Top 5 Heist Movie Scripts


This week, Scripts on Screen takes a look at classic heist films that have been the benchmark for high stakes crime capers.From banks, casinos to government offices, heist movies have been a great source of action and entertainment. And with a ragtag group of criminals taking on a job of a lifetime, the stakes have never been higher.

1. Heat Script (1995)
2. Sneakers Script (1992)
3. Ocean’s Eleven Script (2001)
4. Ronin Script (1998)
5. Dead Presidents (1995)

Ronin

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Year:1998
Director:John Frankenheimer
Written by:J.D. Zeik (Screenplay), David Mamet (Screenplay), J.D. Zeik (Story)

Script Synopsis:A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of recovering the case.
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