Highest-Rated Movies about 'Bank Robber', Sort by Popularity

A Fistful of Dynamite (1971), The True Story of Jesse James (1957), Dirty Money (1972), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Western Union (1941), Lost (2005), Sorcerer (1977), Duck, You Sucker (1971) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Bank Robber movies.

#4. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Storyline: Based upon a real-life story that happened in the early seventies in which the Chase Manhattan Bank in Gravesend, Brooklyn, was held siege by a bank robber determined to steal enough money for his wife (a trans woman) to undergo a sex change operation. On a hot summer afternoon, the First Savings Bank of Brooklyn is held up by Sonny and Sal, two down-and-out characters. Although the bank manager and female tellers agree not to interfere with the robbery, Sonny finds that there's actually nothing much to steal, as most of the cash has been picked up for the day. Sonny then gets an unexpected phone call from Police Captain Moretti, who tells him the place is surrounded by the city's entire police force. Having few options under the circumstances, Sonny nervously bargains with Moretti, demanding safe escort to the airport and a plane out of the country in return for the bank employees' safety.

Plot Keywords: bank robber, detective, wife, lover, fbi agent, tense, emotional ...

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#6. Lost (2005)

Storyline: Bank vice president Jeremy Stanton (Dean Cain) is lost in more ways than one: On his way to a rendezvous with his family in Nevada, he finds that the back roads do not match his maps. However, Jeremy has also lost direction from a moral standpoint, having just committed a robbery back in California during which he betrayed Archer (Danny Trejo), his ruthless partner. His only company for this long, dark road trip of the soul is Judy (Ashley Scott), an operator who gives him directions by phone.

Plot Keywords: bank employee, bank robber, partner, telephone operator, wife, gas station attendant, suspenseful ...

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#7. Sorcerer (1977)

Storyline: A gangster, a crooked banker, a hitman and an arab terrorist are stranded and on the run in a small village in South America. Their only chance of escape is to drive two trucks filled with unstable nitroglycerin up a long and rocky mountain road in order to plug an escalating oil refinery blaze. With their deadly cargo likely to explode at the slightest bump, the four men must put aside their differences and work together to survive.

Plot Keywords: assassin, terrorist, bank robber, banker, guerrilla fighter, truck driver, bleak ...

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#8. Duck, You Sucker (1971)

Storyline: In Mexico at the time of the Revolution, Juan, the leader of a bandit family, meets John Mallory, an IRA explosives expert on the run from the British. Seeing John's skill with explosives, Juan decides to persuade him to join the bandits in a raid on the great bank of Mesa Verde. John in the meantime has made contact with the revolutionaries, and intends to use his dynamite in their service.

Plot Keywords: revolutionary, bandit, bank robber, soldier, military officer, prisoner, cool ...

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#9. Inside Man (2006)

Storyline: Composed and meticulous, the soft-spoken and ingenious bank robber, Dalton Russell, has orchestrated the perfect heist--shortly, the Manhattan bank at the corner of Wall Street and Broadway along with dozens of hostages will be his to command. Try as he might, the rough hostage negotiator, Keith Frazier, is always one step behind the criminal mastermind--and what is more disheartening--the institution's silver-haired founder, Arthur Case, recruits the intelligent problem-fixer, Madeline White, to retrieve something of paramount importance. However, the thieves seem to procrastinate intentionally, when they should be rushing into action. Will Arthur and Madeline get what they want this time?

Plot Keywords: detective, bank robber, hostage, banker, negotiator, broker, tense ...

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#10. And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)

Storyline: A collection of re-filmed sketches from the first and second series of the cult TV comedy show "Monty Python's Flying Circus". Includes such classics as "Nudge, Nudge", "Hell's Grannies", "Killer Cars", "Dead Parrot", "Lumberjack Song", "Blackmail" and "Upper Class Twit of the Year".

Plot Keywords: comedian, milkman, sexy woman, police officer, bank robber, grandmother, amusing ...

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#11. The Town (2010)

Storyline: The Charlestown neighborhood of Boston is renowned for churning out a high number of armed robbers, generation after generation. These robbers never leave their Charlestown life on their own volition, the neighborhood where there is an unwritten code to protect that lifestyle. Such robbers include friends Doug MacRay, James Coughlin, Albert 'Gloansy' Magloan and Desmond Elden. Doug and James in particular treat each other like family, as the Coughlins have realistically been as such to Doug since Doug's mother ran off and Doug's father, Stephen MacRay, was sent to prison. James' single mother sister, the drugged out Krista Coughlin, and Doug have a casual sexual relationship. The foursome carry out a mostly successful bank robbery, but due to circumstances take the bank manager, Claire Keesey, hostage for a short period before releasing her physically unharmed. They find out that Claire lives in Charlestown, so they want to ensure that she did not see anything that could incriminate ...

Plot Keywords: bank robber, best friend, hostage, love interest, crime boss, fbi agent, gripping ...

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#12. Charley Varrick (1973)

Storyline: Charley Varrick and his friends rob a small town bank. Expecting a small sum to divide amongst themselves, they are surprised to discover a very LARGE amount of money. Quickly figuring out that the money belongs to the MOB, they must now come up with a plan to throw the MOB off their trail.—Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>

Plot Keywords: bank robber, criminal, police officer, killer, tense, gritty, new mexico ...

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#13. The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)

Storyline: Eddie's friends are numerous, but the term "friends" is suspect. As a small time hood, Eddie is about to go back to jail. In order to escape this fate, he deals information on stolen guns to the feds. Simultaneously he is supplying arms to his bank robbing/kidnapping hoodlum chums. But who else is dealing with the feds? Who gets the blame for snitching on the bank robbers?—MovieMaster

Plot Keywords: gunrunner, bank robber, bar owner, informant, brooding, tense, diner ...

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#14. The Silent Partner (1978)

Storyline: A bank teller is held up at gun point in his bank. Luckily for him he receives a clue that this is going to occur and diverts most of the cash into his own safety deposit box, leaving only a nominal amount for the crook. The ruse works well, but for the fact that the crook resents the fact that he has been outsmarted. There ensues a terrific battle of wits involving the clever but basically "moral" teller, and the cunning and totally uninhibited bank robber, which involves several other people in ways which cannot be revealed here.—Geoff Jamieson <GJamieso@vitgnos1.telecom.com.au>

Plot Keywords: bank teller, bank robber, love interest, brooding, confident, tense, thrilling ...

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#15. Yellow Sky (1948)

Storyline: A band of bank robbers on the run from a posse flee into the desert. Near death from lack of water they stumble into what appears to be a ghost town, only to discover an old prospector and his granddaughter living there. The robbers discover that the old man has been mining gold and set out to make a quick fortune by robbing the pair. Their plan runs foul when the gang leader, Stretch, falls for the granddaughter, which sets off a showdown between the entire gang.—E.W. DesMarais <jlongst@aol.com>

Plot Keywords: outlaw, young woman, grandfather, bank robber, apache, prospector, gritty ...

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