This document provides information about heist films, including their history and top actors, directors, and films involved in the genre. It notes that heist films became popular in the 1940s-1950s with films like The Asphalt Jungle and The Killing. More recently, remakes like the 2001 version of Ocean's Eleven have shown the genre remains successful. Some highest grossing heist films discussed include The Italian Job from 2003 and Fast Five from 2011.

2. HISTORY
Throughout the 1930’s thievery and scams were
present in such films as ‘Raffles’ and the unholy
garden. The classic film noir period of the 1940’s and
1950’s brought the genre to fame, by focusing more
explicitly on the heists themselves with such films
like John Huston’s ‘Asphalt Jungle’ and Stanley
Kubrick's ‘The Killing’.
The remakes of Ocean’s 11 (2001, as Oceans Eleven)
and the Italian Job 2003, show that the genre still has
a future in contemporary Hollywood.

3. TOP 10 HEIST FILMS According to movies.amctv.com

4. ACTORS
GEORGE CLOONEY: ROBERT DE NIRO: JASON STATHAM:
An American actor, film An American actor, An English actor, has
director, producer and producer and appeared in many
screenwriter. For his director. He has supporting roles in
work as an actor he starred In multiple various American films
received, 3 Golden crime films such as such as The Italian
Globe awards and an Mean streets in 1973. Job, a heist film. Which
Oscar (Academy In 1974 He played the was the highest
Award). In 2001 he young ‘Vito Corleone’ grossing film by
worked with Steven the Godfather part 2, paramount in 2003.
Soderbergh for the a role that won him
remake of Oceans 11. It the Academy award
was his most for best supporting
commercially actor.
successful film earning
more than $450 million
worldwide.

5. DIRECTORS
Quentin Tarantino is an American film director, producer, screenwriter
and actor. Gaining numerous industry awards such as the Golden
Globe award and the BAFTA award and has also been nominated for
a Grammy award.
In January 1992 Tarantino's Reservoir dogs screened at the Sundance
film festival and was an immediate hit. Reservoir Dogs was a
dialogue-driven heist driven movie that inspired and set the tone for
his later films.
Guy
Ritchie
An English screenwriter, film director and producer. Best known for
directing such films as ‘Lock Stock and two smoking barrels’, Snatch,
RocknRolla and Sherlock Holmes. His second feature film Snatch
was very successful in the box office and was listen on Rotten
Tomatoes as having 73% of the reviews as being ‘fresh’ (positive). But
Snatch was criticised to have a similar plot and theme to his previous
film Lock stock and two smoking barrels, causing critic; Robert Ebert
to give the film two out of four stars. However the film grossed a total
of £12,137,698 in the United Kingdom and $30,093,107 in the
United States.

6. STUDIOS
UNIVERSAL
PICTURES
Founded in April 30, 1912. An American motion picture
studio owned by Comcast, and one of the six major movie
studios. It is one of the longest-lived motion picture studios
to be located outside of Hollywood. Universal Pictures
creates and distributes theatrical and non-theatrical filmed
entertainment. They are the distributors of Tower Heist
2011 a crime comedy film directed by Brett Ratner and
written by Ted Griffin and Jeff Nathanson. Tower Heist
received an NAACP Image Award nomination, for
WARNER
Outstanding Motion Picture.
BROS
Founded in April 4, 1923. A fully integrated, American broad-
based entertainment company and a global leader in the
creation, production, distribution, licensing and marketing of all
forms of entertainment and their related businesses. It is
considered one of the foremost motion picture and television
production and post-production facilities in the world and
home to 35 soundstages. Distributor of Ocean’s Thirteen (2007)
a crime comedy film that generated $311.4 million in box office

7. TOP GROSSING FILMS BY BUDGET
The Italian Job premiered at the
Fast Five accumulated $209,837,675
Tribeca Film festival on May 11, 2003,
(33.5%) in the United States and Canada
and was theatrically released in the
and a further $416,300,000 (66.5%)
United States on May 30, 2003. In its
elsewhere – a total of $626,137,675,
opening weekend, the film grossed
making it the seventh highest-grossing
$19,457,944. Paramount re-released
film of 2011 worldwide. This amount
the film on August 29, and by the time
makes Fast Five the number 113 highest-
its theatrical release closed in
grossing film of all time in the domestic
November 2003, the film had grossed
market and the number 63 highest-
$106,128,601 in the United States and
grossing film of all time worldwide, in
Canada and $69,941,570 overseas—
unadjusted dollars.
$176,070,171 worldwide.