paroled inept Romanian convicts dream up get-rich-quick schemes on the Black Sea Riviera where a petty-crime police squad led by Captain Panait is vacationing.
Director: Mircea Dragan | Stars: Toma Caragiu, Dem Radulescu, Ion Fintesteanu, Puiu Calinescu
Votes: 2,041
65. Framed (2009 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
When the National Gallery in London is flooded, the Director, Quentin Lester, decides to transfer the entire collection to the Welsh caves where the collection was stored during World War ... See full summary »
Director: Andy De Emmony | Stars: Trevor Eve, Eve Myles, Robert Pugh, Samuel Morgan-Davies
Votes: 358
66. The Fake (1953)
Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
On loan to the Tate Gallery in London, Da Vinci's 'Madonna and Child' is stolen and replaced with a fake but the American security expert working for Tate aims to recover the original painting and catch the culprits.
Director: Godfrey Grayson | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Coleen Gray, Hugh Williams, Guy Middleton
Votes: 495
67. Vinci (2004)
108 min | Crime, Comedy
After several years of serving his sentence, Cuma - a notorious art thief is released from prison due to his poor health. It was all arranged by dealer Gruby who plans a heist of the famous... See full summary »
Director: Juliusz Machulski | Stars: Robert Wieckiewicz, Józef Paleczka, Borys Szyc, Jerzy Gralek
Votes: 3,921
68. The Happy Thieves (1961)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A suave art thief romances a wealthy duchess, only to enable him to steal a priceless painting from her collection. Complications ensue.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Rex Harrison, Joseph Wiseman, Alida Valli
Votes: 610
69. The Light Touch (1951)
Approved | 93 min | Crime, Drama
After a professional art thief steals a religious painting from an Italian museum, he tries to cheat his partner by claiming the painting was accidentally destroyed but his suspicious partner and the police are determined to find it.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Stewart Granger, Pier Angeli, George Sanders, Kurt Kasznar
Votes: 503
70. Four Dogs Playing Poker (2000)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Four friends steal a valuable statuette for a dangerous black market art dealer, lose it, and are forced to play a deadly bluffing game to save their lives.
Director: Paul Rachman | Stars: Olivia Williams, Balthazar Getty, Arly Jover, Jason Cairns
Votes: 1,454
71. Den sorte Madonna (2007)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
When Maria's father sends her a priceless painting he's stolen, she must decide whether to collect the reward or protect the father who walked out on her.
Director: Lasse Spang Olsen | Stars: Anders W. Berthelsen, Tuva Novotny, Nicolas Bro, Ole Thestrup
Votes: 1,075
72. Scuola di ladri (1986)
96 min | Comedy
The incredible funny story of 3 strangers with the same last name that are drawn together by one criminal mastermind.
Director: Neri Parenti | Stars: Paolo Villaggio, Lino Banfi, Massimo Boldi, Enrico Maria Salerno
Votes: 1,397
73. Kind Lady (1951)
78 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Mary Herries (Ethel Barrymore) has a passion for art and fine furniture. Even though she is getting on in years, she enjoys being around these priceless articles. One day she meets a ... See full summary »
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Ethel Barrymore, Maurice Evans, Angela Lansbury, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 1,124
74. Trance (2001 TV Movie)
100 min | Mystery, Thriller
Tony (John Light) works in an auction house, where he is surrounded by many valuable works of art. Enlisting the help of London gangster Brendan (Neil Pearson) and his associates, Tony ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Ahearne | Stars: Sam Callis, Christopher Cazenove, Phil Davis, Susannah Harker
Votes: 157
75. Bloodbrothers (2005)
90 min | Crime, Drama
30-year-old Jon is released after seven years in prison and decides to put all his criminal activities behind him and start a new life.
Director: Daniel Fridell | Stars: Liam Norberg, Sofia Helin, Mats Helin, Reine Brynolfsson
Votes: 418
76. Jarrett (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 73 min | Drama, Thriller
A private investigator specializing in fine arts tries to track down some missing rare Biblical scrolls.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Glenn Ford, Anthony Quayle, Forrest Tucker, Laraine Stephens
Votes: 67
77. Arsène Lupin (1932)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A detective is tasked to capture an elusive thief called Arsene Lupin.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley, John Miljan
Votes: 1,279
78. Doors Open (2012 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama
A self-made millionaire, an art professor and a banker swap priceless art with forgeries and make off with the goods.
Director: Marc Evans | Stars: Douglas Henshall, Stephen Fry, Kenneth Collard, Lenora Crichlow
Votes: 580
79. Shades of Fear (1994)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Desire turns deadly as an intricate web of lies and betrayal unfolds on a voyage aboard a luxurious ocean liner. The journey begins when a naive young woman finds romance in the arms of a dashing stranger who could be a dangerous criminal.
Director: Beeban Kidron | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, John Hurt, Jonathan Pryce, Dorothy Tutin
Votes: 372
80. Abstraction (2013)
Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An intense action crime drama revolving around the heist of a half a million dollar painting.
Director: Prince Bagdasarian | Stars: Hunter Ives, Korrina Rico, Ken Davitian, Eric Roberts
Votes: 502
81. Red Silk (1999 Video)
86 min | Comedy, Crime
When a couple of over-the-hill and down-on-their-luck female private eyes stumble from an art smuggling caper into a kidnap and murder plot, they try to turn a profit instead of solving the crime.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Lina Romay, Christie Levin, Paul Lapidus, Anna Stern
Votes: 166
82. Art of the Heist (2007– )
Documentary
They turned crime into an art form. Meet the crooks who plundered artistic treasures, sending shock waves through the art scene and setting off frantic dragnets across the globe.
Stars: Dion Graham, Robert K. Wittman
Votes: 46
83. Art Crimes (2022–2023)
Documentary
A Thriller Documentary Series 6 x 90 min / 6 x 52 min. ART CRIMES - The most incredible art robberies told by their protagonists. How did two Van Gogh disappear in Amsterdam to resurface in... See full summary »
Stars: Octave Durham, Henk Bijslein, Nienke Bakker, Vincenza Marra
Votes: 16
84. The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931)
89 min | Drama
A painter working at the Louvre is struck by the Mona Lisa. When he meets a girl who he thinks resembles the painting and she wants him to become famous he has the idea of robbing the painting. Based on the 1911 real robbery.
Director: Géza von Bolváry | Stars: Willi Forst, Trude von Molo, Gustaf Gründgens, Max Gülstorff
Votes: 82
85. I, Martin Short, Goes Home (2012 TV Movie)
Comedy, Musical
Martin Short returns to his hometown of Hamilton, Ontario to appear at a benefit show for his childhood hero, puppeteer Mason McGillivray, and uses the occasion to reminisce about his pre-stardom life in the city.
Director: Ian MacDonald | Stars: Martin Short, Robin Duke, Fred Willard, Andrea Martin
Votes: 66
86. Wrong Again (1929)
Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short
Laurel and Hardy work at horse stables where a stallion named Blue Boy is kept. When they hear Gainsborough's famous painting, The Blue Boy, has been stolen, the duo rush to collect the offered reward.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard, Josephine Crowell
Votes: 1,005
87. Nadzieja (2007)
101 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Young Franciszek witnesses a church painting theft and films it. He is not going to reveal the perpetrator to the police, however, but to blackmail him.
Director: Stanislaw Mucha | Stars: Rafal Fudalej, Kamilla Baar, Wojciech Pszoniak, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Votes: 336
88. The Mona Lisa Mystery (2006 TV Movie)
187 min | Adventure
Are there two versions of The Mona Lisa? Is the Mona Lisa the world knows so well the original version? Or had Leonardo da Vinci painted an earlier version of the iconic portrait?
Director: Fabrizio Costa | Stars: Alessandro Preziosi, Violante Placido, Frédéric Pierrot, Cécile Cassel
Votes: 34
89. Canvas (1992)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama
In order to save his brother from being killed by a group of murderous art thieves, a New York City artist agrees to help in an art heist.
Director: Alain Zaloum | Stars: Gary Busey, John Rhys-Davies, Vittorio Rossi, Nick Cavaiola
Votes: 157
90. Paula Peril: Mystery of the Crystal Falcon (2009)
PG | 19 min | Short, Action, Mystery
When a high society auction is interrupted by the brazen theft of the mysterious Crystal Falcon, investigative reporter Paula 'Peril' Perillo and photographer Jimmy Smith team up to get the... See full summary »
Director: Savvy Lorestani | Stars: Valerie Perez, Marla Malcolm, Benjamin Lamm, David Thomas O'Donnell
Votes: 21
91. Nancy Drew: Labyrinth of Lies (2014 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew investigates a series of thefts from a museum in Greece.
Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Julia Stockton, Katherine Grant-Suttie, Beau Prichard
Votes: 48
92. Tarapaty 2 (2020)
83 min | Comedy, Family
When Claude Monet's "Beach in Pourville" disappears from the National Museum in Poznan, and Julka's aunt is falsely accused of theft, Julka and her friend Olek must find the painting.
Director: Marta Karwowska | Stars: Pola Król, Jakub Janota-Bzowski, Mia Goti, Joanna Szczepkowska
Votes: 92
93. The Remnant (2019)
17 min | Short, Horror
A team of con artists posing as paranormal investigators steal from the home of an affluent elderly woman, only to find themselves unleashing a dormant malevolent spirit.
Director: Navin Ramaswaran | Stars: Peter Keleghan, Kaniehtiio Horn, Grace Lynn Kung, Michael James Regan
Votes: 56
94. El robo más grande jamás contado (2002)
105 min | Comedy
Four criminals plan to steal Picasso's Guernica painting.
Director: Daniel Monzón | Stars: Antonio Resines, Neus Asensi, Manuel Manquiña, Javier Aller
Votes: 497
95. Fear Effect Sedna (2018 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
In this third entry in the Fear Effect video game series, an isometric shooter set after the events of the first game, Hana and her team are hired to steal an artifact tied to Sedna, an evil goddess from Inuit mythology.
Director: Thibaut Romaggi | Stars: Natalie Roers, Julie Shields, Michael Howard Osborne, Spencer Cannon
Votes: 48
96. Tre engle og fem løver (1982)
68 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
Uncle Georg takes Bertram and Winni to the Glyptoteket, where their father has become a custodian. Bertram has taken his latest painting 'Bertram and the Five Lions' with him, but during a ... See full summary »
Director: Sven Methling | Stars: Michael Nezer, Jesper Lund, Tobias Fog, Henriette Holm
Votes: 193
97. The Last Days of World War II (1995 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary, History, War
The end of the Second World War in Europe, and the aftermath: war criminals to be brought to trial, stolen art treasures to be returned to their rightful owners.
Stars: Bill Ratner, Konstantin Akinsha, Kenneth Alford, Tom Allen
Votes: 87
98. Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice (2008 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew goes undercover in Venice to track down an art thief known as "The Phantom".
Director: Mike Paganini | Stars: Lani Minella, Adrienne MacIain, Jonah Von Spreecken, Gin Hammond
Votes: 68
99. Vääpeli Körmy ja kahtesti laukeava (1997)
103 min | Comedy, War
Körmy's regiment is ordered to move into the streets of Helsinki to take over Katajannokka in a field exercise. During the operation, the mafia is causing trouble for the officers.
Director: Ere Kokkonen | Stars: Heikki Kinnunen, Tom Pöysti, Vesa Vierikko, Pertti Koivula
Votes: 434
100. Canvas the Night (2013)
95 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Two LAPD homicide detectives face the case of their careers chasing a legendary, allegedly cursed painting responsible for a century of mysterious deaths.
Director: Andrew Enriquez | Stars: Eric Howell Sharp, Jason Reed, Duffy Hudson, Nora Sharp
Votes: 20