Your suggestions

[thebitterguy]

This is the list everyone came up with:

Snatch
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Layer Cake
Ocean's Eleven (original)
Ocean's Eleven (remake)
Reservoir Dogs
BANDITS
The Thomas Crown Affair (remake)
NATIONAL TREASURE
HUDSON HAWK
The Italian Job (original)
The Italian Job (remake)
Where Eagles Dare
Heat
Foolproof
Things To Do in Denver When You are Dead
Rififi
Topkapi
Boondock Saints
A Fish Called Wanda
The Pink Panther
Cool Money
The Killing
Time Bandits
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Gonin
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Score
The Hot Rock
Sneakers
The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3
The Great Train Robbery
(edit: Yes, Heist is one of them too. Man.)

Jesus, you people watcha lot of movies.

The ones I've linked to IMDB on are the ones that I was unfamiliar with. The ones in italics are the ones I've seen.

Now, a few would go off pretty quick. Reservoir Dogs is a bit heavy (even compared to The Usual Suspects), and is more around a heist than about one.

Of course, TUS could be disqualified on the grounds it's not a proper heist film; the core theft is sort of a stop along the way for the plot. I just like it, though.

A Fish Called Wanda is also around/after a heist, but is just darn funny. So, it stays on.

Boondock Saints would probably be in a different category. Maybe Comic Book movies that aren't based on comic books?

Hmmm. Maybe I do need ground rules. Okay, a heist film for the purposes of this discussion is a film whose action is based around one single robbery, wether of money, jewels, or other negotiable materials. It must deal with the planning and execution of that criminal activity, and may include the consequences thereof. Which disallows TUS, since it's about two crimes at least. But I really like it. Dammit.

National Treasure gets dropped on account of goofiness. Hudson Hawk could remain a contender.

Pelham 1-2-3's hostage taking would fit, although it's a very '70s film, and doesn't fit exactly into what we're looking at here.

Man. Just gets harder, don't it?

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[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

...it's in the Criterion Collection. You don't get more pedigreed than that shit.

Hey, so is Time Bandits! Put TB back on the list, yeah! ;)