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Got the week off just want to download eat popcorn and binge.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A couple random ones:

Sneakers is the OG hacker film. If you haven’t seen it, it’s an absolute must. It’s a computer-driven heist film from the 90’s and even though the tech aged, the movie holds up beautifully.

Believe it or not, I’m gonna recommend Solo: A Star Wars Story. It is, at its heart, a sci-fi heist flick.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

solo was great, shame its release was sandwiched between like 3 of the biggest movies ever and they canned the star wars story movies because of its poor sales

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, it has its flaws, but I think if you just give it a chance and don’t obsess over the Star Warsness of it, it’s just a fun movie.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

I can think of one, and you've probably seen it. Papillon from 1973 with McQueen and Hoffman in leading roles.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

You might enjoy some of Woo Min-ho's films. 'Drug King' (2018) is a biopic about a Korean drug lord in the '70s, while 'Inside Men' (2016) is a political thriller focusing on corruption in modern Korean society (criminal organisations influencing politicans and the judicial system). I'd also recommend Na Hong-jin's 'The Yellow Sea' (2010), which is about a Yanbian taxi driver who falls into the criminal underworld after racking up huge debts via his gambling addiction.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

If you're looking for something a little different in the gangster genre, the anime series Baccano! might be worth a try.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

The Wachowskis' Bound, The Kitchen, and Flawless

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Public Enemy Number One (1953)

It's a gangster comedy, so possibly perfect for you, but perhaps not what you are looking for right now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Not movies (sorry!) but there's a podcast called darknet diaries that has a lot of good cyber crimes, penetration testing, and even a few bank heists. Some are a little more techy but they do i decent job explaining things

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Episode 72 is a bank heist. Episode 6 is a bank job.

Episode 102 is one on printing counterfeit money that is pretty good

Thought id share since i enjoy these when I'm not able to sit at a screen. Enjoy your time off!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Episode 102 is fantastic. I couldn't believe half of what I heard in it. Wild.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

One I liked a lot is Layer Cake with Daniel Craig

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

@Patnou

The best movie nobody saw: Homegrown (1998).

Another underviewed great: True Romance (1993)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

How about some classic Danish heist movies? Olsen-banden ser rødt is one of the better in the series.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

A bit outside your prefs, but James Bond parodies Our Man Flint (1966) and In Like Flint (1967) with James Coburn

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Oldie but a goodie, Le Trou is a french film about a prison break, holds up great

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I found it super interesting watching the original Ladykillers and the Coen Brothers remake back to back.

Original (with Alec Guiness and Peter Sellers):

https://youtu.be/9X_vzsLhbr8

Remake (with Tom Hanks and J.K. Simmons):

https://youtu.be/HNX6W0aXJqk

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Watch the original!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

'Snatch' and 'Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels' are two of my favourite gangster/heist movies, both by Guy Ritchie. 'Brawl In Cell Block 99' is a surprisingly good and quite violent prison movie starring Vince Vaughn. A far less violent prison movie I quite like is 'The Green Mile". "Gangs of New York" is definitely worth a watch if you've not seen it. There are also of course the classic heists like 'Italian Job' and 'Ocean's [number]'. 'Catch me If You Can' isn't a heist movie per se but it involves a lot of stealing and subterfuge.

I know there are so many more I can't currently think of but hopefully these few suggestions help to occupy your week off, enjoy!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

If and I maybe reaching, Lock, Stock is the first in a trilogy, and Snatch is 2nd what is the third to tie everything together?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"Grand Slam" (1967)

"House of Money" - funny nobody mentioned this one. But only the first heist, the first two seasons. The later ones are not up to par.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Bad Boys , not the Will Smith one but the earlier unrelated movie with Sean Penn. Really good action and some really wild fight scenes involving full cans of soda

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

i was always partial to Attica

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sneakers The Princess Bride

But I feel this post is just fishing for information on how to commit a heist. You wouldn't download a car.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Hell yea I would. Not a tesla or some piece of crap but a good 3d printed full metal car.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

How about city of God?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I liked the den of thieves movies

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Point Break / Hardboiled / Donnie Brasco / French Connection

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Cool hand Luke?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Gettin' Square, The Bank, Malcolm.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Check out No Sudden Move (2021)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Inside Man (2006)

Le Cercle Rouge (1970)

Borsalino (1970)

Un Flic (1972)

Bob le Flambeur (1958)

Before the Devil Knows you’re Dead (2007)

Ronin (1998)

Sexy Beast (2000)

Some obvious ones there that are worth a mention in case you’ve missed them.

Edit:

Things to do in Denver when you’re Dead (1995)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Das Experiment is probably the best prison film I've seen. It's roughly based on a true story about a psychological experiment set in a prison that goes horribly wrong. I think there was an English adaptation as well but I can't speak to it.