Film Series
Edgar Wright Presents Heist Society
“Newsflash, BAM: Crime does not pay! Don’t let this criminally entertaining series of heist film influence you to go a-robbing and a-looting when you leave the theater. Avoid the sticky ends and time in the slammer by simply living vicariously from the cinematic thrills of these robbing hoods. Getaway this summer with 22 solid gold heist movies curated by myself and the team at BAMcinematek.”—EDGAR WRIGHT
Is there any genre of film more inherently exciting than the heist movie? The high risks, big scores, breathless getaways, and million and one ways a robbery can (and usually does) go wrong: there’s suspense, action, and drama built into every frame. From heavy-hitter classics to cult treats, palm-sweating thrillers to merry caper comedies, this series brings together some of the tensest, coolest, most unabashedly entertaining films ever made.
Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver is in theaters June 28.
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A talented young getaway driver’s life, love, and freedom is threatened by a doomed heist.
This pure ‘70s, existential thriller is the ultimate car chase movie.
Dustin Hoffman in a devastating performance as a desperate ex-con burning at both ends.
Steven Soderbergh delivers genre thrills with a side of smarts.
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino face off in this riveting, existential crime opera.
Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges star in this echt ’70s mix of road movie and heist film.
A trio of wannabe thieves fail at a life of crime in Wes Anderson’s lovably loopy debut.
Both a tough-as-nails noir and an explosive view of 1950s race relations.
Simply one of the greatest action movies of the ‘90s.
It’s Walter Matthau vs. the mob in one of the best, most overlooked thrillers of the 70s.
Sidney Lumet’s bad-old-days New York classic with the definitive Pacino performance.
This whiz-bang, proto-New Wave noir is one of the greatest of all B movies.
There’s no honor among thieves in Quentin Tarantino’s still-stunning debut.
James Caan’s jewel thief takes on the Chicago mob in Michael Mann’s stylish debut.
Shirley MacLaine and Michael Caine make for a charmingly odd-couple criminal duo.
A high trash pop masterpiece from pulp avant-gardist Mario Bava.
Robert Redford tries, tries, and tries again to steal a diamond in this deadpan gem.
Cool cars, daredevil stunts, and anti-authoritarian cool rule in this ‘70s cult favorite.
Soderbergh’s star-studded caper is one of the sleekest pop confections of the early 2000s.
The darkest, driest, and funniest comedy to come from Britain’s famed Ealing Studios.
Michael Caine in the height of swinging ‘60s British cool.
A senses-stunning thriller shot in one breathless continuous take.
Steve McQueen stars in Sam Peckinpah’s bullet-riddled tour-de-force.