THEME EXPLORATION

formula heist

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Nos amis les flics
Nos amis les flics
2004 · Bob Swaim
Baby Driver
Baby Driver
2017 · Edgar Wright
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Wes Anderson
Drive
Drive
2011 · Nicolas Winding Refn
Pressure Drop
Pressure Drop
2016 · Anonymous Fixture
Inception
Inception
2010 · Christopher Nolan
The Castle of Cagliostro
The Castle of Cagliostro
1979 · —
In the Grey
In the Grey
2026 · Guy Ritchie
Criss Cross
Criss Cross
1949 · Robert Siodmak
813
813
1923 · Kenji Mizoguchi
How to Steal a Million
How to Steal a Million
1966 · William Wyler
Le Cercle rouge
Le Cercle rouge
1970 · Jean-Pierre Melville
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Molly Manning Walker USA

His meticulous heist films like Heat and Collateral deconstruct criminal methodology and the formulas that govern professional crime with mathematical precision.

 David Fincher USA

Films like Ocean's 11 remake and Gone Girl obsessively explore the mechanics of perfectly executed plans and the formulas that either succeed or catastrophically fail.

 Jacques Audiard France

His crime narratives in films like A Prophet and Rust and Bone deconstruct the unwritten formulas and codes that govern criminal underworlds and survival.