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The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
The Thomas Crown Affair
Norman Jewison actor: Steve McQueen / Faye Dunaway …
other title: Il caso Thomas Crown / Thomas Crown & Co. …
Young businessman Thomas Crown is bored and decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet cannot blow his cover because he’s in love.
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Disorganized Crime (1989)
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Jim Kouf actor: Hoyt Axton / Corbin Bernsen …
other title: Crimine disorganizzato / Im Tresor ist die Hölle los …
Lou Diamond Phillips and Fred Gwynne team up with a gang of professional criminals who have everything it takes to rob a bank. The only things they do have going for them are a cop and his partner, who are dumber than they are! By the time the gang hits the bank vault, it's a safe bet there's going to be organized insanity and disorganized crime!
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Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
Gone in Sixty Seconds
★ 5.8 5 ratings
Dominic Sena actor: Nicolas Cage / Angelina Jolie …
other title: Fuori in 60 secondi / 60 sekunder …
Ex-car thief Randall Raines is forced out of retirement to save his brother Kip after a boost gone wrong. With the help of allies old and new, they race to meet the demands of notorious crime boss Raymond Calitri as the police are in hot pursuit.
Watched
May 2, 2026
With this cast & budget, how did they make something so limp?

Watched in the 00s, rewatched in #FridayThrillerClub watch party on Mastodon.
Crime Thriller USA Heist 2000s
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Rififi (1955)
Du rififi chez les hommes
★ 8.0 6 ratings
Jules Dassin actor: Jean Servais / Carl Möhner …
other title: Guld På Gaden / Du rififi chez les hommes
Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become the lover of local gangster Pierre Grutter during Tony's absence. Expanding a minor smash-and-grab into a full-scale jewel heist, Tony and his crew appear to get away clean, but their actions after the job is completed threaten the lives of everyone involved.
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Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
I soliti ignoti
Mario Monicelli actor: Vittorio Gassman / Renato Salvatori …
other title: I soliti ignoti / Os Eternos Desconhecidos …
Best 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 tunnel from a rented apartment to the pawnshop next door, where they can rob the safe. But his plan is far from foolproof, and the fact that no one in the group has any experience digging tunnels proves to be the least of their problems.
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Two-Way Stretch (1960)
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Robert Day actor: Peter Sellers / Wilfrid Hyde-White …
other title: Un alibi (troppo) perfetto / Spjældet tur-retur …
Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning to jail afterwards. First however they must get out, a task made more difficult by a new, stricter prison officer.
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Happy New Year (1973)
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Claude Lelouch actor: Lino Ventura / Françoise Fabian …
other title: Una donna e una canaglia / Feliz Ano Novo …
Released from prison under a New Year amnesty, a criminal tries to pick up the threads of a life changed not only by his daring plan to rob a jewelry store in out-of-season Cannes, but also by a very special someone he met there.
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The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
The Lavender Hill Mob
★ 7.4 5 ratings
Charles Crichton actor: Alec Guinness / Stanley Holloway …
other title: L'incredibile avventura di Mr. Holland / Masser af guld …
A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.
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Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard
★ 8.7 35 ratings
John McTiernan actor: Bruce Willis / Alan Rickman …
other title: Trappola di cristallo / Assalto ao Arranha-Céus …
NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.
Watched
Dec. 27, 2025
One of my all time faves! An action movie with just the right sprinkling of vulnerability, character and humour.

1st watched in the cinema, in Leicester Square.
Last rewatched: in #FridayThrillerClub watch party on Mastodon.
USA JohnMcTiernan Action BruceWillis 1980s
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Thief (1981)
Thief
★ 8.4 10 ratings
Michael Mann actor: James Caan / Tuesday Weld …
other title: Strade violente / Voldens gade …
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.