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)

Sneakers

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Year:1992
Director:Phil Alden Robinson
Written by:Walter F. Parkes (Screenplay), Lawrence Lasker (Screenplay), Phil Alden Robinson (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.
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