Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "inside-job"

1. Inside Man (2006)

R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A police detective, a bank robber, and a high-power broker enter high-stakes negotiations after the criminal's brilliant heist spirals into a hostage situation.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer

Votes: 398,046 | Gross: $88.51M

2. The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)

R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, Luis Guzmán, Victor Gojcaj

Votes: 208,092 | Gross: $65.45M

3. Three Days of the Condor (1975)

R | 117 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A bookish CIA researcher in Manhattan finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max von Sydow

Votes: 62,598 | Gross: $41.51M

4. The Killing (1956)

Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen

Votes: 97,554

5. Headhunters (2011)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.

Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Julie R. Ølgaard

Votes: 106,987 | Gross: $1.20M

6. Z (1969)

M/PG | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, François Périer

Votes: 31,357 | Gross: $0.08M

7. Gun Crazy (1950)

Passed | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: John Dall, Peggy Cummins, Berry Kroeger, Morris Carnovsky

Votes: 14,851

8. House of the Rising Sun (2011)

R | 90 min | Action, Thriller

Ray, an ex-con, is starting a new life looking to stay out of trouble. One evening, on Ray's watch, the nightclub he works for is robbed and the owner's son is shot dead. As his criminal ... See full summary »

Director: Brian A. Miller | Stars: Dave Bautista, Amy Smart, Dominic Purcell, Craig Fairbrass

Votes: 3,752

9. The Wrong Guy (1997)

PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Thriller

After his boss is murdered, Nelson is on the run for fear of prosecution. He hides out in a small town to avoid the police, which should be easy because they know he didn't do it and they aren't looking for him.

Director: David Steinberg | Stars: David Foley, David Anthony Higgins, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Flaherty

Votes: 4,016

10. Burden of Evil (2012 TV Movie)

87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When the daughter of a powerful senator is kidnapped by a psychopath, the senator requests a particular homicide detective, Caitlyn Conner, to head up the case. She knows the kidnapper ... See full summary »

Director: Michel Monty | Stars: Natalie Zea, Michael Ironside, Ron Lea, Graham Cuthbertson

Votes: 418

11. The Desperadoes (1943)

Approved | 87 min | Western

A wanted outlaw arrives in town to rob a bank that has already been held up! His past and his friendship with the sheriff land them both in trouble.

Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes

Votes: 1,619

12. The Five (1995)

Unrated | 109 min | Action, Drama, Crime

Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by contract killers.

Director: Takashi Ishii | Stars: Kôichi Satô, Masahiro Motoki, Jinpachi Nezu, Kippei Shîna

Votes: 2,644

13. Railroaded! (1947)

Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room, but when the plan goes wrong, they frame an innocent man.

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: John Ireland, Sheila Ryan, Hugh Beaumont, Jane Randolph

Votes: 1,807

14. The Hard Easy (2006)

R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Two separate teams of jewel thieves, one low-rent and one upscale, both desperate, converge on the same score at the exact same time, and a simple job turns out very complicated and very bloody.

Director: Ari Ryan | Stars: Henry Thomas, David Boreanaz, Vera Farmiga, Bruce Dern

Votes: 859

15. The Light Touch (1951)

Approved | 93 min | Crime, Drama

After a professional art thief steals a religious painting from an Italian museum, he tries to cheat his partner by claiming the painting was accidentally destroyed but his suspicious partner and the police are determined to find it.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Stewart Granger, Pier Angeli, George Sanders, Kurt Kasznar

Votes: 503

16. Lookwell (1991 TV Movie)

30 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

The former star of a cancelled cop TV show solves crimes. Pilot episode for a TV series that was never picked up.

Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Adam West, Ron Frazier, Ann Weldon, Todd Field

Votes: 560

17. Ditched (2021)

86 min | Horror

An ambulance transferring dangerous convicts crashes in the middle of nowhere. It soon becomes clear that the crash was no accident, and the survivors are being stalked by a killer. Just 30 feet to the road, but will anyone reach it alive?

Director: Christopher Donaldson | Stars: Marika Sila, Kris Loranger, J. Lindsay Robinson, Lee Lopez

Votes: 835

18. Tyranny (2008–2012)

Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Tyranny is about a young artist and mathematician, Daniel McCarthy, who, after volunteering in a brain mapping experiment, begins seeing puzzling images he believes are visions of future ... See full synopsis »

Stars: John Beck Hofmann, Kieren van den Blink, Nathan Marlow, Olga Kurylenko

Votes: 124

19. Air Patrol (1962)

Passed | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

L.A. detective Sgt. Castle and his two partners investigate the theft of a valuable Fragonard painting by a thief who pilots a helicopter.

Director: Maury Dexter | Stars: Willard Parker, Merry Anders, Robert Dix, John Holland

Votes: 172

20. They Met in a Taxi (1936)

Approved | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A cab driver takes in a young woman who claims to be a reluctant bride, and becomes involved in the search for a stolen necklace.

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Chester Morris, Fay Wray, Raymond Walburn, Lionel Stander

Votes: 109

21. The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery (1997 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy

A cop and his expensive fiancée, a bank teller, plan the perfect bank robbery. All goes well until the FBI suspects, almost immediately, an inside job. Their plans to move the money out of ... See full summary »

Director: David Burton Morris | Stars: Brooke Shields, Dylan Walsh, Sherie Rene Scott, Alessandro Nivola

Votes: 245

22. The Falcon's Alibi (1946)

Approved | 61 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A wealthy woman's secretary, fearing that she will be blamed if her employer's jewelry is stolen, hires the Falcon as guardian. The Falcon is blamed when the jewels are stolen and murders ensue.

Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Tom Conway, Paula Corday, Vince Barnett, Jane Greer

Votes: 593

23. The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction (2006 TV Movie)

Documentary

Documentary examining the growing number of conspiracy theories surrounding the destruction of the World Trade Center that have been circulating online.

Stars: Jon Rand, Lester Holt, Charles B. Strozier, Chip Berlet

Votes: 32

24. By the Sun's Rays (1914)

Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Action, Drama

A company detective goes undercover to expose a gang that uses inside information to rob gold shipments.

Director: Charles Giblyn | Stars: Murdock MacQuarrie, Lon Chaney, Seymour Hastings, Agnes Vernon

Votes: 290

25. Operation Terror (2012)

91 min | Thriller

CIA agent Aaron Delgado works with a team of agents and engineers to implement a plan to attack the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, pinning the blame on Muslim Terrorists.

Director: Paul Cross | Stars: Jack Brand, Paul Cross, Christopher Kriesa, Graham Clarke

Votes: 136

26. Kahit ako'y busabos (1993)

112 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Guiller might be a gang member in Tondo but he has a big heart for children. So when he finds out about a child trafficking syndicate, he risks his life to save the poor victims.

Director: Bebong Osorio | Stars: Ace Vergel, Bing Loyzaga, Jenny Roa, Vic Vargas

27. Butch Minds the Baby (1979)

31 min | Short, Comedy, Crime

A hoodlum named Harry the Horse tries to convince Butch the safecracker to take a job. Butch, long retired from crime, agrees to take the job, but his wife has entrusted him with their ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Webb | Stars: Zachary Peirce, Jerry O'Shea, Ivan Cotton, Harry Gaunt

Votes: 21

28. Bedlam of Beards (1934)

18 min | Comedy, Short

A reward offered for a kidnapped bearded man prompts our heroes to don a fake beard to track down the crooks. The kidnappers also disguise themselves with beards, causing mass chaos. More beards than ZZ Top.

Director: Ben Holmes | Stars: Bobby Clark, Paul McCullough, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Al Hill

Votes: 23

29. The Bank Cashier (1912)

Short, Crime, Western

Playful girl locks boyfriend in the bank vault and then has to ride for help when she learns he doesn't have the combination. In the meantime the vault gets robbed with her boyfriend in it.

Director: Francis J. Grandon | Stars: Edgar Jones, Clara Williams, Francis J. Grandon

30. Yukon Manhunt (1951)

Approved | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Kirby Grant and his heroic husky dog, Chinook, lead the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in solving the problem of payroll holdups in the rugged Canadian Northwest.

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Kirby Grant, Chinook, Gail Davis, Margaret Field

Votes: 42

31. Pay Day (II) (1922)

22 min | Animation, Short

The Inkwell Clown watches Max handle the payroll and wants to be paid like everybody else. Later, the cameraman Clown captures a burglary on film and helps Max catch the culprit.

Director: Dave Fleischer | Star: Max Fleischer

Votes: 35

32. Code of the Range (1936)

Approved | 55 min | Drama, Western

A kindly rancher is willing to allow sheep to graze on his land. When the local cattle baron hears of this, he swipes the man's deed from a timid bank clerk, whom he quickly kills in order to frame the rancher.

Director: Charles C. Coleman | Stars: Charles Starrett, Mary Blake, Edward Coxen, Allan Cavan

Votes: 11

33. Count Your Toes: The Making of 'Money Movers' (2004 Video)

35 min | Documentary, Short

Add a Plot

Director: Mark Hartley | Stars: Bruce Beresford, Tony Bonner, Bryan Brown, Terence Donovan

34. Perils of the Rail (1926)

Passed | 61 min | Action

A section boss for the railroad sets out to catch a gang of thieves who have been stealing ore shipments from his company's trains.

Director: J.P. McGowan | Stars: Helen Holmes, Edward Hearn, Wilfrid North, Lloyd Whitlock

Votes: 23

35. The Wonderful World of Disney (1997–2023)
Episode: Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House (2002)

Not Rated | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Amidst his parents' impending divorce, Kevin McCallister must foil his old nemesis Marv and his wife Vera's plot to kidnap a Crown Prince.

Director: Rod Daniel | Stars: French Stewart, Erick Avari, Barbara Babcock, Jason Beghe

Votes: 39,478

36. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: A Stolen Heart (1988)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A dying old rich man pays 2 million dollars to be the first in line for a heart transplant. Furious Dr. Burke demands that his patient, a dying young girl, gets the priority status. Meanwhile, someone steals the donor's heart for ransom.

Director: René Bonnière | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, William Katt, Bernard Behrens, Damir Andrei

Votes: 99

37. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode: The Loose Connection (1973)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

What's the perfect heroin-smuggling plot? Hide it in the radiator of a car owned by a tourist above suspicion--Barnaby Jones. When the shipment is replaced by sugar, Barnaby finds himself ... See full summary »

Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Lloyd Bochner, Christine Belford

Votes: 118

38. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Paper or Plastic? (2004)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

There is a heist in a supermarket with five casualties, including police officer Clay. The entire CSI team investigates the case. Officer Fromansky, Grissom's longtime foe and who killed ... See full summary »

Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 782

39. Charlie's Angels (1976–1981)
Episode: Angels Go Truckin' (1979)

Not Rated | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Kris and Tiffany go to Trucking school to investigate an all-female trucking line whose cargo has been stolen under their very noses. Kelly goes undercover as a waitress.

Director: Lawrence Dobkin | Stars: Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd, Shelley Hack, David Doyle

Votes: 211

40. International Detective (1959–1961)
Episode: The Rose Bowl Case (1960)

30 min | Crime, Drama

The Burns International Detective Agency is hired to track down the criminals who printed scores of fake Rose Bowl tickets. The trail leads to England where the crooks pulled the same scam ... See full summary »

Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Art Fleming, Lee Patterson, Moira Redmond, Millicent Martin

41. It Takes a Thief (1968–1970)
Episode: The Three Virgins of Rome (1969)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Al Mundy is sent to foil the heist of some very public paintings when he runs into that other Mundy, a well-known art thief. For spice, add one beautiful agent, one crooked benefactor, and one very smart cop,

Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Robert Wagner, Fred Astaire, Edmund Purdom, Karin Dor

Votes: 47

42. Jonny Quest (1964–1965)
Episode: The Curse of Anubis (1964)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A plot to frame Dr. Quest for the theft of a national Egyptian treasure awakens an ancient mummy to dog the steps of the true culprits.

Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Mike Road, Tim Matheson, John Stephenson, Danny Bravo

Votes: 191

43. Knight Rider (1982–1986)
Episode: Nobody Does It Better (1983)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When computer software is being stolen from Deltron Micronics, Michael is convinced it's an inside job. He and Kitt starts tailing the main suspect, Julian Groves, who is also being ... See full summary »

Director: Harvey S. Laidman | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Edward Mulhare, Patricia McPherson, Gail Edwards

Votes: 314

44. Maigret (1992–1993)
Episode: Maigret and the Minister (1993)

TV-PG | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After the collapse of a children's sanatorium kills 62, Maigret unofficially investigates the theft of engineer's report which had correctly predicted the disaster.

Director: Nicholas Renton | Stars: Michael Gambon, Geoffrey Hutchings, Jack Galloway, James Larkin

Votes: 109

45. Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode: The End of the Rainbow (1968)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Mannix finds a woman's husband was murdered in prison and another man killed shortly after visiting her, is connected with a 6 million dollar robbery.

Director: Robert L. Friend | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Kathryn Hays, Marti Stevens

Votes: 135

46. Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode: Last Rites for Miss Emma (1969)

TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Mannix is hired to find a shipment of morphine -- "Miss Emma" -- stolen from a pharmaceutical firm. Peggy takes on a more active role than usual in trying to solve the morphine theft. Peggy... See full summary »

Director: Barry Crane | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Robert Hooks, Ron Randell

Votes: 120

47. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: World of Trouble (1989)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Experimental EMP railgun is stolen by the son of Al Lombard, Sonny's recurring frienemy and former mob underboss, who vanished after his boss Librizzi sent hitmen after him. When Al reappears to visit his kid, the hitmen find them.

Director: Alan Myerson | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 279

48. Mod Squad (1968–1973)
Episode: A Gift for Jenny (1972)

TV-PG | Action, Crime, Drama

A fur coat is the only lead the trio has in a case involving kidnapping and murder that has them baffled.

Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews

Votes: 33

49. Police Woman (1974–1978)
Episode: Ice (1975)

TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Pepper and Crowley travel to Masiaca, Mexico posing as the Ordways, a married couple who operate as fences for stolen jewels. They plan to lure out of hiding another married couple who pulled a jewelery store heist in Los Angeles.

Director: David Moessinger | Stars: Angie Dickinson, Earl Holliman, Charles Dierkop, Ed Bernard

Votes: 45

50. S.W.A.T. (1975–1976)
Episode: Criss-Cross (1975)

TV-14 | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama

SWAT investigates a series of warehouse heists and seeks a runaway teenage girl who witnessed the thieves in action. Hovering over the investigation is a former senator with an invested interest.

Director: Fernando Lamas | Stars: Steve Forrest, Robert Urich, Rod Perry, Mark Shera

Votes: 31