The Best Caper Story Movies

Updated September 23, 2019 1.9k votes 94 voters 9.1k views97 items

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A list of all the best caper story movies ever made, many of which are streaming on Netflix and Amazon Prime. This caper movie list can be sorted by cast, year, director and more. This list of caper story films also contains caper story movie titles that can be clicked on for more information about the film. This caper films list can also be copied to start your own. This list, though, contains the best caper story movies of all time, as voted on by fans of the films This caper story movie list can be sorted by alphabetically, by director, by year and more, but is currently ordered from best to worst. Make sure to downvote the worst movies on this list.

List of caper films includes caper story movie titles that can be clicked on for more information about the film. You can impact the order of the list by having your social network weigh in via their votes.

These are the top films in the caper genre, meaning that each and every one of these is a movie with at least a single element of the caper story genre in it. Be it the motifs of the caper story genre or just some of the most common archetypes.

If you're not a fan of Living & Dying or Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, then vote those down so that the list takes your preferences into account. If we missed any caper story movies on this list, please add them to the list yourself, as this is an open list which means you can add any movies whenever you like (choices are subject to moderation). The films on this list cover the most famous caper story movies of all time and are voted on by people who really care about caper story movie lists.
You can find the release information for any of the films listed below. It's often available in the data set, so you can even find the cast of some of these by clicking on the names of the caper story movies. List includes photos and caper story movie trailers next to the names of the movies.

These movies, like Styx and The Big Hit include images when available.

Whether you're at home and want to watch these caper story movies on DVD, streaming Blu-ray or streaming, or if you're seeing them in theatres for the first time, this is a list of good caper story movies that can be helpful in either situation to see where they all stack up. So from the latest, to the greatest caper story movies, here is the full caper story movies list, ordered from best to worst.

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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Sting, Jason Statham
Released: 1998
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
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Snatch
Brad Pitt, Benicio del Toro
Released: 2000
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
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A Fish Called Wanda
Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline
Released: 1988
Directed by: John Cleese, Charles Crichton
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National Treasure
Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger
Released: 2004
Directed by: Jon Turteltaub
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Ocean's Twelve
Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts
Released: 2004
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
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Gone in 60 Seconds
Angelina Jolie, Nicolas Cage
Released: 2000
Directed by: Dominic Sena
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The Italian Job
Charlize Theron, Kelly Brook
Released: 2003
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
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The Taking of Pelham 123
John Travolta, Denzel Washington
Released: 2009
Directed by: Tony Scott
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The Asphalt Jungle
Marilyn Monroe, Jack Warden
Released: 1950
Directed by: John Huston
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Money Train
Jennifer Lopez, Woody Harrelson
Released: 1995
Directed by: Joseph Ruben
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High Sierra
Humphrey Bogart, Joan Leslie
Released: 1941
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
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Swordfish
Halle Berry, John Travolta
Released: 2001
Directed by: Dominic Sena
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RocknRolla
Gemma Arterton, Gerard Butler
Released: 2008
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
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Rififi
Jules Dassin, Robert Hossein
Released: 1955
Directed by: Jules Dassin
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National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger
Released: 2007
Directed by: Jon Turteltaub
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Herbie Rides Again
Helen Hayes, Stefanie Powers
Released: 1974
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
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The Thomas Crown Affair
Pierce Brosnan, Faye Dunaway
Released: 1999
Directed by: John McTiernan
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The Lavender Hill Mob
Audrey Hepburn, Alec Guinness
Released: 1951
Directed by: Charles Crichton
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The Hot Rock
Robert Redford, George Segal
Released: 1972
Directed by: Peter Yates
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Topkapi
Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell
Released: 1964
Directed by: Jules Dassin
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3000 Miles to Graceland
Courteney Cox, Kevin Costner
Released: 2001
Directed by: Demian Lichtenstein
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The Anderson Tapes
Sean Connery, Christopher Walken
Released: 1971
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
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The War Wagon
Sean Connery, John Wayne
Released: 1967
Directed by: Burt Kennedy
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Hudson Hawk
Bruce Willis, Andie MacDowell
Released: 1991
Directed by: Michael Lehmann
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Killing Zoe
Ron Jeremy, Djimon Hounsou
Released: 1993
Directed by: Roger Avary

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