Got the week off just want to download eat popcorn and binge.
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.
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
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.
I can think of one, and you’ve probably seen it. Papillon from 1973 with McQueen and Hoffman in leading roles.
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.
Beware I have seen alot.
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Heat
If you’re looking for something a little different in the gangster genre, the anime series Baccano! might be worth a try.
The Wachowskis’ Bound, The Kitchen, and Flawless
How about some classic Danish heist movies? Olsen-banden ser rødt is one of the better in the series.
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One I liked a lot is Layer Cake with Daniel Craig
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.
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Episode 102 is fantastic. I couldn’t believe half of what I heard in it. Wild.
A bit outside your prefs, but James Bond parodies Our Man Flint (1966) and In Like Flint (1967) with James Coburn
i was always partial to Attica
Oldie but a goodie, Le Trou is a french film about a prison break, holds up great
