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1980s Heist Movies

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Die Hard(1988)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 11min | Action, Thriller
3.9/5 (with 4,953 votes)

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.

A Fish Called Wanda(1988)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 49min | Comedy, Crime
3.6/5 (with 931 votes)

A diamond advocate is attempting to steal a collection of diamonds, yet troubles arise when he realizes that he is not the only one after the diamonds.

Short Circuit 2(1988)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 50min | Comedy, Kids & Family, Science Fiction, Drama
3.0/5 (with 244 votes)

Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise, only to be manipulated by criminals who want to use him for their own nefarious purposes.

Harlem Nights(1989)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 56min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
3.1/5 (with 128 votes)

'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organised crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair.

Johnny Handsome(1989)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 34min | Crime, Drama
3.1/5 (with 106 votes)

A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.

Family Business(1989)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 50min | Crime, Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 96 votes)

Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to illegal activity. They both have great hope for Adam, Vito's son and Jessie's grandson, who is bright, good-looking, and without a criminal past.

City on Fire(1987)

1h 38min | Crime, Thriller, Action, Drama
3.6/5 (with 59 votes)

Ko Chow is an undercover cop who is under pressure from all sides. His boss, Inspector Lau, wants him to infiltrate a gang of ruthless jewel thieves; his girlfriend wants him to commit to marriage or she will leave Hong Kong with another lover; and he is being pursued by other cops who are unaware that he is a colleague. Chow would rather quit the force, feeling guilty about betraying gang members who have become his friends.

Thief(1981)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 3min | Crime, Thriller, Action
3.6/5 (with 267 votes)

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.

The Pope of Greenwich Village(1984)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 1min | Action, Comedy, Crime
3.2/5 (with 56 votes)

Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.

House of Games(1987)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 42min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 121 votes)

A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.

No Man's Land(1987)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 46min | Action, Drama, Crime
3.1/5 (with 39 votes)

A rookie cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of car thieves led by smooth and charming Ted. The rookie becomes too involved and starts to enjoy the thrill and lifestyle of the game, and becomes romanticly involved with the leaders sister.

Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon(1985)

3.1/5 (with 21 votes)

Master thief Lupin the Third is after the long-lost Gold of Babylon with the aid of his partners, Jigen and Goemon. They trek the globe, unraveling clues and dodging the attentions of both the Mafia and the tenacious Inspector Zenigata. The stakes have never been higher as Zenigata enlists a team of five beautiful and determined policewomen to lure Lupin the Third into handcuffs. But an elderly drunken woman named Rosetta may be the key to solving the location of this fabulous, ancient treasure.

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Hold-up(1985)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 54min | Comedy, Crime
3.2/5 (with 58 votes)

Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a fortune. But then an unsatisfied companion arouses trouble...

Disorganized Crime(1989)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 38min | Action, Comedy
2.7/5 (with 13 votes)

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!

Directed by Jim Kouf - With Hoyt Axton

Lassiter(1984)

1h 40min | Crime, Drama, Thriller, Action
2.6/5 (with 13 votes)

Scotland Yard and the FBI force a thief and his girlfriend to steal Nazi diamonds from a German countess.

Aces Go Places II(1983)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 24min | Action, Comedy
3.2/5 (with 19 votes)

An assassin called Filthy Harry is hired by a shady figure and charged with killing the heroes. The men are framed twice for different robberies by King Kong's new girlfriend, nearly committed to a mental hospital by their devious boss, and forced to battle Filthy Harry's weaponry-laden robot while covered with time bombs.

Loophole(1981)

1h 45min | Crime, Drama, Adventure
3.1/5 (with 8 votes)

When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in a daring scheme to rob one of London's biggest bank vaults.

High Risk(1981)

2.9/5 (with 10 votes)

Four American friends, badly needing money, decide to make a commando-like raid into a South American drug lord's compound.

Vabank(1982)

1h 44min | Crime, Comedy
3.8/5 (with 44 votes)

October 1934. Poland. Famous bank robber Kwinto decided to quit his dangerous criminal job, but after his friend's death, he changed his mind and organized a burglary of famous and well protected bank which belonged to his former partner in crime, backstabbing and double-crossing Kramer. Kwinto designs a clever plan not to only rob the Kramer's bank but to make it look like Kramer himself did it.

How to Beat the High Cost of Living(1980)

1h 45min | Comedy
2.6/5 (with 10 votes)

Oregon, 1980: Jane, Elaine and Louise are all feeling the effects of inflation and cannot afford the high cost of living. Jane cannot afford a babysitter or get married and if she wants privacy with her boyfriend, she has to sleep in the car. Even worse, her war veteran father comes to live with her to turn her life upside down. Louise lives a happy life with her veterinarian husband, Albert. She runs an antique shop on the side, but since it doesn't take in any profit, the IRS considers it a hobby. She needs to come up with the money to keep it going, or she will be trouble with the IRS. Elaine's husband has left her for another woman and without any money. She is in a constant struggle with banks, power companies, and gas stations. She needs money to get by and also catches the eye of police officer Jack. The local mall is having a contest that features a giant money ball that states it will help fight the inflation.

L.A. Takedown(1989)

1h 37min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 20 votes)

Michael Mann's gutsy telefilm tells the tale of two skilled professionals--one a cop, the other a criminal--who aren't as different as they think.Vincent Hanna (Scott Plank) is an intense cop on the trail of ruthless armed robber Patric McLaren (Alex McArthur). After a botched heist, the two men confront each via a full scale battle on the seedy streets of Los Angeles.

Directed by Michael Mann

The Specialists(1985)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 34min | Adventure, Crime
3.3/5 (with 38 votes)

While being transferred to another prison, two convicts - Stéphane Carella and Paul Brandon - effect a miraculous escape. They are pursued across the Verdon Gorge before arriving at an isolated farmhouse whose owner, Laura, offers them sanctuary. Since the death of her husband, Laura has longed to get her own back on the police and she agrees to help Carella and Brandon in their scheme to rob a casino in Nice. After a shoot out with the casino’s owners, Carella realises that not everything is what it seems. Brandon is not what he appears...

Directed by Patrice Leconte - With Bernard Giraudeau, Gérard Lanvin, Christiane Jean, Frédéric Pieretti, Jacques Nolot, Jean Toscan, ...

Long Arm of the Law III(1989)

1h 40min | Action, Crime
2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Michal Mak's second sequel to his brother's action classic finds an ex-soldier/escaped death row prisoner fleeing to Hong Kong and forced to work for a gang of criminals when they kidnap the woman he loves.

Directed by Michael Mak - With Andy Lau, Max Mok, Elvis Tsui

Malcolm(1986)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 30min | Action, Comedy, Crime
3.2/5 (with 17 votes)

Malcolm is a chronically shy mechanical genius, who has just been fired for building his own tram. He gets Frank, who has just been released from jail, to move in to help pay the bills and, with Frank's help, Malcom turns to a life of crime.

The Thirty Million Dollar Rush(1987)

1h 33min | Comedy, Adventure
3.4/5 (with 2 votes)

Treasury employee Fatty (Eric Tsang) discovered that bags of used 30 million in Hong Kong Dollars have not been incinerated due to a system error; therefore, he hatches up a plot to grab the doe before they are burned. He seeks his friends Mark (Mark Cheng) and Tomboy (Anglie Leung) to help him with the heist; but, they also enlist actual thief Baldy (Karl Maka), who had just been released from prison, to double the assistance with his thievery skills. But, Baldy wants the money for his own and to share it with love interest Siu-Fung (Paula Tsui). Hot on their trail is a hothead inspector (Ching Wong) and a nun, Sister Maria (Brigitte Lin), who wants to save them for redemption.

Viduthalai(1986)

2h 22min | Action, Comedy
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Raja, a thief, and Amar, a goonda, plot to settle in London with the money earned from a robbery. But when Raja gets arrested for killing gangster Sudarshan, Amar's ex-boss, he feels Amar framed him.

Directed by K. Vijayan - With Sivaji Ganesan

Rough Cut(1980)

2.9/5 (with 14 votes)

Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels.

Green Ice(1981)

2.9/5 (with 6 votes)

He wanted adventure...She craved revenge...Emeralds held the answer.

Qurbani(1980)

2h 37min | Drama, Action, Crime
4.0/5 (with 4 votes)

A cabaret dancer and singer, Sheela (Zeenat Aman) has two admirers: a small-time thief Rajesh (Feroz Khan), and a young, eligible widower, Amar (Vinod Khanna). Both are best friends and does not know that they love the same woman.

Bellman and True(1987)

2h 2min | Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
3.5/5 (with 6 votes)

Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly-built bank. Having obtained the information, he thought he'd seen the last of the robbers. But now they've traced him and his son to London. They hold the son hostage and force Hiller to decode the information about the alarm and then to take part in the robbery.

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