Back فيلم سرقة Arabic فيلم سرقه ARZ Soyğun filmi Azerbaijani Pel·lícula de robatoris Catalan Heist-Movie German Películas de robos Spanish فیلم سرقت Persian Ryöstöelokuva Finnish Film de casse French סרט שוד HE
The heist film or caper film is a subgenre of crime films and the caper story, focused on the planning, execution, and aftermath of a significant robbery.
One of the early defining heist films was The Asphalt Jungle (1950), which Film Genre 2000 wrote "almost single-handedly popularized the genre for mainstream cinema". It featured robbers whose personal failings ultimately led to the failure of their robbery. Similar films using this formula were Armored Car Robbery (1950), The Killing (1956), and The Getaway (1972). By the 1990s, heist films began to "experiment and play with these conventions," incorporating elements such as comedy into their stories.